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Community Initiatives

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES acts as a thought-partner and provides administrative services to nonprofit startups, established initiatives, networks, and collaborations. We sponsor projects for the benefit of communities in service to positive social change.

$24M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
101
Itemized grants FY2025
77
Organizations funded FY2024
81%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$23M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$19,779
Largest grant, FY2025
$16,725,249
Organizations funded a year
34 to 121
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$75M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 81% of the organizations Community Initiatives funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.5M 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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 arriving98$23M63%
FY202477$9.8M81%
FY202334$6.9M65%
FY202272$4.8M69%
FY2021121$8.8M61%
FY202093$9.2M68%
FY201973$7.1M75%
FY201862$2.8M73%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$21MEnvironment$16MEducation$14MPhilanthropy$4.4MHuman Services$4.2MCommunity Improvement$2.6MHealth$2.1MCrime & Legal$2.0MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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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
House of Victory Inc$16,725,2491n/a
Feather River Land Trust$10,395,604937%
House of Victory Foundation Inc$3,837,7431n/a
Truckee Donner Land Trust$2,461,357410%
Alliedup Cooperative$2,189,2692n/a
Groundwork Ohio$1,209,04326%
Bulldog Bread Foundation$1,170,5001n/a
Placer Title Company$1,079,8221n/a
San Diego Community College District$992,3003n/a
Global Philanthropy Project Inc$922,734115%
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All grantees of Community Initiatives by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
House of Victory Inc$16,725,2491n/a
Feather River Land Trust$10,395,604937%
House of Victory Foundation Inc$3,837,7431n/a
Truckee Donner Land Trust$2,461,357410%
Alliedup Cooperative$2,189,2692n/a
Groundwork Ohio$1,209,04326%
Bulldog Bread Foundation$1,170,5001n/a
Placer Title Company$1,079,8221n/a
San Diego Community College District$992,3003n/a
Global Philanthropy Project Inc$922,734115%
TURN 2 U INC dba THE LAST MILE$899,85039%
Charity Navigator$848,719212%
US Digital Response$694,93117%
La Trade Technical College$690,8403n/a
Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth Rjoy$678,059249%
Possibility Labs$646,29531%
North Orange County Community College District$629,5003n/a
California State University San Marcos$566,5002n/a
The Nature Conservancy of California$541,0002n/a
Help a Mother Out$539,00947%
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$511,30210%
Death Valley Natural History Association$482,641823%
Hepatitus Education Project$475,750117%
Boarddev Corporation$475,0002n/a
Make Community LLC$470,3272n/a
Exygy Inc$447,0193n/a
Sierra Joint Community College District$444,3293n/a
General Assembly Space Inc$436,4962n/a
Immigrants Rising$393,10525%
Desert Community College District$374,3503n/a
Csusb Philanthropic Foundation$370,30033%
Monterey Peninsula College$363,6003n/a
Butte-Glenn Ccd$357,3003n/a
Long Beach Community College District$356,2003n/a
Rancho Santiago Community College District$355,2503n/a
Hartnell College$355,0002n/a
Chabot Las Positas Community College$351,0003n/a
San Luis Community College District - Cuesta College$350,0002n/a
Novo Foundation$350,00010%
San Joaquin Delta College$346,0002n/a
Southwestern Community College District$340,3003n/a
Rio Hondo College$340,0002n/a
Antelope Valley College$340,0002n/a
Sonoma State University$335,3003n/a
Ventura College$325,3003n/a
First American Title Company$317,0191n/a
Public Works Alliance$282,970114%
Mission Language and Vocational School Inc$265,01117%
California State University Stanislaus$247,3002n/a
West Hills Community College$247,0001n/a
John E Fetzer Institute Inc$224,28510%
University of California Merced Foundation$215,00034%
National Mall and Memorial Parks$212,5693n/a
Scccd$210,0003n/a
The Libra Foundation$200,00011%
Sierra Institute for Community & Environment$191,50019%
Vca San Francisco Veterinary Specialists$190,2914n/a
Inquiring Systems Inc$178,08822%
Sierra Business Council$175,94121%
Empowerment Works Inc$175,466115%
Berkeley City College$165,2543n/a
The Carpentries Inc$164,9921n/a
Great Basin National Park Foundation$155,041523%
Pinnacles National Park Foundation Pinnacles Partnership$150,85157%
Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park$150,620117%
