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Danem Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$134k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$886kEducation$305kHuman Services$188kScience & Tech$101kHealth$90kFood & Nutrition$79kInternational$68kCivil Rights$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$7.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIMITLESS HORIZONS$85,000
BANANAS$20,000
ALAMEDA COUNTY FOOD BANK$9,000
BARCC$2,000
SUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND$1,000
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE$1,000
AMAZON WATCH$1,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$1,000
UNITED WAY$1,000
TERRA PRAXIS INC$1,000
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIO$1,000
350ORG$1,000
CLIMATE SCIENCE DEFENCE FUND$1,000
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTIST$1,000
CARBON 180$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $167k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BANANAS: $20k → 10%BANANAS: $20k → 10%BANANAS: $25k → 10%BANANAS: $22k → 10%BANANAS: $20k → 10%BANANAS: $20k → 10%BANANAS: $20k → 10%BANANAS: $20k → 10%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.
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 43 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
14

Total granted

$1.7M
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+14%

Still filing today

60%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentInternationalFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHealthEducationOther
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

  • BI
    BANANAS INCORPORATED
    8× · 2017–2024 · $167k · revenue +227%
  • LH
    LIMITLESS HORIZONS IXIL INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $102k · revenue +142%
  • ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    8× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • LC
    LAWYER'S COMMITTE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • NR
    NATURAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCIL
    one grant, 2020 · $7k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +308%
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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
3
The Climate Group Inc

Climate group advances climate action by mobilizing business and government leadership to drive systemic decarbonization across energy, transport, and industry, while engaging the public through large-scale convenings and global platforms.…

Environment
4
Advocates for Climate Innovation
Philanthropy
5
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
6
Fresh Energy

Shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.

Environment
7
Watttime Corporation

To raise awareness about the potential to reduce environmental harm by shifting electricity use to particular times; to encourage the development and spread of common protocols for this practice.

Science & Tech
8
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
9
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
10
Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) works toward a world where the rights and dignity of all communities are respected and where healthy forests, a stable climate and wild biodiversity are protected and celebrated.

Environment
11
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
12
Climate Central Inc

Climate central, inc. (the organization") is an independent not-for-profit organization of leading scientists, technology experts and communication professionals that are dedicated to researching and reporting on climate change and its…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Food Empowerment Project. 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

38 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. 38 of the 59 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
26/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEE OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $155,000 · OtherTRUSTEE OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $75,000 · OtherALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANKTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $52,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYCLIMATE SCIENCE DEFENCE FUND: $49,000 · OtherCLIMATE SCIENCE DEFENCE FUNDUNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTIST: $42,000 · OtherUNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTCHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE: $39,000 · OtherOXFAM: $39,000 · OtherACADIA CENTER: $37,000 · OtherBARCC: $33,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $29,000 · Other+22 more: $163,000 · Other+22 moreCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $54,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $52,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $51,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATIONTHE CLIMATE REGISTRY: $50,000 · EnvironmentTHE CLIMATE REGISTRYEARTHJUSTICE: $49,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEAmazon Watch Inc: $47,000 · EnvironmentAmazon Watch Inc350ORG: $46,000 · Environment350ORGNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $45,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $44,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INCGREENPEACE FUND INC: $44,000 · EnvironmentGREENPEACE FUND INCTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $42,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORP…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $35,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATE…CENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $22,000 · EnvironmentSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND: $22,000 · Environment+2 more: $8,000 · EnvironmentBANANAS INCORPORATED: $167,000 · Human ServicesBANANAS INC…EVERGREEN ACTION: $22,000 · Human ServicesEVERGREEN A…LIMITLESS HORIZONS IXIL INC: $102,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $54,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $16,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $10,000 · InternationalWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $49,000 · Science & TechGATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS: $17,000 · PhilanthropySilicon Valley Community Foundation: $14,000 · Philanthropy
Other$753,000Environment$611,000Human Services$189,000Education$102,500International$80,000Science & Tech$49,000Philanthropy$31,000

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 budgetBANANAS INCORPORATED: $167,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetLIMITLESS HORIZONS IXIL INC: $102,000 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $75,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $54,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $54,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $52,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $52,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $51,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLIMATE REGISTRY: $50,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $49,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $49,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmazon Watch Inc: $47,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budget350ORG: $46,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $45,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $44,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $44,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $42,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE: $39,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTERRAPRAXIS INC: $23,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND: $22,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEVERGREEN ACTION: $22,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL HERITAGE TRUST: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR FREE COMMITTEE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Empowerment Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOMEGA INSTITUTE FOR HOLISTIC STUDIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds BANANAS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds LIMITLESS HORIZONS IXIL INC ↗
  • Who funds ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CLIMATE REGISTRY ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds Amazon Watch Inc ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENPEACE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds TERRAPRAXIS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL ↗
  • Who funds SUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds EVERGREEN ACTION ↗
  • Who funds GATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds Silicon Valley Community Foundation ↗

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 William & Flora H…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationCA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Danem Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Danem Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Food for Free Committee Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 59 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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