Oregon · Private foundation
Equinox Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $193k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Equinox Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 21 | $183k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $165k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $40k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $35k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $27k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $32k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $47k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennington College Corporation | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Carleton College | $32,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Oxbow School | $24,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chewonki Foundation Inc | $22,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Fern Ridge Library Foundation | $21,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Pacific Crest Trail Association | $20,970 | 7 | 0% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nrdc Action Fund Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heifer Project International | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $16,500 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennington College Corporation | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Carleton College | $32,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Oxbow School | $24,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chewonki Foundation Inc | $22,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Fern Ridge Library Foundation | $21,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Pacific Crest Trail Association | $20,970 | 7 | 0% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nrdc Action Fund Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heifer Project International | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $16,500 | 2 | 0% |
| EPICENTER Foundation | $16,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Glynwood Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food for Lane County | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| BRING Recycling | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cascade Medical Team | $11,000 | 4 | 2% |
| McKenzie River Trust | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Kenya Schools and Wildlife | $10,000 | 5 | 4% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Seed Global Health | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Imagine Africa | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Playa | $5,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Ndn Collective Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| National Outdoor Leadership School | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($160k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Equinox Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Oregon Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Equinox Foundation
- How much does Equinox Foundation give?
- Equinox Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $192,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Equinox Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (38%), Environment (24%), International (9%).
- Who are Equinox Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bennington College Corporation ($62k), Carleton College ($32k), Oxbow School ($24k).
- Does Equinox Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Equinox Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Equinox Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Equinox Foundation based?
- Equinox Foundation is based in OR.
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