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Humboldt Area Foundation

The foundation's vision is a thriving, just, healthy and equitable region.

$13M
Granted FY2025still arriving
203
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$314k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$7.2MEnvironment$5.4MAnimals$4.9MEducation$4.7MPublic Safety & Disaster$4.2MHuman Services$3.8MArts & Culture$3.4MFood & Nutrition$2.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 203 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 203 grants below total $7,928,888, the rows itemized in this filing. The $12,744,298 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,815,410 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 · $303k
  • $10k–50k112 grants · $2.2M
  • $50k–250k47 grants · $4.8M
  • $250k+2 grants · $626k
$17,670
Median grant
13
States reached
$196M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETTY KWAN CHINN HOMELESS FOUNDATION$313,845
CHANGING TIDES FAMILY SERVICES$311,938
HUMBOLDT HUMANE$240,265
HUMBOLDT COAD$225,100
UPPER KLAMATH BASIN AGRICULTURAL COLLABORATIVE$200,000
CENTRO DEL PUEBLO MOVIMIENTO INDIGENA MIGRANTE$164,000
MID KLAMATH WATERSHED COUNCIL$152,300
SUSTAINABLE NORTHWEST$143,000
ARCATA FIRE DISTRICT$140,000
LEAVEY RANCH LLC$131,450
AMERICAN RIVERS INC$130,000
INK PEOPLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS$126,100
KARUK TRIBE$125,000
QUEER HUMBOLDT$119,790
HUMBOLDT SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER$115,741
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SHASTA INDIAN NATION: $71k → 16%RUNNING STRONG FOR AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH: $35k → 6%BROOKINGS CORE RESPONSE: $31k → 14%NORTHWEST AMERICAN INDIAN COALITION INC: $25k → 14%HAPPY CAMP COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $170k → 16%COMMUNITY EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS: $25k → 10%HAPPY CAMP COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $23k → 16%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE REDWOODS: $68k → 17%HUMANE RESPONSE NETWORK: $74k → 17%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE REDWOODS: $29k → 17%HUMAN RESPONSE NETWORK CO SHERI WHITE: $70k → 17%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE REDWOODS: $23k → 17%HEART OF THE REDWOODS COMMUNITY HOSPICE CO JOE WHITNEY: $24k → 18%HEART OF THE REDWOODS COMMUNITY HOSPICE CO JOE WHITNEY: $24k → 18%HEART OF THE REDWOODS COMMUNITY HOSPICE: $23k → 18%KEE CHA-E-NAR CORPORATION: $56k → 17%KEE CHA-E-NAR CORPORATION: $37k → 17%KEE CHA-E-NAR CORPORATION: $32k → 17%HOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT: $207k → 18%HOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT: $96k → 18%HOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT: $88k → 18%HOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT: $86k → 18%HOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT: $83k → 18%HOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT: $76k → 18%HOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT: $66k → 18%HOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT: $55k → 18%HOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT: $50k → 18%CHANGING TIDES FAMILY SERVICES: $312k → 18%REDWOOD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $51k → 18%AREA 1 AGENCY ON AGING CO MAGGIE KRAFT: $46k → 18%REDWOOD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $46k → 18%REDWOOD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $31k → 18%REDWOOD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $30k → 18%REDWOOD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $27k → 18%HUMBOLDT COMMUNITY ACCESS AND RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 18%TWO FEATHERS NATIVE AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES: $62k → 18%MATTOLE VALLEY RESOURCE CENTER: $33k → 18%MATTOLE VALLEY RESOURCE CENTER: $29k → 18%FORTUNA ROTARY FOUNDATION: $36k → 18%ERV COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION: $31k → 18%FORTUNA ROTARY FOUNDATION: $25k → 18%ROTARY CLUB OF FORTUNA: $25k → 18%ROTARY CLUB OF FORTUNA CO MELISSA COLLINS: $25k → 18%ROTARY CLUB OF FORTUNA: $25k → 18%ROTARY CLUB OF FORTUNA CO MELISSA COLLINS: $25k → 18%ROTARY CLUB OF FORTUNA CO MELISSA COLLINS: $25k → 18%ROTARY CLUB OF FORTUNA CO MELISSA COLLINS: $25k → 18%ERV COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION: $25k → 18%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

