· Private foundation
Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation IV
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHASTA DIABLO INC | $6,098 |
| RANDOLPH SCHOOL | $5,157 |
| COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS | $5,000 |
| MONTALVO ARTS CENTER | $5,000 |
| JULIA MORGAN SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN | $5,000 |
| CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART | $5,000 |
| ATHENIAN SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| ACCESS FUND | $4,216 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CALIFORNIA | $4,120 |
| YOUTH BEAT | $4,064 |
| EAST BAY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC | $2,073 |
| DES MOINES ART CENTER | $500 |
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TATHE ATHENIAN SCHOOL9× · 2017–2025 · $61k · revenue +35%
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN9× · 2017–2025 · $46k · revenue +42%- PPPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- SSYRACUSEone grant, 2024 · $5k
- COCOLLEGE OF VISABLE AND PERFORMING ARTS-SYRACUSEone grant, 2017 · $5k
- TOTHE OAKLAND FUNDone grant, 2024 · $4k
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.
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.
See detailed description of organization's primary mission provided on schedule o
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
Innovative and full of heart, mark day school nurtures each child to pursue their curiosity, think critically, embrace challenge with courage and joy, and work in partnership with others to build more caring and inclusive communities.
To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Mills college is an independent liberal arts college for women and gender nonbinary students, with graduate programs for all genders. the college educates students to think critically and communicate responsibly and effectively, to accept…
Redwood day inspires students to reach for their next challenge, embrace differences and develop the intellectual and emotional courage to be ready for anything.
Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.
Marin academy asks every individual to think, question, and create in an environment of encouragement and compassion, and challenges each person to accept the responsibilities posed by education in a democratic society.
In a community that fosters academic excellence, ethical responsibility and global engagement, pacific ridge school prepares students for college and a purposeful life.
Laguna college of art & design prepares individuals for careers as creative artists and designers in a culturally and ethnically diverse world through a curriculum that emphasizes acquiring skills based on observation, representation, and…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 30 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 THE ATHENIAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Orinda Community Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN ↗
- Who funds Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc ↗
- Who funds LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE RANDOLPH SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds MONTALVO ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE ACCESS FUND ↗
- Who funds Richmond Art Center ↗
- Who funds YouthBeat ↗
- Who funds SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Edmundson Art Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN OF GRACE ↗
- Who funds THE OAKLAND FUND ↗
- Who funds JULIA MORGAN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ↗
- Who funds RANDOLPH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Lamorinda Arts Council ↗
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: East Bay Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation IV funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Helen J Urban & Thomas Nelson Urban Charitable Foundation IV. Bigger dots raise more.
- Lewis & Clark College: 2% of income from government
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