Texas · Private foundation
The Maxfield Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2021
- 13
- Grants FY2021
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Maxfield Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to The Bessemer Giving Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Maxfield Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $2,300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 6
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 15% of the organizations The Maxfield Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 13 | $2.4M | 15% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $1.7M | 25% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $1.1M | 44% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $132k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $165k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Marsh Rice University | $2,600,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Santa Fe Institute | $350,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Amazon Conservation Team | $225,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Montalvo Association | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Access Fund | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tahoe Fund | $15,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Gateway Mountain Center Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Truckee Donner Land Trust | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Charitysmith Nonprofit Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Marsh Rice University | $2,600,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Santa Fe Institute | $350,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Amazon Conservation Team | $225,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Montalvo Association | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Access Fund | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tahoe Fund | $15,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Gateway Mountain Center Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Truckee Donner Land Trust | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Charitysmith Nonprofit Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Truckee Roundhouse | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Operation Surf | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Revert Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wildcat Sanctuary | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Warrior Foundation Freedom Station | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Tahoe Arts | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Maxfield Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Community Foundation · Martis Camp Community Foundation Dba Martis Camp Foundation · Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Greater Horizons · The San Francisco Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About The Maxfield Foundation
- How much does The Maxfield Foundation give?
- The Maxfield Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $2,448,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Maxfield Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (44%), Education (39%), International (9%).
- Who are The Maxfield Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: William Marsh Rice University ($2.6M), Santa Fe Institute ($350k), Amazon Conservation Team ($225k).
- Does The Maxfield Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Maxfield Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Maxfield Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tahoe Community Foundation, Martis Camp Community Foundation Dba Martis Camp Foundation, Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation.
- Where is The Maxfield Foundation based?
- The Maxfield Foundation is based in TX.
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