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Hind Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
8
Grants FY2025
2
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,000,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 15
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$18M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Hind Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k 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 & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationOther
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 arriving8$3.2M25%
FY20242$275k50%
FY20239$2.1M22%
FY20227$937k57%
FY202113$6.6M31%
FY20207$937k29%
FY20199$2.1M44%
FY201815$4.1M53%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$13MHuman Services$6.0MEnvironment$4.6MAnimals$1.8MCommunity Improvement$1.2MRecreation & Sports$505kEducation$365kReligion$182kOther$0

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
Music Academy of the West$6,202,633432%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$6,000,00043%
Campaign for the Preservation of Mission San Antonio de Padua$3,000,0003n/a
Ganna Walska Lotusland$2,550,000239%
Carmel Mission Foundation Inc$1,800,0001n/a
Save the Redwoods League$1,250,00035%
Spokes$1,200,000889%
Villa Chardonnay Horses With Wings$863,915423%
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre$750,000118%
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation$500,00013%
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All grantees of Hind Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Music Academy of the West$6,202,633432%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$6,000,00043%
Campaign for the Preservation of Mission San Antonio de Padua$3,000,0003n/a
Ganna Walska Lotusland$2,550,000239%
Carmel Mission Foundation Inc$1,800,0001n/a
Save the Redwoods League$1,250,00035%
Spokes$1,200,000889%
Villa Chardonnay Horses With Wings$863,915423%
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre$750,000118%
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation$500,00013%
California State Parks Foundation$500,00016%
Solvang Theaterfest Inc$400,000127%
The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County$389,000116%
Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library Inc$265,000124%
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History$250,00014%
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden$225,00013%
Valley of the Moon Natural History Association$200,000210%
Ventana Wildlife Society$175,00025%
Xerces Society Inc$100,00021%
Westmont College$100,00010%
Lindsay Wildlife Museum$73,00021%
Saving Horses Inc$51,000911%
Scotts Valley Community Theater Guild Inc$50,000180%
Lobero Theatre Foundation$50,00012%
San Luis Obispo Children's Museum$49,250111%
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art$26,99814%
San Diego Humane Society and Spca$20,00020%
Sempervirens Fund$15,00010%
Museum Associates$12,50050%
Living Coast Discovery Center$10,00011%
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum$5,00020%
Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo Inc$5,00021%
Central Coast State Parks Association$5,00011%
Arts Visalia$3,50021%
Ojai Performing Arts Theater Foundation$2,5001n/a
Symphony of the Vines$2,49413%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($297k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Hind Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMusic Academy of the West: $6,202,633 over 4y, 32% of budgetGuide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $6,000,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetGanna Walska Lotusland: $2,550,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetSave the Redwoods League: $1,250,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetSpokes: $1,200,000 over 8y, 89% of budgetVilla Chardonnay Horses With Wings: $863,915 over 4y, 23% of budgetSan Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre: $750,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetSanta Barbara Zoological Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCalifornia State Parks Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetSolvang Theaterfest Inc: $400,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetThe Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County: $389,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetSanta Barbara Mission Archive-Library Inc: $265,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetSanta Barbara Museum of Natural History: $250,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetSanta Barbara Botanic Garden: $225,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetValley of the Moon Natural History Association: $200,000 over 2y, 10.0% of budgetVentana Wildlife Society: $175,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetXerces Society Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWestmont College: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLindsay Wildlife Museum: $73,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSaving Horses Inc: $51,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetScotts Valley Community Theater Guild Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 80% of budgetLobero Theatre Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSan Luis Obispo Children's Museum: $49,250 over 1y, 11% of budgetSan Luis Obispo Museum of Art: $26,998 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetSan Diego Humane Society and Spca: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSempervirens Fund: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMuseum Associates: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Coast Discovery Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSanta Barbara Maritime Museum: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCivic Ballet of San Luis Obispo Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCentral Coast State Parks Association: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetArts Visalia: $3,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSymphony of the Vines: $2,494 over 1y, 3.3% 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 33.

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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 Community Foundat…The Shanbrom Family F…Schlinger Family Foun…The Wood-Claeyssens F…Santa Barbara Foundat…Marin Community Found…The Chicago Community…Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Community Foundation San Luis ObispoCA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo · The Shanbrom Family Foundation · Schlinger Family Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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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About Hind Foundation

How much does Hind Foundation give?
Hind Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $3,238,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Hind Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (46%), Human Services (22%), Environment (17%).
Who are Hind Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Music Academy of the West ($6.2M), Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc ($6.0M), Campaign for the Preservation of Mission San Antonio de Padua ($3.0M).
Does Hind Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hind Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Hind Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo, The Shanbrom Family Foundation, Schlinger Family Foundation.
Where is Hind Foundation based?
Hind 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 41 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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More from the funding graph

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The endowment market
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The camps
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By state
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