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Cnc 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.

$3.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2025
37
Organizations funded FY2024
22%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$11,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,525,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 37
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Cnc Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $373k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionEmploymentPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving35$3.3M20%
FY202437$1.9M22%
FY202329$376k17%
FY202230$374k3%
FY202134$459k21%
FY202031$286k10%
FY201931$322k23%
FY201829$365k7%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.7MHousing & Shelter$1.5MReligion$1.3MInternational$808kCivil Rights$564kHuman Services$326kCommunity Improvement$223kPhilanthropy$181kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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WI
NY
MA
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PA
CA
CO
VA
AZ
AR
DC
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FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kitp House Project$1,525,000116%
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation$692,00021%
Regents of the University of California$640,0001n/a
CalMatters$500,00013%
The Journey With Jesus Foundation$455,000957%
International Justice Mission$429,00090%
The American Friends of Winchester College Inc$411,30074%
The Salvation Army$325,7008n/a
InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA$285,80070%
Village Enterprise Fund$262,00091%
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All grantees of Cnc Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kitp House Project$1,525,000116%
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation$692,00021%
Regents of the University of California$640,0001n/a
CalMatters$500,00013%
The Journey With Jesus Foundation$455,000957%
International Justice Mission$429,00090%
The American Friends of Winchester College Inc$411,30074%
The Salvation Army$325,7008n/a
InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA$285,80070%
Village Enterprise Fund$262,00091%
Hope Horizon East Palo Alto$174,00056%
Menlo Park Presbyterian Church$160,0004n/a
Californians to Defend the Open Primary$150,0001n/a
Fuller Theological Seminary$126,00050%
Freedom Alliance$75,00030%
Ada's Cafe$63,00020%
The Palo Alto Community Fund$58,00062%
Latino Leadership & Policy Foundation$50,0001n/a
Wycliffe Associates Inc$23,2505n/a
Downtown Streets Inc$19,60080%
California Family Foundation$15,80060%
Heifer International Foundation$15,30090%
Foundation for a College Education$13,10090%
East Palo Alto Kids Foundation$11,90081%
Harvard-Westlake School$11,85060%
Canopy$11,05060%
Ganna Walska Lotusland$10,00010%
Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc$10,0002n/a
University of California San Francisco Foundation$10,00010%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$10,00010%
Kqed Inc$4,35080%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$3,70030%
Blood Cancer United Inc$3,50060%
California YMCA Youth & Gvt$2,5001n/a
Old North Illuminated Inc$2,20020%
American Heart Association Inc$1,30080%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$50010%
Sempervirens Fund$25010%
Peninsula Open Space Trust$20010%
Green Envelope Fund$15010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Cnc Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKitp House Project: $1,525,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetUc Santa Barbara Foundation: $692,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCalMatters: $500,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetThe Journey With Jesus Foundation: $455,000 over 9y, 57% of budgetInternational Justice Mission: $429,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe American Friends of Winchester College Inc: $411,300 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $285,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVillage Enterprise Fund: $262,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetHope Horizon East Palo Alto: $174,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetFuller Theological Seminary: $126,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFreedom Alliance: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAda's Cafe: $63,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Palo Alto Community Fund: $58,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetDowntown Streets Inc: $19,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Family Foundation: $15,800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHeifer International Foundation: $15,300 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for a College Education: $13,100 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetEast Palo Alto Kids Foundation: $11,900 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetHarvard-Westlake School: $11,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCanopy: $11,050 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGanna Walska Lotusland: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Library Foundation of Los Angeles: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKqed Inc: $4,350 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $3,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOld North Illuminated Inc: $2,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMonterey Bay Aquarium Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSempervirens Fund: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeninsula Open Space Trust: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Envelope Fund: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA20× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Palo Alto Community Fund · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Marin Community Foundation · Jacob L and Lillian Holtzmann Foundation · Embarcadero Media Foundation · The George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation · Atkinson Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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.

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How do I get to Cnc Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cnc Foundation 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.

About Cnc Foundation

How much does Cnc Foundation give?
Cnc Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $3,410,873 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Cnc Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Housing & Shelter (18%), Religion (16%).
Who are Cnc Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kitp House Project ($1.5M), Uc Santa Barbara Foundation ($692k), Regents of the University of California ($640k).
Does Cnc Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Cnc Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Cnc Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Palo Alto Community Fund, Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation.
Where is Cnc Foundation based?
Cnc Foundation is based in CA.

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 84 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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