California · Public charity
The Eames Institute
THE EAMES INSTITUTE is a 501(c)(3) public charity with a mission of cultivating curiosity to solve problems at any scale. Our aim is to equip everyone with the living lessons of charles and ray eames so that they can use design to make positive changes in their own world. Preservation, archiving, cataloging, and documenting the design…
- $294k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $284k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $130,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $136M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations The Eames Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $278k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $271k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $140k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girls Garage | $155,400 | 2 | 11% |
| Sonoma Mountain Institute | $155,000 | 3 | 5% |
| United States Artists Inc | $130,000 | 3 | 0% |
| My Giant Squid Friend LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Occidental Arts and Ecology Center | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reuse Alliance Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Santa Fe Art Institute Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Rebuild Foundation Nfp | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stone Barns Restoration Corp DBA Stone Barns Center for Food & Agri | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creative Reaction Lab | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girls Garage | $155,400 | 2 | 11% |
| Sonoma Mountain Institute | $155,000 | 3 | 5% |
| United States Artists Inc | $130,000 | 3 | 0% |
| My Giant Squid Friend LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Occidental Arts and Ecology Center | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reuse Alliance Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Santa Fe Art Institute Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Rebuild Foundation Nfp | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stone Barns Restoration Corp DBA Stone Barns Center for Food & Agri | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creative Reaction Lab | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Richmond Art Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Botanical Bus | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Urban Tilth | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spaulding High School Foundation Ltd | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ideoorg | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Intersection for the Arts | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Petaluma Blacks for Community Development | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Design Futures Forum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Inneract Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Audre Lorde Project Inc | $7,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Petaluma People Services Center | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Eames 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: The Yelp Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Eames Institute
- How much does The Eames Institute give?
- The Eames Institute reported 8 itemized grants totaling $283,900, out of $293,900 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does The Eames Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Environment (28%), Youth Development (22%).
- Who are The Eames Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Girls Garage ($155k), Sonoma Mountain Institute ($155k), United States Artists Inc ($130k).
- Does The Eames Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Eames Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Yelp Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
- Where is The Eames Institute based?
- The Eames Institute is based in CA.
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