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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
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,313,384
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BENEFICIAL STATE FOUNDATION$1,313,384
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 (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 its 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
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

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

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • NEXTGEN CLIMATE AMERICA INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $9.2M · revenue +141% · 37% of their budget
  • C
    CURIODYSSEY
    3× · 2019–2022 · $2.9M · revenue +3% · 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%
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.

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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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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
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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Movement Strategy Center; 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.
04the grantee network

42 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. 42 of the 49 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
27/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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
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 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

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 Kattom Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kattom Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
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.
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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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 49 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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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