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The Skoll Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$45M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
157
Grants FY2024
133
Organizations funded FY2023
35%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$7,021,950
Organizations funded a year
133 to 280
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
19
Total assets, FY2024
$847M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 35% of the organizations The Skoll Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
InternationalEducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving116$35M28%
FY2023133$44M35%
FY2022280$82M54%
FY2021236$79M61%
FY2020188$98Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$88MHealth$78MPhilanthropy$50MEnvironment$45MCommunity Improvement$31MEducation$28MPublic Benefit$23MPublic Safety & Disaster$16MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Skoll Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The ONE Campaign$12,000,000316%
The Alliance for Climate Protection$10,000,000223%
Ted Foundation Inc$8,000,00054%
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$7,205,00013%
Living Goods$6,000,00047%
50breakthroughs Foundation$5,500,350372%
Panorama Global$5,370,50056%
Center for Technology and Civic Life$5,250,000412%
Thorn$5,000,000235%
Humanitarian Openstreetmap Team United States Inc$5,000,000437%
Rf Catalytic Capital Inc$5,000,000174%
Last Mile Health$4,882,416411%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$4,725,00051%
Code for America Labs Inc$4,650,00034%
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford$4,080,78020%
Ndn Collective Inc$3,750,35052%
Noora Health$3,550,000411%
University of Arizona Foundation$3,251,91521%
Educate Girls$3,050,00039%
Resolve to Save Lives Inc$3,000,00012%
Policylink$2,765,00025%
Protect Democracy Project$2,765,00044%
Financing Alliance for Health$2,535,000363%
Villagereach$2,500,000112%
The Partnership Project Inc$2,500,00033%
Common Future$2,250,00049%
World Resources Institute$2,250,00020%
Muso Inc$2,025,000311%
The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles$2,000,00013%
Voter Registration Project$2,000,00022%
Rights and Resources Institute Inc$2,000,00023%
Give Foundation Inc$2,000,00012%
The Health Initiative Inc$2,000,000221%
Ceres Inc$2,000,00024%
Color of Changeorg Education Fund$2,000,00025%
Myagro Farms$1,925,00045%
New Profit Inc$1,770,00045%
Nia Tero Foundation$1,750,00018%
Fair Count Inc$1,600,000234%
American Sustainable Business Institute Inc$1,532,000431%
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation$1,500,0002n/a
Financial Health Network Inc$1,500,00026%
Avina Americas Inc$1,500,000313%
Alliance for Youth Organizing$1,500,000211%
Amani Global Works$1,400,000444%
Georgetown University$1,389,72630%
The Bridgespan Group Inc$1,312,50031%
HIP HOP Public Health Inc$1,262,000230%
Native Americans in Philanthropy$1,250,000317%
Allied Media Projects Inc$1,250,00023%
Dasra$1,215,00044%
Equis Institute$1,187,50038%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,125,52530%
Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds Inc$1,100,00021%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$1,020,20034%
Pushblack$1,015,000228%
Alliance for Open Society Int'L Inc$1,000,00013%
Vote Run Lead Inc$1,000,000159%
University of New Mexico Foundation Inc$1,000,00012%
Climate Justice Alliance$1,000,00025%
Mercatus Center Inc$1,000,00011%
Ploughshares Fund Inc$1,000,000213%
Taproot Earth$1,000,00038%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$1,000,00022%
The J David Gladstone Institutes$1,000,00011%
Malaria No More Fund$1,000,000313%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$1,000,00011%
The Aspen Institute Inc$971,14050%
Khushi Baby Inc$919,507165%
Issue One$900,000113%
University of California San Francisco$892,0001n/a
The Philanthropy Workshop Inc Dba Forward Global$890,000319%
Forest Trends Association$875,00034%
Creating Hope International$870,000524%
Raheem Ai DBA Community Response Works$800,000261%
The Roosevelt Institute$800,00023%
People's Courage International Inc$750,0002100%
Alima USA Inc$750,00019%
The Broad Institute Inc$720,00010%
Institute of Sustainable Connections$715,0002100%
Small Enterprise Assistance Funds$700,000110%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$700,00020%
Crisis Action Inc$695,00058%
Health Leads Inc$660,00034%
Kickstart International Inc$645,000310%
International Bridges to Justice$635,000319%
Build Change$625,000213%
Youthbuild Global Inc$625,00021%
Social Progress Imperative Inc$600,000226%
Cdi International Inc Attn Rodrigo Balggio$600,000298%
Pratham USA$560,00031%
Africa College Fund$525,000265%
Visionspring Inc$525,00025%
Movement Strategy Center$515,00012%