Shift Project Ltd$146,40014%
Live Free Chicago$140,00026%
The Fruit Guys$139,2001n/a
Strategen Consulting LLC$138,5482n/a
California State University San Marcos Foundation$135,50022%
Ie Communications LLC$133,0773n/a
Bakersfield College Foundation$129,40012%
Predistribution Initiative Inc$128,0591n/a
Centro de Servicios of Alameda Cty$116,951317%
Kern Community College District$115,0001n/a
Sequoia Parks Conservancy$114,50041%
Georgia Harm Reduction Coalition Inc$111,00043%
Rose Pak Community Fund$110,952124%
Asian Health Services$110,00020%
University of Texas$106,7771n/a
Women in Security and Privacy$104,708269%
California State University Stanislaus Foundation$100,00012%
Tri-Valley Haven For Women$100,00022%
Regents of the University of California$100,0001n/a
San Francisco Parent Coalition$98,765119%
Intersection for the Arts$97,81012%
Urban Survivors Union$96,000328%
People's Harm Reduction Alliance$96,000311%
Andy Irons Foundation$95,5701n/a
Brighter Beginnings$95,00011%
Cardea Services$95,00011%
Trybe Inc$95,00010%
Chinese for Affirmative Action$93,00020%
Earth Island Institute Inc$92,50020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$90,00010%
North Dakota State University$90,0002n/a
Headstand$89,1001n/a
Prospera Community Development$85,00014%
SOCIETY OF STVINCENT DE PAUL District Council of Alameda County$85,00021%
Vietnamese American Community Center of the East Bay$85,00012%
The Davis Street Community Center Inc$85,00020%
Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Inc$85,00013%
The Alliance for Community Wellness DBA La Familia Counseling Services$85,00020%
University of California Davis$84,3985n/a
Hawaii Pacific Parks Association Ltd Fka Hi Natural History Association Ltd$83,81221%
City of Framingham$82,2001n/a
Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association$81,70734%
Radical Monarchs$80,0001n/a
Intermountain Natural History Assoc$76,942112%
Oakland Private Industry Council in C$75,00011%
The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis$75,00021%
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation$75,00011%
The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University$74,50010%
Friends of Whiskeytown Inc$73,4691n/a
Bakersfield College$70,7001n/a
Northern California Youth and Family Programs$70,00011%
Boise State University$68,4752n/a
The Association of Teaching Artists Inc$68,176134%
Alameda County Board of Supervisors$65,7511n/a
W Haywood Burns Institute$65,00011%
Therapy Aid Coalition Inc$63,551147%
Rogue Climate$62,94024%
Rosie the Riveter Trust$62,56235%
Organizational Mycology$61,7501n/a
Lotus Bloom$60,00013%
Equal Chance for Education$60,0002n/a
Faith in Indiana$60,00014%
Haleakala Conservancy Inc$59,8502n/a
Friends of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site$59,844415%
University of Miami$59,60010%
Town of Franklin$58,4002n/a
The California Desert Land Conservancy$58,14411%
Discover Your Northwest$57,80041%
Lee Inc$55,00010%
California Children and Families Foundation Inc$55,00021%
City of Chelsea$53,2501n/a
Town of Braintree$52,5002n/a
Tewksbury Public Schools$51,0002n/a
Town of Canton$50,8002n/a
Magnolia Womens Recovery Programs Inc$50,00013%
Open Heart Kitchen of Livermore Inc$50,00011%
Pilipino Workers Center of Southern$50,00012%
Defy Ventures Inc$50,00012%
East Bay Asian Youth Center$50,00011%
Centro Legal de la Raza$50,00010%
Pivotal Connections$48,50011%
Santa Monica Mountains Fund$47,80031%
Fractured Atlas Inc$47,49520%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$47,2221n/a
West Hills Community College District$47,0001n/a
Team Esface Inc$46,7771n/a
Harmony Project Bay Area Inc$46,608155%
San Francisco Maritime National Park Association$46,30021%
Worcester Public Library$46,2502n/a
Town of Shrewsbury$45,3792n/a
East Bay Childrens Law Offices Inc$45,00021%
Griot Theater Company$45,000113%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California$45,00020%
The Center for Economic Research and Social Change Inc$45,00011%
A Safe Place$45,00020%
University of the Pacific$44,79610%
The Center for Michigan$44,00013%
Beyond Toxics$43,00023%
The University of the Witwatersrand Fund Inc$42,75017%
Fostering Media Connections$42,00016%
Marin Performing Stars$41,22516%
Alameda Meals on Wheels Inc$40,00024%
San Lorenzo Family Help Center aka The San Lorenzo Food Pantry$40,000140%
Regents of the University of Colorado$40,0001n/a
Independent Arts & Media$40,00021%
Regents of the University of California$40,0001n/a
California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association$40,00015%
Learn to Earn Dayton$40,00012%
Sandwich Public Library$39,5002n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan$39,4002n/a
