· Private foundation
Charles Piper Cost Foundation
Its FY2025 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE PRODUCER PARTNERSHIP | $5,000 |
| SIESTA VALLEY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| FULCRUM FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND | $3,700 |
| GOLDEN STATE SALMON ASSOCIATION | $3,000 |
| JOE GOODE PERFORMACE GROUP | $3,000 |
| THE CURRENT - MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADI | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY | $2,500 |
| LA LUZ CENTER | $2,500 |
| CALTROUT | $2,500 |
| SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDA | $2,500 |
| REDWOOD TRAILS ALLIANCE | $2,500 |
| WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY | $2,500 |
| SONOMA LAND TRUST | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
45 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SFSANTA FE PRO MUSICA INC4× · 2020–2023 · $56k · revenue +51%
- CSCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND6× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue +12%
- JGJoe Goode Performance Group6× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- BSBENTLEY SCHOOLone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +15%
- TBThe Berkeley Relief Fundone grant, 2020 · $1k
- UUUnitarian Universalist Fellowship of Kern County - KWESIone grant, 2021 · $1k
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.
The museum's mission is to inspire all californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities. through collections, exhibitions, education programs, and public dialogue, we inspire people of all ages and…
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
To ensure coast redwood forests in the santa cruz mountains thrive for generations to come. since 1900, sempervirens has protected more than 36,000 acres. learn more about our mission, vision, and strategic plan through 2030 at:…
The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.
The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.
Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.
Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.
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.
Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art
The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…
How this is measured
39 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. 39 of the 57 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 SANTA FE PRO MUSICA INC ↗
- Who funds CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND ↗
- Who funds Joe Goode Performance Group ↗
- Who funds Habitot Childrens Museum ↗
- Who funds LA LUZ CENTER ↗
- Who funds ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC ↗
- Who funds PRODUCERS PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds GOLDEN STATE SALMON ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds BIGHORN RIVER ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds IMPACT JUSTICE ↗
- Who funds Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation ↗
- Who funds REDWOOD TRAILS ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds SONOMA LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds WILD AND FREE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Berkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund ↗
- Who funds THE WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN ↗
- Who funds SIESTA VALLEY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BERKELEY PARTNERS FOR PARKS ↗
- Who funds BIENVENIDOS OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds NEW MEXICO IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds NEW MEXICO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS ↗
- Who funds LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ↗
- Who funds The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society ↗
- Who funds ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN TAPESTRY ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds CANCER FOUNDATION FOR NEW MEXICO ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO 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: Santa Fe Community Foundation · The Abeles Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Gale Family Foundation · Thornburg Foundation · Kenneth Rainin Foundation · Albuquerque Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Charles Piper Cost Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles Piper Cost Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Enterprise Community Partners Inc: 22% of income from government
- Western Rivers Conservancy: 0% of income from government
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