· Private foundation
The Belay Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k2 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $377k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
- $250k+1 grant · $2.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BELAY FUND | $2,143,066 |
| ADVENTURE RISK CHALLENGE | $55,000 |
| VISALIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $47,000 |
| COS FOUNDATION | $47,000 |
| PARENTING NETWORK FAMILY RESOURCE C | $45,000 |
| READ FOR LIFE | $40,000 |
| CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOLARS | $30,000 |
| FRESNO PACIFIC UNIVERSITY | $30,000 |
| CSET | $30,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE TULARE COUNTY LIBRAR | $28,000 |
| CALIFORNIA FARMWORKER FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| IMAGINEU MUSEUM | $25,000 |
| FRIENDS OF SCICON | $20,000 |
| FOODLINK FOR TULARE COUNTY | $10,000 |
| SEQUOIA RIVERLANDS TRUST | $7,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2023, 12 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RFREAD FOR LIFE7× · 2017–2023 · $191k · revenue +22% · 65% of their budget
- ARADVENTURE RISK CHALLENGE5× · 2017–2023 · $145k · revenue +186%
- VEVISALIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION3× · 2021–2023 · $140k · revenue +22% · 30% of their budget
Funded once
- PFPORTERVILLE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERone grant, 2022 · $30k
- KTKIDS TO COLLEGEone grant, 2019 · $25k
- SVSYCAMORE VALLEY ACADEMYone grant, 2018 · $18k
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.
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.
Agriculture education and scholarships
California education partners seeds and grows collaborations among california's school systems, so that they innovate, improve, and build internal capacity as learning organizations in order to close gaps and lead high performing,…
To increase awareness and understanding of agriculture among california educators and students.
The Sonoma Valley Education Foundation exists to improve education by enriching teaching, inspiring learning, and advancing innovative programs that enable every student to succeed.
Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…
Agricultural education at california state university, fresno.
Challenge Success partners with schools, families, and communities to embrace a broad definition of success and implement research-based strategies that promote student well-being and engagement with learning.
The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…
The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.
Organized exclusively for educational purposes. The corporation is a public benefit corporation which identifies and supports future educators through a variety of academic, enrichment and school placement experiences to enhance…
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…
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 33 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds READ FOR LIFE ↗
- Who funds ADVENTURE RISK CHALLENGE ↗
- Who funds VISALIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds College of the Sequoias Foundation ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOLARS ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA FARMWORKER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRESNO PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds KIPP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE SAGE SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds EARN INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF SCICON INC ↗
- Who funds Foodlink for Tulare County Inc ↗
- Who funds Self-Help Enterprises ↗
- Who funds GREENSPEED RESEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds REAP INC ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Sequoia Riverlands Trust ↗
- Who funds ARTS VISALIA ↗
- Who funds 10000 DEGREES ↗
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: The Bessemer Giving Fund · The California Endowment · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Belay Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Belay Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Reap Inc: 46% of income from government
How this is measured
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