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Tahoe Community Foundation

The Foundation envisions a thriving community created through meaningful philanthropy, inclusive communication, and the willingness to explore possibilities together.

$27M
Granted FY2025still arriving
191
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$9.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$13MEnvironment$11MArts & Culture$11MHuman Services$8.6MFood & Nutrition$5.0MHealth$3.8MYouth Development$3.8MReligion$2.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 191 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k26 grants · $180k
  • $10k–50k100 grants · $2.0M
  • $50k–250k49 grants · $4.1M
  • $250k+16 grants · $21M
$25,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$170M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Tahoe Fund$9,681,490
Carnation Farms$2,705,000
Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation$1,101,000
Carson Valley Health Foundation$1,000,000
Foundation 36 Inc$987,000
Evergreen Freedom Foundation$779,500
St Theresa Catholic Church$778,000
Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe$776,000
National Philanthropic Trust$500,000
Young Life$452,300
Keep Memory Alive$404,000
Renown Health Foundation$336,194
Haleakala Waldorf School Maui$300,000
Marin Community Foundation$253,088
Glenbrook Underground Inc$250,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $8.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas Foundation: $20k → 14%Comfort Zone Camp: $10k → 9%Friends in Service Helping - Emergency Referral Services Program: $20k → 13%Friends in Service Helping - Emergency Referral Service: $20k → 13%Austin's House: $10k → 8%Friends in Service Helping - Emergency Referral Services Program: $20k → 13%Friends in Service Helping - Emergency Referral Service: $11k → 13%Santa's Posse: $50k → 9%PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS INC (PVI): $11k → 7%Oakland Lacrosse Club: $10k → 10%Oakland Lacrosse Club: $6k → 10%Live Violence Free: $25k → 8%Edward Charles Foundation: $13k → 14%American Red Cross - Los Angeles Region: $60k → 14%North Tahoe- Truckee Homeless Services: $11k → 11%Riffle Ranch Foundation: $6.5M → 8%Tahoe Youth & Family Services: $16k → 8%Live Violence Free: $9k → 8%Live Violence Free: $7k → 8%The Children's Cabinet: $10k → 10%American Red Cross of Northern Nevada: $10k → 10%American Red Cross of Northern Nevada: $10k → 10%American Red Cross of Northern Nevada: $10k → 10%American Red Cross of Northern Nevada: $10k → 10%Water and Rails: $8k → 10%Water and Rails: $8k → 10%Eddy House: $16k → 10%Tahoe's Connection for Families: $27k → 10%TAHOE'S CONNECTION FOR FAMILIES: $22k → 10%TAHOE'S CONNECTION FOR FAMILIES: $20k → 10%Tahoe's Connection for Families: $19k → 10%TAHOE'S CONNECTION FOR FAMILIES: $19k → 10%Tahoe's Connection for Families: $19k → 10%Classical Tahoe: $398k → 10%Travel North Tahoe Nevada: $128k → 10%Travel North Tahoe Nevada: $126k → 10%Classical Tahoe: $118k → 10%Classical Tahoe: $108k → 10%Classical Tahoe: $103k → 10%INCLINE VILLAGE CRYSTAL BAY VISITORS BUREAU: $102k → 10%CLASSICAL TAHOE: $98k → 10%CLASSICAL TAHOE: $39k → 10%Classical Tahoe: $29k → 10%CLASSICAL TAHOE: $26k → 10%Travel North Tahoe Nevada: $18k → 10%Courage Worldwide: $212k → 10%Courage Worldwide: $35k → 10%Courage Worldwide: $32k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
TX
FL
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$78M · 211 repeat orgs$15M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

211 repeat relationships: 123 still active in FY2025, 88 since wound down; 59 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

211
230

Total granted

$78M
$12M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+16%

Still filing today

83%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • CF
    Carnation Farms
    8× · 2018–2025 · $15M · revenue +56% · 78% of their budget
  • TF
    TAHOE FUND
    9× · 2017–2025 · $12M · revenue +336%
  • NM
    Nevada Museum of Art
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.8M · revenue +199%

Funded once

  • RR
    RIFFLE RANCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $6.5M
  • 1C
    100 CLUB OF NEVADA
    one grant, 2024 · $1.6M
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SW WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue 0%
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
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
3
Sierra Watch

Sierra watch secures conservation outcomes to protect the natural resources, mountain communities, and timeless values of the tahoe sierra.

Environment
4
The Jmt Wilderness Conservancy

Working to restore the watersheds, wilderness, and wildlife in the high sierra nevada following the john muir trail (est. 1915) for all life in california.

Environment
5
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
6
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
7
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
8
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
9
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
10
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
11
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
12
Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce

A membership organization dedicated to developing, promoting, and serving your business and community. Our goal is to sustain a high quality of life by achieving economic vitality, with sensitivity and respect for the environment.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tahoe Family Solutions Inc; the most unlike its peers is Incline Schools Academic Excellence 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

455 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 455 of the 520 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.