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials$500,00011%
American Public Health Association$500,00012%
DTWO LTD DBA Awana Digital$500,000316%
Rise Education Fund$500,000117%
Pillars Fund$500,00026%
Array Alliance Inc$500,00014%
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices$500,00012%
Civic Nation$500,00013%
Mirimus Inc$500,0001n/a
Aspiration Aspirationtechorg$500,00016%
Freedom for All Inc$485,000337%
The Carter Center Inc$467,86330%
National Public Radio Inc$450,00010%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$450,00020%
The Miller Center Foundation$417,000112%
Search for Common Ground$410,00041%
Brazil Child Health Inc$400,000224%
GVNGorg$400,000140%
The Citizens Foundation USA$400,00021%
The Roddenberry Foundation$400,00018%
Behavioral Ideas Lab Inc$400,00013%
Solutions Journalism Network Inc$400,00015%
The Video Consortium Inc$390,000234%
Artcouncil Inc Dba Artadia$375,0001n/a
Good Market Inc$350,000162%
Results for Development Institute Inc$340,00030%
Powerpac Foundation$325,000110%
Beneficent Technology Inc$325,00022%
Climateworks Foundation$324,00020%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc$320,00049%
Points North Institute$315,000217%
If Not Us Then Who$300,000218%
Friends of the Earth$300,00031%
Afef Inc$300,00017%
Unrwa USA National Committee Inc$300,00011%
The Share Trust Inc$300,000210%
Focusing Philanthropy Inc$300,00011%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$283,90050%
Eyelliance Inc$275,00029%
Sevalink Inc$267,0001100%
International Center for Transitional Justice Inc$260,00031%
Mercy Corps$250,00010%
Thomson Reuters Foundation Inc$250,0001n/a
The Council on Strategic Risks$250,00016%
The German Marshall Fund of the United States$250,00011%
College for Social Innovation Inc$240,000110%
Pennsylvania State University$233,4001n/a
OneSky$230,00022%
Building Markets Ltd$200,00016%
Solutions Project Inc$200,00014%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$200,00010%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$200,00010%
Onepeople Inc$200,000219%
One Acre Fund$195,00020%
Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation$191,70011%
Media Impact Funders Inc$185,00056%
The Peaceworks Network Foundation$180,00044%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$160,42020%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$154,00010%
Let's Breakthrough Inc$150,00027%
Deployus Inc$150,00014%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$150,00010%
Ecopeace Middle East Environmental Ngo Forum$150,00022%
Downtown Women's Center$150,00011%
Mothers2mothers United States Inc$150,00012%
Armman-Usa$150,00028%
Doc Society Inc$150,00024%
Global Health Corps Inc$145,00033%
Water for People$140,00040%
Transfair USA$135,00020%
B Lab Company$130,00030%
Teach for All Inc$130,00020%
Polaris Project$125,00021%
Citizen Schools Inc$125,00021%
Friends International Inc$125,00027%
Dalberg Catalyst$125,00031%
Accountability Lab Inc$125,00017%
Apopo US Inc$125,00027%
Room to Read$125,00020%
Journalism Development Network Inc$120,00021%
Technology Matters$111,00012%
Ministry With Community Inc$110,00014%
World Health Partners Inc$110,000219%
Global Footprint Network Inc$105,000113%
Roots of Peace$105,00021%
National Center for Arts and Technology$100,000113%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$100,00010%
Middle East Children's Alliance$100,00013%
ARTogether$100,00019%
Eposak Foundation Inc$100,000163%
Gram Vikas USA Inc$100,000238%
The Walden Woods Project$100,00017%
Callisto$100,000234%
World Spine Care$100,000144%
Lawfare Institute$100,00016%
Medic Mobile Inc$100,00011%
Global Partners For Development$95,00025%
National Association of Black Journalists$92,00012%
Ja Worldwide Inc$90,00020%
San Francisco Community Land Trust$90,00013%
School of Leadership-Afghanistan Inc$90,00021%
Glasswing International USA Inc$85,00021%
United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc$82,50013%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$82,00050%
College Summit Inc$75,00012%
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society$75,00011%
Civic Ventures Dba Cogenerate$75,00012%
Basicneeds US Inc$75,000174%
Toniic Institute$75,00013%
Verite Inc$75,00011%
We Charity William C Moran & Assoc PC$75,00020%
Friends of Barefoot College International Inc$75,000111%
Mozilla Foundation$74,12010%
Online News Association$73,40012%
Ideoorg$70,00030%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$66,25051%
Health Care Without Harm$65,00020%
Northwestern University$65,00020%
Candid$63,38550%
Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas$62,500110%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$60,00030%
Witness Inc$60,00021%
Shelter Tech$55,000214%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$55,00010%
