New Hampshire · Private foundation
Amara 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.
- $354k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $107,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 17
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 59% of the organizations Amara Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 22 | $354k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $215k | 59% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $206k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Long Now Foundation | $167,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Seeds of Independence | $60,000 | 3 | 83% |
| Turimiquire Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Acumen Fund Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Goodnation Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| App Inventor Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 8% |
| The Hatch Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| National Women's Health Network | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medical Students for Choice | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Long Now Foundation | $167,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Seeds of Independence | $60,000 | 3 | 83% |
| Turimiquire Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Acumen Fund Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Goodnation Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| App Inventor Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 8% |
| The Hatch Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| National Women's Health Network | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medical Students for Choice | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hello Future Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Equal Citizens Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ancient Egypt Research Associates Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ideas in Action Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Species Unite 23 Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Internet Archive | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Classical Recording Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pioneer Valley Waldorf School Association Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Academy of Engineering Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Shakespeare | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Impact Justice | $4,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($253k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Amara Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Amara Foundation
- How much does Amara Foundation give?
- Amara Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $354,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 17 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Amara Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (29%), Health (19%), Youth Development (9%).
- Who are Amara Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: The Long Now Foundation ($167k), Seeds of Independence ($60k), Turimiquire Foundation Inc ($40k).
- Does Amara Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Amara Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Amara Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Amara Foundation based?
- Amara Foundation is based in NH.
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