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Jonathan & Kathleen Altman Fndtn

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.

$4.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
69
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$5.5MEducation$4.2MInternational$3.1MHealth$1.4MReligion$766kPhilanthropy$682kFood & Nutrition$572kArts & Culture$551kOther$0
02FY2024 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $98k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $423k
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.6M
$10,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCSD FOUNDATION$1,000,000
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$625,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$200,000
OCCIDENTAL ARTS & ECOLOGY CENTER$200,000
ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE$150,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$150,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$150,000
THE TIBET FUND$103,600
THE CULTURAL CONSERVANCY$100,000
KINDLE PROJECT$100,000
BUDDHIST GLOBAL RELIEF$100,000
THE MERWIN CONSERVANCY$100,000
WORLD CONNECT$100,000
NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN$75,000
NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN$75,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $312k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MAITRI: $2k → 10%THE WARMTH INITIATIVE CO SOURCE STUDIO: $25k → 15%REEL FATHERS: $4k → 12%LAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $25k → 18%CORAZON HEALDSBURG: $1k → 9%COMING HOME CONNECTION: $10k → 12%THINK NEW MEXICO: $5k → 12%THINK NEW MEXICO: $5k → 12%THINK NEW MEXICO: $5k → 12%THINK NEW MEXICO: $5k → 12%THINK NEW MEXICO: $5k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $50k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $30k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $20k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $20k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $15k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $10k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $10k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $10k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $10k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $10k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $10k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $10k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $5k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $5k → 12%THE FOOD DEPOT: $5k → 12%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
MI
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CA
UT
CO
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
GA
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 86 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

86 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

86
28

Total granted

$16M
$936k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
-10%

Still filing today

63%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $252k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationInternationalOther
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

  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +81%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +41%
  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue -47%
  • WC
    WORLD CONNECT BEE FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • KP
    KINDLE PROJECT CO COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION - AFGHANISTAN FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
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
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
2
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
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
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
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
6
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
7
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
8
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
9
The Mountain Institute Inc

Advance the well- being of mountain people and conservation of mountain environments.

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10
Santa Fe Botanical Garden

The santa fe botanical garden celebrates, cultivates and conserves the rich botanical heritage and biodiversity of our region. in partnership with nature, we demonstrate our commitment through education, science, conservation, community…

Environment
11
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
12
Santa Fe Forest Coalition

Educate the public on forest conservation issues in New Mexico

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Mexico Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Canticle Farm. 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

82 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. 82 of the 129 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
80/82
Grantees still filing
53/82
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,120,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE…ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE: $750,000 · EnvironmentARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE AR…Occidental Arts and Ecology Center: $415,000 · EnvironmentOccidental Arts and Ecolo…NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN: $358,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANIC…MERWIN CONSERVANCY INC: $354,000 · EnvironmentMERWIN CONSERVANCY INCENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $220,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUN…SANTA FE CONSERVATION TRUST: $200,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $190,000 · EnvironmentRainforest Action Network: $145,000 · Environment+9 more: $268,000 · Environment+9 moreWSU FOUNDATION: $1,072,000 · OtherWSU FOUNDATIONDILGO KHYENTSE FELLOWSHIP: $370,000 · OtherDILGO KHYENTSE FELLOWSHIPENVIORNMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $280,000 · OtherENVIORNMENTAL DEFENSE FUNDUCSF FOUNDATION - CTRP: $250,000 · OtherTRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND - NEW MEXICO: $180,000 · OtherCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $260,000 · OtherTHE FOOD DEPOT: $220,000 · Other+70 more: $2,500,324 · Other+70 moreWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,995,000 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE UNIVER…UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $500,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNI…+3 more: $69,000 · EducationInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,350,000 · InternationalInternational Rescu…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $970,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONT…BUDDHIST GLOBAL RELIEF A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $300,000 · InternationalBUDDHIST GLOBAL REL…WORLD CONNECT INC: $200,000 · InternationalWORLD CONNECT INCTibet Fund Inc: $139,850 · InternationalAUTISTRY STUDIOS INCORPORATED: $200,000 · HealthST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $190,000 · HealthHealth in Harmony: $175,000 · HealthPUNCHING OUT PARKINSONS SANTA FE: $97,000 · Health+3 more: $13,000 · HealthThe Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation: $300,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUR CORNERS INSTITUTE: $80,000 · Arts & CultureLama Foundation: $70,000 · Arts & CultureTHE STORYDANCER PROJECT INC: $47,500 · Arts & CultureSITE SANTA FE: $42,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER OF SOUTHWEST CULTURE INC: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $30,700 · Arts & CultureKINDLE PROJECT: $150,000 · PhilanthropySANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $125,000 · PhilanthropyFlowering Tree Permaculture Institute Inc: $103,000 · PhilanthropyNEW MEXICO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $101,500 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Environment$4,020,000Other$5,132,324Education$3,664,000International$2,959,850Health$675,000Arts & Culture$595,200Philanthropy$509,500

