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Skyline 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.

$80M
Granted FY2024still arriving
194
Grants FY2024still arriving
27
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Environment$92MEducation$51MCivil Rights$51MArts & Culture$24MPhilanthropy$20MHealth$14MPublic Benefit$10MCrime & Legal$8.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 194 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k66 grants · $8.3M
  • $250k+128 grants · $72M
$250,000
Median grant
27
States reached
$1.3B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC$3,000,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED$3,000,000
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$2,500,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC$2,000,000
ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC$1,500,000
AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC$1,500,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS$1,500,000
THE MIAMI FOUNDATION$1,500,000
REWIRING AMERICA INC$1,500,000
AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$1,500,000
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC$1,000,000
PRO PUBLICA INC$1,000,000
GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC$1,000,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED$1,000,000
STICHTING SED FUND$1,000,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $7.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FE Y JUSTICIA: $125k → 11%MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $5k → 9%TENNESSEE DISABILITY COALITION: $50k → 14%SISTER SONG INC: $75k → 13%MIGRANT EQUITY SOUTHEAST INC: $75k → 16%BLACK MIDWIFERY COLLECTIVE NFP: $75k → 14%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $500k → 23%MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $3k → 9%SISTERSONG INC: $50k → 13%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $333k → 23%PRIME COALITION INC: $500k → 8%NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $200k → 8%SISTERS IN BIRTH INC: $75k → 23%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $500k → 23%NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $200k → 8%GIVEDIRECTLY INC: $1.0M → 17%GIVEDIRECTLY INC: $1.0M → 17%DOCUMENTED LTD: $300k → 17%CHILDREN NOW: $325k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $300k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $300k → 10%POLITICAL REPORT INC: $150k → 14%CHILDREN NOW: $300k → 10%POLITICAL REPORT INC: $150k → 14%POLITICAL REPORT INC: $100k → 14%CHILDREN NOW: $125k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $125k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $75k → 10%NEW STORY INC: $3k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
WA
MN
IL
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MA
OR
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IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
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NC
DC
LA
MS
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

04

Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 6% of Skyline Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

Skyline Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$244M · 165 repeat orgs$17M to everyone else

165 repeat relationships — 124 still active in FY2024, 41 since wound down; 42 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

165
47

Total granted

$244M
$3.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+46%

Still filing today

95%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13M 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
EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $24M · revenue +102%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    8× · 2017–2024 · $21M · revenue +202%
  • GF
    GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $7.6M · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • SC
    SIERRA CLUB
    one grant, 2018 · $1.3M · revenue -42%
  • LE
    LEADING EDUCATORS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +42%
  • PF
    PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (ARIADNE LABS)
    one grant, 2018 · $350k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
2
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
3
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
6
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
7
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
8
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
9
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
10
Center for American Progress

The center for american progress (cap) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. our aim is…

Civil Rights
11
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
12
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grantmakers for Education and the most unlike its peers is Edbuild. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPolicy Research and AdvocacyCommunity FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…Pregnancy Support ServicesSchool District FoundationsImmigrant Worker SupportHealth Access Advocacy and …Youth Sports ProgramsYouth Development ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Cancer Support ServicesFood Banks and PantriesIndependent K-12 SchoolsWomen & Girls Leadership De…Environmental Conservation …Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%8%<5yr14%11%5–10yr19%26%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%15%35–55yr16%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%4%<5yr14%12%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr13%8%35–55yr16%35%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 8% of your grantees by number, and just 4% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/250
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,315

