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Folley 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.

$689k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$169k
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 FY2019–2024.

Education$1.1MEnvironment$795kEmployment$605kHuman Services$460kRecreation & Sports$265kAnimals$250kHousing & Shelter$150kPublic Benefit$130kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $644k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Montana Foundation$168,500
Montana Land Reliance$75,000
Farestart$75,000
Haven$75,000
Montana Trout Unlimited$50,000
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper$50,000
Trout Unlimited - Bellevue WA$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
Gallatin Valley Land Trust$50,000
YouthCare$25,000
Ruby Habitat Foundation$10,000
Big Sky Public Education Support Fund$10,000
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $160k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%YOUTHCARE: $100k → 9%YouthCare: $25k → 9%YouthCare: $25k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $10k → 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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.5M · 14 repeat orgs$620k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +119% since the first grant, against -22% for the ones you funded once.

14 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
11

Total granted

$3.5M
$610k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+119%
-22%

Still filing today

79%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesEmploymentPublic BenefitOther

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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $804k · revenue +35%
  • THE DOUGY CENTER INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $275k · revenue +169%
  • TM
    THE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $260k · revenue +248%

Funded once

  • BS
    BIG SKY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
    one grant, 2019 · $150k · revenue -33%
  • CM
    CROSSCUT MOUNTAIN SPORTS CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $115k · revenue -58%
  • PW
    Portland Women in Technology Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $60k · revenue -98%

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
Washington Water Trust

Wwt's mission is to protect and restore water in rivers and streams across washington state. washington water trust restores and protects water in rivers and streams and promotes sustainable freshwater management in washington, and, more…

Environment
2
Teton Regional Land Trust Inc

The mission of the teton regional land trust is to conserve working farms and ranches, fish and wildlife habitat, and scenic open spaces in eastern idaho for this and future generations.

Environment
3
Wild Salmon Rivers

To conserve functioning salmon/steelhead eco-system at watershed levels, integrate angling activities with basic scientific research, collect raw data, monitor environmental functions, salmon/steelhead population dynamics, public…

Environment
4
Wood River Land Trust Co

The wood river land trust's mission is to protect and sustain the treasured landscapes and life-giving waters of the wood river valley and to inspire love for this special place for generations to come.

Environment
5
Western Environmental Law Center

Public interest law firm - the western environmental law center uses the power of the law to foster thriving, resilient western u.s. lands, waters, wildlife, and communities in the face of a changing climate. we envision a thriving west,…

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6
California Trout Inc

Caltrout's mission is ensuring healthy water and resilient wild fish for a better california. we share a common vision of a california where healthy waters flow from headwaters to sea. where the diversity and resilience of our waters and…

Animals
7
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
8
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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9
Sheridan Community Land Trust

Sheridan community land trust preserves our open spaces, healthy rivers and creeks, working ranches, wildlife habitat, and vibrant history, while expanding recreation opportunities to connect people with the places they love.

Environment
10
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
11
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance

At Yosemite Rivers Alliance, we unite conservation and community to protect and restore the three rivers that ?ow through the Yosemite Regionthe Tuolumne, Stanislaus, and Merced.

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12
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The University of Montana Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Big Sky Bravery Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

04the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
10/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION — $803,500 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATI…The Ohio University Foundation — $250,000 · EducationThe Ohio University FoundationUpper Missouri Waterkeeper Inc — $175,000 · EducationUpper Missouri Waterkeeper IncTHE DOUGY CENTER INC — $275,000 · OtherTHE DOUGY CENTER INCTrout Unlimited - Bellevue WA — $250,000 · OtherTrout Unlimited - Bellevue WAIndividual grant recipient — $200,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHAVEN — $125,000 · OtherHAVENPortland Women in Technology Inc — $60,000 · OtherACLU OF WASHINGTON — $50,000 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRITIAN ASSOCIATION — $50,000 · OtherYMCA OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY — $50,000 · Other+3 more — $70,000 · Other+3 moreFARESTART — $545,000 · EmploymentFARESTARTTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE — $260,000 · EnvironmentTHE MONTANA L…BIG SKY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION — $150,000 · EnvironmentBIG SKY COMMU…GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST — $75,000 · EnvironmentGALLATIN VALL…+1 more — $10,000 · EnvironmentMONTANA TROUT UNLIMITED — $200,000 · Recreation & SportsMONTANA TR…CROSSCUT MOUNTAIN SPORTS CENTER — $115,000 · Recreation & SportsCROSSCUT M…WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF TROUT UNLIMITED — $50,000 · Recreation & SportsWASHINGTON…YOUTHCARE — $150,000 · Human ServicesCHIEF SEATTLE CLUB — $10,000 · Human ServicesBIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION — $130,000 · Public BenefitTROUT UNLIMITED INC — $25,000 · Animals
Education$1,228,500Other$1,130,000Employment$545,000Environment$495,000Recreation & Sports$365,000Human Services$160,000Public Benefit$130,000Animals$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION — $803,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFARESTART — $545,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE DOUGY CENTER INC — $275,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE — $260,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe Ohio University Foundation — $250,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMONTANA TROUT UNLIMITED — $200,000 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetUpper Missouri Waterkeeper Inc — $175,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetBIG SKY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION — $150,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetYOUTHCARE — $150,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION — $130,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetHAVEN — $125,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetCROSSCUT MOUNTAIN SPORTS CENTER — $115,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST — $75,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPortland Women in Technology Inc — $60,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Washington — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHIEF SEATTLE CLUB — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUBY HABITAT FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

One Valley Community …American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
One Valley Community FoundationMT13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: One Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Folley Family 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 · 10%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Dougy Center Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 26 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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