Foster Youth Education Fund$39,000125%
North Middlesex Regional School District$38,8501n/a
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$38,68020%
Hannah Project Partnership for Academic Achievement$38,45526%
Ultimate Impact Inc$38,1381n/a
Council for Inclusive Capitalism$37,91712%
Hopedale Public Schools$37,1502n/a
National Center for Civic Innovation In$37,00020%
Spark Sf Public Schools$36,74610%
Noris Fight Inc$36,2941n/a
Panorama Global$35,75620%
New Michigan Media$35,200132%
Wayne State University$35,2001n/a
University of Southern Mississippi$35,0001n/a
Miami University$35,0001n/a
The Children's Partnership$35,00021%
Oregon Rural Action Inc$35,00015%
Clemson University$35,0001n/a
Golden Door Scholars$35,000113%
Economic Justice Coalition Inc$35,0001n/a
City and County of San Francisco$34,5731n/a
Verde Inc$33,76021%
Town of Danvers$33,3001n/a
The Channel Islands Park Foundation$31,500120%
Detroit Public Media$30,80010%
Village Of Wisdom$30,00021%
CalMatters$30,00020%
San Francisco Public Press$30,00013%
American River Conservancy$30,00021%
Scholarshipsa Z$30,00027%
Ticket to Dream Foundation$30,00010%
Berkeley Community Health Project DBA Berkeley Free Clinic$30,00017%
New York State Youth Leadership Council Inc$30,00029%
Family Builders by Adoption$30,00011%
Kalw Public Media Inc$30,00021%
Organization for the Legal Advancem of Raza Inc$30,00012%
Dickinson Corporation$29,9101n/a
Redwood Parks Conservancy$29,80011%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$29,6503n/a
Sing for Change$29,5001n/a
Sfc Charitable Foundation Inc$29,25011%
City of Methuen Mi$29,0001n/a
Tribal Government of St Paul Island$28,2641n/a
Athol-Royalston Regional School District$28,0002n/a
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$28,0002n/a
Scituate Public Library$28,0002n/a
Town of Foxborough Council on Aginghuman Services$28,0002n/a
Millbury Public Schools$28,0001n/a
Town of Rockport$28,0002n/a
John Burton Advocates for Youth$27,00020%
Seventh Generation Advisors$27,00011%
Cabrillo College Foundation$26,69610%
Dellums Institute for Social$26,3251n/a
Grace$26,00013%
Ayer-Shirley Regional School District$25,3501n/a
Learn to Lead Foundation of Lowell Inc$25,30011%
Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing Inc$25,00011%
Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative$25,00014%
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation$25,00010%
Needle Exchange Emergencydistribution$25,0001n/a
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$25,0001n/a
Conservation Legacy$25,00010%
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute$25,00014%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$25,00020%
U-Lead Athens Inc$25,0001n/a
Mission Talk Inc$25,00015%
Pacific Historic Parks$25,00010%
Hadley Public Schools$24,5002n/a
Springfield Public Library$24,2501n/a
New Bedford Public Schools$22,9501n/a
University of Arkansas Fayetteville$22,8002n/a
Hoosac Valley Regional School District$22,5002n/a
Masconomet Regional School District$22,3501n/a
Netroots Foundation$21,50113%
New Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc$21,40020%
Green Hydrogen Coalition$21,23411%
Town of Grafton$20,7001n/a
Silver Lake Regional School District$20,3001n/a
The Epicenter of Monterey$20,00015%
University of San Diego$20,00010%
Comunidades Indigenas En Liderazgo Corp$20,00010%
Red Stick Bras and All Project$20,0001n/a
Child Care Law Center$20,00013%
Brightmoor Alliance Inc$20,00024%
Oklahoma State University$20,0001n/a
Take Back The Court Foundation$20,00015%
Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc$20,00020%
OneJustice$20,00011%
Family Support Services$20,00010%
A Home Within Inc$20,00022%
iFoster Inc$20,00021%
Town of Barnstable$20,0001n/a
Radio Bilingue Inc$20,00011%
Accion Latina$20,00014%
San Francisco Study Center Inc$20,00010%
Families NOW$20,000111%
Euvalcree$20,00020%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$20,00010%
Urban Neighborhood Initiatives Inc$20,00021%
Youth Radio$20,00010%
Bay City News Foundation$20,00015%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$20,00020%
Equality Utah Foundation$20,00013%
Bilingual Broadcasting Foundation Inc$20,0001n/a
Southbridge Public Schools$19,9212n/a
Hampden Wilbraham Regional School District$19,6001n/a
City of la Palma California$18,9001n/a
City of Easthampton$18,7501n/a
Eugene O'Neill Foundation Tao House$18,397111%
Not Another Child Inc$18,00013%
Muckrock Foundation Inc$18,00010%
Capitol Reef Natural History Association$18,00012%
Food Runners$17,50012%
City of Leominster$17,5002n/a
Drk Beauty Healing$17,37529%
Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship$17,2081n/a
Partnership for Children & Youth$16,93811%
