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International Community Foundation

Icf works across borders to connect people, ideas, and investments in the transformative power of community.

$18M
Granted FY2025still arriving
47
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$1.0MEducation$928kFood & Nutrition$750kCrime & Legal$681kEnvironment$392kInternational$310kPhilanthropy$203kScience & Tech$143kOther$0
02FY2025 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 47 grants below total $3,403,458, the rows itemized in this filing. The $18,481,904 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,078,446 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 $10k4 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $640k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.7M
$30,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$39M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Friends of Intl Friendship$1,011,440
The Regents of the Univ of Ca$384,758
Olivewood Gardens & Learning$282,853
Immigrant Defenders Law$221,642
Rusted Gate Farm$142,050
Georgetown University$125,281
UC San Diego Foundation$107,420
Scripps Inst of Oceanography$93,000
Natl Day Laborer Org Network$81,002
Leading Education$68,103
Give2Asia$60,000
Inclusive Action for the City$56,317
Global Greengrants Fund Inc$50,000
World Central Kitchen$50,000
Legacy Philanthropy Works$42,500
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 (FY24–25, $692k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Celebration Nation Inc: $20k → 8%United Way Worldwide: $30k → 9%Al Otro Lado Inc: $20k → 11%Metropolitan Area Advisory: $10k → 11%ICF Center-Olivewood Gardens: $319k → 11%Olivewood Gardens & Learning: $283k → 11%Haitian Bridge Alliance: $10k → 11%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

MT
MN
NY
OR
OH
CA
CO
MO
WV
VA
AZ
DC
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $15M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 12 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

North America (Canada and Mexico)$12M · 81% · 143 grants

Stated purpose: Charitable Purposes

Belize$630k · 4% · 4 grants

Stated purpose: Charitable Purposes

Honduras$477k · 3% · 6 grants

Stated purpose: Charitable Purposes

El Salvador$325k · 2% · 5 grants

Stated purpose: Charitable Purposes

Chile$321k · 2% · 5 grants

Stated purpose: Charitable Purposes

Costa Rica$314k · 2% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: Charitable Purposes

Panama$300k · 2% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Charitable Purposes

Guatemala$270k · 2% · 6 grants

Stated purpose: Charitable Purposes

Argentina$216k · 1% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: Charitable Purposes

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 13 repeat orgs$3.5M to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
20

Total granted

$1.4M
$960k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
EnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $250k · revenue +20%
  • RH
    REFUGEE HEALTH ALLIANCE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $42k · revenue +3%
  • TS
    THE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $40k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • ID
    Immigrant Defenders Law Centergraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $366k · revenue +58%
  • PA
    Project Amigo
    one grant, 2024 · $178k · revenue -4%
  • FG
    FUTURE GENERATIONS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $60k · revenue -75% · 60% of their budget
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
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
2
One Earth Philanthropy

One Earth connects thinkers, doers, activists, and knowledge holders from around the world to solve humanity's greatest ecological challenges--together. Our belief is simple: The solutions to the climate crisis already exist. By connecting…

Environment
3
Nature and Culture International

Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.

Environment
4
Cuenca Los Ojos

Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.

Environment
5
Solidaridad North America

We work throughout the whole supply chain to make sustainability the norm and enable farmers and workers to earn a decent income, produce in balance with nature, and shape their own future.

Environment
6
Avina Americas Inc

Organization's mission: to promote sustainable development in latin america and globally.

International
7
Chile-California Council

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…

International
8
Multinational Exchange for Sustainable a Mesa andor Mesa Inc

MESA connects and cultivates sustainable farmers and food systems leaders around the world.

Education
9
Center for the study of the Americas

Within the Americas promoting dialogue and research, producing studies and reports, conducting courses and conferences particularly in the areas of agroecology and food security

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10
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
11
Friends of the Earth

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…

Environment
12
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition. 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

