How much does Imaginable Futures Foundation give?

Imaginable Futures Foundation reported 63 grants totaling $22,003,842 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 53 and 60 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.

What does Imaginable Futures Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), Human Services (15%), International (12%).

Who are Imaginable Futures Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: The Aspen Institute Inc ($3.5M), All Our Kin Inc ($3.1M), Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance ($3.0M).

Does Imaginable Futures Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Imaginable Futures Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

Which funders back the same organizations as Imaginable Futures Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Omidyar Network Fund Inc, Annie E Casey Foundation Inc, WK Kellogg Foundation.

Where is Imaginable Futures Foundation based?

Imaginable Futures Foundation is based in CA.

Foundation Dossiers

California · Private foundation

Imaginable Futures Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$22M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 63
Grants FY2024: 60
Organizations funded FY2023: 55%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $200,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $1,500,000
Organizations funded a year: 53 to 60; FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 14
Total assets, FY2024: $52M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 55% of the organizations Imaginable Futures Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	54	$21M	46%
FY2023	60	$22M	55%
FY2022	53	$20M	n/a

93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$27MHuman Services$9.7MInternational$7.8MSocial Science$4.4MHealth$3.8MCommunity Improvement$3.0MScience & Tech$1.3MPublic Benefit$968kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Aspen Institute Inc	$3,500,000	3	1%
All Our Kin Inc	$3,075,000	2	16%
Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance	$3,000,000	3	11%
Firelight Foundation	$2,962,794	3	72%
Generation Hope	$2,450,000	3	11%
The Wildflower Foundation	$2,000,000	3	7%
National Black Child Development Institute	$2,000,000	2	24%
Teach for All Inc	$1,500,000	2	2%
The Education Trust Inc	$1,400,000	1	4%
Third Sector New England Inc	$1,255,000	2	1%

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All grantees of Imaginable Futures Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Aspen Institute Inc	$3,500,000	3	1%
All Our Kin Inc	$3,075,000	2	16%
Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance	$3,000,000	3	11%
Firelight Foundation	$2,962,794	3	72%
Generation Hope	$2,450,000	3	11%
The Wildflower Foundation	$2,000,000	3	7%
National Black Child Development Institute	$2,000,000	2	24%
Teach for All Inc	$1,500,000	2	2%
The Education Trust Inc	$1,400,000	1	4%
Third Sector New England Inc	$1,255,000	2	1%
Pelotonu Inc	$1,250,000	3	28%
Educate	$1,200,000	2	5%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$1,200,000	2	n/a
Lift Inc	$1,000,000	2	5%
New America Foundation	$800,000	1	2%
Shining Hope for Communities Inc	$800,000	2	4%
American Council on Education	$800,000	2	1%
Imagine Worldwide	$750,000	1	8%
Trustees of Boston University	$725,000	3	0%
Health Federation of Philadelphia Inc	$675,000	1	1%
Teachers College Columbia University	$625,000	2	0%
Centering Healthcare Institute Inc	$600,000	1	5%
Capita Social Inc	$600,000	1	62%
Ubongo International	$550,000	1	5%
Brazil Foundation	$518,175	2	4%
Think Equal USA Inc	$500,000	2	30%
Khan Academy Inc	$500,000	1	1%
Association of Community College Trustees	$500,000	1	5%
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc	$475,000	1	9%
National Public Radio Inc	$475,000	1	0%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	$465,000	2	n/a
Jeremiah Program	$450,000	1	3%
The Brookings Institution	$450,000	2	0%
Early Learning Access Inc	$425,000	2	52%
The Malala Fund	$300,000	2	1%
National Women's Law Center	$300,000	1	1%
Global Fund for Children	$200,000	1	2%
Believe in Students Inc	$190,000	1	18%
The Urban Institute	$175,000	2	0%
Latin American Leadership Foundation Inc	$165,000	2	8%
Path	$150,000	2	0%
New Stories	$130,000	1	20%
International Society for Technology in Education	$125,000	1	1%
Trustees of Boston College	$120,000	1	0%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law	$100,000	1	1%
Institute for Women's Policy Research	$100,000	1	1%
California Polytechnic State University Foundation	$55,000	1	0%
Fresh Lifelines for Youth Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Equal Justice Initiative	$17,500	2	0%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc	$5,000	1	0%
South Euclid United Church of Christ	$5,000	1	n/a
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated	$5,000	1	0%
Family and Youth Initiative Inc	$5,000	2	1%
The 5 Gyres Institute	$5,000	1	0%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc	$5,000	1	0%
TrainingGrounds Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Beloved Community Incubator Inc	$5,000	1	0%
iFly Youth Incorporated	$2,500	1	2%
Seeds of Peace Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Birmingham Promise Inc	$2,500	1	0%
League of Women Voters Education Fund	$2,500	1	0%
Black and Missing Foundation	$2,500	1	0%
Alliance for Middle East Peace Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Anti-Defamation League	$2,500	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($21M), not named here.

Imaginable Futures Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 62.

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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.

Omidyar Network Fund IncCA40.4× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Omidyar Network Fund Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Gates Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Ecmc Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Efrusy Family Foundation · Valhalla Foundation · Buffett Early Childhood Fund · The Burke Foundation Inc · Bainum Family 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.

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About Imaginable Futures Foundation

How much does Imaginable Futures Foundation give?: Imaginable Futures Foundation reported 63 grants totaling $22,003,842 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 53 and 60 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does Imaginable Futures Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), Human Services (15%), International (12%).
Who are Imaginable Futures Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: The Aspen Institute Inc ($3.5M), All Our Kin Inc ($3.1M), Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance ($3.0M).
Does Imaginable Futures Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Imaginable Futures Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Imaginable Futures Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Omidyar Network Fund Inc, Annie E Casey Foundation Inc, WK Kellogg Foundation.
Where is Imaginable Futures Foundation based?: Imaginable Futures Foundation is based in CA.