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Peaceful World Foundation at a glance

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Peaceful World Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$92k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$253kEducation$110kEnvironment$62kHuman Services$45kReligion$40kPhilanthropy$27kCommunity Improvement$27kHealth$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $82k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
San Francisco Art & Film Program$12,000
Sunday Friends$10,000
Kids Cooking for Life$10,000
Mahea Uchiyama Center for Int'l Dance$10,000
Marinlink$10,000
Petaluma Historical Library & Museum$10,000
Youth Art Exchange$10,000
Rebuilding Together Petaluma Inc$10,000
Individual grant recipient$8,000
Aqua Community Foundation$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Marinlink: $10k → 8%Commonweal: $20k → 8%COMMONWEAL: $15k → 8%YOUTH ART EXCHANGE: $10k → 10%Youth Art Exchange: $10k → 10%Tides Center: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$364k · 15 repeat orgs$234k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
15

Total granted

$364k
$164k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
0%

Still filing today

60%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • COMMONWEAL
    2× · 2019–2023 · $35k · revenue +129%
  • IS
    InterMusic SF
    2× · 2022–2023 · $35k · revenue +23%
  • OB
    OUTWARD BOUND INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $29k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • CA
    CACARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FOU
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • PA
    Petaluma Arts Council DBA PETALUMA ARTS CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $18k · revenue -25%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Marin Open Studios

Marin open studios is a non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to engaging and supporting marin county artists and their audiences through events, programs and services. marin open studios champions a diverse and inclusive community…

Arts & Culture
2
Artist Trust

Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.

Arts & Culture
3
Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Enriching Lives Through the Arts

Arts & Culture
4
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
5
Intersection for the Arts

consulting and presenting opportunities to artists. We promote creative expression as a means for reflection, for celebration, for economic growth and for finding solutions to the challenges that confront our communities.

Arts & Culture
6
Artopolis Development

ArtBuilt is a solutions-focused nonprofit that builds new systems of support for artists based on access to affordable real estate, asset building and deeply reciprocal relationships with local communities.

Arts & Culture
7
Justice Funders

Serve as a partner, educator, and guide for philanthropy in reimagining practices that advance a thriving and just world.

—
8
Alternate RootsInc

Alternate Roots,Inc (ROOTS) was formed to meet the distinct needs of artists who work for social justice, and artists who create work by,for,about and within communities of place, tradition, affiliation and spirit.

Arts & Culture
9
Youth in Arts

Youth in Arts builds visual and performing arts skills through innovative and in-depth programs that foster confidence, compassion and resilience in students of all abilities. We develop capacity among educators and teaching artists,…

Arts & Culture
10
Create Ca

Create CA advocates for high-quality arts education for all students by providing policy expertise and mobilizing a statewide network of advocates and allied partners.

—
11
Movement Generation

MG advances a Just Transition away from profit and pollution, towards healthy and resilient local economies. We've engaged over 160 organizations and thousands of change agents through retreats, political education, skills workshops,…

Education
12
Californians for the Arts

Our mission at Californians for the Arts is to ensure that the arts are accessible to all Californians; are an ongoing part of the public dialogue and to encourage Californians to care about the arts as a critical component of their own…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Holistic Underground Inc; the most unlike its peers is Commonweal. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 40 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Sunday Friends: $41,500 · OtherSunday FriendsIndividual grant recipient: $28,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSEEDS OF AWARENESS: $28,500 · OtherSEEDS OF AWARENESSROOTS & ROUTES IC: $25,000 · OtherROOTS & ROUTES ICCACARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FOU: $20,000 · OtherCACARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FOUUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $15,000 · OtherDALAI LAMA FELLOWS UVA: $15,000 · OtherCCUIH: $13,500 · OtherRISE YOGA FOR YOUTH: $11,500 · Other+13 more: $111,000 · Other+13 moreInterMusic SF: $35,000 · Arts & CultureInterMusic SFHOLISTIC UNDERGROUND INC: $26,500 · Arts & CultureHOLISTIC UNDERGROUND INCWorld Arts West: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWorld Arts WestArtSeed: $20,000 · Arts & CultureArtSeedPetaluma Arts Council DBA PETALUMA ARTS CENTER: $18,000 · Arts & CulturePetaluma Arts Council DBA …CREATE PEACE PROJECT: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCREATE PEACE PROJECTTHE MAHEA UCHIYAMA CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL DANCE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MAHEA UCHIYAMA CENTER …The Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation: $9,500 · Arts & CultureThe Cultural ConservancySa…COMMONWEAL: $35,000 · Human ServicesCOMMONWEALTIDES CENTER: $30,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTERMARIN LINK INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMARIN LINK I…OUTWARD BOUND INC: $28,500 · EnvironmentOUTWARD BO…FRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST: $23,500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF…SUSTAINABLE SOLANO INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABL…THE MOSAIC PROJECT: $28,500 · EducationSan Francisco Art and Film Program: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNITY THROUGH CREATIVITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentHEALING TOGETHER: $10,000 · International
Other$309,500Arts & Culture$154,000Human Services$75,000Environment$62,000Education$28,500Youth Development$22,000International$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMONWEAL: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInterMusic SF: $35,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOUTWARD BOUND INC: $28,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MOSAIC PROJECT: $28,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSEEDS OF AWARENESS: $28,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHOLISTIC UNDERGROUND INC: $26,500 over 3y, 50% of budgetWorld Arts West: $25,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST: $23,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetArtSeed: $20,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetPetaluma Arts Council DBA PETALUMA ARTS CENTER: $18,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetSan Francisco Art and Film Program: $12,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetHEALING TOGETHER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER PETALUMA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCREATE PEACE PROJECT: $10,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetMARIN LINK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MAHEA UCHIYAMA CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL DANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetSUSTAINABLE SOLANO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetThe Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation: $9,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNo Bully: $9,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAQUS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budget
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 COMMONWEAL ↗
  • Who funds InterMusic SF ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds OUTWARD BOUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MOSAIC PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds SEEDS OF AWARENESS ↗
  • Who funds HOLISTIC UNDERGROUND INC ↗
  • Who funds World Arts West ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST ↗
  • Who funds ArtSeed ↗
  • Who funds Petaluma Arts Council DBA PETALUMA ARTS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Art and Film Program ↗
  • Who funds HEALING TOGETHER ↗
  • Who funds REBUILDING TOGETHER PETALUMA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITY THROUGH CREATIVITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CREATE PEACE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds MARIN LINK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MAHEA UCHIYAMA CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL DANCE ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE SOLANO INC ↗
  • Who funds The Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation ↗
  • Who funds No Bully ↗
  • Who funds AQUS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

ImpactassetsincThe San Francisco Fou…McNabb FoundationThe William & Flora H…The Yelp FoundationTides FoundationSonoma County Communi…Silicon Valley Commun…Marin Community Found…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…
ImpactassetsincMD19.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Impactassetsinc · The San Francisco Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · Tides Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Peaceful World Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Peaceful World Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Peaceful World Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Peaceful World Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 40 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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