61 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. 61 of the 67 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/61
Grantees still filing
18/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP PARK INC: $1,011,440 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF INTERNATION…REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $394,758 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAImmigrant Defenders Law: $221,642 · OtherImmigrant Defenders LawFUTURE GENERATIONS INC: $60,000 · OtherMeridian Institute: $75,000 · OtherLeading Education: $68,103 · OtherProject Amigo: $177,542 · OtherProject AmigoRUSTED GATE FARM: $142,050 · OtherRUSTED GATE FARMNATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK: $81,002 · Other+24 more: $526,187 · Other+24 moreOLIVEWOODS GARDENS & LEARNING CENTER INC: $602,141 · Human ServicesOLIVEWOODS GARDE…Charity Navigator: $30,000 · Human ServicesSTOVETEAM INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 · Human Services+4 more: $60,000 · Human Services+4 moreUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $250,420 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO…GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $125,281 · EducationGEORGETOWN U…YES WE CAN WORLD FOUNDATION: $69,577 · EducationYES WE CAN W…THE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC: $40,481 · EducationTHE SONORAN …VOCES Y MANOS POR EL DERECHO A LA SALUD: $40,000 · EducationVOCES Y MANO…+2 more: $23,800 · EducationImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $366,217 · Crime & LegalImmigrant…Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition: $25,000 · Crime & LegalBilateral…+1 more: $10,000 · Crime & LegalLEGACY PHILANTHROPY WORKS: $77,500 · EnvironmentGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $50,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $47,500 · EnvironmentECOLOGY PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $46,742 · EnvironmentBAJA COASTAL INSTITUTE INC: $25,428 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION: $20,131 · EnvironmentWILDCOAST: $20,000 · EnvironmentSKY ISLAND ALLIANCE: $14,974 · EnvironmentALTAR VALLEY CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $12,031 · Environment+3 more: $25,970 · EnvironmentWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $72,180 · InternationalFAITH IN PRACTICE: $60,000 · InternationalGIVE2ASIA: $60,000 · InternationalChildren International: $30,000 · InternationalSEVA FOUNDATION: $30,000 · International
Recreation & Sports$1,011,440Other$1,746,284Human Services$722,141Education$549,559Crime & Legal$401,217Environment$340,276International$252,180

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOLIVEWOODS GARDENS & LEARNING CENTER INC: $602,141 over 2y, 12% of budgetImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $366,217 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $250,420 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetProject Amigo: $177,542 over 1y, 19% of budgetRUSTED GATE FARM: $142,050 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $125,281 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK: $81,002 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLEGACY PHILANTHROPY WORKS: $77,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMeridian Institute: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $72,180 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYES WE CAN WORLD FOUNDATION: $69,577 over 2y, 11% of budgetLeading Education: $68,103 over 1y, 27% of budgetFAITH IN PRACTICE: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFUTURE GENERATIONS INC: $60,000 over 1y, 60% of budgetGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMIGOS DEL MUSEO DEL BARRIO INC EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetOCEANA INC: $47,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetECOLOGY PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $46,742 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetREFUGEE HEALTH ALLIANCE: $41,738 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetTHE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC: $40,481 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetVOCES Y MANOS POR EL DERECHO A LA SALUD: $40,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCharity Navigator: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChildren International: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMATHILE INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN NUTRITION: $30,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSTOVETEAM INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $28,822 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAJA COASTAL INSTITUTE INC: $25,428 over 2y, 62% of budgetBilateral Safety Corridor Coalition: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION: $20,131 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWILDCOAST: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF FIELDWORKERS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetAL OTRO LADO: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTipey Joa Native Warriors: $16,330 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetPRESCOTT COLLEGE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSKY ISLAND ALLIANCE: $14,974 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMIAMI FREEDOM PROJECT INC: $14,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetGALE FORCE EDUCATION: $13,800 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCatholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami Inc: $13,431 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALTAR VALLEY CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $12,031 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNEW YORK CARES INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMIL MUJERES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBARRIO LOGAN COLLEGE INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREDFORD CENTER INC: $8,970 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGROWERS FIRST INC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE BERRY GOOD FOOD FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 3.7% 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.

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 Diego Foundat…The James Irvine Foun…Sempra FoundationCalifornia Community …Weingart FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…The David and Lucile …Alumbra Innovations F…Fwdus Education Fund …Hispanics in Philanth…ImpactassetsincRancho Santa Fe Found…
The San Diego FoundationCA22.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Sempra Foundation · California Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Alumbra Innovations Foundation · Fwdus Education Fund Inc · Hispanics in Philanthropy · Impactassetsinc · Rancho Santa Fe 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 International Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from International Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Rusted Gate Farm: 100% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
17report 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 67 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