· Private foundation
La Salle Adams Fund
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of La Salle Adams Fund’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year La Salle Adams Fund named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- $10k–50k4 grants · $110k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $975k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY | $250,000 |
| EARTHJUSTICE | $225,000 |
| THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY | $225,000 |
| WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS | $200,000 |
| NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION | $150,000 |
| RESOURCES LEGACY FUND | $125,000 |
| PUBLIC LAND SOLUTIONS | $50,000 |
| MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION | $40,000 |
| CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS | $30,000 |
| ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS - LAF DAF | $20,000 |
| HEADWATER ECONOMICS | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down. Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GTGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY2× · 2018–2019 · $1.0M · revenue +93%
EARTHJUSTICE2× · 2018–2019 · $550k · revenue +114%- WOWESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS2× · 2018–2019 · $380k · revenue +193%
Funded once
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.
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.
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.
Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.
The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.
Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.
Amazon conservation unites science, people, and innovation to protect the amazon - the greatest wild forest on earth. as guardians of the most iconic forest on the planet, we bring together the power of the latest science and technology…
The mission of the association is to inspire "deeper connection, better understanding, and enduring support for our public lands."
Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.
How this is measured
12 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.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ↗
- Who funds GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
- Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds RESOURCES LEGACY FUND ↗
- Who funds MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC LAND SOLUTIONS ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ↗
- Who funds HEADWATERS ECONOMICS INC ↗
- Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization La Salle Adams Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from La Salle Adams Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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