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Mitchell Kapor Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
69
Grants FY2024
37
Organizations funded FY2023
57%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,050,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 145
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
18
Total assets, FY2024
$116M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Mitchell Kapor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving64$5.9M55%
FY202337$10.0M57%
FY202250$9.2M70%
FY202122$3.9M73%
FY202090$6.4M74%
FY201963$4.1M65%
FY201891$260k77%
FY2017145$368kn/a
97% 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$12MEducation$12MPhilanthropy$5.7MYouth Development$5.0MScience & Tech$3.6MCivil Rights$3.1MCommunity Improvement$1.4MArts & Culture$982kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 304 grantees
All grantees of Mitchell Kapor Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Barack Obama Foundation$10,000,00051%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$2,596,59620%
Code for Science & Society Inc$2,149,99946%
Morehouse College$2,000,00021%
Mk Level Playing Field Institute$732,68668%
The Oakland Public Education Fund$567,50861%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$475,00030%
Techequity Collaborative$430,00037%
The Uc Davis Foundation$400,00020%
Computer History Museum$350,00013%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$320,00041%
Free Press$300,00013%
Ai for the People Inc$300,000219%
State Leadership Project$300,00014%
Footsteps Inc$300,00035%
Northwestern University$250,00010%
Voto Latino Foundation Inc$230,00031%
National Coalition on Black Civic Partic$225,00023%
Npower Inc$209,50021%
East Oakland Youth Development Center$200,03024%
The Brookings Institution$200,00010%
Consumer Reports Inc$190,00020%
Aubin Pictures Inc$175,000116%
Hispanic Federation Inc$150,02540%
Color of Changeorg Education Fund$150,0001n/a
Kennesaw State University Foundation Inc$150,00010%
Detroit Future City$150,00014%
Campaign for Accountability Inc$150,00016%
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc$150,00012%
Equis Institute$150,00011%
Power Rising$145,00027%
NAACP Foundation$130,00027%
Clark Atlanta University Inc$125,00010%
Goodie Nation Inc$125,000112%
Milestone Growth Capital Institute$125,000151%
Hack the Hood Inc$110,00022%
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc$110,00010%
Byte Back$110,00023%
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation$110,00023%
The Knowledge House Fellowship Inc$110,00024%
Baltimore Corps Inc$110,000240%
Sogorea Te Land Trust$106,97921%
Umkc Foundation$100,00021%
Publicresourceorg Inc$100,00019%
Dr Huey P Newton Foundation$100,000220%
Codepathorg$100,00010%
Moses (Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength)$100,00018%
Federation of American Scientists$100,00010%
Freedmen Heirs Foundation Inc$98,525118%
Donorschooseorg$97,01520%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$95,00010%
Hidden Genius Project$92,02052%
National Council of Negro Women Inc$80,00011%
Bright Funds Foundation$78,38920%
Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs Inc$75,00012%
Skinner Leadership Institute Inc$75,00025%
National Skills Coalition$75,00010%
People for the American Way Foundation$75,00021%
A Liberated Mind Alliance Alma Inc$60,000299%
Center for Open Data Enterprise Inc$55,000113%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$52,07320%
Vote to Live Foundation$50,0001n/a
Black Innovation Alliance$50,00012%
Caremessage$50,00011%
The Aspen Institute Inc$50,00010%
Bwise Inc$50,0001n/a
Calvin Hill Day Care Center Inc$50,00014%
Repairers of the Breach$47,50031%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$45,00020%
Power California$45,00030%
Chinese Progressive Association$45,00020%
National Black Justice Collective$40,00011%
New Georgia Project Inc$40,00010%
Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation$40,00010%
Fii - National$40,00010%
La Voice$35,00021%
Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda$35,00021%
Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County Inc$30,50020%
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund$30,00020%
Northeastern University$30,00020%
Northern California Grantmakers$30,00020%
United We Dream Network Inc$25,42510%
Georgia Shift Inc$25,00012%
Dolores C Huerta Foundation$25,00010%
Coalition of Black Excellence$25,000211%
Mi Familia En Accion$25,00010%
Wisconsin Voices Inc$25,00012%
Georgia Alliance Education Fund Inc$25,00011%
PA Alliance Foundation$25,00010%
Courage California Institute C3$25,00016%
Equality Foundation of Ga Inc$25,00011%
RepresentUs Education Fund$25,00010%
Shared Harvest Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Somosvc$25,000213%
Carolina Federation Fund$25,00021%
Camelback Ventures$25,00011%
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc$25,00010%
Michigan Organizing Project$25,00010%
Hispanic Heritage Foundation$25,00020%
Unidosus$25,00010%
Mission Bit$21,21041%
Empowerment Works Inc$21,00021%
Movement Strategy Center$21,00020%
National Redistricting Foundation$20,00010%
Black Women for Wellness$20,00011%
482 Forward$20,00011%
Sistahs in Business Foundation a Nj Nonprofit Organization$20,00018%
The Black Organizing Project Inc$20,00010%
National Urban League Inc$20,00010%
Mills College$17,50030%
Asian Pacific Environmental Network$15,00010%
Foundation for Social Impact$15,0001n/a
Centro Por la Justicia$15,00011%
Codecrew$15,00020%
Talk Tech Association$15,0001n/a
Youth Rise Texas Inc$15,00011%
Community Initiatives$15,00010%
Coppin State University Development Foundation Inc$15,00011%
Equal Ground Education Fund Inc$15,00011%
Vet Voice Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Code for America Labs Inc$14,50030%
Black and Brown Founders Inc$11,91433%
One Degree$11,1803n/a
Grateful Gatherings$10,63023%
Genesys Works$10,0252n/a
The Schott Foundation for Public Education$10,00010%
Dev Color$10,00011%
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation$10,00010%
