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Tahoe Mountain Resorts Foundation at a glance

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Tahoe Mountain Resorts Foundation

The foundation's purpose is to lessen the burdens of government for communities located in the vicinity of the town of truckee, n.

$233k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
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.

Arts & Culture$425kHuman Services$290kYouth Development$160kFood & Nutrition$76kEducation$47kRecreation & Sports$40kHealth$30kCommunity Improvement$10k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $117,306, the rows itemized in this filing. The $233,307 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $116,001 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $67k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$40,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSE$50,000
ROCKER MEMORIAL SKATE PARK$40,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH TAHOE$15,000
FRIENDS OF THE TRUCKEE LIBRAR$12,306
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 (FY21–23, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SEND IT FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%SEND IT FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%SEND IT FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$671k · 7 repeat orgs$407k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$671k
$355k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+34%

Still filing today

86%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHealthArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • CI
    CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES DBA SIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $270k · revenue +24%
  • SN
    SIERRA NEVADA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM DBA KIDZONE MUSEUM
    4× · 2017–2023 · $175k · revenue +300%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH LAKE TAHOE
    7× · 2018–2024 · $123k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • TR
    TAHOE REGIONAL ARTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue -82% · 50% of their budget
  • TT
    TAHOE TRUCKEE EXCELLNCE IN ED
    one grant, 2020 · $35k
  • SS
    SIERRA SENIOR SERVICES DBA MEALS ON WHEELS TAHOE
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +22%
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
Truckee Trails Foundation Inc

The Truckee Trails Foundation (TTF) is working towards a system of trails and bikeways in and around Truckee, California that will connect people and places, reduce our community's dependence on automobiles, and improve our physical,…

Environment
2
Sierra Watch

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

Environment
3
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
4
Tahoe Community Foundation

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

Education
5
Tahoe Youth Sports Development
Recreation & Sports
6
Truckee River Watershed Council

The truckee river watershed council was founded to implement locally developed public-private collaborative solutions to protect and improve water quality and biological resources for the sustainable environmental and economic health of…

Environment
7
Tahoe Institute for Natural Science

To advance the natural history, conservation and ecosystem knowledge of the Tahoe region through science, education and outreach.

Environment
8
Sierra State Parks Foundation

The Sierra State Parks Foundation provides critically needed financial and professional support to the Lake Tahoe-Donner Sierra State Parks for Education, Restoration, and Cultural and Environmental Preservation in partnership with…

Recreation & Sports
9
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.

—
10
Sierra Business Council

Catalyze and demonstrate innovative approaches and solutions to increase community vitality, economic prosperity, environmental quality, and social fairness in the Sierra Nevada.

Education
11
Truckee-Donner Historical Society

Maintaining historical buildings in the Truckee, CA area and teaching their importance to tourists and citizens of Truckee.

—
12
Advocates for the Mentally Ill Housing- Placer Inc

To House and Support the most vulnerable residents of the Sierra Region.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crisis Intervention Services Dba Sierra Community House; the most unlike its peers is Tahoe Regional Arts 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

14 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. 14 of the 17 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES DBA SIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $270,000 · OtherCRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES DBA SIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSETAHOE REGIONAL ARTS FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherTAHOE REGIONAL ARTS FOUNDATIONBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH LAKE TAHOE: $122,500 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH LAKE TAHOEROCKER MEMORIAL SKATE PARK: $40,000 · OtherTAHOE TRUCKEE EXCELLNCE IN ED: $35,000 · OtherPROJECT MANA: $25,500 · Other+1 more: $10,000 · OtherSIERRA NEVADA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM DBA KIDZONE MUSEUM: $175,000 · Arts & CultureSIERRA NEVADA CHIL…SEND IT: $30,000 · Human ServicesSIERRA SENIOR SERVICES DBA MEALS ON WHEELS TAHOE: $20,000 · Human ServicesAdvocates for the Mentally Ill Housing Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesGATEWAY MOUNTAIN CENTER INC: $27,500 · Youth DevelopmentADVENTURE RISK CHALLENGE: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentTAHOE FOOD HUB: $20,000 · Food & NutritionFriends of the Truckee Library Inc: $12,306 · EducationTahoe Prosperity Center: $10,000 · Community ImprovementTAHOE FOREST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health
Other$753,000Arts & Culture$175,000Human Services$60,000Youth Development$37,500Food & Nutrition$20,000Education$12,306Community Improvement$10,000Health$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES DBA SIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $270,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTAHOE REGIONAL ARTS FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetSIERRA NEVADA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM DBA KIDZONE MUSEUM: $175,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH LAKE TAHOE: $122,500 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetSEND IT: $30,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetGATEWAY MOUNTAIN CENTER INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPROJECT MANA: $25,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTAHOE FOOD HUB: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSIERRA SENIOR SERVICES DBA MEALS ON WHEELS TAHOE: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTahoe Prosperity Center: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetADVENTURE RISK CHALLENGE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAdvocates for the Mentally Ill Housing Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAHOE FOREST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Tahoe Truckee Communi…Tahoe Community Found…Martis Camp Community…The Corrigan-Walla Fo…Teichert FoundationThe Bessemer Giving F…Bessie Minor Swift Fo…Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…Mightycause Charitabl…Silicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…
Tahoe Truckee Community FoundationCA34.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · Martis Camp Community Foundation Dba Martis Camp Foundation · The Corrigan-Walla Foundation · Teichert Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Bessie Minor Swift Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Tahoe Mountain Resorts Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Tahoe Mountain Resorts 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 17 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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