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Cloudera Foundation Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2021
17
Grants FY2021
8
States reached
$324k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2021.

International$1.0MHealth$912kPhilanthropy$664kSocial Science$600kEducation$341kCivil Rights$108kEnvironment$93kHousing & Shelter$79kOther$0
02FY2021 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k5 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $113k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $539k
  • $250k+2 grants · $624k
$25,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY$324,000
THE URBAN INSTITUTE$300,000
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC$218,188
Individual grant recipient$113,732
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY$77,500
EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC$77,500
THE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION$51,775
WOMEN'S WORLD BANKING INC$37,500
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY CENTRE$25,000
GLOBAL DIGITAL HEALTH$25,000
Individual grant recipient$12,500
INVISABLE INSTITUTE$12,500
PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION$1,500
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE$1,500
WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL$1,500
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.

US giving: 69% of grant dollars ($2.8M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 31% that went abroad ($1.3M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $3k → 10%AL OTRO LADO INC: $2k → 14%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
IL
NY
MA
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
LA
GA
FL

Beyond the US: 31% of all-years giving ($1.3M)

8 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Switzerland$775k · 4 grants
United Kingdom$399k · 11 grants
Germany$50k · 2 grants
Botswana$18k · 1 grant
Hungary$11k · 1 grant
Canada$8k · 1 grant
India$2k · 1 grant
South Africa$2k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 33% of Cloudera Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Cloudera Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 30% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 10 repeat orgs$398k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2021, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
37

Total granted

$3.1M
$212k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+26%

Still filing today

40%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $186k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
InternationalArts & CultureEnvironmentCivil RightsEducationHealthOther
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

  • THE URBAN INSTITUTE
    2× · 2020–2021 · $600k · revenue +14%
  • WW
    WOMEN'S WORLD BANKING INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $114k · revenue +50%
  • II
    Invisible Institute
    2× · 2020–2021 · $78k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1Dgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +31%
  • CH
    CHATHAM HOUSE
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Corporationgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $22k · revenue +76%
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
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
Activate Global Inc

Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. activate partners with u.s. based funders, research institutions, and other pillars of the hard technology community to help entrepreneurial…

Environment
3
Global Impact Investing Network Inc

The global impact investing network, inc. is dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing to solve systemic problems facing people and the planet. impact investments are investments made into companies,…

Philanthropy
4
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
5
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
6
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
7
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
8
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
9
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
10
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
11
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
12
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is We the Protesters Inc; the most unlike its peers is Al Otro Lado. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

37 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. 37 of the 58 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
27/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY: $1,152,000 · OtherCOLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARYIndividual grant recipient: $775,034 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNESTA: $145,962 · OtherNESTATHE UK ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION: $130,530 · Other+33 more: $388,801 · Other+33 moreTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $600,000 · Social ScienceTHE URBAN INSTIT…AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $520,974 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ONLINE…DATAKIND INC: $20,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $4,000 · PhilanthropyWOMEN'S WORLD BANKING INC: $114,000 · International+5 more: $6,250 · InternationalInvisible Institute: $77,500 · Civil Rights+3 more: $4,250 · Civil RightsEarth Island Institute Inc: $77,500 · Environment+3 more: $4,000 · EnvironmentBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $25,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation: $21,500 · Health
Other$2,592,327Social Science$600,000Philanthropy$544,974International$120,250Civil Rights$81,750Environment$81,500Health$46,500

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 budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $600,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $520,974 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S WORLD BANKING INC: $114,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $77,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInvisible Institute: $77,500 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $21,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDATAKIND INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRAVEN INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALERIA RESEARCH CORP: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR PEACEBUILDING: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAREERVILLAGE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESILIENT CITIES CATALYST INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDRAMA CLUB INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAL OTRO LADO: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTONEWALL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOWANUS CANAL CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndependent Arts & Media: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWE THE PROTESTERS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAngels For Angels: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Rockefeller Found…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Tides FoundationWellspring Philanthro…Seattle FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Rockefeller FoundationNY15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rockefeller Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Tides Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Seattle Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Cloudera Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cloudera Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
14report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Cloudera Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Cloudera Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 58 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home