· Private foundation
Abs Foundation Inc
Its FY2018 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k43 grants · $123k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
- $250k+2 grants · $1.0M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC ADVANCED SERVICES | $500,000 |
| THE PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUND | $500,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC FINANCE CENTER PAYROLL DEPARTMENT | $100,000 |
| WELLSPACE HEALTH | $6,500 |
| ARIZONA HELPING HANDS | $6,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| GUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT | $5,000 |
| ACQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC | $4,000 |
| FURNITURE BANK ATLANTA | $4,000 |
| PALAMA SETTLEMENT | $3,500 |
| THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA | $3,500 |
| STUDIO EAST TRAINING FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | $3,500 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF DENVER | $3,500 |
| NOVATO COMMUNITY THEATER INC | $3,500 |
| OPERATION APPRECIATION INC | $3,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
39 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2018, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GDGUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +12%
- TFTHE FOSTER ALLIANCE2× · 2017–2018 · $9k · revenue +66%
- AOAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION2× · 2017–2018 · $8k · revenue +50%
Funded once
- CTCAMP TAYLOR INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +228%
- CMCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF STOCKTONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +122%
- RMRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEone grant, 2017 · $3k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
The Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA) in Oakland aims to ensure the arts are a fundamental part of the community by providing quality, hands-on art experiences, particularly for children at risk academically or in underserved areas. Their…
None
Cartoon Art Museum is committed to fostering a greater appreciation of cartoon art. This it achieves through collecting, cataloging, preserving and displaying the finest representations of original cartoon art as well as providing…
The New Childrens Museum (the Museum) in San Diego is an arts-based childrens museum whose mission is to stimulate imagination, creativity, and critical thinking in children and families through inventive, engaging experiences with…
San carlos children's theater is a non-profit organization committed to educating youth on all aspects of theater production while nurturing creative expression, teamwork and appreciation for the arts
To enliven and expand the understanding of craft and the museum experience for all.
Cca is committed to preparing young children to be global citizens who are developmentally well-rounded, emotionally literate, and environmentally conscious.
The foundation's mission is to benefit, support, and enhance the missions of the california community college system.
Csma inspires excellence through art and music education for people of all ages and abilities.
The child educational center's mission is to ignite joy, curiosity and compassion through innovative children's programs for all.
To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.
How this is measured
32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds GUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT ↗
- Who funds THE FOSTER ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF DENVER INC ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER OF THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds PALAMA SETTLEMENT ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA INC ↗
- Who funds STUDIO EAST TRAINING FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds WELLSPACE HEALTH ↗
- Who funds HAWAII FOODBANK INC ↗
- Who funds Chicks in Crisis Inc ↗
- Who funds SATURDAY NIGHT BATH CONCERT FUND ↗
- Who funds FUTURE FOR KIDS ↗
- Who funds ArtHatch ↗
- Who funds FINE ARTS CHAMBER PLAYERS ↗
- Who funds PROJECT ANGEL HEART ↗
- Who funds MY STUFF BAGS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OREGON TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BUTTE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Orange Coast College Foundation ↗
- Who funds Sierra College Foundation ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Foundation for California Community Colleges · Teichert Foundation · Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Abs Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Abs Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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