California · Private foundation
Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark 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.
- $3.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $350,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $74M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $3.9M | 45% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $2.8M | 63% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Energy Foundation | $1,750,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $1,100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ceres Inc | $750,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Health Care Without Harm | $750,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Educators for Excellence Inc | $700,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Activate Global Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Prime Coalition Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Alder Graduate School of Education | $500,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Silicon Schools Fund Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Transcend Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Energy Foundation | $1,750,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $1,100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ceres Inc | $750,800 | 2 | 1% |
| Health Care Without Harm | $750,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Educators for Excellence Inc | $700,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Activate Global Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Prime Coalition Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Alder Graduate School of Education | $500,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Silicon Schools Fund Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Transcend Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bay Education Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| New Schools Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ted Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Gates Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Give Forward Foundation · Overdeck Family Foundation Inc · Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation · Skyline Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation
- How much does Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation give?
- Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $3,850,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (36%), Education (32%), Philanthropy (27%).
- Who are Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: United States Energy Foundation ($1.8M), Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University ($1.1M), Ceres Inc ($751k).
- Does Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation.
- Where is Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation based?
- Tandem Philanthropies Fka the Ark Foundation is based in CA.
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