· Private foundation
Living Closer 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $132k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $500k
- $250k+1 grant · $458k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION | $458,100 |
| GLOBAL CITIZEN | $150,000 |
| BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH | $100,000 |
| SOCIAL GOOD FUND | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100,000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ASSOCIATION | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $38,159 |
| BBC GLOBAL NEWS LIMITED | $20,000 |
| USA FOR UNHCR | $12,360 |
| PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | $11,000 |
| FOSSIL FUEL NON-PROLIFERATION TREAT INITIATIVE | $10,000 |
| CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| PERSHING LLC | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 81% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against -59% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $211k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BIBETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +60%
- TETHE ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ASSOCIATIONINC3× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue +5%
- APAMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION3× · 2022–2024 · $9k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- UPUNIVERSITY PHYSICIANS INCORPORATEDone grant, 2023 · $125k
- CGCLIMATE GENERATIONone grant, 2023 · $105k · revenue -35%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $40k
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.
Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Heal utah's mission is to protect utah's environment and its people by promoting clean air, clean energy, and comprehensive solutions to radioactive and toxic waste.
To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.
To develop and promote a carbon dividends framework - based on carbon fees whose revenues are rebated to citizens through dividends - as the most cost-effective, equitable, and politically viable climate solution.
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…
Climate group advances climate action by mobilizing business and government leadership to drive systemic decarbonization across energy, transport, and industry, while engaging the public through large-scale convenings and global platforms.…
E3g is a leading international not-for-profit think tank specialising in climate diplomacy harnessing expertise in the politics and economics of climate change.
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
Chief executives for corporate purpose (cecp) is the only business counsel and network dedicated to driving measurable returns on purpose. we promote responsible purpose-driven business as it increases customer loyalty, builds employee…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 29 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.
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 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC ↗
- Who funds BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds THE ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ASSOCIATIONINC ↗
- Who funds CLIMATE GENERATION ↗
- Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
- Who funds CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Fire on the Mountain Incorporated ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds NOURISH COLORADO ↗
- Who funds EARTH DAY NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds New Legacy Charter School ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Living Closer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Living Closer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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