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Anatman Foundation at a glance

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Anatman 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.

$81k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$442kArts & Culture$135kEnvironment$66kHealth$20kFood & Nutrition$10kYouth Development$5kHuman Services$1k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $67k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$324k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND$31,400
BISHOP DIEGO GARCIA HIGH SCHOOL$26,000
LOBERO THEATRE FOUNDATION$10,000
SONOMA VALLEY MUSUEM OF ART$7,550
CRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$5,000
UNITY SHOPPE$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNITY SHOPPE: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$207k · 4 repeat orgs$302k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against -45% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
7

Total granted

$207k
$268k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
-45%

Still filing today

100%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
Arts & CultureRecreation & SportsEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2021 · $75k · revenue +54%
  • GW
    GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND
    4× · 2017–2024 · $66k · revenue +160%
  • CC
    CRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2024 · $46k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • UE
    UCLA ENDOWNMENT FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
  • RU
    REGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • MT
    MOXI - THE WOLF MUSEUM OF EXPLORATI
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
2
Santa Barbara Museum of Art

To integrate art into the lives of people, fostering imagination, stimulating thought, and creating personally rewarding experiences.

Arts & Culture
3
Museum of Sonoma County

The museum of sonoma county engages and inspires our diverse community with art and history exhibitions, collections, and public programs that are inclusive, educational, and relevant.

Arts & Culture
4
Monterey Museum of Art

The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.

Arts & Culture
5
Opera Santa Barbara

See schedule 0founded in 1994, opera santa barbara is the signature provider of professional opera on the california central coast. we aspire to be a cultural leader in the santa barbara region, voicing and advancing our community's spirit…

Arts & Culture
6
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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7
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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8
League of California Community Foundations

The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…

Philanthropy
9
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
10
University of La Verne

The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…

Education
11
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
12
Los Angeles County Bar Association (Lacba)

Meeting the professional needs of los angeles lawyers, and improving the administration of justice.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Central Coast Jr Golf Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 15 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UCLA ENDOWNMENT FUND: $100,000 · OtherUCLA ENDOWNMENT FUNDREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA: $100,000 · OtherREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIAGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $65,900 · OtherGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLANDBISHOP GARCIA DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL INC: $26,000 · OtherBISHOP GARCIA DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL INCMOXI - THE WOLF MUSEUM OF EXPLORATI: $25,000 · OtherMOXI - THE WOLF MUSEUM OF EXPLORATI+1 more: $10,000 · OtherUCLA FOUNDATION: $170,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONCRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $45,825 · EducationCRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLSANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsSANTA BARBAR…LOBERO THEATRE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureSonoma Valley Museum of Art: $7,550 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $7,500 · Arts & Culture911 AT EASE INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 · HealthCENTRAL COAST JR GOLF INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNITY SHOPPE INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$326,900Education$215,825Recreation & Sports$75,000Arts & Culture$35,050Health$20,000Youth Development$5,000Human Services$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $170,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $65,900 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $45,825 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLOBERO THEATRE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budget911 AT EASE INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSonoma Valley Museum of Art: $7,550 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL COAST JR GOLF INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUNITY SHOPPE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Wood-Claeyssens F…Rudi Schulte Family F…Manitou FundSanta Barbara Foundat…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Wood-Claeyssens FoundationCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Rudi Schulte Family Foundation · Manitou Fund · Santa Barbara Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Anatman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Anatman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 15 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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