California · Public charity
Shared Ascent Fund
SHARED ASCENT FUND's mission is to promote the common good by upholding democratic values, promoting health, and advancing social equity.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Shared Ascent Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $1.3M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $625k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $2.2M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $3.7M | 75% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Campaign Legal Center Inc | $1,803,750 | 5 | 4% |
| Ab Foundation | $1,500,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Demand Justice Initiative | $1,455,000 | 1 | 39% |
| The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc | $1,130,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Inc | $675,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Constitutional Accountability Center | $500,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Voter Registration Project | $475,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The American Independent Foundation | $400,000 | 1 | 8% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $400,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Indivisible Civics | $350,000 | 1 | 7% |
Show all 24 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Shared Ascent Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: New Venture Fund · Tides Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Resources Legacy Fund · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Hopewell Fund · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
About Shared Ascent Fund
- How much does Shared Ascent Fund give?
- Shared Ascent Fund reported 6 grants totaling $1,253,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Shared Ascent Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (57%), Crime & Legal (19%), Civil Rights (14%).
- Who are Shared Ascent Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Campaign Legal Center Inc ($1.8M), Ab Foundation ($1.5M), Demand Justice Initiative ($1.5M).
- Does Shared Ascent Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Shared Ascent Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Venture Fund, Tides Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Shared Ascent Fund based?
- Shared Ascent Fund is based in CA.
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