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The Amgen Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$26M
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$26M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$50MEducation$20MPhilanthropy$5.9MInternational$1.2MYouth Development$283kScience & Tech$250kSocial Science$207kHealth$195kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$26,283,551
Median grant
1
States reached
$76M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEE TR ATTACHMENT (1)$26,283,551
02Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
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University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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5
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
6
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
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Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
8
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
9
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
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Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
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Stem Advantage

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…

Youth Development

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc and the most unlike its peers is MV3 Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Education Equity InitiativesChristian Outreach Ministri…Government Accountability &…Jewish Community FederationsFood Pantries and AssistanceUnited Way AffiliatesCommunity Hospital SystemsAsian American Civic & Cult…Local History MuseumsYouth Development CentersClassical Music OrchestrasCommunity FoundationsGirls Stem Education Progra…Senior Support ServicesCollege Foundation SupportDomestic Violence and Sexua…Hospice and Palliative CareImmigrant and Latino Integr…Veteran Support ServicesCivil Legal ServicesLgbtqia+ Advocacy and Commu…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%1%<5yr15%5%5–10yr20%11%10–20yr17%33%20–35yr11%24%35–55yr13%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%1%10–20yr17%5%20–35yr11%7%35–55yr13%87%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/92
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,886

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

86 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 86 of the 118 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
86/86
Grantees still filing
59/86
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SEE TR ATTACHMENT 1 — $81,933,708 · OtherSEE TR ATTACHMENT 1EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — $7,200,000 · OtherEDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INCOther 501(c)(3) organizations for various programs and purposes; including education, health & human services, civic, arts & culture, and the environment. — $5,739,756 · OtherOther 501(c)(3) organizations for various programs and purposes; including education, health & human…+62 more — $3,017,101 · OtherPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $8,132,822 · EducationPresident …KHAN ACADEMY INC — $1,000,000 · EducationKHAN ACADE…+26 more — $1,492,046 · Education+26 moreINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS — $550,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc — $200,001 · InternationalHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC — $200,001 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $200,001 · InternationalTSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC — $119,137 · International+3 more — $65,000 · InternationalTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $206,501 · Social ScienceECOEXPLORATORIO INC — $75,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION — $50,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC — $25,001 · Arts & CulturePROVIDENCE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $17,000 · Arts & CultureBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SILICON VALLEY — $25,001 · Youth DevelopmentTHE SKILLS CENTER INC — $20,001 · Youth DevelopmentKaleidoscope Youth Center Inc — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE TRIANGLE INC — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROVIDENCE AFTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE — $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Girls Club of Greater Conejo Valley Inc — $10,001 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA CLARA VALLEY — $10,001 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF VENTURA COUNTY INCORPORATED — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF VENTURA INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFONDOS UNIDOS DE PUERTO RICO INC & UNITED WAY PUERTO RICO — $95,707 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC — $30,001 · Philanthropy
Other$97,890,565Education$10,624,868International$1,334,140Social Science$206,501Arts & Culture$167,001Youth Development$148,004Philanthropy$125,708

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $8,132,822 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — $7,200,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC — $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS — $550,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $206,501 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $200,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC — $200,001 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $200,001 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $165,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY — $125,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY — $125,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION — $125,001 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY — $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $122,789 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $119,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTSINGHUA EDUCATION FOUNDATION NA INC — $119,137 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFONDOS UNIDOS DE PUERTO RICO INC & UNITED WAY PUERTO RICO — $95,707 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFOOD SHARE INC — $90,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetECOEXPLORATORIO INC — $75,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTEACH FOR ALL INC — $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK — $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIVE- VENTURA COUNTY — $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF RHODE ISLAND INC — $35,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC — $30,001 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCALIFONIA STATE UNIVERSITY EAST BAY FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC — $25,001 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetONE LIFE COUNSELING CENTER — $25,001 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SILICON VALLEY — $25,001 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RHODE ISLAND INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSCIENCE FRIDAY INITIATIVE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHOGAR RUTH PARA MUJERES MALTRATADAS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SKILLS CENTER INC — $20,001 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS PROGRAM INC — $20,001 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMARBLES KIDS MUSEUM — $20,001 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCONEJO HOSPICE INC dba Hospice of the Conejo — $20,001 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCasa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGold Coast Veterans Foundation — $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPUBLIC SCHOOL FORUM OF NC INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA PROMISE FUND — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKaleidoscope Youth Center Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMV3 Foundation — $20,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSCIENCE FROM SCIENTISTS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Ventura County Commun…Conrad N Hilton Found…Sherwood Country Club…The Wood-Claeyssens F…Mufg Union Bank Found…Charities Aid Foundat…The Nordson Corporati…The McCune FoundationKaiser Foundation Hos…Rite Aid Healthy Futu…Pwc Foundation IncBoys & Girls Clubs of…
Ventura County Community FoundationCA41.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ventura County Community Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Sherwood Country Club Charitable Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Mufg Union Bank Foundation Ag · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · The McCune Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Rite Aid Healthy Futures · Pwc Foundation Inc · Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 118 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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