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The Nalen 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.

$86k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$119kEnvironment$87kHuman Services$71kHealth$54kArts & Culture$37kReligion$32kPhilanthropy$20kRecreation & Sports$19kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $48k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$655k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION$18,150
ADVOCATES FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC$10,000
FAR AND WISE INC$10,000
WOOD RIVER BICYCLE COALITION$10,000
GMP CHARITIES INC$7,350
PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC$5,500
MONTANA LAND RELIANCE$5,000
ST LUKES WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC$2,500
COMMUNITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC KETCHUM SUN VALL$2,500
GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST$2,500
WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST COMPANY$2,500
BOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY$2,000
CAT RODEO SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION$1,500
SOCIETY FOR PRESERVATION & ENCOURMT OF BARBERSHOP$1,500
HEART OF THE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC$1,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $250 → 8%SAN FRANCISCO VILLAGE: $1k → 10%WILD GIFT: $5k → 7%THE WILD FUND INC: $3k → 7%BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC: $2k → 7%BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC: $1k → 7%THE WILD FUND INC: $1k → 7%BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC: $1k → 7%THE WILD FUND INC: $500 → 7%BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC: $500 → 7%FLOURISH FLOUNDATION: $2k → 7%FLOURISH FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%FLOURISH FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%FLOURISH FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%SWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $500 → 7%SWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $250 → 7%SWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $250 → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
ID
MT
MN
NY
MA
OR
WY
NJ
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
DC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$335k · 34 repeat orgs$160k to everyone else

34 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
49

Total granted

$335k
$144k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+25%

Still filing today

79%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TH
    THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL
    4× · 2020–2023 · $50k · revenue +57%
  • WQ
    WARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $48k · revenue +166%
  • FI
    FARWISE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $25k · revenue +219%

Funded once

  • SI
    SAWTOOTH IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDENS
    one grant, 2020 · $35k
  • SA
    STANFORD ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • WF
    WARRIORS FOR QUIET WATERS
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
2
Wallowa Land Trust

Our mission is to protect the rural nature of Wallowa County by working cooperatively with private landowners,indigenous people, local communities and governmental entities to conserve land.

Environment
3
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
4
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
5
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
6
Washington Wild

Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.

Animals
7
Montana Wildlife Federation

The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.

Animals
8
Wild Rockies Field Institute Inc

To broaden the nature of a liberal arts education; teach critical thinking about social & environmental issues; foster understanding of & respect for natural & human communities; & cultivate a sense of place that encourages personal,…

Education
9
Council of Western State Foresters

The council of western state foresters (cwsf) promotes the conservation, protection, and sustainable management of forests for today and generations to come by leading collective action, fostering learning, facilitating resource sharing,…

Environment
10
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
11
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
12
Gallatin Watershed Council Inc

The Gallatin Watershed Council guides collaborative watershed stewardship in the Gallatin Valley for a healthy and productive landscape.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wild Salmon Center; the most unlike its peers is St Alphonsus Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

58 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 58 of the 88 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/58
Grantees still filing
40/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAWTOOTH IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDENS: $35,101 · OtherSAWTOOTH IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDENSSTANFORD ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · OtherSTANFORD ALUMNAE ASSOCIATIONST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $16,500 · OtherST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHWARRIORS FOR QUIET WATERS: $10,000 · OtherADVOCATES FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT INC: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $8,500 · OtherWOOD RIVER TRAILS COALITION INC: $11,000 · OtherDIRECT RELIEF: $10,000 · Other+44 more: $80,370 · Other+44 moreTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOO…FARWISE INC: $25,000 · EducationFARWISE INCCat Rodeo Scholarship Association: $5,000 · EducationCat Rodeo Scholarsh…The Community Library Association Inc: $3,500 · Education+5 more: $3,250 · EducationWARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC: $48,250 · HealthWARRIORS & QUIET…ST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthST LUKE'S WOOD R…SAINT ALPHONSUS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $7,500 · HealthSAINT ALPHONSUS …The Curetivity Foundation: $5,000 · HealthThe Curetivity F…+2 more: $2,000 · HealthTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE: $20,000 · EnvironmentGALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $10,400 · EnvironmentWOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO: $4,500 · EnvironmentTHE FLORIDA COALITION FOR PRESERVATION INC: $2,500 · Environment+1 more: $250 · EnvironmentSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC: $19,900 · Arts & CultureSUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC: $12,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,100 · Arts & CultureGMP Charities Inc: $17,850 · PhilanthropyBozeman Deaconess Foundation: $5,000 · PhilanthropyWOOD RIVER WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $1,500 · PhilanthropyGALLATIN ICE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $300 · PhilanthropyTHE WILD FUND INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesFLOURISH FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesBLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $4,000 · Human ServicesSAN FRANCISCO VILLAGE: $1,000 · Human ServicesSWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human Services
Other$216,471Education$86,750Health$72,750Environment$37,650Arts & Culture$33,000Philanthropy$25,650Human Services$22,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC: $48,250 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFARWISE INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC: $19,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGMP Charities Inc: $17,850 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetSUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC: $12,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetWOOD RIVER TRAILS COALITION INC: $11,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $10,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetADVOCATES FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILD FUND INC: $9,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLOURISH FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSAINT ALPHONSUS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Curetivity Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCat Rodeo Scholarship Association: $5,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetONE MONTANA: $5,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBozeman Deaconess Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Community Library Association Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBethesda Hospital Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILD SALMON CENTER: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FLORIDA COALITION FOR PRESERVATION INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSun Valley Community School Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Olympic Club Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWOOD RIVER WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHEART OF THE VALLEY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAYSIDE HOUSE INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGALLATIN ICE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO VILLAGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S CRANIOFACIAL ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCRC RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CENTER: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE COEXISTENCE NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWood River Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING WITH WOLVES LTD: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BLAKE SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUREENS HAVEN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Spur Community Founda…Idaho Community Found…Nancy Eccles and Home…Boswell Family Founda…Heinz Family Foundati…The Springcreek Found…The Pesky Family Foun…The Shafran Family Fo…Thrasher Koffey Found…Sahm Family FoundationLarsen FundSangham Foundation
Spur Community Foundation IncID36.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Spur Community Foundation Inc · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Nancy Eccles and Homer M Hayward Family Foundation · Boswell Family Foundation · Heinz Family Foundation · The Springcreek Foundation · The Pesky Family Foundation Inc · The Shafran Family Foundation · Thrasher Koffey Foundation · Sahm Family Foundation · Larsen Fund · Sangham 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Nalen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nalen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Wayside House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 88 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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