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Horizons Foundation

For 45 years, Horizons' mission has been to support nonprofits serving and advocating for the LGBTQ community through grantmaking and programs; to increase philanthropic giving to LGBTQ causes; and to secure the community's long-term future for generations to come through legacy gifts from LGBTQ people across the community.

$8.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
217
Grants FY2025still arriving
23
States reached
$416k
Largest
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01What it funds
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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.

Civil Rights$11MArts & Culture$6.4MHealth$5.2MHuman Services$4.5MEducation$3.4MPhilanthropy$2.5MInternational$2.1MCommunity Improvement$1.4MOther$0
02FY2025 · 217 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 217 grants below total $7,652,129, the rows itemized in this filing. The $8,494,628 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $842,499 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k42 grants · $283k
  • $10k–50k130 grants · $2.6M
  • $50k–250k43 grants · $4.1M
  • $250k+2 grants · $678k
$20,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$71M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
National Center for LGBTQ Rights$415,800
SAGE$262,218
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California$220,750
UHAI EASHRI USA Inc$200,000
OutRight Action International$178,950
San Francisco LGBT Community Center$165,750
West Edge Opera$140,414
ElLa Para TransLatinas$140,250
LYRIC$128,250
NEO Philanthropy$120,000
Openhouse$114,850
Frameline Inc$113,750
Oakland LGBTQ Community Center$108,500
San Francisco AIDS Foundation$107,810
Transgender Gender Variant & Intersex Justice Project$107,500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ON THE MOVE: $30k → 9%Deaf Queer Resource Center: $15k → 17%CARING CHOICES: $14k → 18%UHAI EASHRI USA Inc: $200k → 20%Jewish Family Services: $50k → 17%A Precious Child: $29k → 5%Sam & Devorah Foundation for Trans Youth: $20k → 4%ON THE MOVE: $23k → 9%THE ALLIANCE FOR GLBTQ YOUTH: $15k → 15%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $14k → 5%On the Move: $20k → 9%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $19k → 12%ON THE MOVE: $15k → 9%Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado: $15k → 12%William Way LGBT Community Center: $20k → 22%On the Move: $15k → 9%SAN MATEO COUNTY PRIDE CENTER (A PROGRAM OF STARVISTA): $23k → 7%SAN MATEO COUNTY PRIDE CENTER (A PROGRAM OF STARVISTA): $17k → 7%Reproductive Freedom for All: $20k → 14%SOMOS FAMILIA: $40k → 10%SOMOS FAMILIA: $35k → 10%Somos Familia: $21k → 10%SOMOS FAMILIA: $15k → 10%SOMOS FAMILIA: $13k → 10%TURNOUT: $19k → 10%TurnOut: $16k → 10%TurnOut: $16k → 10%Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits co Seventh Generation Fund for Indige: $25k → 10%TURNOUT: $13k → 10%UHAI EASHRI USA INC: $735k → 17%UHAI EASHRI USA INC: $460k → 17%ISDAO (Initiative Sankofa d'Afrique de l'Ouest): $210k → 17%UHAI EASHRI USA INC CO MARC SOKOL: $105k → 17%UHAI EASHRI USA INC: $100k → 17%UHAI EASHRI USA INC CO MARC SOKOL: $56k → 17%UHAI EASHRI USA INC: $50k → 17%Transgender Gender Variant & Intersex Justice Project: $108k → 10%CURRY SENIOR CENTER: $40k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $33k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $31k → 10%Curry Senior Center: $21k → 10%SEVENTH GENERATION FUND FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INC: $17k → 10%TRANSGENDER GENDER VARIANT & INTERSEX JUSTICE PROJECT: $16k → 10%Curry Senior Center: $16k → 10%7TH GENERATION: $15k → 10%CURRY SENIOR CENTER: $15k → 10%Larkin Street Youth Services: $15k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $13k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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HI
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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$37M · 295 repeat orgs$5.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

295 repeat relationships: 152 still active in FY2025, 143 since wound down; 40 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

295
222

Total granted

$37M
$4.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+6%

Still filing today

88%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $963k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCivil RightsHealthEducationHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • O
    Openhouse
    8× · 2017–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +122%
  • UE
    UHAI EASHRI USA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.9M · revenue ×14 · 77% of their budget
  • OI
    OUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +407%

