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The Aileen Getty Foundation at a glance

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The Aileen Getty 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$3.9MPublic Benefit$1.3MPhilanthropy$740kInternational$665kCivil Rights$610kArts & Culture$565kHousing & Shelter$225kHealth$220kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $227k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $738k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND$250,000
SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION$162,500
EMPOWERS AFRICA INC$100,000
NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION$100,000
UTAH FILM CENTER$100,000
CLINTON FOUNDATION THE$100,000
REPRESENTATION PROJECT$75,000
INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS$50,000
ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION$50,000
THE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION$49,912
ROSE HALL CULTURAL AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION$37,500
JENESSE CENTER INC$25,000
JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE$25,000
YELLOW DOT STUDIOS INC$25,000
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $280k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JENESSE CENTER INC: $25k → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $10k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%THE CENTER AT BLESSED SACRAMENT: $225k → 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

NH
WA
MT
WI
NY
MA
NV
CA
UT
MD
AR
DC
AL
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.4M · 20 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
35

Total granted

$6.4M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+9%

Still filing today

100%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureInternationalHealthPhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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

  • CV
    CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +876% · 26% of their budget
  • SM
    SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $938k · revenue +148%
  • BH
    BILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $725k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • GREENPEACE FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $270k · revenue +7%
  • TC
    THE CENTER IN HOLLYWOODgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $225k · revenue +28%
  • PR
    Project Regeneration
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue -83%
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
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
2
E3G Third Generation Environmentalism

E3g is a leading international not-for-profit think tank specialising in climate diplomacy harnessing expertise in the politics and economics of climate change.

Environment
3
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
4
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
5
Climate Imperative Foundation

Climate imperative foundation's mission is to employ science and economics to cut global carbon emissions to secure a better future for all.

Environment
6
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
7
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment
8
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
9
CarbonPlan

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

Environment
10
Eden Peopleplanet

To offer the dignity of fair employment to people living in impoverished communities, who become transformational agents of global forest restoration.

International
11
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
12
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation for Aids Research. 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

58 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. 58 of the 65 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/58
Grantees still filing
36/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $937,500 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATIONCLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND: $510,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE EMERGENCY FUNDThe Pachamama Alliance: $400,000 · EnvironmentThe Pachamama AllianceTHE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $349,912 · EnvironmentTHE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTIONGREENPEACE FUND INC: $270,300 · EnvironmentGREENPEACE FUND INCProject Regeneration: $200,000 · EnvironmentProject RegenerationAMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION INC: $150,000 · EnvironmentThe River Project: $114,500 · Environment+8 more: $330,000 · Environment+8 moreCALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND: $1,275,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCALIFORNIA VOLUN…+1 more: $5,000 · Public Safety & DisasterBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $725,000 · HealthBILL HILLAR…ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · HealthELTON JOHN …+2 more: $20,000 · HealthAFRICA FOUNDATION (USA): $397,000 · InternationalAFRICA FOU…EMPOWERS AFRICA INC: $200,000 · InternationalEMPOWERS A…Andes-Amazon Conservancy: $200,000 · InternationalAndes-Amaz…+1 more: $3,000 · InternationalONWARD TOGETHER FOUNDATION: $300,000 · Civil RightsThe Representation Project: $260,000 · Civil RightsMARCH ON MARYLAND: $50,000 · Civil RightsUTAH FILM CENTER: $400,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Arts & CultureYELLOW DOT STUDIOS INC: $75,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $25,500 · Arts & CulturePEOPLE V EXTINCTION INC: $200,000 · OtherPEOPLE V EXTINCT…THE CONSERVATION COALITION: $50,000 · OtherTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $200,000 · OtherTHE GOOD FOOD IN…KISS THE GROUND: $100,000 · OtherKISS THE GROUNDTHE CENTER IN HOLLYWOOD: $225,000 · OtherTHE CENTER IN HO…PARLEY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $50,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS: $50,000 · Other+21 more: $298,500 · Other+21 more
Environment$3,262,212Public Safety & Disaster$1,280,000Health$845,000International$800,000Civil Rights$610,000Arts & Culture$600,500Other$1,223,500

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 budgetCALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND: $1,275,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $937,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $725,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND: $510,000 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetThe Pachamama Alliance: $400,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetUTAH FILM CENTER: $400,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetAFRICA FOUNDATION (USA): $397,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetTHE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $349,912 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetONWARD TOGETHER FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $270,300 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Representation Project: $260,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetTHE CENTER IN HOLLYWOOD: $225,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetEMPOWERS AFRICA INC: $200,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetProject Regeneration: $200,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $200,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAndes-Amazon Conservancy: $200,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetThe River Project: $114,500 over 2y, 35% of budgetELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKISS THE GROUND: $100,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetNATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGLOBAL CONSERVATION: $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetYELLOW DOT STUDIOS INC: $75,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClimate Mobilization Project Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEXTGEN CLIMATE AMERICA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPARLEY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARCH ON MARYLAND: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMODEL ALLIANCE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetJenesse Center Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PROMISES FOUNDATION ATTN BRYAN MOELLER CHAIRMAN: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRiver Phoenix Center for Peace Building Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAPITAL & MAIN: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MAVEN PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEVERGREEN COLLABORATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNDERGROUND MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLAND CORE: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ELIZABETH TAYLOR AIDS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHENRYS HOPE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetTIGER SANCTUARIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Marin Community Found…Liberty Hill Foundati…Silicon Valley Commun…California Community …Climate Emergency FundTides FoundationThe California Endowm…United States Energy …ImpactassetsincWeingart FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…Pledgeling Foundation
Marin Community FoundationCA20.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Climate Emergency Fund · Tides Foundation · The California Endowment · United States Energy Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Weingart Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Pledgeling 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 The Aileen Getty Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Aileen Getty Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–90%
    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 The Aileen Getty Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Aileen Getty 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 65 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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