California · Private foundation
Amber 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.
- $250k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Amber Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 6 | $240k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $220k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $91k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $135k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Montana Foundation | $354,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Flathead Lakers Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Owl Research Institute Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Polson Rural Fire Membership | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montana State Parks Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($284k), not named here.
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: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Amber Foundation
- How much does Amber Foundation give?
- Amber Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $250,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Amber Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (68%), Environment (21%), Health (6%).
- Who are Amber Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The University of Montana Foundation ($354k), Flathead Lakers Inc ($21k), Owl Research Institute Inc ($15k).
- Does Amber Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Amber 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 Amber Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Amber Foundation based?
- Amber Foundation is based in CA.
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