California · Public charity
The Skatepark Project
THE SKATEPARK PROJECT helps underserved communities create safe and inclusive public skateparks for youth.
- $4.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $445k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations The Skatepark Project funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $361k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Recreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $430k | 58% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $621k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $1.7M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $240k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $957k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $735k | 94% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $648k | 95% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $165k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Recreation & Sports$5.4MCommunity Improvement$175kHealth$52kYouth Development$48kInternational$46kCivil Rights$30kHuman Services$15kEnvironment$15kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
AK
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NH
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ID
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
MO
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
HI
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler Park Conservancy | $375,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Lockport Community Services Inc | $350,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Village of Ellicottville | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Sweden | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ferndale | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sheriff Pal Program | $300,000 | 1 | 74% |
| Village of Medina | $292,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Rochester | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Developement | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Greece | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler Park Conservancy | $375,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Lockport Community Services Inc | $350,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Village of Ellicottville | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Sweden | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ferndale | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sheriff Pal Program | $300,000 | 1 | 74% |
| Village of Medina | $292,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Rochester | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Developement | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Greece | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Littlefield Community Association | $250,000 | 1 | 97% |
| City of Detroit General Services Dept | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warm Springs Community Action Team | $238,588 | 3 | 4% |
| Green Springville Inc | $220,319 | 1 | n/a |
| Power House Productions | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Action Sports Kids Foundation Inc | $148,250 | 2 | 11% |
| Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan Inc | $57,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Lincoln-Woodstock Friends of Recreation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Skateistan | $45,940 | 2 | 4% |
| City of Auburn | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marty Hennessy Inspiring Children Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Harold Hunter Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 4% |
| State College Borough | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harness Community | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Crystal Springs Skatepark Project | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westchester Parks Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Meredith Parks and Recreation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vernonia Booster Club | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Skate | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Skate Essex | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of El Monte | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pillars for Promise Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reading Skatepark Association | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Alturas Rotary Community Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Khvt | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Paonia | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Native American Advancement Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Dover Park and Recreation Dept | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rose City Rollers | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Augusta | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Morganton | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kiwanis Club of Springfield Tennessee Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Environmental Hood Restoration Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tutifruti Skate Inc | $12,430 | 1 | 20% |
| City of Port Huron | $11,400 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Allentown | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Walton County Board County Commissioners | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Park Association | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Anchorage Park Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Peak Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Pathways for Keene Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Portsmouth | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ruston | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Humboldt Skatepark Collective | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Star Community Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| City of Imperial | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fallbrook Skatepark Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Thomas J Evans Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Harwood Memorial Park Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| City of LaGrange Animal Shelter | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colfax Green Machine | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Borough of Quakertown | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Salida | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Watertown | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of New Port Richey | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Leominster | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hazleton Skate Park Committee | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Na Lei Wili Area Health Education Center | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Earthhubtv | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Manchester | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Exposure Skate | $10,000 | 2 | 5% |
| City of Batesville | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Super Skate Posse | $8,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Friends of Lebanon Recreation Arts & Parks | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pine Point Community Council | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Recreation Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 10% |
| City of Sheboygan | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Laurel | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Borough of Keyport | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Of Mountain Home | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smileon Adg Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nestucca Valley Community Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic Southside Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Brown County Enrichment for Teens | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Forks Park District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kutztown Community Skatepark Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Rio Vista | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Matthew Henson Community Developmen | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Atchison | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Let's Skate | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Treasure Island | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Plainville | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Quincy Public Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Bethel | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Glacier Skate Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Salem | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of South Padre Island | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Skateparks Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rollin From the Heart Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Next Up Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Skate Like a Girl | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Skatepark Project supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 32.
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.
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI13× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · National Recreation and Park Association · AARP · Center for Technology and Civic Life · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust
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.
About The Skatepark Project
- How much does The Skatepark Project give?
- The Skatepark Project reported 13 itemized grants totaling $444,930, out of $4,704,272 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Skatepark Project fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (93%), Community Improvement (3%), Health (1%).
- Who are The Skatepark Project's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Chandler Park Conservancy ($375k), Lockport Community Services Inc ($350k), Village of Ellicottville ($300k).
- Does The Skatepark Project fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Skatepark Project?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, National Recreation and Park Association, AARP.
- Where is The Skatepark Project based?
- The Skatepark Project is based in CA.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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