· Private foundation
Alumbra Innovations Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k20 grants · $56k
- $10k–50k31 grants · $782k
- $50k–250k64 grants · $7.1M
- $250k+22 grants · $21M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| International Community Foundation | $5,508,501 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum | $4,000,000 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $1,150,914 |
| Andale La Paz AC | $1,118,079 |
| International Community Foundation | $1,106,395 |
| International Generosity Foundation Trust | $961,275 |
| Ecology Project International | $729,500 |
| Hopewell Fund | $700,000 |
| The San Diego Foundation | $625,000 |
| US Water Partnership | $528,152 |
| Blue Forest Finance Inc | $500,000 |
| Justice Outside | $500,000 |
| Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparaja | $402,920 |
| Sustainable Northwest | $399,838 |
| International Community Foundation | $375,395 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 87% of grant dollars ($77M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 13% that went abroad ($12M) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $2.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% 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
Beyond the US: 13% of all-years giving ($12M)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 17% of Alumbra Innovations Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.
78 repeat relationships: 59 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 35 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.6M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SDSAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY5× · 2020–2024 · $12M · revenue +62% · 25% of their budget
- SNSUSTAINABLE NORTHWEST5× · 2020–2024 · $3.8M · revenue +121% · 45% of their budget
- BFBLUE FOREST FINANCE INC3× · 2022–2024 · $3.5M · revenue +67% · 28% of their budget
Funded once
DR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $1.5M · revenue +66%- CMCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NW ARKANSASone grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue -57%
- LCLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Lawone grant, 2020 · $405k · revenue -56%
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.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.
The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…
To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.
To improve the efficacy, speed, cost, sustainability, and scaling of conservation solutions through harnessing exponential technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship to prevent human-induced extinction.
How this is measured
138 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 138 of the 182 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 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds RUSTED GATE FARM ↗
- Who funds SUSTAINABLE NORTHWEST ↗
- Who funds BLUE FOREST FINANCE INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOPEWELL FUND ↗
- Who funds US WATER PARTNERSHIP ↗
- Who funds OLIVEWOODS GARDENS & LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Clean Future Forum Inc ↗
- Who funds DR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RESILIENT CITIES CATALYST INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST ↗
- Who funds ECOLOGY PROJECT INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATION TRUST ↗
- Who funds TETON SCIENCE SCHOOLS INC ↗
- Who funds JUSTICE OUTSIDE ↗
- Who funds SCHOOL CHOICE WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NW ARKANSAS ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE OF THE AMERICAS ↗
- Who funds OCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law ↗
- Who funds MULTIPLIER ↗
- Who funds THE ALMANOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Stronger America Through Seafood Inc ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING 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: Builders Vision Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The Parker Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Alumbra Innovations Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alumbra Innovations Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Rusted Gate Farm: 100% of income from government
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Coquille Watershed Association: 21% of income from government
- Forth Mobility Fund: 7% of income from government
- Sustainable Northwest: 5% of income from government
- Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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