California · Private foundation
Aspiration Impact Foundation
To support charitable organizations that help expand economic opportunity to lower income americans.
- $131k
- Granted FY2021
- 12
- Grants FY2021
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 9
- Total assets, FY2021
- $4k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 100% of the organizations Aspiration Impact Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 12 | $130k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $87k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2021.
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, FY2018 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Funds Foundation | $49,102 | 1 | 0% |
| Accion Opportunity Fund Inc | $33,372 | 1 | 1% |
| National Outdoor Leadership School | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gasp | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Honor the Earth | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Great Old Broads for Wilderness | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rainforest Flow | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Grid Alternatives | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Funds Foundation | $49,102 | 1 | 0% |
| Accion Opportunity Fund Inc | $33,372 | 1 | 1% |
| National Outdoor Leadership School | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gasp | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Honor the Earth | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Great Old Broads for Wilderness | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rainforest Flow | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Grid Alternatives | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisiana Bucket Brigade | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Network | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| GreenLatinos | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Plant Chicago NFP | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| 350 New Orleans Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Aspiration Impact Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Tides Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Aspiration Impact Foundation
- How much does Aspiration Impact Foundation give?
- Aspiration Impact Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $131,035 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2021.
- What does Aspiration Impact Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2021, its largest causes are Environment (53%), Philanthropy (23%), Community Improvement (15%).
- Who are Aspiration Impact Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2021: Bright Funds Foundation ($49k), Accion Opportunity Fund Inc ($33k), National Outdoor Leadership School ($20k).
- Does Aspiration Impact Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Aspiration Impact Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, Patagoniaorg, Natural Resources Defense Council Inc.
- Where is Aspiration Impact Foundation based?
- Aspiration Impact Foundation is based in CA.
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