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Eakin Family 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.

$29k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$18k
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$57kPublic Benefit$33kHealth$30kFood & Nutrition$27kPublic Safety & Disaster$18kEducation$14kReligion$12kHousing & Shelter$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $18k
$3,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$396k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$18,000
PATH$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING ACCELERATOR FUND$3,000
BELOVED ASHEVILLE$1,500
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 (FY17–21, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL: $2k → 12%WILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL: $2k → 12%NORTHERN BERKSHIRE INTERFAITH ACTION INITIATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTER: $3k → 12%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CA
VA
KS
NC
DC
HI
GA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Eakin Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Eakin Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.7% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$92k · 7 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
16

Total granted

$92k
$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+67%

Still filing today

86%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
EducationEnvironmentInternationalArts & CultureHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther
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

  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    2× · 2018–2024 · $31k · revenue +37%
  • TS
    THE SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING ACCELERATOR FUND
    2× · 2022–2024 · $6k · revenue +79%
  • WC
    WILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE IGA NEPHROPATHY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $24k · revenue +77%
  • MT
    MARTHA'S TABLE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $21k · revenue -5%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $18k · revenue +167%
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
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
3
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
4
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
5
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
6
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
7
Eden Peopleplanet

To offer the dignity of fair employment to people living in impoverished communities, who become transformational agents of global forest restoration.

International
8
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
9
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
10
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
11
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
12
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Martha's Table Inc; the most unlike its peers is Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 25 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $30,500 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE…CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,500 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION INTERNATIONA…AMAZON FRONTLINES: $7,500 · EnvironmentAMAZON FRONTLINESFAIR FIGHT ACTION INC: $32,500 · EducationFAIR FIGHT ACTION INCPINE COBBLE SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $5,000 · EducationPINE COBBLE SCHOOL IN…KIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS: $3,000 · EducationKIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLSIndividual grant recipient: $12,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAL NELSON FRIENDSHIP CENTER FOOD PANTRY: $3,000 · OtherAL NELSON FRIENDSHIP CENTE…UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER: $3,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF LEICESTERTHE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $3,000 · OtherTHE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AM…MAUNA KAHEA EDUCATION & AWARENESS: $2,500 · OtherTHE SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING ACCELERATOR FUND: $6,000 · OtherTHE SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING …TREVOR PROJECT INC: $6,250 · OtherTREVOR PROJECT INCWILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC: $3,000 · OtherWILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRE…HELP OF OJAI INC: $3,000 · OtherHELP OF OJAI INCAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $5,000 · OtherAmerican Bar Association F…+2 more: $3,000 · Other+2 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $18,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRA…Mercy Without Limits: $3,100 · InternationalMercy Withou…PATH: $3,000 · InternationalPATHTHE IGA NEPHROPATHY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $24,000 · HealthTHE IGA NEPH…MARTHA'S TABLE INC: $21,000 · Food & NutritionMARTHA'S T…WISHTOYO FOUNDATION DBA WISHTOYO CHUMASH FOUNDATION: $6,250 · Arts & CultureBELL ARTS FACTORY: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Environment$48,500Education$40,500Other$49,750International$24,100Health$24,000Food & Nutrition$21,000Arts & Culture$8,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFAIR FIGHT ACTION INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $30,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IGA NEPHROPATHY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $24,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $21,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMAZON FRONTLINES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWISHTOYO FOUNDATION DBA WISHTOYO CHUMASH FOUNDATION: $6,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $6,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING ACCELERATOR FUND: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPINE COBBLE SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Without Limits: $3,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATH: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELP OF OJAI INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELL ARTS FACTORY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $1,500 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.

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 San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Francisco FoundationCA12.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Eakin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eakin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pine Cobble School Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–30%
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 25 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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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home