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Kattom 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$21MEnvironment$14MScience & Tech$4.8MCivil Rights$2.1MPhilanthropy$1.8MEducation$1.2MHousing & Shelter$875kRecreation & Sports$505kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,313,384
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BENEFICIAL STATE FOUNDATION$1,313,384
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–22, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC: $5k → 9%EVA LONGORIA FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
NH
WA
NY
MA
OR
OH
CT
CA
CO
MD
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$34M · 7 repeat orgs$10M to everyone else

7 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
36

Total granted

$34M
$10M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-13%
+14%

Still filing today

100%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentCivil RightsHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NEXTGEN CLIMATE AMERICA INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $9.2M · revenue +141% · 37% of their budget
  • C
    CURIODYSSEY
    3× · 2019–2022 · $2.9M · revenue +25% · 38% of their budget
  • RC
    REGENESIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $850k · revenue +125%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
    one grant, 2017 · $2.0M · revenue -28%
  • NE
    NEXTGEN EDUCATION FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1.3M · revenue +191%
  • AE
    Advanced Energy Institutegraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M · revenue +86%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
3
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
4
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
5
Future 500

See attached statementprimary missionfuture 500 builds trust between corporations, advocates, investors, and philanthropists to advance business as a force for good. we are experts in stakeholder engagement with over 25 years of experience…

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6
E3G Third Generation Environmentalism

E3g is a leading international not-for-profit think tank specialising in climate diplomacy harnessing expertise in the politics and economics of climate change.

Environment
7
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
8
California Clean Energy Fund

The california clean energy fund supports entrepreneurs to drive innovation and build equity into the clean economy.

Environment
9
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
10
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
11
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
12
Climate Equity Action Fund

The climate equity action fund (ceaf) works hand-in-hand with community-based partners in critical states across the country to secure and sustain policy wins for climate and clean energy. building on over a decade of trust with leading…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Movement Strategy Center and the most unlike its peers is League to Save Lake Tahoe. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyLocal History MuseumsEnvironmental Conservation …Community FoundationsImmigrant Worker SupportDance Arts OrganizationsPolicy Research and AdvocacyYouth Sports ProgramsDevelopmental Disabilities …Pregnancy Support Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%3%<5yr15%5%5–10yr20%30%10–20yr17%28%20–35yr11%23%35–55yr13%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%3%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%67%10–20yr17%9%20–35yr11%8%35–55yr13%12%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/43
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,935

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
27/42
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BENEFICIAL STATE FOUNDATION — $19,978,036 · Public BenefitBENEFICIAL STATE FOUNDATIONNEXTGEN CLIMATE AMERICA INC — $9,170,000 · EnvironmentNEXTGEN CLIMATE AMERICA INCAdvanced Energy Institute — $1,000,000 · EnvironmentAdvanced Energy InstituteCENTER FOR ECOLITERACY — $1,000,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR ECOLITERACYGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY — $480,000 · Environment+2 more — $160,000 · EnvironmentECOTRUST — $1,200,000 · OtherECOTRUSTRocky Mountain Institute — $1,000,000 · OtherRocky Mounta…YALE UNIVERSITY — $1,000,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERS…VALUE REPORTING FOUNDATION — $250,000 · OtherREGENESIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $850,000 · OtherREGENESIS CO…CLIMATE ACTION CAMPAIGN — $345,000 · OtherCLIMATE ACTI…+19 more — $882,500 · Other+19 moreCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — $2,000,000 · Civil RightsNEXTGEN EDUCATION FUND — $1,300,000 · Civil Rights+2 more — $32,500 · Civil RightsCURIODYSSEY — $2,850,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF JAZZ AND ART — $140,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more — $315,000 · Arts & CulturePresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $2,000,000 · EducationASPEN GLOBAL CHANGE INSTITUTE INC — $500,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED — $100,000 · Education+1 more — $10,000 · EducationMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $774,575 · PhilanthropyEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $715,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $250,000 · Philanthropy
Public Benefit$19,978,036Environment$11,810,000Other$5,527,500Civil Rights$3,332,500Arts & Culture$3,305,000Education$2,610,000Philanthropy$1,739,575

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBENEFICIAL STATE FOUNDATION — $19,978,036 over 6y, 42% of budgetNEXTGEN CLIMATE AMERICA INC — $9,170,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetCURIODYSSEY — $2,850,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $2,000,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — $2,000,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNEXTGEN EDUCATION FUND — $1,300,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetECOTRUST — $1,200,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetAdvanced Energy Institute — $1,000,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute — $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCENTER FOR ECOLITERACY — $1,000,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $774,575 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $715,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetASPEN GLOBAL CHANGE INSTITUTE INC — $500,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY — $480,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCLIMATE ACTION CAMPAIGN — $345,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetVALUE REPORTING FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF JAZZ AND ART — $140,000 over 3y, 54% of budgetGood Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco — $110,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED — $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA — $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMARIN PERFORMING STARS — $95,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetDANCERS GROUP — $70,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $55,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCompton Kidz Club — $50,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetIgnatian Lay Volunteer Corporation — $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLONE STAR LEGAL AID — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH TENNIS ADVANTAGE — $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE EVA LONGORIA FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLA UNION DEL PUEBLO ENTERO — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHELPING OTHERS PURSUE EXCELLENCE — $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTH DAY NETWORK INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOHIO LEGAL HELP — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYellowhammer Fund — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The San Francisco Fou…Tides FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Marin Community Found…Tomkat FoundationThe William & Flora H…The California Endowm…Catena FoundationImpactassetsincNew Venture FundThe Heising-Simons Fo…Combined Jewish Phila…
The San Francisco FoundationCA25.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Tides Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Tomkat Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The California Endowment · Catena Foundation · Impactassetsinc · New Venture Fund · The Heising-Simons Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Kattom Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Ecotrust — 14% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Kattom Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kattom Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 49 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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