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The Changebox 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.

$252k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$1.7MHealth$205kYouth Development$140kInternational$130kFood & Nutrition$75kHuman Services$45kEnvironment$35kPhilanthropy$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $97k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$26,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$75,000
UCSF BENIOFF CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$75,000
MINDLEAPS$35,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$26,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$16,307
KITCHENS FOR GOOD$10,000
ALAMEDA BOYS GIRLS CLUB$10,000
THE ARBOR FOUNDATION$5,000
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 (FY19–20, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%SACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S HOME: $5k → 12%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $5k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $5k → 10%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
IL
NY
CT
CA
NE
DC
GA
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 12 repeat orgs$199k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
22

Total granted

$2.2M
$163k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+75%

Still filing today

67%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • M
    MINDLEAPS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $120k · revenue +86%
  • FH
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
    2× · 2023–2024 · $85k · revenue +9%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $71k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • RM
    Ronald McDonald House Globalgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +49%
  • La Casa de las Madres
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -4%
  • GARY SINISE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +75%
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
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
2
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
3
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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4
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

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5
International Medical Corps

To save lives & relieve suffering through health interventions & related activities that strengthen communities affected by conflict, natural disasters & disease outbreaks.

International
6
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
7
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
8
Solar Cookers International

The mission of Solar Cookers International is to improve human health, economic well-being, womens empowerment, and the environment by promoting climate-friendly solar cooking for vulnerable populations worldwide.

Environment
9
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
10
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
11
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
12
Extrafood

Food Rescue - The Organization rescues excess fresh food from Bay Area businesses, schools and non-profits and immediately delivers the food to safety net partners - such as senior housing centers, after-school programs, and homeless…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Children Federation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Aim High. 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

29 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. 29 of the 36 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CA STATE EAST BAY EDUCATION FOUNDAT: $1,685,000 · OtherCA STATE EAST BAY EDUCATION FOUNDATUCSF BENIOFF CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $85,000 · Other+17 more: $167,850 · Other+17 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC: $71,307 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $26,000 · InternationalTHE WATER PROJECT INC: $17,681 · InternationalPOLARIS PROJECT: $10,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 · InternationalMINDLEAPS: $120,000 · Arts & CultureFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $85,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House Global: $10,000 · HealthAXIS COMMUNITY HEALTH INC: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · HealthNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND: $5,000 · EnvironmentLarkin Street Youth Services: $10,000 · Human ServicesAIM HIGH: $10,000 · Human ServicesSACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S HOME: $5,000 · Human ServicesGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyLIPSTICK ANGELS: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,937,850International$129,988Arts & Culture$120,000Health$110,000Environment$25,000Human Services$25,000Philanthropy$20,000

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 budgetMINDLEAPS: $120,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $85,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $71,307 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $26,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WATER PROJECT INC: $17,681 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLa Casa de las Madres: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco CASA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAIM HIGH: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLIPSTICK ANGELS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAXIS COMMUNITY HEALTH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOLARIS PROJECT: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S HOME: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN HEART KITCHEN OF LIVERMORE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCulinary Angels: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetJoybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $2,850 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.

Kaiser Foundation Hos…Silicon Valley Commun…The Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsCA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Changebox Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Changebox Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 36 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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