· Private foundation
The Fox Foundation
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.
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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS | $1,500 |
| MENDING KIDS | $1,000 |
| SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $260 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -31% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MKMending Kids International dba Mending Kids5× · 2020–2024 · $4k · revenue +66%
- SPSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC3× · 2022–2024 · $3k · revenue +36%
- EFEncircle Family and Youth Resource Center4× · 2019–2022 · $3k · revenue +42%
Funded once
- CTCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INCone grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue -31%
- NANATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO END HOMELESSNESSone grant, 2021 · $450
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.
Breaking down barriers between lawmakers & youth by centering voices & stories of young people in policymaking at local, state, & federal levels. We are working on a nationwide campaign to uplift survivors of child sexual abuse and provide…
Our mission is to empower and protect youth at high risk of being involved in or impacted by gun violence by providing comprehensive support services advocacy and safe spaces. We are committed to fostering resilience and opportunity…
Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…
Gender equity in media access, representation, employment and ownership and a world in which a just media is considered essential to a just society. women, action & the media (wam) connects and supports media makers, activists, academics…
GAGV is committed to ending the global gun violence crisis by working with and for the international community through litigation, human rights, education and advocacy, with a focus on reforming dangerous gun industry practices that…
Ywp builds the leadership and power of young people so that they can transform dc institutions to expand rights and opportunities for dc youth. ywp programs engage youth on three levels - as peer educators, advocates, and employees - and…
Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…
The organization's mission is to promote the collective voice of a diverse coalition of organizations and individuals working to eliminate all forms of domestic violence. as an advocate for sociate change, we advance our mission by…
To make grants to charitable organizations and programs that support the achievement of sexual and reproductive health (srh) of the poor & underprivileged women and others in the asia-pacific and elsewhere.
The Youth Activism Project teaches teens movement-building skills to make policy impact at all levels of government. We envision a world in which youth activism is the norm, not the exception. We know that even though many young people are…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 12 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 HOOPS FOR HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds Mending Kids International dba Mending Kids ↗
- Who funds SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center ↗
- Who funds FILM2FUTURE ↗
- Who funds TWLOHA INC ↗
- Who funds Women Against Gun Violence ↗
- Who funds NEW GEORGIA PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Fox Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fox Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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