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Earthsense 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.

$388k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Environment$2.1MArts & Culture$912kPhilanthropy$520kInternational$273kAnimals$95kCommunity Improvement$50kScience & Tech$30kEducation$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $175k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$12,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DENVER FILM SOCIETY$75,000
YELLOW DOT STUDIOS INC$75,000
MISSION BLUE$50,000
ONLY ONE$42,000
CAMBODIAN CHILDRENS FUND$25,000
CLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND$25,000
MUSIC HEALS INTERNATIONAL$16,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
WILD AFRICA$12,000
SWEETWATER MUSIC HALL$10,000
MOONJELLY FOUNDATION$10,000
STAND EARTH$10,000
THE REDFORD CENTER$10,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SAN FRANSISCO$8,500
THE NEW YORK WOMENS FOUNDATION$2,500
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 (FY21–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE NEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%THE NEW YORK WOMENS FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%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

NH
WA
NY
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
NC
DC
FL
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 12% of Earthsense Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 41% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 36%.

Earthsense Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.3% 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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 22 repeat orgs$490k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +137% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
25

Total granted

$3.0M
$384k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+137%
+15%

Still filing today

91%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureAnimalsScience & TechPhilanthropyPublic BenefitOther
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

  • CE
    CLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND
    6× · 2019–2024 · $510k · revenue +137%
  • UF
    UTAH FILM CENTER
    4× · 2020–2023 · $265k · revenue +121%
  • TF
    THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $185k · revenue +201%

Funded once

  • WM
    WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +12%
  • TF
    TED FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +31%
  • IF
    INDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2019 · $35k · revenue +3%
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
Marine Megafauna Foundation

Save threatened marine life using pioneering research, education, and sustainable conservation solutions

International
2
Reel Earth Films

Reel Earth Films promotes wildlife conservation by creating films that nurture the human connection to nature, spread awareness about life-threatening challenges facing species worldwide, and advance environmental activism and research.

Arts & Culture
3
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
4
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
5
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
6
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
7
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment
8
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
9
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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10
Sea Research Foundation Inc

To inspire people to care for and protect our ocean planet through education and research.

Animals
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Only One Inc; the most unlike its peers is Flying Elephants Foundation. 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

48 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. 48 of the 57 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/48
Grantees still filing
36/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FLYING ELEPHANTS FOUNDATION: $600,000 · EnvironmentFLYING ELEPHANTS FOUNDATIONCLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND: $510,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE EMERGENCY FUNDREDFORD CENTER INC: $135,000 · EnvironmentREDFORD CENTER INCONE OCEAN MEDIA FOUNDATION: $132,500 · EnvironmentONE OCEAN MEDIA FOUNDATIONOO PROJECT: $110,000 · EnvironmentOO PROJECTONLY ONE INC: $82,000 · Environment+8 more: $112,180 · Environment+8 moreUTAH FILM CENTER: $265,000 · Arts & CultureUTAH FILM CENTERTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $185,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INCDENVER FILM SOCIETY: $175,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER FILM SOCIETYYELLOW DOT STUDIOS INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureYELLOW DOT STUDIOS INCWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INCMUSIC HEALS INTERNATIONAL: $56,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC HEALS INTERNATIONALSundance Institute: $39,500 · Arts & CultureINDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT INC: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $46,059 · Arts & CultureROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $520,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILAN…Cambodian Childrens Fund: $105,000 · PhilanthropyCambodian Children…+2 more: $20,000 · PhilanthropyCREATIVE VISIONS: $55,000 · OtherMISSION BLUE: $50,000 · OtherFIRST: $35,000 · OtherCAMBODIA CHILDRENS FUND INC: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherSpero Worldwide: $15,000 · OtherWILD AFRICA: $12,000 · OtherTED FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Other+8 more: $42,636 · OtherSylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue: $175,000 · Science & TechInternational FIRST Committee Associatio co Toohey Law Group: $20,000 · Science & TechFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $10,000 · Science & TechWILDAID INC: $75,000 · AnimalsTURTLE CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · AnimalsLAST ANIMALS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · AnimalsMercer Island Eastside Orphans & Waifs: $5,000 · AnimalsMYRIAD USA INC: $61,800 · International+1 more: $250 · International
Environment$1,681,680Arts & Culture$1,026,559Philanthropy$645,000Other$319,636Science & Tech$205,000Animals$95,000International$62,050

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 budgetFLYING ELEPHANTS FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $520,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND: $510,000 over 6y, 8.4% of budgetUTAH FILM CENTER: $265,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $185,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetSylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue: $175,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetDENVER FILM SOCIETY: $175,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetREDFORD CENTER INC: $135,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetONE OCEAN MEDIA FOUNDATION: $132,500 over 3y, 25% of budgetYELLOW DOT STUDIOS INC: $125,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetOO PROJECT: $110,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetCambodian Childrens Fund: $105,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetONLY ONE INC: $82,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetWILDAID INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $61,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMUSIC HEALS INTERNATIONAL: $56,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetTED FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSundance Institute: $39,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOCEANELDERS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetOceanic Preservation Society: $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSWEETWATER MUSIC HALL INC: $25,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInternational FIRST Committee Associatio co Toohey Law Group: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFuture Brilliance US Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTURTLE CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREX FOUNDATION: $5,255 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetLAST ANIMALS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercer Island Eastside Orphans & Waifs: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Pachamama Alliance: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRICYCLE FOUNDATION: $59 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.

Code Blue Charitable …Silicon Valley Commun…Jewish Community Fede…Seattle FoundationThe Schmidt Family Fo…The Chicago Community…Marin Community Found…Tides FoundationRockefeller Philanthr…The San Francisco Fou…Boston Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…
Code Blue Charitable Foundation IncNY22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Code Blue Charitable Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Seattle Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Marin Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Earthsense Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Earthsense Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Earthsense Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Earthsense Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 57 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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