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Bridging Nations Foundation at a glance

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Bridging Nations Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$61k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
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 2025.

Environment$104kInternational$25kArts & Culture$21kAnimals$5kFood & Nutrition$4kCivil Rights$3kYouth Development$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $11k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$1,001
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
San Juan Mountain Association$50,000
South Asian American Digital Archive$5,001
Community Foundation of SW Colorado$2,001
Colorado 14ers Initiative$1,001
Humane Society of Pagosa Springs$1,001
Feest Food Empowerment Educ Team$1,001
Wikimedia Foundation$501
Chama Peak Land Alliance$501
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Cultural Survival: $2k → 8%Indigenous Roots: $1k → 14%South Asian American Digital Archive: $5k → 22%Sankara Eye Foundation: $1k → 8%Freedom Lifted Learning Labs: $526 → 9%Climate Justice Alliance: $1k → 10%Wikimedia Foundation: $521 → 10%Pacific Crest Trail Association: $1k → 12%The Library Study Hall Inc DBA Slow Factory Fdn: $2k → 14%Slow Food USA: $1k → 20%American Indian Education Fund: $2k → 14%Sunrise Movement Education Fund: $1k → 14%ProjectBiome-Farmer's Footprint: $1k → 8%Ute Land Trust: $1k → 12%Colorado 14ers Initiative: $1k → 7%Humane Society of Pagosa Springs: $2k → 10%Street Dog Coalition: $1k → 11%San Juan Mountain Association: $50k → 12%RezDawg Rescue: $1k → 12%Feest Food Empowerment Educ Team: $1k → 9%India Development Services: $25k → 14%Shri Yoga Center: $1k → 8%The Chisholm Legacy Project: $1k → 19%Cultural Survival: $1k → 8%South Asian American Digital Archive NFP: $3k → 22%Mauricio Aquino Foundation: $1k → 10%Wikimedia Foundation: $501 → 10%The Library Study Hall Inc DBA Slow Factory Fdn: $2k → 14%Reservation Animal Rescue: $1k → 14%Rocky Mountain Wild: $1k → 7%Ruby Sisson Library Foundation: $1k → 10%San Juan Mountain Association: $20k → 12%RezDawg Rescue: $501 → 12%Feest Food Empowerment Education & Sustainability: $1k → 9%South Asian American Digital Archive: $3k → 22%Colorado 14ers Initiative: $1k → 7%Humane Society of Pagosa Springs: $1k → 10%San Juan Mountain Association: $10k → 12%Feest: $1k → 9%Colorado 14ers Initiative: $501 → 7%Pagosa Community Initiative: $1k → 10%San Juan Mountain Association: $10k → 12%Chama Peak Land Alliance: $516 → 10%Earth Law Center: $1k → 12%Chama Peak Land Alliance: $501 → 10%Chama Peak Land Alliance: $501 → 10%San Juan Basin Area Agency on Aging: $501 → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
UT
CO
MD
DC
TX
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$120k · 11 repeat orgs$51k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
23

Total granted

$120k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
0%

Still filing today

73%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentAnimalsEducationCivil RightsFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN DIGITAL ARCHIVE NFP
    3× · 2023–2025 · $10k · revenue +0%
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS
    2× · 2023–2025 · $3k · revenue +1%
  • MA
    MONTALVO ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • ID
    India Development Servicegraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +94%
  • EG
    Earth Guardians
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue -19%
  • AI
    American Indian Education Fund
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
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
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
2
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
3
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
4
350 Colorado

We are a grassroots movement working to build a fossil-free future powered by 100% renewable energy. we empower communities across colorado to join together to fight for environmental justice. through our volunteer-led teams, we use a…

Environment
5
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
6
CalWild

The California Wilderness Coalition protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal.

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7
Pax Fauna

Pax fauna exists to design a more effective social movement for animal freedom in the u.s., using original research as well as careful study of social movement literature and the recent history of the animal movement, in order to reverse…

Animals
8
Amazon Watch Inc

To protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with Indigenous communities in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon Basin's…

Environment
9
Climate Defiance Action

Advocate for climate change and other environmental action via nonviolent direct action

—
10
Ecology Action of Santa Cruz

The primary and specific purpose for which the said corporation is formed is to empower individuals, businesses and communities to take actions today that achieve environmental and economic sustainability. The activities of the corporation…

Environment
11
San Juan Citizens Alliance

The San Juan Citizens Alliance advocates for clean air, pure water, and healthy lands - the foundations of resilient communities, ecosystems and economies in the San Juan Basin.

Environment
12
350PDX

Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sunrise Movement Education Fund; the most unlike its peers is India Development Service. 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

24 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. 24 of the 37 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

San Juan Mountain Association: $90,000 · OtherSan Juan Mountain AssociationIndia Development Service: $25,000 · OtherIndia Development Service+19 more: $24,731 · Other+19 moreSOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN DIGITAL ARCHIVE NFP: $10,003 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,022 · EducationEarth Guardians: $2,042 · EnvironmentCHAMA PEAK LAND ALLIANCE: $1,518 · EnvironmentROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD: $1,041 · EnvironmentCLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANCE: $1,001 · EnvironmentSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND: $1,001 · EnvironmentHUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS: $2,562 · AnimalsREZDAWG RESCUE INC: $1,539 · AnimalsThe Street Dog Coalition: $1,001 · AnimalsCULTURAL SURVIVAL INC: $2,502 · Civil RightsTHE CHISHOLM LEGACY PROJECT INC: $1,031 · Civil RightsFood Empowerment Education Sustainability Team: $2,002 · Food & NutritionSLOW FOOD USA INC: $1,051 · Food & NutritionMONTALVO ASSOCIATION: $1,960 · Arts & CultureIndigenous Roots: $1,001 · Arts & Culture
Other$139,731Education$11,025Environment$6,603Animals$5,102Civil Rights$3,533Food & Nutrition$3,053Arts & Culture$2,961

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 budgetIndia Development Service: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN DIGITAL ARCHIVE NFP: $10,003 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS: $2,562 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCULTURAL SURVIVAL INC: $2,502 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Guardians: $2,042 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFood Empowerment Education Sustainability Team: $2,002 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTALVO ASSOCIATION: $1,960 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREZDAWG RESCUE INC: $1,539 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHAMA PEAK LAND ALLIANCE: $1,518 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSLOW FOOD USA INC: $1,051 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD: $1,041 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHISHOLM LEGACY PROJECT INC: $1,031 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTH LAW CENTER: $1,031 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,022 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOWER SHIFT NETWORK: $1,001 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA: $1,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $1,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndigenous Roots: $1,001 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAGOSA COMMUNITY INITIATIVE: $1,001 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Street Dog Coalition: $1,001 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANCE: $1,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND: $1,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAHARASHTRA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN JUAN BASIN AREA AGENCY ON AGING INCORPORATED: $501 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.

PatagoniaorgClif Family FoundationImpactassetsincAmalgamated Charitabl…Earth Rising Foundati…Wallace Global Fund IICommon Counsel Founda…Silicon Valley Commun…Rsf Social Finance IncThe William & Flora H…Tides FoundationColorado Gives Founda…
PatagoniaorgCA16.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · Clif Family Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Earth Rising Foundation · Wallace Global Fund II · Common Counsel Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Tides Foundation · Colorado Gives 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 Bridging Nations Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bridging Nations Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 37 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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