California · Public charity
The Martis Fund
THE MARTIS FUND supports programs to conserve open space; manage and restore habitat and forest lands; and promote opportunities for workforce housing and related community purposes in the martis valley region.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Martis Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 | 6 | $1.3M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $3.4M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $936k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $1.2M | 22% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $1.0M | 43% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $683k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $508k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $730k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truckee River Watershed Council | $3,479,250 | 6 | 23% |
| Crisis Intervention Services Dba Sierra Community House | $1,531,250 | 5 | 7% |
| Community Resources Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountain Area Preservation Foundation | $923,000 | 7 | 86% |
| South Yuba River Citizens League | $710,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Conservation Science Partners Inc | $363,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Truckee Donner Land Trust | $298,440 | 1 | 1% |
| Stephen J Wampler Foundation Camp WAMP | $266,160 | 2 | 21% |
| Truckee Methodist Church | $220,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Family Resource Center of Truckee | $200,000 | 2 | 17% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truckee River Watershed Council | $3,479,250 | 6 | 23% |
| Crisis Intervention Services Dba Sierra Community House | $1,531,250 | 5 | 7% |
| Community Resources Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountain Area Preservation Foundation | $923,000 | 7 | 86% |
| South Yuba River Citizens League | $710,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Conservation Science Partners Inc | $363,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Truckee Donner Land Trust | $298,440 | 1 | 1% |
| Stephen J Wampler Foundation Camp WAMP | $266,160 | 2 | 21% |
| Truckee Methodist Church | $220,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Family Resource Center of Truckee | $200,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Truckee Trails Foundation Inc | $149,839 | 3 | 27% |
| Advocates for the Mentally Ill Housing Inc | $140,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Forest Foundation | $108,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Housing Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Sierra Business Council | $81,000 | 2 | 1% |
| CLEAN UP THE CAYES dba CLEAN UP THE LAKE | $70,053 | 2 | 8% |
| League to Save Lake Tahoe | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Clean Up the Cayes | $31,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sugar Pine Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Tahoe Fund | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tahoe Expedition Academy Inc | $10,440 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Martis Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · Martis Camp Community Foundation Dba Martis Camp Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Corrigan-Walla Foundation · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce · Park L Loughlin Charitable Foundation · Rdh Foundation · Reissa Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Martis Fund
- How much does The Martis Fund give?
- The Martis Fund reported 9 grants totaling $1,334,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Martis Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (53%), Housing & Shelter (19%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are The Martis Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Truckee River Watershed Council ($3.5M), Crisis Intervention Services Dba Sierra Community House ($1.5M), Community Resources Inc ($1.0M).
- Does The Martis Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Martis Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, Tahoe Community Foundation, Martis Camp Community Foundation Dba Martis Camp Foundation.
- Where is The Martis Fund based?
- The Martis Fund is based in CA.
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