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Furthur Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$148k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2025
20
Organizations funded FY2024
65%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 33
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$2.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 65% of the organizations Furthur Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesCivil RightsInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving23$148k52%
FY202420$85k65%
FY202314$72k93%
FY202227$84k59%
FY202133$110k58%
FY202030$70k57%
FY201926$69k62%
FY201826$67k85%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$164kPublic Benefit$147kArts & Culture$143kYouth Development$70kHealth$63kPhilanthropy$34kCivil Rights$34kFood & Nutrition$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Forward Mt Foundation$20,0001n/a
Color Outside The Lines$20,00076%
The Circle of Hearts Foundation$17,000521%
Pegasus Voyages Inc$17,00063%
ARTogether$16,00045%
Amazon Frontlines$14,00040%
Winnarainbow Inc Dba Camp Winnarainbow$14,00050%
Backline Care Inc$11,50041%
Sunsar Maya Inc$10,50032%
Pegasus Project$10,0002n/a
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All grantees of Furthur Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Forward Mt Foundation$20,0001n/a
Color Outside The Lines$20,00076%
The Circle of Hearts Foundation$17,000521%
Pegasus Voyages Inc$17,00063%
ARTogether$16,00045%
Amazon Frontlines$14,00040%
Winnarainbow Inc Dba Camp Winnarainbow$14,00050%
Backline Care Inc$11,50041%
Sunsar Maya Inc$10,50032%
Pegasus Project$10,0002n/a
Florida Rising Together Inc$10,00010%
Kesey Farm Project$9,0004n/a
Cinnamongirl Inc$9,00022%
Abundant Earth Foundation$9,00022%
Indigenous Peoples Power Project Inc$8,50021%
Earthteam$8,50021%
You Can Vote$7,00020%
Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center$7,00023%
Berkeley Music Group$7,00020%
Diaspora Arts Connection Inc$7,00021%
Snow Leopard Conservancy$6,00021%
1hood Power$6,000110%
Sustain US Inc$6,000137%
Power Interfaith Inc$6,00010%
Homemore Project Inc$6,00021%
Pollinate Group$6,00027%
Keystone Progress Education Fund$5,00012%
Just Act Inc$5,000113%
Remake$5,00010%
McKenzie River Trust$5,00020%
World Arts West$5,00011%
Voter Formation Project$5,00010%
One Arizona$5,00010%
Rural Arizona Engagement$5,00010%
Law Forward Inc$5,00010%
DTWO LTD DBA Awana Digital$4,00012%
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$4,00010%
Center for Sustainable Economy$4,00011%
Recycle Hawaii$4,00011%
Pushblack$4,00010%
Trybe Inc$4,0001n/a
City Slicker Farms$4,00011%
Towne and Forrester$4,0001n/a
Maysea Movement Inc$3,5001n/a
Intersection for the Arts$3,50010%
Greenfaith Inc$3,0001n/a
Root & Rebound$3,00010%
Empowered by Light$3,00010%
California Wildlife Foundation$3,00010%
Sogorea Te Land Trust$3,00010%
Felidae Conservation Fund$3,00010%
Oakland Communities United for Equity and Justice$3,00013%
Music Heals International$3,00012%
Western Regional Advocacy Project$3,00011%
Urban Bird Foundation$3,0001n/a
Chair the Hope Inc$3,00012%
Coaching for Change Inc$3,00011%
Camp Phoenix$3,00011%
Youth in Arts$3,00010%
Center for Common Ground Inc$3,0001n/a
Rainforest Connection$3,00010%
Friends of the Clearwater Inc$3,0001n/a
Indigenous Environmental Network$3,0001n/a
Sound Orchard$3,00022%
Hack the Hood Inc$3,0001n/a
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund$3,0001n/a
Ultimate Impact Inc$2,50010%
Unite the Parks$2,50012%
Mobilisation Lab Inc$2,0001n/a
Homeless Garden Project$2,00010%
Kootenai Environmental Alliance$2,00012%
Brothers on the Rise$2,00010%
She Should Run$2,00010%
Sierra Harvest$2,00010%
Momentum Community Inc$2,0001n/a
Indispensable Inc$2,0001n/a
Give a Beat Foundation$2,00011%
Roots of Music Inc$2,00010%
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives$2,00010%
Project Commotion$2,0001n/a
Diamano Coura West African Dance Co$2,00011%
Syzygy Dance Project$2,00012%
Gualala Arts Inc$2,00010%
The Snake River Alliance Education Fund Inc$2,00011%
Mesa Refuge a Nonprofit Corporation$2,00020%
Girlventures$2,00010%
Kwmr$2,00010%
Extrafood$2,00010%
Health Initiatives for Youth Inc$1,00010%
Rhythm of Life Inc$1,00011%
Generative Somatics$1,00010%
Kitka Inc$1,0001n/a
Big Green$1,00010%
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Inc$1,00010%
Organize Pennsylvania$1,0001n/a
Children's Book Project$1,00010%
Frailty Myths$1,0001n/a
The Body Positive$1,00010%
Prescott Circus Theatre$1,00010%
Fort Ross Emergency Support Association$25010%
La Honda Volunteer Fire Brigade$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($293k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Furthur Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 81 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetColor Outside The Lines: $20,000 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetThe Circle of Hearts Foundation: $17,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetPegasus Voyages Inc: $17,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetARTogether: $16,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetAmazon Frontlines: $14,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWinnarainbow Inc Dba Camp Winnarainbow: $14,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBackline Care Inc: $11,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSunsar Maya Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetFlorida Rising Together Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCinnamongirl Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetAbundant Earth Foundation: $9,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetIndigenous Peoples Power Project Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEarthteam: $8,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetYou Can Vote: $7,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center: $7,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetBerkeley Music Group: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDiaspora Arts Connection Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSnow Leopard Conservancy: $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budget1hood Power: $6,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetSustain US Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetPower Interfaith Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHomemore Project Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPollinate Group: $6,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetKeystone Progress Education Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetJust Act Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetRemake: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMcKenzie River Trust: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Arts West: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVoter Formation Project: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOne Arizona: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRural Arizona Engagement: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLaw Forward Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDTWO LTD DBA Awana Digital: $4,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThe Center for Independent Documentary Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Sustainable Economy: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRecycle Hawaii: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPushblack: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCity Slicker Farms: $4,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetIntersection for the Arts: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRoot & Rebound: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEmpowered by Light: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCalifornia Wildlife Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSogorea Te Land Trust: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFelidae Conservation Fund: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOakland Communities United for Equity and Justice: $3,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMusic Heals International: $3,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWestern Regional Advocacy Project: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetChair the Hope Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 81.

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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.

The San Francisco FoundationCA41.2× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · New Place Fund Inc · Patagoniaorg · East Bay Community Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Marin Community Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · Tides Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · The Joseph and Vera Long 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.

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How do I get to Furthur Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Furthur 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.

About Furthur Foundation

How much does Furthur Foundation give?
Furthur Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $147,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Furthur Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (21%), Public Benefit (19%), Arts & Culture (19%).
Who are Furthur Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Forward Mt Foundation ($20k), Color Outside The Lines ($20k), The Circle of Hearts Foundation ($17k).
Does Furthur Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Furthur Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Furthur Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, New Place Fund Inc, Patagoniaorg.
Where is Furthur Foundation based?
Furthur Foundation is based in CA.

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 156 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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