GoodWeave International$50,91231%
Education for Employment$50,00011%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula$50,00010%
Manchester Bidwell Corporation$50,00011%
Right to Start$50,00014%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$50,00010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Peace Direct Inc$50,00017%
Human Rights Watch Inc$50,00020%
American Friends of the Parents Circle - Families Forum$50,00012%
Amazon Conservation Team$50,00011%
American Near East Refugee Aid$50,00010%
Massachusetts Project 351 Inc$50,00017%
Tostan Inc$50,00011%
The Representation Project$50,00015%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$50,00010%
Independent Sector$47,50020%
The Resolution Project Inc$40,00031%
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation$40,00010%
Asian American Journalists Association$40,00011%
Seven Loaves dba GOH Productions$37,00015%
Contina Impact$36,75040%
Community Initiatives$30,10030%
Airbnborg Inc$30,00010%
International Peace Institute Inc$27,00010%
Madre Inc$25,00010%
V-Day$25,00014%
Lava Mae$25,00012%
Larkin Street Youth Services$25,00010%
Namati Inc$25,00010%
Rural Development Institute$25,00010%
Pie Ranch$25,00011%
Ember Charter School for Mindful Educationinnovation & Transformation$25,00010%
Growth Philanthropy Network Inc$25,00012%
WorldLink$25,000120%
Downtown Streets Inc$25,00010%
Population and Development International Inc$25,00014%
Chinese for Affirmative Action$25,00010%
CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC Biodiversity Funders Grp$25,00040%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$25,00010%
Tunapanda Institute$25,000118%
Collective Change Lab Inc$25,00013%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$25,00010%
Faithful Fools Street Ministry$25,00017%
Batonga Foundation$25,00014%
Network of Engaged International Donors Global Inc$24,10012%
Council on Foundations Inc$24,00010%
Alliance High School Endowment Fund$23,0001n/a
Alterna Foundation Inc$20,5001n/a
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Foundation$20,00021%
Beaumont Health Foundation$20,00030%
Fund for Constitutional Government$20,00020%
College Track$20,00010%
Echoing Green Inc$20,00020%
Catholic Social Services$20,00010%
The Earth Genome$20,00010%
New America Foundation$20,00010%
Eisenhower Medical Center$20,00020%
Juan Felipe Escobar Foundation Inc$20,00025%
Black Economic Alliance Foundation$20,00010%
African Leadership Foundation$20,00010%
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation$20,00020%
Stanford Health Care$20,00020%
Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support Inc$18,00040%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$17,50020%
Northern California Grantmakers$16,75010%
Justice Funders$15,00011%
International Women's Media Foundation$15,00010%
Birzeit University Fund$15,00011%
Root Capital Inc$15,00010%
Maziwa$15,0001n/a
Viewpoint Educational Foundation$15,00020%
Alight$15,00010%
Coachella Valley Youth Golf Foundation$15,00031%
Peace First Inc$15,00011%
Juvenile Law Center$15,00010%
African Diaspora Network$15,00011%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$12,75030%
Unc Health Foundation Inc$12,50010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$12,50010%
Johns Hopkins University$12,50010%
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc$12,50010%
Puente de la Costa Sur$10,00010%
Charter Board Partners D/B/A Education Board Partners$10,00011%
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County$10,00010%
Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation$10,00020%
New York Harm Reduction Educators Inc$10,00010%
Profound Gentlemen Inc$10,00010%
Thousand Currents$10,00010%
St Margaret of Scotland Episcopal School$10,00010%
Independent Diplomat Inc$10,00010%
Girltrek Incorporated$10,00010%
Choose Love Inc$10,00010%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Captain Planet Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Digital Divide Data$10,00010%
Telos Group Inc$10,00011%
Technology Association of Grantmakers Inc$10,00021%
Andean Health and Development Inc$10,00020%
National Whistleblower Center$10,00011%
Drug Policy Alliance$10,00010%
First Book$10,00010%
Alk Positive Inc$9,00020%
India Literacy Project$9,00021%
Wharton School Club of Washington$8,750143%
Unity Health Care Inc$7,50010%
La Colaborativa Inc$7,50010%
T Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies$7,50010%
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Foundation Inc$7,50010%
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE GREATER TRIAD Inc$7,50010%
San Francisco First Tee$5,00010%
How Our Lives Link Altogether Inc$5,00012%
Stanford Jazz Workshop$5,00010%
Tujenge Africa Foundation$5,0001n/a
New Stories$5,00011%
