· Private foundation
Carlsen Muir Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k26 grants · $78k
- $10k–50k23 grants · $386k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $519k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Improve your tomorrow | $244,470 |
| Big BrothersBig Sisters | $125,000 |
| Powerhouse Ministries | $50,000 |
| Hands for an African Child | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| Orangevale Fair Oaks Comty Fund | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| Make a Wish | $25,000 |
| Chico Project SAVE | $25,000 |
| Operation Hope | $25,000 |
| Journey Church | $20,800 |
| Twin Lakes Food Bank | $20,000 |
| HART of Folsom | $20,000 |
| Anne Carlsen Center | $20,000 |
| Theatre for Children | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $440k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 13% of Carlsen Muir Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 88% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 78%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
68 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $109k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ACANNE CARLSEN CENTER7× · 2018–2024 · $330k · revenue +28%
- IYIMPROVE YOUR TOMORROW INC5× · 2020–2024 · $314k · revenue +378%
- HFHands for an African Child Inc6× · 2019–2024 · $310k · revenue +516%
Funded once
- SRSacramento Regional Community Foundone grant, 2023 · $25k
- SSSierra Sacramento Valley Medical Soone grant, 2023 · $25k
- WEWOMEN'S EMPOWERMENTgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +30%
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.
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.
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
Just safe's mission is to educate the public about the needs of communities most impacted by crime, violence, and incarceration; and promote new safety solutions through community-building, leadership development, grassroots mobilization,…
MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…
The Sacramento Region Community Foundation leads, serves, and inspires enduring philanthropy for a just and vibrant Sacramento region.
To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.
Valley vision is a civic leadership organization dedicated to improving the livability of the sacramento region. through research and action, we collaborate on bold, long-term solutions that improve people's lives.
At the sacramento children's home, we are committed to opening doors to the future by maximizing the potential of children and families.
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…
Dedicated to assisting those in need by alleviating their immediate pain and problems and moving them toward self-sufficiency and financial independence.
How this is measured
65 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. 65 of the 142 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds ANNE CARLSEN CENTER ↗
- Who funds IMPROVE YOUR TOMORROW INC ↗
- Who funds Hands for an African Child Inc ↗
- Who funds WEAVE INC ↗
- Who funds THEATRE FOR CHILDREN INC DBA B STREET THEATRE ↗
- Who funds Twin Lakes Food Bank ↗
- Who funds HART OF FOLSOM ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS HEART OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds SACRAMENTO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
- Who funds CHICO PROJECT S A V E ↗
- Who funds Better Life Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION ↗
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: Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Teichert Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Kelly Foundation · Dignity Health · Ed and Betty Manoyan Foundation · United Way California Capital Region · Sierra Health Foundation · Setzer Foundation · Sutter Valley Hospitals · Deacon Charitable Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Carlsen Muir Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carlsen Muir Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
How this is measured
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