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John J Moller Family 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.

$145k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2024
28
Organizations funded FY2023
64%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$34,320
Organizations funded a year
1 to 28
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$3.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 64% of the organizations John J Moller Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentEducationInternationalHuman ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving21$145k62%
FY202328$151k64%
FY202218$140k50%
FY202115$125k53%
FY202017$96k59%
FY201919$105k63%
FY201817$87k100%
FY20171$9kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$414kEducation$104kYouth Development$78kHealth$55kArts & Culture$33kPublic Safety & Disaster$29kInternational$25kHuman Services$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
VA
DC
HI
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of John J Moller Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rainforest Trust$115,98450%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$94,10060%
Crane Country Day School$40,50040%
Concerned Resource & Environmental Workers$37,14243%
Treepeople Inc$36,73411%
Best Day Foundation$34,808214%
Capital Link Inc$25,00011%
Krishnamurti Foundation of America$24,00030%
Los Padres Forestwatch Inc$19,00061%
Food Forward Inc$16,66710%
Ventura Land Trust$16,49120%
Environmental Defense Center$13,75020%
The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy$13,50070%
The Surfrider Foundation$13,50030%
Ojai Valley School$13,32710%
Greater Goods Ojai$11,00054%
Operation Open Water$10,0001n/a
Rain Communities Inc$10,0001n/a
Community Partners$10,00010%
The Nature Conservancy of California$10,0001n/a
Youth Homes$10,00010%
Heal the Ocean Inc$10,00011%
Wildtorium$10,0001n/a
Secure Beginnings$9,50052%
Shelterbox USA Inc$8,75020%
Phoenix Bread Rising$8,62524%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$8,50211%
Kokua Hawaii Foundation$8,50030%
Monica Ros School Inc$8,50020%
Light the World Inc$6,8001n/a
Our Rescue$6,80010%
Oceanic Global Foundation Corp$6,00012%
San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation$5,72011%
Wilderness Youth Project Inc$5,72010%
Amazon Conservation Association$5,72010%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$5,72010%
Ocean Conservancy$5,00010%
Unite to Light Inc$5,00012%
Polestar Lifetime Learning Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Pacific Ridge School$5,00010%
The Sonder Project Inc$5,00011%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$4,66410%
Inquiring Systems Inc$4,50010%
Rainforest Alliance Inc$4,16720%
Oak Grove School LLC$4,0001n/a
Oceana Inc$3,87520%
Protect Our Winters$3,75010%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$3,00010%
South Walton Artificial Reef Association Inc$2,5001n/a
The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Ric OBarrys Dolphin Project$2,50011%
Little Farm in Ojai$2,5001n/a
Greenpeace Fund Inc$2,00010%
Water Wells for Africa$2,00011%
World Animal Protection$2,00010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2,00010%
Water for Children Africa Incorporated$2,0001n/a
Feeding America$2,00010%
The Life You Can Save$2,00010%
Greenpeace Foundation$1,87511%
Trees That Feed Foundation$1,87510%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,87510%
Community Environmental Council$1,87510%
Middle East Children's Alliance$1,87510%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$1,87510%
Mercy for Animals Inc$1,87510%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$1,87510%
World Dance for Humanity$1,87510%
Native American Heritage Association$1,87510%
Ocean Alliance Inc$1,87510%
Earth Island Institute Inc$1,66710%
Humane World for Animals Inc$1,66710%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,66710%
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County$1,66710%
Ojai Valley Defense Fund$1,50011%
Mesa Independent Living$1,50010%
Dignitymoves$1,50010%
The Trust for Public Land$1,50010%
Food for Thought$1,00011%
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission$1,00010%
Ojai Trees$1,0001n/a
Sumac Elementary School Parent Faculty Association$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($54k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John J Moller Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRainforest Trust: $115,984 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation: $94,100 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCrane Country Day School: $40,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetConcerned Resource & Environmental Workers: $37,142 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetTreepeople Inc: $36,734 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBest Day Foundation: $34,808 over 2y, 14% of budgetCapital Link Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKrishnamurti Foundation of America: $24,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLos Padres Forestwatch Inc: $19,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetFood Forward Inc: $16,667 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVentura Land Trust: $16,491 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Center: $13,750 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Ojai Valley Land Conservancy: $13,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Surfrider Foundation: $13,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOjai Valley School: $13,327 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Goods Ojai: $11,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetCommunity Partners: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Homes: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHeal the Ocean Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSecure Beginnings: $9,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetShelterbox USA Inc: $8,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Bread Rising: $8,625 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetLos Angeles Fire Department Foundation: $8,502 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKokua Hawaii Foundation: $8,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMonica Ros School Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOur Rescue: $6,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOceanic Global Foundation Corp: $6,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSan Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation: $5,720 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWilderness Youth Project Inc: $5,720 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmazon Conservation Association: $5,720 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $5,720 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnite to Light Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPacific Ridge School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sonder Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $4,664 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInquiring Systems Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Alliance Inc: $4,167 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOceana Inc: $3,875 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProtect Our Winters: $3,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of California Berkeley Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRic OBarrys Dolphin Project: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGreenpeace Fund Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWater Wells for Africa: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWorld Animal Protection: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 71.

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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.

Santa Barbara FoundationCA39.6× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Patricia Bragg Foundation · Ventura County Community Foundation · 2005 Tomchin Family Charitable Trust · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation · The B & B Foundation · James S Bower Foundation · Manitou Fund · Bruce and Marilyn Wallace Foundation · Monimos 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 John J Moller Family Foundation

How much does John J Moller Family Foundation give?
John J Moller Family Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $145,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does John J Moller Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (48%), Education (12%), Youth Development (9%).
Who are John J Moller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rainforest Trust ($116k), American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation ($94k), Crane Country Day School ($41k).
Does John J Moller Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John J Moller Family 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 John J Moller Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Patagoniaorg.
Where is John J Moller Family Foundation based?
John J Moller Family Foundation is based in DE.

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 90 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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