Finreglab Inc$5,00010%
Pretend City the Children's Museum of Orange County$5,00010%
Good Call NYC$5,00011%
The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California$5,00010%
Ulman Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Bay Area$5,00010%
Simply the Basics$5,00011%
Halt Violence$5,00013%
Acumen Fund Inc$5,00010%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$5,00010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$5,00010%
Trustees of the Lawrenceville School$5,00010%
Creative Million Inc$5,0001n/a
DMF Internationl Inc$5,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan$5,00010%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$5,00010%
Aapi Civic Engagement Fund$4,70010%
Menlo-Atherton High School Foundation for the Future$4,00020%
Sogorea Te Land Trust$3,50020%
Historic Takoma Inc$3,00012%
Francis Scott Key Elementary School PTA$3,00012%
Kqed Inc$2,96020%
Mei Fong and Associates Aws$2,90020%
Circle Community Acupuncture of San Francisco$2,70921%
Harbor House$2,50010%
Korean American Community Services Inc$2,50010%
Lyriks Institution$2,50012%
National Harm Reduction Coalition$2,50010%
Pacifica Resource Center$2,50010%
Camfed USA Foundation$2,50010%
The Jed Foundation$2,50010%
San Jose Children's Discovery Museum$2,50010%
Family Caregiver Alliance$2,50010%
Alonzo King Lines Ballet$2,50010%
Catalyst San Gabriel Valley Incorporated$2,00011%
Friends of the Mst$2,0001n/a
Talk Tech Association$2,00011%
Alvin S Hatch Parent Teacher Organization Inc$2,00012%
Texas Children's Hospital$2,00010%
Mississippi Coalition on Black Civic Participation$2,00010%
The Selma Center for Nonviolence Truth and Reconciliation$2,0001n/a
Pacific Primary School$2,00020%
Burlingame Community for Education Foundation$2,00010%
Abdul Sattar Edhi International Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Paper Airplanes Inc$2,00012%
Anthony Chabot Elementary PTA$1,71510%
Oakland School for the Arts$1,50010%
Belmont-Redwood Shores Public School Foundation$1,33320%
Eagle Market Streets Development Co$1,00010%
Redwood City Library Foundation$1,00010%
Lwala Community Alliance$1,00010%
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc$1,00010%
The Oakland Public Education Fund$1,00010%
Funds for the Biblioteca Publica Inc$1,00011%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$1,00010%
Integrate Health Inc$1,00020%
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation$1,00010%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc$90020%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$80020%
Redwood Heights Elementary PTA Ca$80010%
Coastside Hope$80010%
Alas Ayudando Latinos a Sonar$60010%
The Heal Project$60010%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$60010%
Commonweal$60010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$52010%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$50810%
One World Childrens Fund$50010%
Community Partners International$50010%
Caminos de Agua$50010%
Safer Together$50010%
Sequoia Parent Teacher Organization$50010%
Boys & Girls Clubs North San Mateo County$40010%
En2Action Inc$3101n/a
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice Dba Curyj$30010%
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California$30010%
New Georgia Project Inc$30010%
Dream Volunteers$30010%
International Justice Mission$20010%
Center for Animal Protection and Education$20010%
Xerces Society Inc$20010%
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center$20010%
Amah Mutsun Land Trust$20010%
La Plazita Institute$20010%
International House$20010%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$20010%
American University$17610%
Sistersong Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 142 recipients with no EIN on record ($107M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Skoll Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 29 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe ONE Campaign: $12,000,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetThe Alliance for Climate Protection: $10,000,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetTed Foundation Inc: $8,000,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetNational Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc: $7,205,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetLiving Goods: $6,000,000 over 4y, 7.3% of budget50breakthroughs Foundation: $5,500,350 over 3y, 72% of budgetPanorama Global: $5,370,500 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetCenter for Technology and Civic Life: $5,250,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetThorn: $5,000,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetHumanitarian Openstreetmap Team United States Inc: $5,000,000 over 4y, 37% of budgetRf Catalytic