California · Private foundation
Seven Springs 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.
- $116k
- Granted FY2022
- 7
- Grants FY2022
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of Seven Springs Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Marin Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Seven Springs Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $116k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Total assets, FY2022
- $12k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Seven Springs Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 7 | $116k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $126k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $87k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $82k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $91k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $87k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maui Nui Botanical Gardens Inc | $125,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Resource Renewal Institute | $105,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Golden State Salmon Association Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Hui No'Eau | $72,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society | $55,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Sharing Nature Worldwide | $40,000 | 2 | 47% |
| Environment Hawaii Inc | $25,560 | 3 | 0% |
| Upstream USA Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Threshold Foundation | $14,671 | 5 | 0% |
| Lokahi Pacific | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maui Nui Botanical Gardens Inc | $125,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Resource Renewal Institute | $105,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Golden State Salmon Association Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Hui No'Eau | $72,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society | $55,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Sharing Nature Worldwide | $40,000 | 2 | 47% |
| Environment Hawaii Inc | $25,560 | 3 | 0% |
| Upstream USA Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Threshold Foundation | $14,671 | 5 | 0% |
| Lokahi Pacific | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pono Ethos | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hospice Maui Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Seven Springs Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Marin Community Foundation · Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Seven Springs Foundation
- How much does Seven Springs Foundation give?
- Seven Springs Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $115,500 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Seven Springs Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (75%), Environment (13%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Seven Springs Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Maui Nui Botanical Gardens Inc ($125k), Resource Renewal Institute ($105k), Golden State Salmon Association Inc ($105k).
- Does Seven Springs Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Seven Springs 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 Seven Springs Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Seven Springs Foundation based?
- Seven Springs Foundation is based in CA.
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