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 budgetWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,995,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,350,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,120,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $970,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE: $750,000 over 4y, 55% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOccidental Arts and Ecology Center: $415,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetNATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN: $358,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMERWIN CONSERVANCY INC: $354,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetThe Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation: $300,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetBUDDHIST GLOBAL RELIEF A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $300,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $260,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $220,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOOD DEPOT: $220,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetAUTISTRY STUDIOS INCORPORATED: $200,000 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetSANTA FE CONSERVATION TRUST: $200,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetWORLD CONNECT INC: $200,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $190,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $190,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHealth in Harmony: $175,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCanticle Farm: $170,000 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetTSOKNYI HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION: $155,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetKINDLE PROJECT: $150,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetKITCHEN ANGELS INC: $145,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $145,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTibet Fund Inc: $139,850 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFlowering Tree Permaculture Institute Inc: $103,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetNEW MEXICO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $101,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPUNCHING OUT PARKINSONS SANTA FE: $97,000 over 7y, 25% of budgetTHE FOUR CORNERS INSTITUTE: $80,000 over 3y, 80% of budgetCONSERVATION LEGACY: $78,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW MEXICO WILDERNESS ALLIANCE: $75,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE EARTH: $71,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetLama Foundation: $70,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC: $70,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAmigos Bravos Inc: $70,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUPPER GILA WATERSHED ALLIANCE: $50,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetTHE STORYDANCER PROJECT INC: $47,500 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetSITE SANTA FE: $42,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetNEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS - ARTS INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNEW MEXICO APPLESEED: $35,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetSANTA FE FARMERS MARKET INSTITUTE: $27,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetLAS CUMBRES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOURCE Studio Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 8.0% 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 WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Occidental Arts and Ecology Center ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds MERWIN CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BUDDHIST GLOBAL RELIEF A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD DEPOT ↗
  • Who funds AUTISTRY STUDIOS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE CONSERVATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CONNECT INC ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds Health in Harmony ↗
  • Who funds Canticle Farm ↗
  • Who funds TSOKNYI HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KINDLE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds KITCHEN ANGELS INC ↗
  • Who funds Rainforest Action Network ↗
  • Who funds Tibet Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗

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 Fe Community Fo…The Frost FoundationMarshall L and Perrin…Albuquerque Community…Thornburg FoundationThe Abeles FoundationCon Alma Health Found…Bolene Charitable Tru…Livingry FoundationSt Vincent HospitalAnchorum St VincentBrindle Foundation
Santa Fe Community FoundationNM51.3× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Fe Community Foundation · The Frost Foundation · Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · Albuquerque Community Foundation · Thornburg Foundation · The Abeles Foundation · Con Alma Health Foundation Inc · Bolene Charitable Trust · Livingry Foundation · St Vincent Hospital · Anchorum St Vincent · Brindle 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 Jonathan & Kathleen Altman Fndtn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jonathan & Kathleen Altman Fndtn. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report 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 129 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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