· Private foundation
The Chingos Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k17 grants · $61k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AUDUBON CENTER FOR BIRDS OF PREY | $20,000 |
| PENN MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY - FALLINGWATER | $10,000 |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY IN NEW YORK-ADIRONDACK CHAPTER | $10,000 |
| GERMAN MASONTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY | $5,000 |
| AVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER OF APPALACHIA INC | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | $5,000 |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY - FLORIDA CHAPTER | $5,000 |
| COOPERS ROCK FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| MON RIVER TRAILS CONSERVANCY | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA-DARDEN SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY - WEST VIRGINIA | $5,000 |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY LABORATORY OF ORNITHOLOGY | $3,500 |
| WEST VIRGINIA BOTANIC GARDEN | $2,500 |
| ADIRONDACK CENTER FOR LOON CONSERVATION | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 58% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.
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 FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WPWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +116%
- GMGERMAN MASONTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY8× · 2017–2024 · $40k · revenue +99%
- ACAVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER OF APPALACHIA INC7× · 2018–2024 · $35k · revenue +93%
Funded once
- MAMORGANTOWN AREA MOUNTAIN BIKE ALLIANCEone grant, 2022 · $4k
- RRReef Relief Incgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +136%
- PBPALM BEACH COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION - GIFT DRIVEone grant, 2020 · $500
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.
Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…
The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…
Dedicated to permanently preserve the natural, scenic and recreational resources of the Lake George Basin.
Genesee Land Trust preserves and protects natural lands and waterways that enhance the quality of life in the Greater Rochester region - providing wildlife habitat, locally grown food, and connections to nature.
Protection of important natural resources, open space, habitat and agricultural lands in the Genesee River watershed through the use of land acquisition and conservation easements. Continued on Schedule O. Provide planning services to…
To protect and restore the ecological health of forest park and marquam nature park, maintain and enhance their extensive trails networks, promote equitable access, and inspire diverse community appreciation and stewardship of these iconic…
The mission of the warren library association is to provide all citizens in its service area access to library materials and information services which address the needs and expand the aspirations of the community for formal and lifelong…
To create memorable guest experiences which promote actions to help save species, habitats, and the communities who share those same landscapes
The Gardiner Library Board of Trustees operates the public library that serves the Town of Gardiner and the surrounding areas of New York State.
To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.
Kennebunk Land Trust's mission is to permanently conserve and steward land to benefit natural and human communities.
The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 32 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 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds GERMAN MASONTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds AVIAN CONSERVATION CENTER OF APPALACHIA INC ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds Cornell University ↗
- Who funds STOWE LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds Barneveld Free Library Association ↗
- Who funds WEST VIRGINIA BOTANIC GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ADIRONDACK CENTER FOR LOON CONSERVATION ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER AND ONEIDA COUNTIES INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Reef Relief Inc ↗
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Chingos Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Chingos Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Florida Legal Services Inc: 39% of income from government
- Stowe Land Trust: 10% of income from government
How this is measured
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