University of Hawaii System$16,8001n/a
Augusta University Research Institute Inc$16,80010%
Joshua Tree National Park Association$16,70710%
Westfield Public Schools$16,5101n/a
City of Malden$16,1001n/a
Clinton Public School Foundation$16,00015%
Parent Teacher Home Visits$16,00012%
North Brookfield Public Schools$16,0001n/a
Monson School District Granite Valley Middle School$16,0001n/a
Town Of Holliston$16,0001n/a
Youth Community Services Inc$15,50012%
NBC Universal Media LLC$15,0001n/a
Southwest Organizing Project$15,00011%
Fundacion de Investigacion Science and Education Inc$15,0001100%
Morehouse School of Medicine$15,00010%
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation$15,0001n/a
CSF Medical Non Profit Foundation$15,000118%
Harlem United Community AIDS Center Inc$15,00010%
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service$15,00010%
The Center for Cultural Power$15,00010%
Healing Together$15,00017%
Los Rios Colleges Foundation$15,00010%
Confluences Inc Confluence Project$14,85012%
Resources Legacy Fund$14,35010%
Washington County 4-H Leaders Association Inc$14,00019%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$13,6352n/a
Evenodd LLC$13,5251n/a
Leicester Public Schools$13,5001n/a
Town of Walpole$13,3001n/a
Quabbin Regional School District$12,6001n/a
San Francisco Parks Alliance$12,51910%
Roots Community Health Center$12,50010%
University of Wisconsin Madison$12,5001n/a
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice$12,5001n/a
Oil & Gas Action Network$11,9141n/a
King Philip Regional School District$11,9002n/a
NATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH ACTION NETWORK dba FOSTER YOUTH IN ACTION$11,90013%
Argosy Collegiate Charter School$11,8751n/a
San Francisco Village$11,77011%
Exploring America Inc (Adventure Student Travel)$11,7041n/a
Designing Justice Designing Spaces$11,44010%
Blue Point Planning$11,2711n/a
Vca Charities$11,0001n/a
Oxfam-America Inc$10,80010%
Candid$10,80010%
Nor Cal Bluepearl Specialty & Emergency Pet Hospital$10,4201n/a
Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries$10,37912%
Point Reyes National Seashore Association$10,02610%
Kqed Inc$10,00010%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy$10,00010%
La Cocina$10,00010%
Regents Univ of California$10,0001n/a
Fund for Paterson Public Schools$10,0001n/a
Nichi Bei Foundation$10,00012%
Environmental Health Coalition$10,00010%
Prevention Point Philadelphia Inc$10,00010%
Opal$10,00011%
Inclusive Action for the City$10,00010%
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc$10,00010%
Impact Oakland Now$10,00013%
Myc Institute of Integrative Health$10,0001n/a
482 Forward$10,00012%
Southwest Organizing Project$10,00010%
Hurricane Relief Information Network$10,0001n/a
La Familia Movements$10,0001n/a
Touch the Future Inc$10,0001n/a
California Youth Connection$10,00020%
San Francisco Food Bank$10,00010%
Community Services and Employment Training Inc$10,00010%
The Greenlining Institute$10,00010%
Nopi Inc$10,00011%
Health Care for the Homeless Inc$10,00010%
Outright International$10,00010%
Front and Centered$10,00010%
University of South Carolina$10,0001n/a
North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition$10,00011%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$10,00010%
Handson Central California$10,00012%
Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction$10,00018%
The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress$10,00010%
Cityside Journalism Initiative$10,00010%
Ke Kula Nui O Waimanalo$10,00012%
Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center$10,00010%
California State Library Foundation$10,00011%
New Door Ventures Fka Golden Gate Community Inc$10,00010%
First Focus on Children$10,00010%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$10,00010%
Yuba Comm College District$10,0001n/a
Handson Bay Area$10,00010%
Center for Addiction Treatment F/K/A the Center for Chemical Addictions$10,00010%
Community Support Network$10,00010%
Coastal Health Alliance$10,00010%
Coalition On Homelessness$10,00011%
Community Based Organization Partners$10,0001n/a
American Association of Occupational Hea$10,00011%
Liberty S Legacy Inc$10,00016%
Boomhealth$10,00010%
Step Up on Second Street Inc$10,00010%
Columbia Riverkeeper$10,00010%
Causa of Oregon$10,00012%
Coalition of Communities of Color$10,00010%
Freetown-Lakeville Regional School Department Elementary School$10,0001n/a
BronxCare Health Systems$10,00010%
Movement Strategy Center$10,00010%
Forum for Equality Foundation$10,00019%
People United for Sustainable Housing Inc$10,00010%
Shields for Families$10,0001n/a
Impact Online Inc$10,00010%
Dependency Advocacy Center$10,00010%
Multicultural AIDS Coalition Inc$10,00010%