Journi Incorporated$10,00012%
Accelerate4KIDS Foundation$10,00014%
Mothering Justice$10,00010%
Michigan Science Center$10,00010%
Communities For A New California Education Fund$10,00011%
Harvey Mudd College$10,00010%
Powerpac Foundation$10,00011%
Code313$10,00011%
Fair Elections Center$10,00010%
United Roots$10,00021%
Youth Alive$10,00010%
Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program Inc$10,00010%
Ithaca City School District$10,0001n/a
100 Black Men of the Bay Area Inc$9,5002n/a
International Association for Human Values$8,83020%
Peralta Colleges Foundation$8,75021%
Elbert County Planning Committee Inc$7,5002n/a
Downtown Oakland Association$7,50020%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$7,50020%
Chabot Space & Science Center Foundation$7,50020%
Oakland Technology & Education Center$7,0002n/a
Community Partners$7,00010%
Self-Estem$6,50023%
Motivating Inspiring Supporting and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth$6,19020%
Xr Safety Initiative$6,00013%
Dreamers Roadmap$5,73014%
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant$5,63010%
Next Wave in Business$5,6301n/a
Full Circle Fund$5,30020%
Oakland Digital Arts and Literacy Center Inc$5,1501n/a
University of Redlands$5,07510%
Codeva Inc$5,00010%
Oakland Pride Inc$5,000115%
STEM to the Future$5,00010%
Wake County Public Schools$5,0001n/a
Career Girls$5,00011%
Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park$5,00011%
Occur$5,00011%
Black Joy Parade$5,0001n/a
The Greenlining Institute$5,00020%
Futures Without Violence$5,00010%
Techqueria$5,0001n/a
United Way of the National Capital Area$5,00010%
Mozilla Foundation$5,00010%
Writespeakcode$5,00012%
Project Invent$5,00010%
Contra Costa Economic Partnership Inc$5,00011%
Maven Youth$5,0001n/a
Concrn$3,88015%
The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center Inc$3,50010%
Sonoma County Black Forum$3,5002n/a
Greene Scholars$3,00011%
Dreamorg$3,00010%
Fam 1st Family Foundation$3,00011%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$2,75010%
Givedirectly Inc$2,70020%
National Equity Project$2,65020%
Lotus Bloom$2,60020%
Youth Radio$2,52510%
Scholarmatch Inc$2,52510%
Art & Soul Oakland$2,5001n/a
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc$2,50010%
EastSide Arts Alliance$2,50010%
Bay Area Black United Fund Inc$2,50011%
Westcoast Children's Clinic$2,50010%
Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services$2,50010%
Techbridge Girls$2,50010%
OAKLAND CHINATOWN CHAMBER FOUNDATION dba OCCF$2,5001n/a
Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation$2,5001n/a
Refugee & Immigrant Transitions$2,50010%
Oakland Chamber of Commerce Foundation$2,50011%
Digital Nest Inc$2,50010%
Brighter Beginnings$2,50010%
Hands of Hope$2,5001n/a
Humane Borders Inc$2,5001n/a
The Links Foundation Incorporated$2,50010%
Courageous Women Association$2,5001n/a
East Bay Economic Alliance Foundation$2,00011%
Scripted Inc Dba Code Nation$2,00010%
Chapter 510 Ink$2,00010%
Oakland Worship Center$1,9481n/a
Womens Daytime Drop-In Center$1,77510%
Oakland Promise$1,50010%
QCC The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture$1,00010%
Strive Survive Succeed$1,0001n/a
Youth Alliance$1,00010%
The BEST Foundation$1,0001n/a
Super Stars Literacy Inc$1,0001n/a
Friendship House Association of American Indians Inc$1,00010%
Adopt-A-Native Elder$90010%
American University of Armenia Corporation$90010%
SMYAL Inc$75010%
La Bella Vita Inc Foundation$7501n/a
Compassion International Incorporated$74020%
Friends of Oakland Animal Services$70020%
The North Carolina Writers' Network Inc$7001n/a
Uaspire Inc$70010%
The Clear Fund$66010%
Urban Ed Academy$57010%
Center of Hope Haiti Inc$50010%
Castro Valley Pride$5001n/a
California School of Mechanical Arts$50010%
The Decision Education Foundation$50010%
Transgender Law Center$50020%
Lutheran Church of Our Savior$4741n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$45010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$45010%
Spelman College$45010%
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation$44510%
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America$4001n/a
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights$40010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$35510%
Management Leadership for Tomorrow$35210%
Catalyst California$32520%
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights Inc$31510%
San Francisco AIDS Foundation$30010%
The Posse Foundation Inc$30010%
Youth Speaks Inc$30010%
Green Schools National Network Inc$30010%
Destiny Arts Center$25810%
Redwood City Education Foundation$25010%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$25010%
Relief International Inc$25010%
Project Inform$25010%
National Center for Science Education$24010%
The Oakland Athletics Community Fund$2251n/a
Prc$20010%
Oxfam-America Inc$20010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20010%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$16710%
Humane World for Animals Inc$16710%
California Indian Environmental Alliance$15010%
Opening Doors Inc$15010%
Open Door Legal$15010%
Omni Commons$1501n/a
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$14510%
Teen HYPE$12610%
Cots$12610%
Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation$11010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10010%
Trustees of Tufts College$10010%
University Club Foundation Inc$10010%
Thurgood Marshall College Fund$10010%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$10010%
The Peoples Conservatory$1001n/a
Eduseed$1001n/a
St Nersess Armenian Seminary Inc$10010%
The African American Policy Forum Inc$10010%
Centro Legal de la Raza$10010%
Regents of the University of Michigan$1001n/a
Julia Morgan School for Girls$10010%
College Bound Inc$10010%
Rett Syndrome Research Trust Inc$7510%
Asian Law Caucus$7510%
Samaritan House$6010%
Girls Who Code Inc$6010%
Defy Ventures Inc$5010%
I Am My Brothers Keeper Unity Day$501n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$5010%
La Cocina$5010%
Project Tf$5010%
Compass Family Services$5010%
