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Camelback Ventures

CAMELBACK VENTURES vision is to create livable communities, quality education, and economic opportunity for everyone in one generation.

$657k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2024
37
Organizations funded FY2023
62%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$40,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$241,250
Organizations funded a year
9 to 37
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$15M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 62% of the organizations Camelback Ventures funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $704k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving13$657k69%
FY202337$943k62%
FY202221$780k95%
FY202110$315k50%
FY202030$765k77%
FY201913$460k92%
FY201810$340k100%
FY20179$360kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.5MCommunity Improvement$1.5MHealth$361kEmployment$351kYouth Development$275kArts & Culture$192kEnvironment$128kCrime & Legal$120kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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NY
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OH
PA
NJ
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RI
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CO
MO
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DC
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nationswell$241,2501n/a
Generation Success$93,000442%
Moonshot edVentures$91,50032%
Sankofa Roots$88,000255%
The Hadanou Collective$80,00027%
The People Who Care Project$80,000335%
Mindworks Collaborative Inc$76,000298%
Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Inc$72,00016%
Creative Reaction Lab$70,000230%
Phoenix International Incorporated$66,000213%
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All grantees of Camelback Ventures by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nationswell$241,2501n/a
Generation Success$93,000442%
Moonshot edVentures$91,50032%
Sankofa Roots$88,000255%
The Hadanou Collective$80,00027%
The People Who Care Project$80,000335%
Mindworks Collaborative Inc$76,000298%
Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Inc$72,00016%
Creative Reaction Lab$70,000230%
Phoenix International Incorporated$66,000213%
Social Justice Public Charter School Inc$65,00038%
St Louis Black Authors of Childrens Literature$65,000212%
Immschools$63,00032%
Bridging Education & Art Together Inc$57,00024%
Weird Enough Company Inc$55,000246%
4point0 Schools$51,50021%
New Schools Fund$51,50020%
Echoing Green Inc$51,50020%
The Leadership School$51,0001n/a
Eight Million Stories Inc$50,00032%
HomeWorks Trenton$50,00027%
Genunity Inc$50,000212%
Free Alas$50,000266%
I-Starrt$47,5002n/a
Sophie Science LLC$47,0002n/a
School Board School$44,300116%
Marcy Lab Inc$41,00019%
Movers and Shakers Foundation$41,0001n/a
For Oak Cliff$41,0001n/a
The Praxis Project Inc$41,00010%
Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers$41,00011%
Unlocked Labs$40,000115%
Side Project Inc$40,000110%
Build Our Lives Together Inc$40,00018%
United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc$40,00011%
Trubel&Co$40,0001n/a
Collective Climb$40,00017%
Pay Our Interns Inc$40,000113%
Community Finance Inc (FKA Giving Credit Inc)$40,000112%
Black Girls Film Camp$40,000110%
Visions Performing Arts Company$40,0001n/a
Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc$40,00010%
Education Forward DC$40,00010%
Museum of Diversity Inc$40,0001n/a
Cohort Sistas Inc$40,000181%
Sledge Institute$40,000118%
Mindright Inc$40,000110%
Inspiring Futures Inc$40,000131%
Aes Literacy Institute Incorporated$40,000114%
How Our Lives Link Altogether Inc$40,000113%
Health Education Foundation of Eastern N$40,00011%
I3 Academy$40,0001n/a
Peer Defense Project$40,000119%
Euki Inc$40,00018%
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers$40,00011%
Accessos$40,000141%
Movement Strategy Center$40,00010%
Southern Nevada Black Educators Initiative$40,0001n/a
Lyceum Schools Inc dba The Delores Taylor Arthur School$40,0001n/a
Ffwd$40,00011%
Sembrando Sentido Inc$40,00017%
Darius Glover Inc$40,0001n/a
The Oakland Public Education Fund$40,00010%
Watts of Power Foundation Corporation$40,000110%
Baseline Health$40,0001n/a
Federation of American Scientists$40,00010%
The Creative School Inc$40,0001n/a
Cambiar Education$40,00010%
Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prison Inc$40,000129%
Crete Academy$40,0001n/a
Suma$40,000139%
Liberation Journeys$40,000110%
The Big Picture Company$40,00011%
Liberation Foundation$40,00017%
Empowr Co$40,000111%
Endazhi-Nitaawiging Charter School$40,000128%
Believe Circle City High School Inc$40,0001n/a
Training Grounds Inc$40,0001n/a
The Fellowship Bmec Inc$40,0001n/a
Ser-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast Inc$40,00011%
Bank Street College of Education$40,00010%
Creative Visions Foundation$39,50012%
Uprooted Way$37,000123%
Resilience Partners NFP$35,00021%
Society to Benefit Everyone Inc$30,00012%
Brothers Empowered to Teach$29,95020%
Village Of Wisdom$23,00021%
Social Cipher$20,0001n/a
Smarter in the City Inc$20,000134%
Capital Village Public Charter School$20,00018%
GoodCity NFP$20,0001n/a
Words Liive Inc$20,0001n/a
Piloted Schools of Indiana Inc$15,0001n/a
Empower Community High School$15,00010%
Youth Empowerment Broadcasting Org$15,0001n/a
Pirandello Lyceum Inc$15,0001n/a
Tiny Docs$15,0001n/a
Kishshana & Co the Rooted Collab$15,0001n/a
B-360 Baltimore$15,0001n/a
Sk Support Services LLC$12,0001n/a
Ace Academy$10,00012%
Vocal Justice$10,00012%
Common Good$10,00012%
Piloted Foundation Inc$8,50011%
B-360 Baltimore Inc$8,00012%
Unbound Stockton Community School$5,0001n/a