WA
MN
IL
NY
OR
IN
OH
PA
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
TX
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.
$42M · 266 repeat orgs$5.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

266 repeat relationships: 142 still active in FY2025, 124 since wound down; 44 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

266
198

Total granted

$42M
$3.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+2%

Still filing today

67%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • HS
    Humboldt Senior Resource Center
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +251%
  • FF
    FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +106%
  • BK
    BETTY KWAN CHINN HOMELESS FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $929k · revenue +198% · 27% of their budget

Funded once

  • HC
    HOPE CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK INC- HCRN
    one grant, 2023 · $360k · revenue -57%
  • CT
    CALIFORNIA TROUT INC
    one grant, 2024 · $330k · revenue +8%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2024 · $150k · revenue -20%
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
Northwest California Resource Conservation & Development Council

Activities within trinity, humboldt, del norte county, siskiyou and mendocino counties and to recruit and administer financial capital for such purposes.

Community Improvement
2
Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc

CSERC protects water, wildlife, and wild places of the Northern Yosemite region.

Unclassified
3
Redwood Coast Humane Society

Prevention of pet abuse, neglect, and over-population by providing temporary and permanent homes for abandoned cats and dogs and providing neutering and spaying services for these animals.

Animals
4
Humboldt County Historical Association
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5
Humboldt County Animal Shelter Inc

The Organization's mission is to provide temporary sanctuary and shelter for unwanted, lost and neglected animals, to promote the humane care and treatment of dogs and cats through education, and to actively advocate pet popluation control.

Animals
6
Northern California Sled Dog Rescue

Northern California Sled Dog Rescue (NORSLED) is an all volunteer non-profit group dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, fostering and finding new homes for unwanted, abused and abandoned siberian huskies, alaskan malamutes, samoyeds and…

Animals
7
Siskiyou Land Conservancy

The Siskiyou Land Conservancy is a state and federally approved non-profit organization that assists landowners who want to protect the natural values of their land, either through purchase or establishment of conservation easements.

Environment
8
Redwood County Historical Society

Historical preservation

Arts & Culture
9
Sonoma Mountain Institute
Environment
10
Santa Clara River Conservancy

The Santa Clara River Conservancy represents the diverse interests of the Santa Clara River, from the flood plain to the highest tributaries, and seeks to secure, sustain, and manage significant lands and waters that provide habitat for…

Environment
11
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance

At Yosemite Rivers Alliance, we unite conservation and community to protect and restore the three rivers that ?ow through the Yosemite Regionthe Tuolumne, Stanislaus, and Merced.

—
12
Yuba Watershed Institute

To promote the sustainable use of natural resources and the protection of long-term biological diversity in the Yuba River watershed.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Happy Camp Community Action Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fern Cottage Foundation. 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

319 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. 319 of the 517 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.

