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The M & T Fantastic Family 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2024
27
Organizations funded FY2023
15%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 32
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$8.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations The M & T Fantastic Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k 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
EnvironmentAnimalsEducationScience & TechCivil RightsInternationalOther
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 arriving29$1.0M24%
FY202327$818k15%
FY202215$295k13%
FY202126$720k12%
FY202023$503k13%
FY201932$857k44%
FY201814$320k36%
FY201719$391kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$2.4MAnimals$453kPhilanthropy$400kCommunity Improvement$310kHealth$265kHuman Services$255kCivil Rights$233kEducation$230kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
NY
MA
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
TX

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
Communities for a Better Environment$987,50065%
Earthjustice$295,00070%
Oceana Inc$150,00050%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$150,00020%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$115,00040%
Americares Foundation Inc$110,00050%
Project Drawdown$107,50041%
Treepeople Inc$105,00070%
Best Friends Animal Society$95,00060%
Grist Magazine Inc$90,00050%
Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of The M & T Fantastic Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Communities for a Better Environment$987,50065%
Earthjustice$295,00070%
Oceana Inc$150,00050%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$150,00020%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$115,00040%
Americares Foundation Inc$110,00050%
Project Drawdown$107,50041%
Treepeople Inc$105,00070%
Best Friends Animal Society$95,00060%
Grist Magazine Inc$90,00050%
Humane World for Animals Inc$80,95050%
The Hide and Seek Foundation$80,00075%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$77,50050%
Hias Inc$77,50050%
Greenwave Organization Corp$75,00042%
350org$75,00030%
Carbon Cycle Institute$75,00052%
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$75,00020%
Altasea at the Port of Los Angeles$50,00011%
Youth Empowered Solutions (Yes)$40,00016%
Rainforest Action Network$37,50060%
National Wildlife Federation$35,00050%
Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research$30,00021%
Ehlers-Danlos Society$30,00011%
Yale University$30,0001n/a
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$30,00010%
California Environmental Voters Education Fund$25,00032%
Ald Connect Inc$20,00013%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$20,00020%
St Vincent's Services Inc$15,00010%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$15,00010%
Sierra Club Foundation$15,00010%
The Ocean Foundation$15,0001n/a
United Way of Ventura County Inc$10,00010%
Humane Society of Ventura County$5,00010%
Humane Society of Sonoma County$2,50010%
Haven Humane Society$2,50010%
Humane Society of Napa County & SPCA INC$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The M & T Fantastic Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunities for a Better Environment: $987,500 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $295,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetOceana Inc: $150,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $115,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $110,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetProject Drawdown: $107,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTreepeople Inc: $105,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $95,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGrist Magazine Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $80,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hide and Seek Foundation: $80,000 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $77,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHias Inc: $77,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGreenwave Organization Corp: $75,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budget350org: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCarbon Cycle Institute: $75,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetUc Santa Cruz Foundation: $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAltasea at the Port of Los Angeles: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYouth Empowered Solutions (Yes): $40,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $37,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetEhlers-Danlos Society: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCenter for Disaster Philanthropy Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Environmental Voters Education Fund: $25,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetAld Connect Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Vincent's Services Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition for Humane Immigrant Rights: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Ventura County Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHumane Society of Ventura County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHumane Society of Sonoma County: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHaven Humane Society: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Napa County & SPCA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 36.

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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.

California Community FoundationCA15.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Marin Community Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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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Find your warmest path to The M & T Fantastic 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 M & T Fantastic Family Foundation

How much does The M & T Fantastic Family Foundation give?
The M & T Fantastic Family Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $1,102,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The M & T Fantastic Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (45%), Animals (9%), Philanthropy (8%).
Who are The M & T Fantastic Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Communities for a Better Environment ($988k), Earthjustice ($295k), Oceana Inc ($150k).
Does The M & T Fantastic Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The M & T Fantastic Family Foundation 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 M & T Fantastic Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Schmidt Family Foundation.
Where is The M & T Fantastic Family Foundation based?
The M & T Fantastic Family 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 59 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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