· Private foundation
Make It Possible Foundation Inc
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
85% of Make It Possible Foundation Inc’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Bank Of America Charitable Gift Fd, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year Make It Possible Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $11k. 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, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MULTIMEDIA ARTS AND DESIGN ACADEMY | $3,000 |
| THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| BISHOP GARCIA DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF | $250 |
| JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA INC | $100 |
| AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC | $100 |
| NOONTIME OPTIMISTS CLUB OF CAMARILLO | $100 |
| HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 63% of those 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 +578% since the first grant, against +54% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2017, 2 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2017 (too recent to call). Read against FY2017, 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
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HAHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC3× · 2018–2021 · $57k · revenue -12%
- MAMULTIMEDIA ARTS AND DESIGN ACADEMY2× · 2017–2018 · $4k
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH2× · 2017–2019 · $4k · revenue +578%
Funded once
- UDUNICEF - DALLASone grant, 2019 · $10k
- BFBELLOSGUARDO FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -98%
- UUUNICEF USA - DALLASone grant, 2018 · $5k
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.
The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
To strengthen the University and communities that have touched the lives of KU alumni and friends, the mission of The KU Endowment Charitable Gift Fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…
The university of arizona foundation is committed to supporting and enhancing the vision, mission and values of the university of arizona through the development and management of private support.
Education and Research
University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 31 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 HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC ↗
- Who funds BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD ↗
- Who funds BELLOSGUARDO FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds Texas Cultural Trust Council ↗
- Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
- Who funds HOPE SUPPLY CO ↗
- Who funds YELLOWSTONE FOREVER ↗
- Who funds THE JF KAPNEK CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
- Who funds SAN MARCOS HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA INC ↗
- Who funds HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Hospice of the Valley ↗
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: 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 Make It Possible Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Make It Possible Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
How this is measured
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