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Ph 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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$2.4MFood & Nutrition$390kCrime & Legal$279kHealth$276kEmployment$220kArts & Culture$158kYouth Development$140kRecreation & Sports$110kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $164
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $34k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $404k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.6M
$75,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WIND RIVER TRIBAL BUFFALO INITIATIVE$1,200,000
CONSERVATION LANDS FOUNDATION$400,000
WEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY$110,000
THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION$100,000
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$75,000
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS$69,000
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$50,000
BREAST CANCER PREVENTION PARTNERS$34,250
WIND RIVER TRIBAL BUFFALO INITIATIVE$164
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $320k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MANIFESTWORKS: $60k → 14%FREE INTERNATIONAL: $100k → 13%MANIFESTWORKS: $60k → 14%MANIFESTWORKS: $50k → 14%MANIFESTWORKS: $50k → 14%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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 15 repeat orgs$839k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
11

Total granted

$3.4M
$435k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+21%

Still filing today

80%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $404k 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
EnvironmentHealthEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsArts & CultureOther
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

  • WR
    WIND RIVER TRIBAL BUFFALO INITIATIVE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.4M · revenue ×47 · 99% of their budget
  • CL
    Conservation Lands Foundation
    2× · 2023–2024 · $650k · revenue +46%
  • FL
    FRESH LIFE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $290k · revenue +27% · 41% of their budget

Funded once

  • OV
    OWENS VALLEY INDIAN WATER COMMISSION
    one grant, 2023 · $175k
  • FR
    F R E E INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -24% · 28% of their budget
  • CF
    Center for Popular Research Education and Policy
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +21%
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
CalWild

The California Wilderness Coalition protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal.

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2
Center for Environmental Law & Policy

The Center for Environmental Law & Policy is a statewide organization whose mission is to protect, preserve and restore Washington's waters through education, advocacy, policy reform, and public interest litigation.

Environment
3
Legal Link

Legal Link removes legal barriers that prolong poverty by adding critically needed capacity to the legal ecosystem.

Crime & Legal
4
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
5
Environmental Law Foundation

Environmental Law Foundation's (ELF) mission is to protect the environment, communities, and consumers against harmful toxics and other environmental harms. Our work consistently improves environmental quality for those most at risk by…

Crime & Legal
6
California Institute for Biodiversity

Create and publish educational materials, conduct professional development, promote awareness, and sponsor research on the spectacular biological diversity of the State of CA.

Education
7
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
8
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
9
Justice Funders

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

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10
San Francisco Estuary Institute

Provide scientific support and tools for decision making and communication through collaborative efforts.

Environment
11
California Environmental Justice Alliance

Our mission is to fight against fossil fuel executives and industries that have turned our communities into dumping grounds for toxic waste, poisoning our air, water, lan, and bodies. We organize to oppose giant oil refineries, dirty…

Environment
12
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance

At Yosemite Rivers Alliance, we unite conservation and community to protect and restore the three rivers that ?ow through the Yosemite Regionthe Tuolumne, Stanislaus, and Merced.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Grand Teton National Park Foundation. 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

25 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. 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WIND RIVER TRIBAL BUFFALO INITIATIVE: $1,440,072 · EnvironmentWIND RIVER TRIBAL BUFFALO INITIATIVEConservation Lands Foundation: $650,000 · EnvironmentConservation Lands Foundation+1 more: $200 · EnvironmentFRESH LIFE FOUNDATION: $290,000 · OtherFRESH LIFE FOUNDATIONOWENS VALLEY INDIAN WATER COMMISSION: $175,000 · OtherOWENS VALLEY INDIAN WATER COM…THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUN…UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $65,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATIONSODA MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS COUNCIL: $60,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherWEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY: $110,000 · OtherWEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR …Center for Popular Research Education and Policy: $100,000 · OtherCenter for Popular Research E…GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $75,000 · OtherGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOU…+10 more: $103,625 · Other+10 moreMANIFESTWORKS: $220,000 · Human ServicesF R E E INTERNATIONAL INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesBREAST CANCER PREVENTION PARTNERS: $154,250 · HealthBRIGHTER BEGINNINGS: $122,000 · HealthEAST BAY COMMUNITY LAW CENTER: $115,000 · Crime & LegalEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS: $69,000 · Crime & LegalIMPACT JUSTICE: $95,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsCenter For Youth Development Through Law: $130,000 · Employment
Environment$2,090,272Other$1,128,625Human Services$320,000Health$276,250Crime & Legal$184,000Civil Rights$145,000Employment$130,000

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 budgetWIND RIVER TRIBAL BUFFALO INITIATIVE: $1,440,072 over 3y, 99% of budgetConservation Lands Foundation: $650,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetFRESH LIFE FOUNDATION: $290,000 over 5y, 41% of budgetMANIFESTWORKS: $220,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetBREAST CANCER PREVENTION PARTNERS: $154,250 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCenter For Youth Development Through Law: $130,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetBRIGHTER BEGINNINGS: $122,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY LAW CENTER: $115,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWEST BERKELEY FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY: $110,000 over 1y, 55% of budgetF R E E INTERNATIONAL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Popular Research Education and Policy: $100,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetIMPACT JUSTICE: $95,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS: $69,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSODA MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS COUNCIL: $60,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Exposure: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetYOUTH UPRISING: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBerkeley Public Schools Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON WILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

The San Francisco Fou…East Bay Community Fo…ImpactassetsincThe William & Flora H…Silicon Valley Commun…PatagoniaorgThe California Endowm…Marin Community Found…Tides FoundationVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…
The San Francisco FoundationCA23.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Patagoniaorg · The California Endowment · Marin Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Ph Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ph Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation: 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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
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

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How do I get to Ph Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ph 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 31 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home