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The Entrekin Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$352k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
3
Grants FY2025
15
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$57,787
Largest grant, FY2025
$292,038
Organizations funded a year
12 to 31
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$2k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Entrekin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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
FY2025still arriving2$352k100%
FY202415$18k20%
FY202312$13k25%
FY202222$20k59%
FY202114$19k64%
FY202027$17k52%
FY201931$23k58%
FY201825$20k72%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$352kArts & Culture$61kEnvironment$44kFood & Nutrition$19kInternational$8kHealth$7kHuman Services$5kEducation$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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WA
MN
NY
MA
OR
OH
CT
CA
NC
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 52 grantees
All grantees of The Entrekin Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Arts Collaborative of Nevada County$7,50051%
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$6,70640%
Gambiarising$6,66370%
Point Reyes National Seashore Association$6,10050%
The Aurora Theatre Company$5,50040%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$5,50020%
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center$2,75021%
Community Life Network Incorporated$2,5001n/a
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired$2,30030%
Save The Bay$2,29570%
California Poets in the Schools$2,25030%
Black Mountain Circle$2,10021%
Loved Twice$2,00010%
Lamorinda Arts Council$2,00022%
Earth Island Institute Inc$2,00020%
Poetry Flash$1,80041%
Environment California Inc$1,53110%
350 Bay Area$1,00010%
Community of Writers$1,00020%
Headlands Center for the Arts$1,00010%
Mesa Refuge a Nonprofit Corporation$1,00010%
Sonoma Land Trust$75020%
Women for Women International$72020%
Yosemite Foundation$60020%
Share Our Strength$50010%
Artivist Foundation$5001n/a
Each One Reach One Inc$50010%
Lions Center for the Visually Impaired Inc$50010%
Bear Yuba Land Trust$50010%
Access Reproductive Justice$50010%
Copper Canyon Press$50010%
The Ruth Bancroft Garden Inc$50010%
Covenant House$50010%
Bay Area Ridge Trail Council$50020%
Dominican University of California$40010%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$39810%
Fractured Atlas Inc$35010%
Gofundmeorg$34520%
Airlie Press$3001n/a
Friends of Orinda Creeks$3001n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$30010%
Foundation for Students Rising Above$30010%
Regional Parks Foundation$25010%
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics Inc$25020%
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc$25020%
Children's Cancer Research Fund$20010%
East Bay Heritage Quilters$2002n/a
Pacific Crest Trail Association$10010%
California Environmental Voters$10010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10010%
Kqed Inc$10010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($426k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetArts Collaborative of Nevada County: $7,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFood Bank of Contra Costa and Solano: $6,706 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGambiarising: $6,663 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPoint Reyes National Seashore Association: $6,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Aurora Theatre Company: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmall Press Traffic Literary Arts Center: $2,750 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $2,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Bay: $2,295 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Poets in the Schools: $2,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBlack Mountain Circle: $2,100 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLoved Twice: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLamorinda Arts Council: $2,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPoetry Flash: $1,800 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetEnvironment California Inc: $1,531 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350 Bay Area: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity of Writers: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHeadlands Center for the Arts: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMesa Refuge a Nonprofit Corporation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSonoma Land Trust: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen for Women International: $720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYosemite Foundation: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEach One Reach One Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLions Center for the Visually Impaired Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBear Yuba Land Trust: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAccess Reproductive Justice: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCopper Canyon Press: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ruth Bancroft Garden Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBay Area Ridge Trail Council: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDominican University of California: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation: $398 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGofundmeorg: $345 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Students Rising Above: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRegional Parks Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics Inc: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Cancer Research Fund: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Crest Trail Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Environmental Voters: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKqed Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 47.

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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.

The San Francisco FoundationCA26.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · The Intuit Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · William a Kerr Foundation · The Academy of American Poets Inc · The Bernard Osher Foundation · The Springcreek Foundation · The Rock 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.

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About The Entrekin Foundation

How much does The Entrekin Foundation give?
The Entrekin Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $352,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Entrekin Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (70%), Arts & Culture (12%), Environment (9%).
Who are The Entrekin Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Arts Collaborative of Nevada County ($8k), Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano ($7k), Gambiarising ($7k).
Does The Entrekin Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Entrekin Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Entrekin Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation.
Where is The Entrekin Foundation based?
The Entrekin Foundation is based in CA.

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 110 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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