California · Public charity
Affirm Cares
AFFIRM CARES foundation aims to make a positive impact in the communities in which we work and live by sharing our expertise and funding across three impact pillars: financial literacy and inclusion, technology training and education, and vibrant communities.
- $112k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $100k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $225k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 89% of the organizations Affirm Cares funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $90k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $96k | 89% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $75k | 89% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $46k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $382k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Prevention Institute | $53,344 | 1 | 1% |
| The Black Star Project | $50,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Council for Economic Education | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benevolent Healthcare Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Education Fund | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jubilee Women's Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Last Mile Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Affirm Cares supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Crankstart Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Salesforce Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Golden State Community Foundation · Alaska Airlines Foundation · Tipping Point Community · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Tides Foundation
How this is measured
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About Affirm Cares
- How much does Affirm Cares give?
- Affirm Cares reported 10 itemized grants totaling $100,000, out of $111,580 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Affirm Cares fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (42%), Education (13%), Health (8%).
- Who are Affirm Cares's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc ($100k), Equal Justice Initiative ($100k), Prevention Institute ($53k).
- Does Affirm Cares fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Affirm Cares?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Crankstart Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Salesforce Foundation.
- Where is Affirm Cares based?
- Affirm Cares is based in CA.
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