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The Com Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$896k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2023
54%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$275,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 31
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$9.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 54% of the organizations The Com Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsArts & CulturePhilanthropyInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving12$866k33%
FY202313$589k54%
FY202215$982k47%
FY202116$500k88%
FY202011$2.2M64%
FY201928$5.9M61%
FY201823$1.9M65%
FY201731$3.4Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$13MEducation$10MScience & Tech$995kSocial Science$750kInternational$712kPhilanthropy$669kYouth Development$555kRecreation & Sports$506kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Teach for America Inc$2,030,51430%
The Malala Fund$1,988,66829%
Khan Academy Inc$1,333,33221%
The Earth Genome$1,000,000218%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$994,68010%
Cate School$875,00023%
Pebble Beach Company Foundation$550,03555%
Teach for All Inc$500,00021%
Climate Leadership Council Inc$500,000112%
The Milken Institute$500,00040%
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All grantees of The Com Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Teach for America Inc$2,030,51430%
The Malala Fund$1,988,66829%
Khan Academy Inc$1,333,33221%
The Earth Genome$1,000,000218%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$994,68010%
Cate School$875,00023%
Pebble Beach Company Foundation$550,03555%
Teach for All Inc$500,00021%
Climate Leadership Council Inc$500,000112%
The Milken Institute$500,00040%
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$375,00021%
Northwest Maritime Center$375,00032%
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$350,00020%
The Sapling Foundation$279,0002n/a
Kiss the Ground$250,00043%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$250,00040%
Bob Hoover Academy$160,000114%
Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc$150,00010%
Recreational Aviation Foundation$110,00016%
Women's Worldwide Web USA Inc$100,0001n/a
Summer Search$100,00011%
Eastern Congo Initiative$69,68821%
The 19th News$50,00011%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$50,00010%
Robin Hood Foundation$50,00010%
Pacific Council on International Policy$35,00011%
Montecito Union School Foundation$30,00019%
East Palo Alto Academy Foundation$29,08321%
Montecito Motor Classic$25,0001n/a
The Alexander Hamilton Society$25,00012%
Rwanda Girls Initiative$25,00011%
Thorn$25,00010%
Hope for Depression Research Foundation$23,80010%
Best Buddies International Inc$23,50010%
Positive Coaching Alliance$23,49610%
Montecito Trails Foundation$20,00019%
Laguna Blanca School$14,00010%
The American Austrian Foundation Inc$14,00020%
Behind the Badge Foundation$10,00011%
Bellosguardo Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Hungarian-American Coalition$10,0001n/a
Safe & Sound$10,00010%
Collegespring Inc$10,00010%
Educate Girls$10,00010%
John Stanford International School PTSA 6 15 195$6,00041%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,75020%
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc$5,16010%
Rainier Scholars$5,00010%
Cook for Your Life Inc$5,00011%
CalMatters$5,00010%
Girls on the Run Puget Sound$4,00040%
The Rainier Club$3,55110%
Young America's Foundation$3,50020%
Ganna Walska Lotusland$3,33310%
Montlake Community School Association$3,00021%
Xela AID Partnerships for Self Reliance$2,6002n/a
Dignitymoves$2,00010%
Feeding America$1,39020%
Council of American Ambassadors$1,00010%
A Woman's Nation$1,00010%
University of Washington$1,0001n/a
Girls Empowerment Workshop$1,0001n/a
Angels Foster Care of Santa Barbara$1,00010%
Pasadena Child Development Associates Inc doing business as PCDA$1,00010%
Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers Inc$80010%
Washington State Parks Foundation$55320%
Curepsp Inc$50010%
Santa Barbara Historical Museum$5001n/a
Low Income Housing Institute$50010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$25010%
Latona School Associates$25010%
Grameen Foundation USA$25010%
KSER Foundation$15020%
Kirkland Center of the Performing Arts Dba Kirkland Performance Center$10010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$5210%
Looking Out Foundation$4010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Com Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTeach for America Inc: $2,030,514 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Malala Fund: $1,988,668 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetKhan Academy Inc: $1,333,332 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Earth Genome: $1,000,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution: $994,680 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCate School: $875,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetPebble Beach Company Foundation: $550,035 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetTeach for All Inc: $500,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetClimate Leadership Council Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetThe Milken Institute: $500,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation: $375,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNorthwest Maritime Center: $375,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCouncil on Foreign Relations Inc: $350,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKiss the Ground: $250,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetAmerican Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: $250,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBob Hoover Academy: $160,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHoratio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRecreational Aviation Foundation: $110,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSummer Search: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEastern Congo Initiative: $69,688 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetThe 19th News: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMonterey Bay Aquarium Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Council on International Policy: $35,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMontecito Union School Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetEast Palo Alto Academy Foundation: $29,083 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetThe Alexander Hamilton Society: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetRwanda Girls Initiative: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThorn: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Depression Research Foundation: $23,800 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $23,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPositive Coaching Alliance: $23,496 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMontecito Trails Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetLaguna Blanca School: $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Austrian Foundation Inc: $14,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBehind the Badge Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBellosguardo Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSafe & Sound: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCollegespring Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEducate Girls: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJohn Stanford International School PTSA 6 15 195: $6,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $5,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $5,160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRainier Scholars: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCook for Your Life Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCalMatters: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGirls on the Run Puget Sound: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Rainier Club: $3,551 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 68.

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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.

Santa Barbara FoundationCA22.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Www Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · James D & Kay y Moran Foundation · Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation · Yellow-Crowned Foundation · Dancing Tides Foundation Inc

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.

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How do I get to The Com Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Com Family 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.

About The Com Family Foundation

How much does The Com Family Foundation give?
The Com Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $896,325 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Com Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (47%), Education (35%), Science & Tech (4%).
Who are The Com Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Teach for America Inc ($2.0M), The Malala Fund ($2.0M), Khan Academy Inc ($1.3M).
Does The Com Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Com Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Com Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Www Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
Where is The Com Family Foundation based?
The Com Family Foundation is based in WA.

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 106 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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