Texas · Private foundation
The Convergence Institute
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.
- $100k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations The Convergence Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $53k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $53k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $20k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $37,253 | 2 | 0% |
| The Clear Fund | $19,167 | 2 | 0% |
| Unbound | $15,311 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance for Int'L Reforestation | $13,330 | 1 | 4% |
| Brac USA Inc | $9,340 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $8,244 | 1 | n/a |
| Cicero Research | $6,667 | 1 | 0% |
| Rainforest Trust | $6,667 | 1 | 0% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $6,290 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $37,253 | 2 | 0% |
| The Clear Fund | $19,167 | 2 | 0% |
| Unbound | $15,311 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance for Int'L Reforestation | $13,330 | 1 | 4% |
| Brac USA Inc | $9,340 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $8,244 | 1 | n/a |
| Cicero Research | $6,667 | 1 | 0% |
| Rainforest Trust | $6,667 | 1 | 0% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $6,290 | 1 | 0% |
| John Paul II Healing Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Malaria Consortium US Inc | $3,560 | 1 | 0% |
| Helen Keller International | $3,533 | 1 | 0% |
| The Against Malaria Foundation | $1,178 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Convergence Institute supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Convergence Institute
- How much does The Convergence Institute give?
- The Convergence Institute reported 1 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Convergence Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (42%), International (22%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are The Convergence Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of California San Francisco Foundation ($100k), Givedirectly Inc ($37k), The Clear Fund ($19k).
- Does The Convergence Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Convergence Institute accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Convergence Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Convergence Institute based?
- The Convergence Institute is based in TX.
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