Funded once

  • V
    VARIOUS
    one grant, 2022 · $816k
  • AM
    ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $340k · revenue -39%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue -15%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Forward Together

Forward Together is a national reproductive justice organization that centers people, families, and communities who experience reproductive oppression. They prioritize queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and other peoples of color and utilize…

Health
2
Global Philanthropy Project Inc

Global Philanthropy Project (GPP or the Organization) is a collaboration of funders and philanthropic advisors working to expand global philanthropic support to advance the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex…

Philanthropy
3
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
4
Sacramento Lgbt Community Center

The Center works to create a region where all LGBTQ+ people thrive; we support health and wellness,advocate for equity and justice, and work to uplift our diverse and culturally rich LGBTQ+ community.

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5
Aclu Foundation of Southern California

See schedule o for detailsthe organization defends the civil liberties enshrined in the us constitution and the bill of rights through litigation, policy advocacy, media advocacy, and organizing. it fights to secure and protect the civil…

Civil Rights
6
Equality Federation Institute

Equality federation institute is an advocacy accelerator rooted in social justice, building power in our network of state-based lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (lgbtq+) advocacy organizations.

Civil Rights
7
Equality California

To create a world that is healthy, just and fully equal for all lgbtq+ people.

Civil Rights
8
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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9
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California

The american civil liberties union of northern california (aclu nc union) defends and advances the principles of freedom, equality and justice contained in the united states constitution. aclu nc union, a california mutual benefit…

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10
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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11
Queer Power Alliance

Queer Power Alliance is rooted in the LGBTQIA+ community and in solidarity with other marginalized communities. We strive for equity by disrupting systems of oppression holding back LGBTQIA+ communities through advocating, educating,…

Human Services
12
First Amendment Coalition

The first amendment coalition protects and promotes a free press, freedom of expression and the people's right to know. continued on schedule o.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Dorian Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

537 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 537 of the 596 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
126
Early backer (in before they grew)
521/537
Grantees still filing
339/537
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $1,597,150 · OtherOUTRIGHT INTERNATIONALNATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS FKA NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS: $1,570,980 · OtherNATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS FKA NATIONAL CENTER FOR L…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $1,333,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALI…VARIOUS: $816,006 · OtherWOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA: $762,500 · OtherOpenhouse: $1,957,491 · OtherOpenhouse+80 more: $11,917,241 · Other+80 moreFrameline Inc: $498,070 · Arts & CultureFrameline IncQCC The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture: $402,209 · Arts & CultureQCC The Cente…New Conservatory Theatre Center: $330,503 · Arts & CultureNew Conservat…LAMBDA LITERARY FOUNDATION: $316,000 · Arts & CultureLAMBDA LITERA…SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $253,800 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN I…GOLDEN GATE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $224,868 · Arts & CultureOpera Parallle: $191,500 · Arts & CultureWEST EDGE OPERA: $178,414 · Arts & CultureTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $170,473 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH WOMEN'S ARCHIVE INC: $150,000 · Arts & Culture+20 more: $1,725,212 · Arts & Culture+20 moreYVETTE A FLUNDER FOUNDATION INC: $744,860 · HealthYVETTE A F…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $680,988 · HealthPLANNED PA…ST JAMES INFIRMARY: $271,500 · HealthST JAMES I…BREAST CANCER PREVENTION PARTNERS: $255,500 · HealthBREAST CAN…HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $230,000 · HealthHAZELDEN B…VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF): $149,000 · Health+16 more: $1,195,570 · Health+16 moreUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $593,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $324,946 · EducationPROTEUS FUND INC: $289,900 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $246,300 · EducationPOINT FOUNDATION: $200,250 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $200,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT: $200,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $151,121 · EducationMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $140,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $112,500 · Education+8 more: $570,854 · EducationUHAI EASHRI USA INC: $1,915,750 · Human ServicesSomos Familia: $150,250 · Human ServicesON THE MOVE: $133,100 · Human ServicesLarkin Street Youth Services: $126,900 · Human ServicesMiss Major and Alexander L Lees TGIJP: $123,500 · Human ServicesCURRY SENIOR CENTER: $116,000 · Human Services+6 more: $347,720 · Human ServicesSexual Minorities Uganda USA Incorporated: $286,500 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $271,580 · Civil RightsGLOBAL PROJECT AGAINST HATE AND EXTREMISM INC: $252,500 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $252,000 · Civil RightsTransgender Law Center: $251,988 · Civil RightsChinese for Affirmative Action: $196,971 · Civil RightsSOLANO PRIDE CENTER: $107,500 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $95,834 · Civil Rights+14 more: $929,152 · Civil RightsTIDES FOUNDATION: $652,487 · PhilanthropyTHE DORIAN FUND: $452,052 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $321,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $172,279 · PhilanthropyAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $168,500 · PhilanthropyGroundswell Fund: $104,000 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $74,030 · Philanthropy+3 more: $166,750 · Philanthropy
Other$19,954,368Arts & Culture$4,441,049Health$3,527,418Education$3,029,371Human Services$2,913,220Civil Rights$2,644,025Philanthropy$2,111,598

