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Americas Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2024
20
Organizations funded FY2023
65%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$400,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 20
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$5.4M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 65% of the organizations Americas Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23
AnimalsYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHealthInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving21$1.8M81%
FY202320$2.8M65%
FY202215$970k80%
FY20215$293kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$2.1MHousing & Shelter$907kAnimals$760kHuman Services$727kEducation$390kYouth Development$247kFood & Nutrition$205kRecreation & Sports$188kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MT
OR
CT
CA
AZ
NC
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Madison Valley Medical Center Foundation$785,000248%
Cultivate Initiatives$700,00045%
Excelsior Wellness$627,86122%
Rancho Coastal Humane Society$500,00014%
Treehouse$250,00011%
Peninsula Behavioral Health$200,00011%
Yale University$200,0001n/a
Yale University$180,0001n/a
San Diego Society of Natural History$175,00030%
Seattle Adaptive Sports$157,500394%
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All grantees of Americas Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Madison Valley Medical Center Foundation$785,000248%
Cultivate Initiatives$700,00045%
Excelsior Wellness$627,86122%
Rancho Coastal Humane Society$500,00014%
Treehouse$250,00011%
Peninsula Behavioral Health$200,00011%
Yale University$200,0001n/a
Yale University$180,0001n/a
San Diego Society of Natural History$175,00030%
Seattle Adaptive Sports$157,500394%
Bridgercare$150,00012%
Montana Casagal Association$132,000115%
Cure KCNH1 Foundation$125,000227%
Institute of the Americas$100,00017%
Madison River Foundation$100,000221%
Eden Village of Wilmington$100,00016%
Prairie Song Rescue$95,0002n/a
Ballard Food Bank$80,00011%
Tucson Family Food Project Inc$75,000240%
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc$56,50011%
Youth Dynamics Inc$50,00010%
ZooMontana Inc$50,00012%
Childrens Home Society of Washington$50,00010%
Friends of the Children Eastern Montana$50,000110%
Habitat for Humanity of Gallatin Valley Inc$50,00014%
Blaine County Hunger Coalition Inc$50,00011%
Amara$50,00011%
Youth on Their Own$50,00011%
Ryther$50,00010%
Blaine County Seniors Council Inc the Senior Connection$50,00012%
Pathfinders Critters and Ma Inc$50,000179%
Spark Peer Learning Center$40,0001n/a
Reality Changers$40,00021%
Friends Involved in Dog Outreach$30,000111%
NORTH CENTRAL KIWANIS MEMORIAL FUND dba KIWANIS CAMP CASEY$30,000117%
My Sister's Place Inc$25,00010%
Neo Fund$20,000123%
Sugar Bear Foundation$20,000119%
High Desert Animal Coalition Inc$20,0001n/a
Zoological Society of San Diego$15,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($352k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Americas Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMadison Valley Medical Center Foundation: $785,000 over 2y, 48% of budgetCultivate Initiatives: $700,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetExcelsior Wellness: $627,861 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetRancho Coastal Humane Society: $500,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetTreehouse: $250,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPeninsula Behavioral Health: $200,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSan Diego Society of Natural History: $175,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSeattle Adaptive Sports: $157,500 over 3y, 94% of budgetBridgercare: $150,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMontana Casagal Association: $132,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetCure KCNH1 Foundation: $125,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetInstitute of the Americas: $100,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetMadison River Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetEden Village of Wilmington: $100,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetBallard Food Bank: $80,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTucson Family Food Project Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetFamily Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc: $56,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetYouth Dynamics Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetZooMontana Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetChildrens Home Society of Washington: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Children Eastern Montana: $50,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Gallatin Valley Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetBlaine County Hunger Coalition Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmara: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetYouth on Their Own: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRyther: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBlaine County Seniors Council Inc the Senior Connection: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPathfinders Critters and Ma Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 79% of budgetReality Changers: $40,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFriends Involved in Dog Outreach: $30,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNORTH CENTRAL KIWANIS MEMORIAL FUND dba KIWANIS CAMP CASEY: $30,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetMy Sister's Place Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNeo Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetSugar Bear Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetZoological Society of San Diego: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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.

Otto Bremer TrustMN16× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Treacy Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Americas Foundation Inc

How much does Americas Foundation Inc give?
Americas Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $1,821,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 20 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Americas Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (36%), Housing & Shelter (15%), Animals (13%).
Who are Americas Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Madison Valley Medical Center Foundation ($785k), Cultivate Initiatives ($700k), Excelsior Wellness ($628k).
Does Americas Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Americas Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Americas Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, Town Pump Charitable Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Americas Foundation Inc based?
Americas Foundation Inc is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 48 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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