13
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
113
Early backer (in before they grew)
440/455
Grantees still filing
300/455
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Sierra Nevada College: $7,782,163 · OtherSierra Nevada College100 CLUB OF NEVADA: $1,576,690 · OtherKEEP MEMORY ALIVE: $1,399,900 · OtherYOUNG LIFE: $1,358,080 · Other+116 more: $21,842,949 · Other+116 moreCarnation Farms: $15,381,915 · Recreation & SportsCarnation Farms+5 more: $1,170,055 · Recreation & Sports+5 moreTAHOE FUND: $11,678,759 · EnvironmentTAHOE FUND+2 more: $421,189 · EnvironmentRIFFLE RANCH FOUNDATION: $6,500,000 · Human ServicesRIFFLE RANC…CLASSICAL TAHOE: $918,192 · Human ServicesCLASSICAL T…INTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC: $511,000 · Human ServicesINCLINE VILLAGE-CRYSTAL BAY VISITOR & CONV BUREAU: $373,804 · Human Services+11 more: $1,352,637 · Human Services+11 moreNevada Museum of Art: $4,783,497 · Arts & CultureNevada Mus…THUNDERBIRD LODGE PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $1,660,606 · Arts & CultureTHUNDERBIR…SIERRA ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $365,300 · Arts & CultureLAKE TAHOE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $289,730 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $1,062,249 · Arts & Culture+12 moreUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $1,465,526 · EducationLAKE TAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,140,977 · EducationLake Tahoe School: $877,500 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $507,000 · EducationHALEAKALA WALDORF SCHOOL: $400,000 · EducationGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $285,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $262,700 · EducationINCLINE BOOSTERS CLUB: $233,929 · Education+21 more: $1,743,138 · EducationFOUNDATION 36 INC: $3,160,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $500,000 · PhilanthropyMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $253,088 · PhilanthropyAIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $250,000 · PhilanthropyGreater Horizons: $184,166 · Philanthropy+6 more: $408,115 · Philanthropy
Other$33,959,782Recreation & Sports$16,551,970Environment$12,099,948Human Services$9,655,633Arts & Culture$8,161,382Education$6,915,770Philanthropy$4,755,369

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCarnation Farms: $15,381,915 over 8y, 78% of budgetTAHOE FUND: $11,678,759 over 9y, 21% of budgetSierra Nevada College: $7,782,163 over 6y, 16% of budgetNevada Museum of Art: $4,783,497 over 9y, 15% of budgetFOUNDATION 36 INC: $3,160,000 over 5y, 87% of budgetTHUNDERBIRD LODGE PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $1,660,606 over 9y, 15% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $1,465,526 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,358,080 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE TAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,140,977 over 6y, 84% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe: $1,096,200 over 4y, 21% of budgetCarson Valley Health Foundation: $1,058,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SW WASHINGTON: $1,000,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCLASSICAL TAHOE: $918,192 over 9y, 13% of budgetAwaken INC: $896,300 over 8y, 15% of budgetLake Tahoe School: $877,500 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetTAHOE FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC: $690,635 over 9y, 27% of budgetGLENBROOK UNDERGROUND INC: $650,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetCRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES DBA SIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $617,198 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetINCLINE VILLAGE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $577,851 over 9y, 13% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC: $511,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $507,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING IV FOUNDATION: $506,352 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $431,286 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE IMAGES REHABILITATION & EDUCATION: $404,069 over 3y, 14% of budgetSafe Harbor Homes and Services: $400,000 over 4y, 41% of budgetHALEAKALA WALDORF SCHOOL: $400,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - PHOENIX: $378,600 over 2y, 48% of budgetINCLINE VILLAGE-CRYSTAL BAY VISITOR & CONV BUREAU: $373,804 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetSIERRA ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $365,300 over 5y, 13% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $360,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetDIAMOND PEAK SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $355,775 over 8y, 12% of budgetTRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST: $350,807 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetEXODUS CRY INC: $323,710 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL INC: $300,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLAKE TAHOE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $289,730 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $285,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCourage Worldwide Inc: $278,605 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $275,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $262,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $253,088 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWESTERN FOLKLIFE CENTER INC: $250,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetFIGHTER COUNTRY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetTREASURE HOUSE: $250,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES: $250,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetStephen J Wampler Foundation Camp WAMP: $249,500 over 4y, 10% of budgetSIMMARON RESEARCH INC: $249,310 over 4y, 15% 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 Carnation Farms ↗
  • Who funds TAHOE FUND ↗
  • Who funds Sierra Nevada College ↗
  • Who funds RIFFLE RANCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Nevada Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION 36 INC ↗
  • Who funds THUNDERBIRD LODGE PRESERVATION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds University of Nevada Reno Foundation ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds LAKE TAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe ↗
  • Who funds Carson Valley Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SW WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds CLASSICAL TAHOE ↗
  • Who funds Awaken INC ↗
  • Who funds Lake Tahoe School ↗
  • Who funds EVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TAHOE FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds GLENBROOK UNDERGROUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES DBA SIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds INCLINE VILLAGE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds CHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING IV FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE IMAGES REHABILITATION & EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds Safe Harbor Homes and Services ↗
  • Who funds HALEAKALA WALDORF SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - PHOENIX ↗
  • Who funds INCLINE VILLAGE-CRYSTAL BAY VISITOR & CONV BUREAU ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds DIAMOND PEAK SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Renown Health 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.

Tahoe Truckee Communi…Community Foundation …Tahoe FundMartis Camp Community…NV Energy Charitable …Offerdahl Family Foun…The E L Cord Foundati…Thelma B & Thomas P H…Renown HealthDave & Cheryl Duffiel…The Nell J Redfield F…Peek Family Charitabl…
Tahoe Truckee Community FoundationCA96.8× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · Tahoe Fund · Martis Camp Community Foundation Dba Martis Camp Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Offerdahl Family Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · Renown Health · Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · Peek Family Charitable 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 Tahoe Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tahoe Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
51report 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 Tahoe Community Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Tahoe Community 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 520 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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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