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Eagle Foundation

$11k
Granted FY2023
4
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2023.

Philanthropy$146kPublic Benefit$117kFood & Nutrition$60kEducation$60kEnvironment$45kHealth$43kArts & Culture$16kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Buck Institute$5,000
Moraga Education Foundation$3,000
For Our Schools$2,500
Institute on Aging$575
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY21–23, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Institute on Aging: $575 → 10%Sydney Paige Foundation: $5k → 9%White Pony Express: $25k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

32%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$123k · 9 repeat orgs$263k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

9 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
31

Total granted

$123k
$260k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+14%

Still filing today

78%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitHealthArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JM
    John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust
    3× · 2019–2021 · $31k · revenue +212%
  • BI
    BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING
    4× · 2019–2023 · $20k · revenue +58%
  • ME
    Moraga Education Foundation
    5× · 2017–2023 · $19k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • GG
    Ground Game Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue +43%
  • TV
    THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue -34%
  • ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +2%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
3
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
4
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
5
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
6
California Institute for Biodiversity

Create and publish educational materials, conduct professional development, promote awareness, and sponsor research on the spectacular biological diversity of the State of CA.

Education
7
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
8
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
9
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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10
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
11
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
12
Center for a Humane Economy Inc

There are many pathways for improving the lives of animals, but encouraging corporations to embed animal protection values into their production practices, supply chains, marketing efforts and research and development activities may be the…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Futures Without Violence and the most unlike its peers is Joy in Motion Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%27%10–20yr18%30%20–35yr14%17%35–55yr13%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%19%5–10yr19%48%10–20yr18%22%20–35yr14%7%35–55yr13%4%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/32
the rest of the field
12%
4,445/35,675

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
21/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MORAGA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $138,000 · PhilanthropyMORAGA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $25,000 · OtherALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BA…Sweet Farm — $10,000 · OtherSweet FarmUCSF — $10,000 · OtherUCSFSequoas Residents Association — $10,000 · OtherSequoas Residents AssociationMORAGA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $9,500 · OtherMORAGA HISTORICAL SOCIETYBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING — $20,000 · OtherBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON A…JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION — $10,000 · OtherJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATIONNORTHCOAST REGIONAL LAND TRUST — $7,500 · Other+23 more — $50,050 · Other+23 moreGround Game Fund — $75,000 · Public BenefitGround Game Fund+1 more — $1,250 · Public BenefitEAST BAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS — $20,000 · EducationEAST BAY SCH…Moraga Education Foundation — $18,500 · EducationMoraga Educa…SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA — $15,000 · EducationSAINT MARY'S…THE PARTNERS PROGRAM — $3,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — $2,500 · EducationTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER — $40,000 · Civil RightsJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust — $31,000 · Environment+1 more — $1,000 · EnvironmentWHITE PONY EXPRESS — $25,000 · Human ServicesSydney Paige Foundation — $5,000 · Human Services+1 more — $575 · Human Services
Philanthropy$138,000Other$152,050Public Benefit$76,250Education$59,000Civil Rights$40,000Environment$32,000Human Services$30,575

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMORAGA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $138,000 over 3y, 68% of budgetGround Game Fund — $75,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER — $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust — $31,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITE PONY EXPRESS — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEAST BAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS — $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMoraga Education Foundation — $18,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHCOAST REGIONAL LAND TRUST — $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSydney Paige Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHere For Kids International — $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetRETURN TO FREEDOM INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PARTNERS PROGRAM — $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL — $3,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOY IN MOTION INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFUTURES WITHOUT VIOLENCE — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress — $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Place — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE ON AGING — $575 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

East Bay Community Fo…Marin Community Found…Shell USA Company Fou…Coit Family FoundationOshay Family Foundati…McKesson Foundation I…Silicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Paypal Charitable Giv…
East Bay Community FoundationCA14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Coit Family Foundation · Oshay Family Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Eagle Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

    Source object · view filing

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