· Private foundation
Holding Hands for the Earth Foundation
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 |
|---|---|
| USA For UNHCR | $8,500 |
| Doctors Without Borders | $7,000 |
| Planned Parenthood | $5,000 |
| Amfar | $4,000 |
| Amnesty International | $4,000 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,000 |
| Coastside Land Trust | $2,000 |
| Sanchez Art Center | $2,000 |
| Middle East Childrens' Alliance | $2,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | $2,000 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Project Open Hand | $1,000 |
| SF-Marin Food Bank | $1,000 |
| Raphael House | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED7× · 2017–2025 · $28k · revenue +202%
United States Association for UNHCR6× · 2017–2025 · $22k · revenue +67%- CLCoastside Land Trust7× · 2017–2025 · $22k · revenue +83%
Funded once
- KKALWone grant, 2020 · $500
- COCALL OF THE SEAone grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue -31%
- STSea Turtle Restoration Projectone grant, 2017 · $500
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.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.
California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…
SF Bay PSR works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival. Consequently, we promote public policies that protect human health from the threats of nuclear war other weapons of mass destruction, global…
The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
Pangea's mission is to provide deportation defense services, advocate for policy change, and provide education and legal empowerment for our immigrant communities.
Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 39 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.
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- Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
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- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Project Open Hand ↗
- Who funds SANCHEZ ART CENTER ↗
- Who funds RAPHAEL HOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC ↗
- Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC ↗
- Who funds Center for Food Safety ↗
- Who funds PEACE ACTION EDUCATION FUND ↗
- Who funds KATERI TEKAKWITHA FUND ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
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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.
Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Holding Hands for the Earth Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Holding Hands for the Earth Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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