California · Public charity
Good Ventures
To help humanity thrive
- $99M
- Granted FY2018
- 4
- Grants FY2018
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of Good Ventures’s FY2018 grant dollars went to Silicon Valley Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2018 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $780,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $97,286,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 3
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 33% of the organizations Good Ventures funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 3 | $2.0M | 33% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $10M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evidence Action | $2,642,300 | 1 | 4% |
| Id Insight Inc | $2,321,617 | 1 | 32% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $1,122,259 | 1 | n/a |
| Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Inc | $1,000,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Life Sciences Research Foundation | $975,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Georgetown University | $900,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Incentives | $820,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $760,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $700,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Drug Policy Alliance | $300,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evidence Action | $2,642,300 | 1 | 4% |
| Id Insight Inc | $2,321,617 | 1 | 32% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $1,122,259 | 1 | n/a |
| Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Inc | $1,000,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Life Sciences Research Foundation | $975,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Georgetown University | $900,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Incentives | $820,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $760,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $700,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Drug Policy Alliance | $300,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Living Goods | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Project Healthy Children Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 19% |
| The Clear Fund | $18,597 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Good Ventures supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Clear Fund · Good Ventures Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Good Ventures
- How much does Good Ventures give?
- Good Ventures reported 4 grants totaling $99,326,600 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Good Ventures fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Philanthropy (96%), International (2%), Health (1%).
- Who are Good Ventures's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Evidence Action ($2.6M), Id Insight Inc ($2.3M), Regents of the University of California at Berkeley ($1.1M).
- Does Good Ventures fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Good Ventures?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Clear Fund, Good Ventures Foundation.
- Where is Good Ventures based?
- Good Ventures is based in CA.
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