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Boardriders Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$413k
Granted FY2022
6
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.

Environment$417kRecreation & Sports$62kYouth Development$18kAnimals$17kHealth$15kInternational$3kHuman Services$2k
02FY2022 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k3 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $350k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$75k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SUSTAINABLE SURF$350,000
MIRACLES FOR KIDS$50,000
CHOC FOUNDATION$10,000
FCANCER$1,400
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LAGUNA BEACH$700
PEDIATRIC CANCER RESERARCH FOUNDATION$500
02The need
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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 (FY19–19, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%WAVES FOR WATER: $3k → 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 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
Sea Research Foundation Inc

To inspire people to care for and protect our ocean planet through education and research.

Animals
2
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
3
Sunny Shores Sea Camp Inc

Helping families and mentoring children with cystic fibrosis

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4
Swim Across America Inc

Saa hosts charity swims with the proceeds funding cancer research, prevention and treatment. saa's cause is supported by olympians and thousands of participants and volunteers.

Philanthropy
5
Surfaid International Usa

To improve the health, well being, sustainability, and self reliance of people living in isolated regions connected to us through surfing including their ability to respond to environmental conditions caused by climate change.

Philanthropy
6
Marine Megafauna Foundation

Save threatened marine life using pioneering research, education, and sustainable conservation solutions

International
7
Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment
8
National Marine Mammal Foundation Inc

The nmmf's mission is to improve and protect life for marine mammals, humans, and our shared oceans through science, service, and education. our vision is to be the leading laboratory in marine mammal science, where critical questions…

Animals
9
California Surf Museum

The California Surf Museum serves as an international repository and resource center on the lifestyle sport of surfing through capturing,preserving and chronicling its art, culture and heritage for the education and enjoyment of current…

Arts & Culture
10
Clean Ocean Access Inc

Action today so future generations can enjoy ocean activities. programs: clean - eliminate marine debris; ocean - improve coastal water quality; access - protect and preserve shoreline access.

Environment
11
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
12
Captains for Clean Water Inc

To advance education, awareness, and scientifically supported solutions to restore and protect marine ecosystems and our way of life for future generations.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Surfrider Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ocean River Institute 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

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 18 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUSTAINABLE SURF: $365,000 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE SURFTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATIONOcean River Institute Inc: $18,750 · EnvironmentMIRACLES FOR KIDS INC: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsMIRACLES FO…WAVES OF IMPACT: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherSIMA HUMANITARIAN FUND: $2,500 · OtherTOMAHAWK CHARITABLE SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Other+2 more: $1,200 · OtherAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $17,000 · AnimalsCHOC FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthFCANCER: $1,400 · HealthSUGAR RAY LEONARD FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthSWIM WITH MIKE FOUNDATION: $9,952 · EducationWAVES FOR WATER INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $2,000 · Human Services
Environment$413,750Recreation & Sports$52,500Other$22,700Animals$17,000Health$12,400Education$9,952Human Services$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSUSTAINABLE SURF: $365,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetMIRACLES FOR KIDS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOcean River Institute Inc: $18,750 over 1y, 30% of budgetAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWIM WITH MIKE FOUNDATION: $9,952 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWAVES FOR WATER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSIMA HUMANITARIAN FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOMAHAWK CHARITABLE SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFCANCER: $1,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUGAR RAY LEONARD FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LAGUNA BEACH: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $500 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.

California Community …Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA12.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving 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 Boardriders Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Boardriders Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%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
    1get no government money at all
    2report 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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Boardriders Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Boardriders Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 18 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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