California · Public charity
Contina Impact
The organization's mission is to serve as the fiscal sponsor for the charitable donations and philanthropic disbursements of individuals, foundation, and other entities, to provide technical assistance to youth-serving and nonprofit organizations and to coordinate education and other policy efforts.
- $9.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $8.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 3
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Contina Impact funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $7.8M | 80% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $1.3M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $425k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| More in Common Inc | $2,343,679 | 3 | 32% |
| Defending Democracy Together Institute | $1,610,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Support Services Network | $1,250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Democracy Security Project Action Fund | $750,000 | 1 | 58% |
| NEO Philanthropy Inc | $674,850 | 2 | 0% |
| SD Foundation | $636,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Secure Families Foundation | $350,000 | 1 | 57% |
| Good Faith Network Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Access Now | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| More in Common Inc | $2,343,679 | 3 | 32% |
| Defending Democracy Together Institute | $1,610,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Support Services Network | $1,250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Democracy Security Project Action Fund | $750,000 | 1 | 58% |
| NEO Philanthropy Inc | $674,850 | 2 | 0% |
| SD Foundation | $636,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Secure Families Foundation | $350,000 | 1 | 57% |
| Good Faith Network Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Access Now | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Institute for Strategic Dialogue-Us | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Issue One | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Harmony Labs Inc | $180,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Equis Institute | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | $95,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Montclair State University Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| States United Democracy Center Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fund for Constitutional Government | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NGO-Information Sharing and Analysis Center | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Healthy Democracy Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Contina Impact supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: New Venture Fund · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Skoll Fund · The Klarman Family Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Democracy Fund Inc
How this is measured
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About Contina Impact
- How much does Contina Impact give?
- Contina Impact reported 23 itemized grants totaling $8,452,546, out of $8,952,546 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Contina Impact fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (45%), Housing & Shelter (23%), International (12%).
- Who are Contina Impact's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: More in Common Inc ($2.3M), Defending Democracy Together Institute ($1.6M), Support Services Network ($1.3M).
- Does Contina Impact fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Contina Impact?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Venture Fund, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
- Where is Contina Impact based?
- Contina Impact is based in CA.
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