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($145k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Camelback Ventures supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 76 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGeneration Success: $93,000 over 4y, 42% of budgetMoonshot edVentures: $91,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSankofa Roots: $88,000 over 2y, 55% of budgetThe Hadanou Collective: $80,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetThe People Who Care Project: $80,000 over 3y, 35% of budgetMindworks Collaborative Inc: $76,000 over 2y, 98% of budgetDiverse Charter Schools Coalition Inc: $72,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetCreative Reaction Lab: $70,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetPhoenix International Incorporated: $66,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetSocial Justice Public Charter School Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetSt Louis Black Authors of Childrens Literature: $65,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetImmschools: $63,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetBridging Education & Art Together Inc: $57,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetWeird Enough Company Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 46% of budget4point0 Schools: $51,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNew Schools Fund: $51,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEchoing Green Inc: $51,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEight Million Stories Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetHomeWorks Trenton: $50,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetGenunity Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetFree Alas: $50,000 over 2y, 66% of budgetSchool Board School: $44,300 over 1y, 16% of budgetMarcy Lab Inc: $41,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetThe Praxis Project Inc: $41,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWashington Regional Association of Grantmakers: $41,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUnlocked Labs: $40,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSide Project Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetBuild Our Lives Together Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetUnited Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCollective Climb: $40,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetPay Our Interns Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCommunity Finance Inc (FKA Giving Credit Inc): $40,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBlack Girls Film Camp: $40,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetFiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEducation Forward DC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCohort Sistas Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 81% of budgetSledge Institute: $40,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetMindright Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetInspiring Futures Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetAes Literacy Institute Incorporated: $40,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHow Our Lives Link Altogether Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetHealth Education Foundation of Eastern N: $40,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPeer Defense Project: $40,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetEuki Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetGreater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers: $40,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAccessos: $40,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetMovement Strategy Center: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFfwd: $40,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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 76.

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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.

New Schools FundCA59× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Schools Fund · Echoing Green Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · New Profit Inc · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · Education Leaders of Color Inc · Margulf Foundation · The Roddenberry Foundation · 4point0 Schools · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Carnegie Corporation of New York · Gates 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.

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About Camelback Ventures

How much does Camelback Ventures give?
Camelback Ventures reported 13 grants totaling $657,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Camelback Ventures fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (31%), Community Improvement (31%), Health (8%).
Who are Camelback Ventures's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Nationswell ($241k), Generation Success ($93k), Moonshot edVentures ($92k).
Does Camelback Ventures fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Camelback Ventures?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Schools Fund, Echoing Green Inc, Walton Family Foundation Inc.
Where is Camelback Ventures based?
Camelback Ventures is based in ID.

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 113 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 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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