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Nasaw Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$43k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2025
15
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 68
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$10k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Nasaw Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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
FY2025still arriving12$38k17%
FY202415$51k20%
FY20239$54k33%
FY202218$108k22%
FY202142$131k62%
FY202040$124k53%
FY201932$156k22%
FY201868$436k53%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$786kRecreation & Sports$114kEducation$97kPhilanthropy$77kPublic Safety & Disaster$67kEnvironment$60kArts & Culture$51kHuman Services$47kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
KS
TN
DC
OK
LA
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Nasaw Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation$300,00020%
Montage Health Foundation$260,10050%
Northwestern University$109,50050%
Pacific Vision Foundation$57,75072%
The Trust for Public Land$50,00020%
The University Foundation California State University Chico$45,00010%
Marin General Hospital Foundation$35,00050%
Kasigau Student Education Fund$35,0002n/a
Human Needs Project Inc$30,50072%
Carmel Police Officers Association$16,5008n/a
Wentworth Military Academy Museum Inc$12,88051%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$12,50020%
Carmel Cares$10,0001n/a
Buck Institute for Research on Aging$8,00040%
The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation$7,50010%
Marin Academy$6,10030%
Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation$5,50060%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$5,00010%
San Francisco Retina Foundation$5,0001n/a
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$5,00050%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$5,00010%
Marin Humane Society$2,54040%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Hebrew Free Loan Society Inc$2,50010%
Kqed Inc$2,50010%
The Marine Mammal Center$2,50040%
Made Out of What$2,50017%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,45050%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$2,25020%
Marin Agricultural Land Trust$2,00030%
Marin Art and Garden Center$2,00030%
Children's Fund Inc$2,00020%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$2,00020%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$1,50020%
Friends of the Chico Community Ballet Inc$1,30040%
Folds of Honor Foundation$1,25030%
San Francisco Food Bank$1,20040%
Marin Country Day School$1,10020%
Center for Common Ground$1,00010%
Climate Justice Alliance$1,00010%
Making Waves Foundation Inc Aka Making Waves Education Foundation$1,00010%
Canticle Farm$1,00010%
Grassroots International Inc$1,00010%
Kulen Outreach Inc co Mactaggart & Co$1,00010%
Thousand Currents$1,00020%
Breakthrough New York Inc$1,00010%
Sogorea Te Land Trust$1,00010%
Zero Foodprint$1,00010%
George Mark Childrens Fund$1,00010%
Echoing Green Inc$1,00010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$90080%
Monterey Museum of Art$81520%
Generative Somatics$75020%
Insightla Inc$7501n/a
Community Ready Corps Inc CO Earl Harper$7501n/a
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$60020%
Museum Associates$5752n/a
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$54820%
People for People$50010%
Mycelium Youth Network$50010%
Indigenous Environmental Network$50010%
Chinese Progressive Association$50010%
Planting Justice$50010%
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy$50010%
Center for the study of the Americas$50010%
Spirit Rock Meditation Center$5001n/a
Museum of Modern Art$40320%
Whitney Museum of American Art$37720%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$35020%
Allied Media Projects Inc$35010%
Extrafood$25010%
East Point Peace Academy$25010%
Mill Valley Library Foundation$25010%
Bay Area Nonviolent Communication$25010%
New Economy Coalition Inc$25010%
Resource Generation Inc$25010%
Carmel Art Association$23520%
National Park Foundation$20020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$20010%
San Francisco Jazz Organization$15010%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$15010%
Town of Ross Property Owners Association$1402n/a
Museum of Arts and Design$12510%
California Art Club$11010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
National Scleroderma Foundation Inc$10010%
Vivalon$10010%
Art Works Downtown Inc$10010%
Save the Redwoods League$10010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$10010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$10010%
Carmel Residents Association$1001n/a
Alternate RootsInc$10010%
Center for Photographic Art$6010%
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art$5010%
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts Inc$4010%
Buckelew Programs$2010%
Smithsonian Institution$1210%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($231k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nasaw Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCalifornia Pacific Medical Center Foundation: $300,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMontage Health Foundation: $260,100 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwestern University: $109,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Vision Foundation: $57,750 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe University Foundation California State University Chico: $45,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMarin General Hospital Foundation: $35,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Needs Project Inc: $30,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetWentworth Military Academy Museum Inc: $12,880 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBuck Institute for Research on Aging: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shaquille O'Neal Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMarin Academy: $6,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarin Humane Society: $2,540 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Documentary Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Free Loan Society Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKqed Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Marine Mammal Center: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMade Out of What: $2,500 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $2,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Popular Democracy Inc: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarin Agricultural Land Trust: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMarin Art and Garden Center: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Fund Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Chico Community Ballet Inc: $1,300 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarin Country Day School: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Common Ground: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClimate Justice Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaking Waves Foundation Inc Aka Making Waves Education Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCanticle Farm: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGrassroots International Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKulen Outreach Inc co Mactaggart & Co: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThousand Currents: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough New York Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSogorea Te Land Trust: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZero Foodprint: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEchoing Green Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMonterey Museum of Art: $815 over 2y, 0.0% 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 88.

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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.

Marin Community FoundationCA34.6× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Impactassetsinc · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The William G Irwin Charity Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Springcreek Foundation · The California Endowment · Common Counsel Foundation

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 Nasaw Foundation

How much does Nasaw Foundation give?
Nasaw Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $43,404 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 68 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Nasaw Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (56%), Recreation & Sports (8%), Education (7%).
Who are Nasaw Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: California Pacific Medical Center Foundation ($300k), Montage Health Foundation ($260k), Northwestern University ($110k).
Does Nasaw Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Nasaw Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Nasaw Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
Where is Nasaw Foundation based?
Nasaw 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 154 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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