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Cmr Foundation at a glance

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Cmr Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.5M
Granted FY2022
2
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Philanthropy$1.5MEnvironment$950kInternational$550kFood & Nutrition$300kHousing & Shelter$200kHealth$150kHuman Services$150kYouth Development$122kOther$0
02FY2022 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.4M
$1,397,651
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITAL GIFT FUND$1,397,651
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SNOWHOMISH COUNTY$100,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOOD BANK OF THE HEARTLAND: $50k → 12%CENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED: $50k → 13%YMCA SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $100k → 7%AVENUES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH: $100k → 11%RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK: $100k → 10%DIRECT RELIEF: $25k → 14%UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION: $100k → 17%AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $100k → 14%WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $50k → 15%AMERICARES: $50k → 9%RURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 9%APPALACIAN VOICES: $50k → 21%NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS: $50k → 15%CAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $12k → 9%COVID 19 AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIEF: $25k → 14%RAIN FOREST TRUST: $100k → 6%AMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM: $100k → 7%UNITED NATIONS COVID RELIEF: $25k → 17%NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS: $100k → 14%AMERICARES: $25k → 9%CAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $10k → 9%THE WETLANDS INITIATIVE: $50k → 14%ACTION AGAINST HUNGER USA: $100k → 17%CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: $50k → 14%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SNOWHOMISH COUNTY: $100k → 9%FEEDING AMERICA: $100k → 14%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $100k → 17%FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $50k → 14%AVENUES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH: $100k → 14%ACTION AGAINST HUNGER USA: $100k → 17%PARTNERSHIP FOR A HEALTHIER AMERICA: $100k → 14%ALLIANCE FOR GREAT LAKES: $50k → 14%PARTNERHSHIP FOR DRUG FREE KIDS: $100k → 17%AMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $100k → 14%ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE: $50k → 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
MN
IL
NY
OR
IN
OH
CT
CA
NE
MO
VA
NC
DC
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.
03Its 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
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
2
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
3
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
4
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
5
American Forests

Protection and expansion of threatened urban and wildland forest ecosystems. See Part III

Environment
6
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
7
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
8
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
9
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
10
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
11
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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12
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Western Environmental Law Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 35 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY CHARITAL GIFT FUND: $1,397,651 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITAL GIFT FUNDAVENUES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH: $100,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $100,000 · OtherYMCA SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $100,000 · OtherPARTNERHSHIP FOR DRUG FREE KIDS: $100,000 · OtherNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS: $100,000 · Other+9 more: $375,000 · Other+9 moreACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $200,000 · InternationalACTION AGAINST HU…UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FO…RAINFOREST TRUST: $100,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST TRUSTAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDA…RURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATION: $50,000 · InternationalRURAL ADVANCEMENT…CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INC: $50,000 · InternationalCENTER FOR INTERN…DIRECT RELIEF: $25,000 · InternationalENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $100,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL D…Rainforest Action Network: $100,000 · EnvironmentRainforest Acti…AMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN FOREST…AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · EnvironmentAMAZON CONSERVA…FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $50,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE …APPALACHIAN VOICES: $50,000 · EnvironmentAPPALACHIAN VOI…THE WETLANDS INITIATIVE: $50,000 · EnvironmentTHE WETLANDS IN…AVENUES FOR YOUTH: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentPartnership for a Healthier America Inc: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $22,000 · Youth DevelopmentFeeding America: $100,000 · Food & NutritionCommunity Foundation of Snohomish County: $100,000 · PhilanthropyAMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM: $100,000 · Science & Tech
Other$2,272,651International$600,000Environment$550,000Youth Development$222,000Food & Nutrition$100,000Philanthropy$100,000Science & Tech$100,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Snohomish County: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAVENUES FOR YOUTH: $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetPartnership for a Healthier America Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM: $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATION: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAPPALACHIAN VOICES: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE WETLANDS INITIATIVE: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $22,000 over 2y, 1.5% 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.

Give Lively Foundatio…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Give Lively Foundation IncNY17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Give Lively Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Cmr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cmr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%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%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report 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.

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 35 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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