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Tailwinds Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$654k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$398k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$714kInternational$490kPhilanthropy$343kAnimals$215kHealth$114kEducation$114kFood & Nutrition$42kRecreation & Sports$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $111k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $398k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS$398,000
PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND$100,000
WELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS$25,000
CITY HARVEST$25,000
WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE COEXISTENCE NETWORK$25,000
PREDATOR HEALING PROJECT$11,000
WAGS & WALKS$9,000
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA LAND CONSERVANCY$6,375
SALANTER AKIBA RIVERDALE ACADEMY$5,000
VISTAS FOR CHILDREN$5,000
LANDMARK COLLEGE$5,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$4,022
TOBY'S PLACE$2,500
HARRIETT BUHAI CENTER FOR FAMILY LAW$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $844k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TOBY'S PLACE: $3k → 8%FAMILY SERVICES ASSOCIATION OF REDL: $1k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $398k → 14%ALYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $100k → 9%FAMILY SERVICES ASSOCIATION OF REDL: $1k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER: $1k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF REDLANDS: $1k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $100k → 14%MT DESERT ISLAND YMCA: $1k → 11%DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER: $1k → 14%MT DESERT ISLAND YMCA: $1k → 11%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $100k → 14%URBAN VOICES PROJECT: $1k → 14%MT DESERT ISLAND YMCA: $1k → 11%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $75k → 14%URBAN VOICES PROJECT: $1k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $28k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $5k → 14%MANIFESTWORKS: $10k → 14%MANIFESTWORKS: $10k → 14%MANIFESTWORKS: $5k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $1k → 14%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

ME
VT
NH
ID
MT
MN
NY
MA
OH
CA
CO
MD
DC
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 24 repeat orgs$738k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
32

Total granted

$1.4M
$675k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+37%

Still filing today

50%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsHealthInternationalEnvironmentOther
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

  • HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $701k · revenue +118% · 35% of their budget
  • WI
    WELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $45k · revenue +131%
  • M
    MANIFESTWORKS
    3× · 2020–2023 · $25k · revenue +120%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL C
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
  • TA
    THE AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -34%
  • IA
    INNOVATION AFRICAgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $55k · revenue +37%
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
University of Redlands

We welcome, educate, and empower a diverse community of learners for lives of meaning, impact, and joy.

Education
3
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
4
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
5
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
6
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
7
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
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
10
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
11
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
12
Los Angeles Conservation Corps

The la conservation corps creates equitable opportunities for young people to build resilience in themselves, their communities and the environment through a program of work, education and support.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Happy Trails for Kids; the most unlike its peers is Footloose Montana. 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

47 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. 47 of the 69 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/47
Grantees still filing
30/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $700,500 · Human ServicesHAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDSTHE AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC+9 more: $44,500 · Human ServicesIndividual grant recipient: $280,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL C: $250,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CROLLING HILLS PREP HUSKY FUND: $47,000 · OtherROLLING HILLS PREP HUSKY FUNDCITY OF HOPE: $33,333 · OtherTELLURIDE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Other+31 more: $174,975 · Other+31 moreWHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $226,000 · PhilanthropyWHITEFISH COMMU…PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANT…+1 more: $6,000 · PhilanthropyPredator Healing Project: $111,920 · AnimalsTHE INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE COEXISTENCE NETWORK INC: $45,000 · AnimalsLockwood Animal Rescue Center: $13,500 · AnimalsFootloose Montana: $10,000 · AnimalsWags and Walks: $9,000 · AnimalsINNOVATION AFRICA: $55,000 · InternationalFREE RUSSIA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $15,356 · InternationalGREATER LOS ANGELES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $25,000 · EducationLIFE TIME FOUNDATION: $16,932 · EducationROESSLER-CHADWICK FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationREAD USA INC: $5,000 · EducationCoalition for Engaged Education: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationWELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $45,000 · HealthTHE JACKSON LABORATORY: $24,350 · HealthVISTAS FOR CHILDREN INC: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $2,500 · Health
Human Services$845,000Other$815,308Philanthropy$332,000Animals$189,420International$120,356Education$87,932Health$76,850

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $700,500 over 5y, 35% of budgetWHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $226,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPredator Healing Project: $111,920 over 3y, 38% of budgetTHE AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINNOVATION AFRICA: $55,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFREE RUSSIA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE COEXISTENCE NETWORK INC: $45,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetTELLURIDE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMANIFESTWORKS: $25,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER LOS ANGELES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JACKSON LABORATORY: $24,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE TIME FOUNDATION: $16,932 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLockwood Animal Rescue Center: $13,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTOGETHER WE RISE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFootloose Montana: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetROESSLER-CHADWICK FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWags and Walks: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC: $8,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetPALOS VERDES PENINSULA LAND CONSERVANCY: $6,375 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HEART FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLANDMARK COLLEGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISTAS FOR CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCoalition for Engaged Education: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF OGEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMt Desert Island YMCA: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Service Association of Redlands: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHARRIETT BUHAI CENTER FOR FAMILY LAW: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHITEFISH LEGACY PARTNERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTOBYS PLACE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN VOICES PROJECT: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetREDLANDS CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCIVIL RIGHTS CORPS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAPE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFULFILLMENT FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTESSORI IN REDLANDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

California Community …Whitefish Community F…The Ralph M Parsons F…Weingart FoundationThe Annenberg Foundat…The Rose Hills Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Greater HorizonsJewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…
California Community FoundationCA19.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Greater Horizons · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment 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 Tailwinds Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tailwinds Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Landmark College Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Read Usa Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Tailwinds Charitable Foundation Inc 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 69 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-PF 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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