39
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
95
Early backer (in before they grew)
301/319
Grantees still filing
188/319
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Humboldt Senior Resource Center: $1,336,430 · OtherHumboldt Senior Resource CenterCOUNTY OF HUMBOLDT: $1,103,572 · OtherLEAVEY RANCH LLC: $928,920 · OtherKARUK TRIBE: $885,031 · OtherINK PEOPLE INC: $882,130 · OtherFOOD FOR PEOPLE INC: $1,155,890 · Other+109 more: $17,757,325 · Other+109 moreSEQUOIA HUMANE SOCIETY: $796,760 · AnimalsSEQUOIA HU…HUMBOLDT SPAYNEUTER NETWORK: $605,057 · AnimalsHUMBOLDT S…HUMBOLDT HUMANE: $563,765 · AnimalsHUMBOLDT H…Companion Animal Foundation: $364,502 · AnimalsCompanion …CALIFORNIA TROUT INC: $330,300 · AnimalsCALIFORNIA…BLESS THE BEASTS OF HUMBOLDT CO: $279,601 · AnimalsBLESS THE …PUBLIC VET: $214,440 · AnimalsPUBLIC VETSEQUOIA PARK ZOO FOUNDATION: $208,196 · AnimalsMENDOCINO SPAY-NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $185,150 · Animals+4 more: $398,405 · Animals+4 moreHOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT INC: $807,905 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF…SEVENTH GENERATION FUND FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INC: $394,500 · Human ServicesSEVENTH GE…Changing Tides Family Services: $340,958 · Human ServicesChanging T…CENTRO DEL PUEBLO MOVIMIENTO INDIGENA MIGRANTE: $257,075 · Human ServicesCENTRO DEL…FORTUNA ROTARY FOUNDATION A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORP: $221,918 · Human ServicesFORTUNA RO…Redwood Community Action Agency: $217,238 · Human ServicesRedwood Co…KEE CHA-E-NAR CORPORATION: $197,897 · Human ServicesHAPPY CAMP COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $192,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE REDWOODS: $176,256 · Human ServicesHeart of the Redwoods Community Hospice: $153,760 · Human ServicesHUMAN RESPONSE NETWORK INC: $148,777 · Human Services+10 more: $808,820 · Human Services+10 moreSOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $892,445 · HealthSOUTHERN …AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $568,198 · HealthAMERICAN …PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $536,665 · HealthPLANNED P…OPEN DOOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: $527,162 · HealthOPEN DOOR…ST JOSEPH HEALTH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LLC: $517,869 · HealthST JOSEPH…SORREL LEAF HEALING CENTER INC: $135,500 · HealthBREAST AND GYN HEALTH PROJECT: $123,687 · Health+5 more: $314,413 · Health+5 moreCAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION: $626,113 · EducationCAL POLY HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION: $520,392 · EducationCOLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS FOUNDATION: $368,885 · EducationTHE WATERSHED RESEARCH & TRAINING CENTER: $260,780 · EducationST BERNARD'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL ST BERNARD'S ACADEMY: $209,012 · EducationEASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $166,355 · EducationGATEWAY EDUCATION OF THE WILD RIVERS COAST: $106,887 · EducationHumboldt Literacy Project: $101,610 · Education+3 more: $204,431 · EducationCultural Fire Management Council: $208,627 · EnvironmentMID KLAMATH WATERSHED COUNCIL: $202,550 · EnvironmentUPPER KLAMATH BASIN AG COLLABORATIVE: $200,000 · EnvironmentTrinidad Coastal Land Trust: $175,910 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVER NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION: $152,397 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $130,000 · EnvironmentNorthcoast Environmental Center: $121,152 · EnvironmentSmith River Alliance Inc: $119,000 · EnvironmentSave California Salmon: $117,600 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE DUNES: $115,400 · EnvironmentRios to Rivers: $100,000 · EnvironmentBigfoot Trail Alliance: $98,000 · EnvironmentEnvironmental Protection Information Center Inc: $96,160 · EnvironmentKLAMATH RIVER RENEWAL CORPORATION: $90,000 · EnvironmentFriends of the Shasta River: $88,000 · Environment+6 more: $414,807 · EnvironmentBETTY KWAN CHINN HOMELESS FOUNDATION: $929,221 · Housing & ShelterARCATA HOUSE PARTNERSHIP: $573,911 · Housing & ShelterAFFORDABLE HOMELESS HOUSING ALTERNATIVES INC: $167,250 · Housing & ShelterEUREKA RESCUE MISSION: $144,170 · Housing & ShelterWE ARE UP: $104,867 · Housing & ShelterDEL NORTE MISSION POSSIBLE: $68,988 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $64,650 · Housing & Shelter
Other$24,049,298Animals$3,946,176Human Services$3,917,104Health$3,615,939Education$2,564,465Environment$2,429,603Housing & Shelter$2,053,057