Capital Inc: $5,000,000 over 1y, 74% of budgetLast Mile Health: $4,882,416 over 4y, 11% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $4,725,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCode for America Labs Inc: $4,650,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetChancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford: $4,080,780 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNdn Collective Inc: $3,750,350 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetNoora Health: $3,550,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $3,251,915 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetEducate Girls: $3,050,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetResolve to Save Lives Inc: $3,000,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPolicylink: $2,765,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetProtect Democracy Project: $2,765,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetFinancing Alliance for Health: $2,535,000 over 3y, 63% of budgetVillagereach: $2,500,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetThe Partnership Project Inc: $2,500,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetCommon Future: $2,250,000 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetWorld Resources Institute: $2,250,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMuso Inc: $2,025,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetThe Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles: $2,000,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetVoter Registration Project: $2,000,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetRights and Resources Institute Inc: $2,000,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetGive Foundation Inc: $2,000,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetThe Health Initiative Inc: $2,000,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetCeres Inc: $2,000,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetColor of Changeorg Education Fund: $2,000,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetMyagro Farms: $1,925,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetNew Profit Inc: $1,770,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetNia Tero Foundation: $1,750,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetFair Count Inc: $1,600,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetAmerican Sustainable Business Institute Inc: $1,532,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetFinancial Health Network Inc: $1,500,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetAvina Americas Inc: $1,500,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetAlliance for Youth Organizing: $1,500,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetAmani Global Works: $1,400,000 over 4y, 44% of budgetGeorgetown University: $1,389,726 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bridgespan Group Inc: $1,312,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHIP HOP Public Health Inc: $1,262,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetNative Americans in Philanthropy: $1,250,000 over 3y, 17% of budget

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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 200.

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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.

Skoll FundCA228.1× affinity124 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Skoll Fund · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Gates Foundation · The Rockefeller Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Mulago Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma

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.

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About The Skoll Foundation

How much does The Skoll Foundation give?
The Skoll Foundation reported 157 grants totaling $44,853,705 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 133 and 280 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Skoll Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (21%), Health (18%), Philanthropy (12%).
Who are The Skoll Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The ONE Campaign ($12M), The Alliance for Climate Protection ($10M), Ted Foundation Inc ($8.0M).
Does The Skoll Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Skoll Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Skoll Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Skoll Fund, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Where is The Skoll Foundation based?
The Skoll Foundation is based in CA.

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 592 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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