· Private foundation
First Push Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SKATE LIKE A GIRL | $3,000 |
| COWTOWN SKATE | $2,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL SKATEBOARDING HALL OF FAME | $1,480 |
| THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP OF ARIZONA | $1,000 |
| SKATE WILD FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PARKS | $1,000 |
| LAUNCH COMMUNITY THROUGH SKATEBOARDING | $1,000 |
| BOARDS FOR BROS | $1,000 |
| MAKE LIFE SKATE LIFE | $1,000 |
| SKATEISTAN | $1,000 |
| FRESNO SKATEBOARD SALVAGE | $1,000 |
| THE SKATEPARK PROJECT | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
Our mission is to increase the visibility of skaters and promote safety practices, while also creating positive and safe spaces for individuals new to skating, those aspiring to improve, and professional skaters. We are committed to…
To make the mental health and wellness benefits of skateboarding available to children in underserved communities by providing free skateboards helmets, shoes, and lessons
To enrich the city of lebanon by cooperating with local skaters, businesses, and community at large to facilitate the construction of a public skatepark.
our mission statement is helping underserved kids be part of an empowering, supportive and exciting culture one skateboard at a time.
Our mission is to empower youth and marginalized genders including women non-binary, and trans folk, and build community through action sports skill-building, equipment sharing, and accessible community events. We seek to transform…
Providing outdoor education through skateboarding camps and lessons to local youth
Gwl skatepark mission is to raise funds to build a skatepark accessible to the underprivilege youth and to develop appreciation for this sport in this unique community.
Advocacy, fundraising, and activation for action sports in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The mission of the Humboldt Skatepark Collective is to enhance the health and quality of life for community members by providing recreational opportunities in Humboldt County. Through advocacy and outreach, we aim to support programs and…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 12 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SKATE LIKE A GIRL ↗
- Who funds COWTOWN SKATE ↗
- Who funds THE SKATEPARK PROJECT ↗
- Who funds MAKE LIFE SKATE LIFE ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PARKS ↗
- Who funds SKATE WILD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SKATEISTAN ↗
- Who funds FRESNO SKATEBOARD SALVAGE INC ↗
- Who funds BOARDS FOR BROS INC ↗
- Who funds TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP OF ARIZONA ↗
- Who funds Launch Community Through Skateboard ↗
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: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization First Push Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First Push Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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