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOpenhouse: $1,957,491 over 8y, 20% of budgetUHAI EASHRI USA INC: $1,915,750 over 6y, 77% of budgetOUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $1,597,150 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS FKA NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS: $1,570,980 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $1,333,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetWOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA: $762,500 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetYVETTE A FLUNDER FOUNDATION INC: $744,860 over 8y, 21% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $680,988 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $652,487 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $593,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFrameline Inc: $498,070 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetIPAS: $474,300 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DORIAN FUND: $452,052 over 3y, 92% of budgetLAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC: $438,900 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE: $432,250 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $427,500 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetQCC The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture: $402,209 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetSERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC: $387,718 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER: $376,438 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetGay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society: $365,500 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetCASTRO UPPER MARKET COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT INC: $341,812 over 2y, 29% of budgetNew Conservatory Theatre Center: $330,503 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetPRESCOTT COLLEGE INC: $330,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $324,946 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $323,550 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $321,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLAMBDA LITERARY FOUNDATION: $316,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetOakland LGBTQ Community Center Inc: $315,102 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER ACTION: $304,500 over 7y, 30% of budgetCenter for Immigrant Protection: $296,500 over 7y, 14% of budgetPROTEUS FUND INC: $289,900 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSexual Minorities Uganda USA Incorporated: $286,500 over 6y, 85% of budgetOasis Legal Services: $275,100 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $271,580 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST JAMES INFIRMARY: $271,500 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $268,060 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFREEDOM FOR ALL AMERICANS EDUCATION FUND: $257,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetBREAST CANCER PREVENTION PARTNERS: $255,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $253,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL PROJECT AGAINST HATE AND EXTREMISM INC: $252,500 over 3y, 32% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $252,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $251,988 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $246,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $230,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN GATE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $224,868 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetWomens Cancer Resource Center: $223,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $206,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPOINT FOUNDATION: $200,250 over 4y, 1.2% of budget
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 Openhouse ↗
  • Who funds UHAI EASHRI USA INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS FKA NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds YVETTE A FLUNDER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Frameline Inc ↗
  • Who funds IPAS ↗
  • Who funds THE DORIAN FUND ↗
  • Who funds LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ↗
  • Who funds REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds QCC The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture ↗
  • Who funds SERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds CASTRO UPPER MARKET COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT INC ↗
  • Who funds ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds New Conservatory Theatre Center ↗
  • Who funds PRESCOTT COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ↗
  • Who funds LAMBDA LITERARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BREAST CANCER ACTION ↗
  • Who funds Center for Immigrant Protection ↗
  • Who funds PROTEUS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Sexual Minorities Uganda USA Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds Oasis Legal Services ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JAMES INFIRMARY ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM FOR ALL AMERICANS EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds BREAST CANCER PREVENTION PARTNERS ↗

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 Fou…McNabb FoundationJewish Community Fede…East Bay Community Fo…Grass Roots Gay Right…Walter and Elise Haas…Marin Community Found…The Zellerbach Family…The William & Flora H…Fleishhacker Foundati…Bothin FoundationEvelyn and Walter Haa…
The San Francisco FoundationCA75.5× affinity128 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · East Bay Community Foundation · Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation · Walter and Elise Haas Fund · Marin Community Foundation · The Zellerbach Family Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Fleishhacker Foundation · Bothin Foundation · Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Horizons Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Horizons Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Entrepreneurship for All Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Keshet Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
66report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 596 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 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home