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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
Individual grant recipient$50,000
Gallatin Valley Land Trust$50,000
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper$50,000
Trout Unlimited - Bellevue WA$50,000
YouthCare$25,000
Ruby Habitat Foundation$10,000
Big Sky Public Education Support Fund$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its 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 its 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
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.
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +119% since the first grant, against -22% for those 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
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

  • 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%
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The University of Montana Foundation; 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 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. 19 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
10/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRITIAN ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · OtherYMCA OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $50,000 · OtherACLU OF WASHINGTON: $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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetYOUTHCARE: $150,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBIG SKY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $150,000 over 1y, 2.0% 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
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.

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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's 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
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 26 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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