City of Redwood City$10,0001n/a
Centerforce Inc$10,00011%
Center for Health Progress$10,00011%
Edsource Inc$10,00010%
California State University Fresno Foundation$10,00010%
One Simple Wish Inc$10,00011%
NAACP Eugene-Springfield Branch 1119$10,00013%
Black Music Entrepreneurship Incubator$10,0001n/a
Alameda Family Services Inc$10,00010%
Child and Family Policy Institute of California$10,00010%
Accorda Music Thanatology Inst$9,93115%
National Lesbian and Gay Law Foundation$9,59711%
Quincy Public Schools$9,2001n/a
National Youth Employment Coalition Inc$9,00013%
Childrens Network of Solano County$9,00010%
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation$9,00011%
Town of Webster$8,7601n/a
Lynn Public Schools$8,7001n/a
Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation Inc$8,50010%
Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance Inc$8,2181n/a
Literacy for Environmental Justice$8,07211%
Muslim Wellness Foundation$8,0001n/a
Atma Connect$8,00011%
University of California San Francisco$8,0001n/a
The Boston Educational Development Foundation Inc$8,00010%
Al-Maa'uun$8,0001n/a
Asian Law Caucus$7,98010%
Palomacy Pigeon and Dove Adoptions$7,69513%
Centro Latino De San Francisco Inc$7,50010%
Booker T Washington Community Service Center$7,50010%
National Association of Social Workers$7,50010%
Curry Senior Center$7,50010%
Sister-To-Sister 2 Incorporated$7,20011%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$7,00010%
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$7,00010%
Public Health Foundation Enterprises Inc$7,00010%
Restoreher Usamerica Inc$7,0001n/a
The Food Basket Inc$7,00010%
Belle Haven Action$7,00013%
West Coast University$7,0001n/a
Change Elemental$7,00010%
Penn Asian Senior Services Inc$7,00010%
Richmond Friends of Recreation$6,980167%
The University of Tennessee$6,9301n/a
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell$6,9001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula$6,85310%
Jacksonville University$6,83210%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$6,71510%
Veterniary Vision Inc$6,7031n/a
City of Beverly$6,6001n/a
Bellingham Public Schools$6,6001n/a
California Environmental Justice Alliance$6,2501n/a
Sausalito Sister Cities Inc$6,193152%
Crater Lake Natural History Assoc Inc$6,10011%
The Trustees of Princeton University$6,05010%
Agawam Public Schools$6,0001n/a
Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation$6,00010%
Naturally Acquiring Knowledge and Empowering Decisions Inc$6,0001n/a
Samuel Merritt University$6,00010%
B4 Youth Theatre$6,0001n/a
Center for Intercultural Organizing$6,00010%
Commonweal$6,00010%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$6,0001n/a
University of San Francisco$6,00010%
Morehead State University$6,0001n/a
California State University East Bay$6,0001n/a
Amherst H Wilder Foundation$6,00010%
Mass Health Solutions Inc$6,0001n/a
Westfield State University$6,0001n/a
University of Maryland College Park$6,0001n/a
Equality Florida Institute Inc$6,00010%
University of Orange Inc$6,00011%
Community Food Initiatives$5,95012%
Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice$5,8001n/a
Natives of One Wind Indigenous Alliance$5,21510%
Mendon-Upton Regional School District$5,2001n/a
Slow Food USA Inc$5,2001n/a
From the Ground Up Farms Inc$5,16112%
Community Action Board$5,10610%
Council for the Advancement of Science Writing Inc$5,02211%
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network$5,00010%
Pomona Economic Opportunity Center$5,00011%

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($488k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Community Initiatives supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFeather River Land Trust: $10,395,604 over 9y, 37% of budgetTruckee Donner Land Trust: $2,461,357 over 4y, 10.0% of budgetGroundwork Ohio: $1,209,043 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetGlobal Philanthropy Project Inc: $922,734 over 1y, 15% of budgetTURN 2 U INC dba THE LAST MILE: $899,850 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetCharity Navigator: $848,719 over 2y, 12% of budgetUS Digital Response: $694,931 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetRestorative Justice for Oakland Youth Rjoy: $678,059 over 2y, 49% of budgetPossibility Labs: $646,295 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHelp a Mother Out: $539,009 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $511,302 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDeath Valley Natural History Association: $482,641 over 8y, 23% of budgetHepatitus Education Project: $475,750 over 1y, 17% of budgetImmigrants Rising: $393,105 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetCsusb Philanthropic Foundation: $370,300 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetNovo Foundation: $350,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPublic Works Alliance: $282,970 over 1y, 14% of budgetMission Language and Vocational School Inc: $265,011 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetJohn E Fetzer Institute Inc: $224,285 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of California Merced Foundation: $215,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetThe Libra Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSierra Institute for Community & Environment: $191,500 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetInquiring Systems Inc: $178,088 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSierra Business Council: $175,941 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEmpowerment Works Inc: $175,466 over 1y, 15% of budgetGreat Basin National Park Foundation: $155,041 over 5y, 23% of budgetPinnacles National Park Foundation Pinnacles Partnership: $150,851 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetFriends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park: $150,620 over 1y, 17% of budgetShift Project Ltd: $146,400 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetLive Free Chicago: $140,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetCalifornia State University San Marcos Foundation: $135,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetBakersfield College Foundation: $129,400 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCentro de Servicios of Alameda Cty: $116,951 over 3y, 17% of budgetSequoia Parks Conservancy: $114,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGeorgia Harm Reduction Coalition Inc: $111,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetRose Pak Community Fund: $110,952 over 1y, 24% of budgetAsian Health Services: $110,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWomen in Security and Privacy: $104,708 over 2y, 69% of budgetCalifornia State University Stanislaus Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTri-Valley Haven For Women: $100,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSan Francisco Parent Coalition: $98,765 over 1y, 19% of budgetIntersection for the Arts: $97,810 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetUrban Survivors Union: $96,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetPeople's Harm Reduction Alliance: $96,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetBrighter Beginnings: $95,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCardea Services: $95,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTrybe Inc: $95,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action: $93,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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 200.

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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.

Foundation for California Community CollegesCA54.9× affinity31 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for California Community Colleges · East Bay Community Foundation · Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The California Wellness Foundation · The California Endowment · Project Lead the Way Inc · Sunlight Giving · National Park Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr 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.

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About Community Initiatives

How much does Community Initiatives give?
Community Initiatives reported 101 itemized grants totaling $23,113,936, out of $23,835,649 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 121 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Community Initiatives fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (27%), Environment (21%), Education (18%).
Who are Community Initiatives's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: House of Victory Inc ($17M), Feather River Land Trust ($10M), House of Victory Foundation Inc ($3.8M).
Does Community Initiatives fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 81% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Community Initiatives?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for California Community Colleges, East Bay Community Foundation, Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc.
Where is Community Initiatives based?
Community Initiatives 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 517 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 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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