Global Detroit$5010%
Academic Concepts Inc$501n/a
American Heart Association Inc$5010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$5010%
St Kevork Armenian Church$501n/a
Transformca dba Transform$3810%
Freedom for Immigrants$2610%
Pacific Rowing Club$2510%
Outdoor Afro$2010%
K to College Dba Supplybankorg$1510%
Youth Uprising$1510%
Year Up Inc$1510%
Orphan Foundation of America D/B/A Foster Care to Success Foundation$1010%
Equality Florida Institute Inc$1010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 126 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Mitchell Kapor Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $10,000,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetUniversity of California Berkeley Foundation: $2,596,596 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCode for Science & Society Inc: $2,149,999 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetMorehouse College: $2,000,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMk Level Playing Field Institute: $732,686 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetThe Oakland Public Education Fund: $567,508 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetGeorgia Tech Foundation Inc: $475,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTechequity Collaborative: $430,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetThe Uc Davis Foundation: $400,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetComputer History Museum: $350,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $320,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFree Press: $300,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetAi for the People Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetState Leadership Project: $300,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetFootsteps Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetNorthwestern University: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVoto Latino Foundation Inc: $230,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetNational Coalition on Black Civic Partic: $225,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetNpower Inc: $209,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetEast Oakland Youth Development Center: $200,030 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetThe Brookings Institution: $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetConsumer Reports Inc: $190,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAubin Pictures Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetHispanic Federation Inc: $150,025 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKennesaw State University Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDetroit Future City: $150,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCampaign for Accountability Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetCongressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetEquis Institute: $150,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPower Rising: $145,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetNAACP Foundation: $130,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetClark Atlanta University Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGoodie Nation Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetMilestone Growth Capital Institute: $125,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetHack the Hood Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetGeorgia State University Research Foundation Inc: $110,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetByte Back: $110,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetLos Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $110,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetThe Knowledge House Fellowship Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetBaltimore Corps Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetSogorea Te Land Trust: $106,979 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetUmkc Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPublicresourceorg Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetDr Huey P Newton Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetCodepathorg: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMoses (Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength): $100,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetFederation of American Scientists: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFreedmen Heirs Foundation Inc: $98,525 over 1y, 18% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

East Bay Community FoundationCA68× affinity58 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · The California Endowment · Tides Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Stupski Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · New Venture Fund

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.

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About Mitchell Kapor Foundation

How much does Mitchell Kapor Foundation give?
Mitchell Kapor Foundation reported 69 grants totaling $6,434,849 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 145 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Mitchell Kapor Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (26%), Education (25%), Philanthropy (12%).
Who are Mitchell Kapor Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Barack Obama Foundation ($10M), University of California Berkeley Foundation ($2.6M), Code for Science & Society Inc ($2.1M).
Does Mitchell Kapor Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mitchell Kapor Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Mitchell Kapor Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Bay Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, The California Wellness Foundation.
Where is Mitchell Kapor Foundation based?
Mitchell Kapor Foundation is based in CA.

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 449 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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