· Private foundation
Cgmk 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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Cgmk Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Cgmk Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $187k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k8 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $146k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK | $146,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| THE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| EARTHJUSTICE | $5,000 |
| ALASKA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| Audubon Center for Birds of Prey | $3,000 |
| ALLIANCE FOR TOMPOTIKA CONSERVATION | $3,000 |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare | $2,500 |
| Snow Leopard Trust | $1,000 |
| SHEEP SANCTUARY INC | $500 |
| BAAHAUS ANIMAL RESCUE GROUP | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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 FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WCWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC5× · 2019–2023 · $712k · revenue +253%
- TVTHE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC5× · 2019–2023 · $50k · revenue +130%
GREENPEACE FUND INC3× · 2019–2021 · $40k · revenue +32%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +11%
- JFJILLS FARM ANIMAL RESCUEone grant, 2020 · $500
- WDWorking Dog for Conservationone grant, 2021 · $150
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.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)
Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.
Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.
To conserve functioning salmon/steelhead eco-system at watershed levels, integrate angling activities with basic scientific research, collect raw data, monitor environmental functions, salmon/steelhead population dynamics, public…
Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…
Darksky international restores the nighttime environment and protects communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy, and conservation.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 19 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 DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
- Who funds WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds THE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GREENPEACE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds ALASKA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WIDECAST Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network Inc ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR TOMPOTIKA CONSERVATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST ↗
- Who funds PUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE ↗
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: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cgmk Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cgmk Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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