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 budgetHumboldt Senior Resource Center: $1,336,430 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetFOOD FOR PEOPLE INC: $1,155,890 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetBETTY KWAN CHINN HOMELESS FOUNDATION: $929,221 over 9y, 27% of budgetSOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $892,445 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetINK PEOPLE INC: $882,130 over 9y, 9.2% of budgetHOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT INC: $807,905 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetSEQUOIA HUMANE SOCIETY: $796,760 over 9y, 21% of budgetCAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION: $626,113 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetHUMBOLDT SPAYNEUTER NETWORK: $605,057 over 9y, 24% of budgetARCATA HOUSE PARTNERSHIP: $573,911 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetQueer Humboldt: $569,340 over 5y, 69% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $568,198 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHUMBOLDT HUMANE: $563,765 over 2y, 60% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $536,665 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: $527,162 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCAL POLY HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION: $520,392 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetST JOSEPH HEALTH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LLC: $517,869 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCooperation Humboldt: $487,846 over 6y, 48% of budgetMCKINLEYVILLE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE: $421,379 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetSEVENTH GENERATION FUND FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INC: $394,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE-GROUP: $382,188 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG FAMILY RANCH INC: $377,350 over 9y, 78% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS FOUNDATION: $368,885 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetCompanion Animal Foundation: $364,502 over 9y, 54% of budgetHOPE CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK INC- HCRN: $360,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetTRUE NORTH ORGANIZING NETWORK: $347,782 over 5y, 15% of budgetChanging Tides Family Services: $340,958 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetCALIFORNIA TROUT INC: $330,300 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetST JOSEPH HOSPITAL OF EUREKA: $306,851 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBLESS THE BEASTS OF HUMBOLDT CO: $279,601 over 9y, 54% of budgetARCATA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $273,205 over 3y, 12% of budgetTHE WATERSHED RESEARCH & TRAINING CENTER: $260,780 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetCENTRO DEL PUEBLO MOVIMIENTO INDIGENA MIGRANTE: $257,075 over 3y, 19% of budgetPay it Forward Humboldt: $242,234 over 4y, 81% of budgetPlayhouse Arts: $237,410 over 8y, 15% of budgetWestside Community Improvement Assn: $234,572 over 3y, 17% of budgetFORTUNA ROTARY FOUNDATION A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORP: $221,918 over 7y, 100% of budgetRedwood Community Action Agency: $217,238 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetHealy Senior Center of Southern Humboldt Inc: $216,819 over 9y, 13% of budgetPUBLIC VET: $214,440 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetST BERNARD'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL ST BERNARD'S ACADEMY: $209,012 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetCultural Fire Management Council: $208,627 over 2y, 17% of budgetSEQUOIA PARK ZOO FOUNDATION: $208,196 over 3y, 23% of budgetMID KLAMATH WATERSHED COUNCIL: $202,550 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUPPER KLAMATH BASIN AG COLLABORATIVE: $200,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetKEE CHA-E-NAR CORPORATION: $197,897 over 7y, 20% of budgetHAPPY CAMP COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $192,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetNORTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIAN DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $186,500 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 Humboldt Senior Resource Center ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds BETTY KWAN CHINN HOMELESS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INK PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT INC ↗
  • Who funds SEQUOIA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUMBOLDT SPAYNEUTER NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds ARCATA HOUSE PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds Queer Humboldt ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMBOLDT HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds CAL POLY HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH HEALTH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LLC ↗
  • Who funds Cooperation Humboldt ↗
  • Who funds MCKINLEYVILLE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds SEVENTH GENERATION FUND FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE-GROUP ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG FAMILY RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Companion Animal Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HOPE CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK INC- HCRN ↗
  • Who funds TRUE NORTH ORGANIZING NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Changing Tides Family Services ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA TROUT INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL OF EUREKA ↗

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.

Coast Central Credit …Christine & Jalmer Be…Patricia D & William …Humboldt Health Found…Resources Legacy FundThe Schmidbauer Famil…St Joseph Hospital of…Seventh Generation Fu…Vintage Bmw HouseFirst Nations Develop…The California Endowm…Sisters of St Joseph …
Coast Central Credit UnionCA106.1× affinity52 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coast Central Credit Union · Christine & Jalmer Berg Foundation · Patricia D & William B Smullin Foundation · Humboldt Health Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · The Schmidbauer Family Foundation · St Joseph Hospital of Eureka · Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc · Vintage Bmw House · First Nations Development Institute · The California Endowment · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation

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 Humboldt Area Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Humboldt Area Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • Upper Klamath Basin Ag Collaborative: 100% of income from government
  • Brookings Community Resource Response: 17% of income from government
  • United Way of Southwestern Oregon: 12% of income from government
  • Sustainable Northwest: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 517 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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More from the funding graph

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