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The Osherenko-Young Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$300
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$300
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$166kHuman Services$30kArts & Culture$29kYouth Development$18kInternational$18kAnimals$16kEducation$14kHealth$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300
Median grant
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States reached
$649k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER$300
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%SAFE ART: $13k → 10%SAFE ART: $10k → 10%RED CROSS: $1k → 14%SAFE ART: $4k → 10%RED CROSS: $900 → 14%VERMONT RIVER CONSERVANCY: $250 → 9%LAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER: $250 → 9%VERMONT RIVER CONSERVANCY: $200 → 9%LAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER: $250 → 9%PATH: $500 → 14%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

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NY
MA
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RI
CA
UT
MO
VA
DE
DC
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$329k · 74 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

74 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 73 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

74
48

Total granted

$329k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+74%

Still filing today

69%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
EnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalHealthOther
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

  • MC
    MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $62k · revenue +95%
  • SI
    SAFEART INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $27k · revenue +35%
  • PE
    PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER
    3× · 2017–2019 · $23k · revenue ×19

Funded once

  • FA
    FIGGE ART MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +33%
  • LP
    LOS PADRES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +123%
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
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
2
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
3
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
4
Nature and Culture International

Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.

Environment
5
Turtle Island Restoration Network

To mobilize people in local communities around the world to protect marine wildlife and the oceans and inland watersheds that sustain them.

Environment
6
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
7
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
8
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
9
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
10
CalWild

The California Wilderness Coalition protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal.

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11
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
12
California Institute for Biodiversity

Create and publish educational materials, conduct professional development, promote awareness, and sponsor research on the spectacular biological diversity of the State of CA.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California State Parks Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Marine Applied Research and Exploration. 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

73 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. 73 of the 123 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/73
Grantees still filing
67/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ART WITHOUT LIMITS: $7,000 · OtherART WITHOUT LIMITSLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $6,500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD - NEW ENGLAND: $6,000 · OtherVERMONT YOUTH CONSERVATION CORP: $5,400 · OtherPRINCIPIA UPPER SCHOOL: $5,250 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CALIFORNIA: $5,250 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $4,750 · OtherWilderness Youth Project Inc: $6,000 · Other+67 more: $78,425 · Other+67 morePACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER: $22,500 · EnvironmentPACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND …SANTA BARBARA AUDUBON SOCIETY: $15,500 · EnvironmentSANTA BARBARA AUDUBON SO…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $6,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAN…EARTHJUSTICE: $5,375 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICESANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC: $4,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $3,000 · EnvironmentTHE LAND TRUST FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $2,800 · Environment+14 more: $17,750 · Environment+14 moreMARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE: $62,000 · EducationMARINE CONSERVATION B…+6 more: $6,750 · Education+6 moreSAFEART INC: $27,230 · Human ServicesSAFEART IN…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,900 · Human ServicesAmerican N…FOOD FROM THE HEART INC: $1,950 · Human ServicesFOOD FROM …+4 more: $2,450 · Human Services+4 moreFIGGE ART MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $4,535 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: $4,500 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA NATURE ART MUSEUM: $3,800 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY ARTS MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER: $19,440 · Crime & LegalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $8,500 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $4,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION: $3,500 · InternationalCONVOY OF HOPE: $1,000 · International+1 more: $500 · International
Other$124,575Environment$79,925Education$68,750Human Services$34,530Arts & Culture$23,335Crime & Legal$19,440International$17,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE: $62,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetSAFEART INC: $27,230 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetPACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER: $22,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER: $19,440 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSANTA BARBARA AUDUBON SOCIETY: $15,500 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetART WITHOUT LIMITS: $7,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetWilderness Youth Project Inc: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $5,375 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFIGGE ART MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $4,535 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: $4,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA NATURE ART MUSEUM: $3,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPlanning & Conservation League: $3,300 over 4y, 10% of budgetSANTA BARBARA COUNTY ACTION NETWORK: $3,250 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $3,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRANSITION HOUSE: $2,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAND TRUST FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $2,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ARTS MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGAVIOTA COAST CONSERVANCY: $2,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION: $1,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FROM THE HEART INC: $1,950 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetClarina Howard Nichols Center Inc: $1,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOS PADRES FORESTWATCH INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARSHALL PROJECT INC: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCopley Health Systems Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARLBORO COLLEGE: $1,000 over 2y, 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.

Santa Barbara FoundationCA45.2× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · The Vermont Community Foundation · Emmett Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Brittingham Family Foundation · Towbes Foundation · Patricia Bragg Foundation · Patagoniaorg · The McCune Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · La Centra-Sumerlin 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 Osherenko-Young Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Osherenko-Young Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Vermont Works for Women Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Clarina Howard Nichols Center Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Lamoille Family Center Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Vermont Achievement Center Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Vermont Natural Resources Council Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Salvation Farms Inc: 26% of income from government
  • The Vermont River Conservancy Inc: 21% of income from government
  • The Green Mountain Club Inc Debonis: 17% of income from government
  • Vermont Community Loan Fund: 14% of income from government
  • Copley Health Systems Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Osherenko-Young 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.

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 123 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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