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

246 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 246 of the 270 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
47
Early backer (in before they grew)
245/246
Grantees still filing
150/246
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $23,500,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATIONENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $20,515,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPO…EARTHJUSTICE — $5,050,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICENEW VENTURE FUND — $4,250,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $4,000,000 · EnvironmentWINDWARD FUND — $3,750,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC — $3,000,000 · Environment+21 more — $22,996,667 · Environment+21 moreTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $2,860,216 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUS…Learning Policy Institute — $2,450,000 · EducationLearning Policy I…CIVIC NEWS COMPANY — $2,300,000 · EducationNEW TEACHER CENTER — $2,175,000 · EducationBERKELEY LAB FOUNDATION — $2,000,000 · EducationMEB ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATOR DIVERSITY INC — $1,800,000 · EducationCOLLEGE TRACK — $1,525,000 · Education+41 more — $28,344,500 · Education+41 moreAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $23,800,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVI…ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC — $4,000,000 · Civil RightsECONOMIC SECU…SHARED ASCENT FUND — $1,600,000 · Civil RightsCalifornians For Justice Education Fund — $1,170,000 · Civil Rights+8 more — $3,421,666 · Civil Rights+8 moreUC BERKELEY FOUNDATION — $3,600,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATIONNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES — $2,255,000 · OtherRIGHTS AND RESOURCES INITIATIVE — $2,250,000 · OtherPURCHASER BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH — $2,293,000 · OtherIMENTOR INC — $3,150,000 · OtherCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION — $2,250,000 · Other+74 more — $47,865,257 · Other+74 morePRO PUBLICA INC — $7,500,000 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLI…AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC — $4,500,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN …Global Press Institute — $2,250,000 · Arts & CultureGlobal Pr…CITY BUREAU NFP — $1,450,000 · Arts & CultureCITY BURE…THE 19TH NEWS — $1,350,000 · Arts & CultureTHE 19TH …CAPITAL B NEWS INC — $1,200,000 · Arts & CultureINDIJ PUBLIC MEDIA — $1,200,000 · Arts & CultureBOREALIS PHILANTHROPY — $1,000,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more — $4,125,000 · Arts & Culture+10 moreROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC — $5,500,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION — $4,500,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $3,000,000 · PhilanthropyAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc — $3,000,000 · PhilanthropySEATTLE FOUNDATION — $2,550,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC — $1,500,000 · PhilanthropyGroundswell Fund — $1,355,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $833,334 · PhilanthropyGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC — $7,605,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — $1,875,000 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC — $1,000,000 · InternationalWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — $750,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — $500,000 · International
Environment$87,061,667Education$43,454,716Civil Rights$33,991,666Other$63,663,257Arts & Culture$24,575,000Philanthropy$22,238,334International$11,730,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $23,800,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $23,500,000 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $20,515,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC — $7,605,000 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC — $7,500,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC — $5,500,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE — $5,050,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION — $4,500,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC — $4,500,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND — $4,250,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $4,000,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC — $4,000,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetWINDWARD FUND — $3,750,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetIMENTOR INC — $3,150,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC — $3,000,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $3,000,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc — $3,000,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $2,860,216 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION — $2,550,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLearning Policy Institute — $2,450,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP — $2,400,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetCIVIC NEWS COMPANY — $2,300,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetPURCHASER BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH — $2,293,000 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES — $2,255,000 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION — $2,250,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGlobal Press Institute — $2,250,000 over 8y, 23% of budgetACTIVATE GLOBAL INC — $2,250,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetNEW TEACHER CENTER — $2,175,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetSTUDENT PRESS LAW CENTER — $2,080,000 over 8y, 61% of budgetBERKELEY LAB FOUNDATION — $2,000,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetCLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND — $2,000,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC — $2,000,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL — $2,000,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetTHE ENERGY FOUNDATION — $1,950,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — $1,875,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMEB ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATOR DIVERSITY INC — $1,800,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budget350ORG — $1,750,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetSHARED ASCENT FUND — $1,600,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetCHILDREN NOW — $1,550,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetCOLLEGE TRACK — $1,525,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND — $1,500,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPHYSICIANS SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY ENERGY INC — $1,500,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetElevate Energy — $1,500,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE — $1,500,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC — $1,500,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE — $1,500,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetREWIRING AMERICA — $1,500,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND CIVIC LIFE — $1,500,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds ECONOMIC SECURITY PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds WINDWARD FUND ↗
  • Who funds IMENTOR INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Learning Policy Institute ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP ↗
  • Who funds CIVIC NEWS COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds PURCHASER BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Global Press Institute ↗
  • Who funds ACTIVATE GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW TEACHER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds STUDENT PRESS LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BERKELEY LAB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds GIVEDIRECTLY INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL ↗
  • Who funds THE ENERGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds MEB ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATOR DIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The William & Flora H…Amalgamated Charitabl…The Heising-Simons Fo…New Venture FundWK Kellogg FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Gates FoundationThe Joyce FoundationThe David and Lucile …Walton Family Foundat…The Ford FoundationThe California Wellne…
The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationCA67.1× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Heising-Simons Foundation · New Venture Fund · WK Kellogg Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gates Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Skyline Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Oregon Justice Resource Center — 26% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University — 7% of income from government
  • Education Resource Strategies Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Resist Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Uaspire Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
39report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 270 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

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
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines