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The Skoll Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$45M
Granted FY2024still arriving
157
Grants FY2024still arriving
19
States reached
$7.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% 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
02FY2024 · 157 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k41 grants · $769k
  • $50k–250k65 grants · $8.3M
  • $250k+43 grants · $36M
$100,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$847M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAYO CLINIC$7,021,950
GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA$3,000,000
PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT$2,000,000
CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD$1,562,621
AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$1,500,000
2X GLOBAL LIMITED$1,200,000
MPEDIGREE NETWORK LIMITED$1,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION$1,000,000
FREETHINK MEDIA INC$918,750
FOOD FOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$800,000
SOCIAL FINANCE ISRAEL LTD (CC)$800,000
FOOD FOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$800,000
AVINA AMERICAS INC$800,000
REACH DIGITAL HEALTH NPC$750,000
REACH DIGITAL HEALTH NPC$750,000
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.

US giving: 77% of grant dollars ($324M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 23% that went abroad ($97M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $12.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HARBOR HOUSE: $3k → 10%PACIFIC PRIMARY SCHOOL: $1k → 10%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $150k → 14%FRIENDS OF BAREFOOT COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $75k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $20k → 10%PACIFIC PRIMARY SCHOOL: $1k → 10%FRIENDS INTERNATIONAL INC: $75k → 9%FRIENDS INTERNATIONAL INC: $50k → 9%GIVE FOUNDATION INC: $2.0M → 8%COMMONWEAL: $600 → 8%PACIFICA RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 7%LA COLABORATIVA INC: $8k → 16%SHELTER TECH: $45k → 10%THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $250k → 16%COASTSIDE HOPE: $800 → 7%BENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC: $250k → 8%THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $150k → 16%AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $600 → 7%SHELTER TECH: $10k → 10%BENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC: $75k → 8%COMMUNITY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL: $500 → 10%Network of Engaged International Donors Global Inc: $24k → 16%THORN: $4.5M → 14%THORN: $500k → 14%CATALYST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY INC: $2k → 14%CHOOSE LOVE INC: $10k → 17%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $25k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $250k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $200k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $75k → 10%GLASSWING INTERNATIONAL USA: $75k → 17%TIDES CENTER: $3k → 10%Jan Sahas USA Inc: $600k → 14%JAN SAHAS USA INC: $150k → 14%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER BAY AREA: $5k → 10%BRAZIL CHILD HEALTH INC: $250k → 17%BRAZIL CHILD HEALTH INC: $150k → 17%ACCOUNTABILITY LAB INC: $125k → 14%HIP HOP PUBLIC HEALTH INC: $750k → 17%Hip Hop Public Health Inc: $250k → 17%Hip Hop Public Health Inc: $250k → 17%Hip Hop Public Health Inc: $12k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $1.0M → 17%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $13k → 17%GLASSWING INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $10k → 17%FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $25k → 14%APOPO US INC: $75k → 14%APOPO US INC: $50k → 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

AK
ME
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 23% of all-years giving ($97M)

32 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
United Kingdom$20M · 53 grants
Brazil$11M · 34 grants
Nigeria$10M · 24 grants
Switzerland$7.0M · 3 grants
India$6.7M · 32 grants
Kenya$6.6M · 8 grants
South Africa$4.7M · 23 grants
Pakistan$4.6M · 7 grants
Indonesia$4.3M · 13 grants
Tanzania$4.0M · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 12% of The Skoll Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Skoll Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 26% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$249M · 229 repeat orgs$90M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

229 repeat relationships: 84 still active in FY2024, 145 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

229
302

Total granted

$249M
$82M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+8%

Still filing today

72%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.7M 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
InternationalEducationPhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • TF
    TED FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $8.0M · revenue +58%
  • LG
    LIVING GOODS
    4× · 2020–2024 · $6.0M · revenue +59%
  • PG
    PANORAMA GLOBAL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5.4M · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • NF
    NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $7.2M · revenue -35%
  • RC
    RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5.0M · revenue ×25 · 74% of their budget
  • SU
    SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE
    one grant, 2020 · $4.0M
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
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
2
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
3
Partnersglobal

Partnersglobal (partners) works through a global network to support local leaders and create partnerships that transform conflict, strengthen democratic institutions, and achieve sustainable development.

International
4
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
5
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
6
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
7
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
8
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
9
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
10
Activate Global Inc

Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. activate partners with u.s. based funders, research institutions, and other pillars of the hard technology community to help entrepreneurial…

Environment
11
Partnership On Ai to Benefit People and Society

Bringing diverse voices together across global sectors, disciplines, and demographics so developments in ai advance positive outcomes for people and society.

Science & Tech
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Policylink; the most unlike its peers is T Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

442 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. 442 of the 592 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.

29
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
53
Early backer (in before they grew)
437/442
Grantees still filing
253/442
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The ONE Campaign: $12,000,000 · OtherThe ONE CampaignGLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA: $7,000,000 · OtherNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $7,205,000 · Other+104 more: $150,004,661 · Other+104 moreMAYO CLINIC: $26,703,785 · HealthMAYO CLINICLAST MILE HEALTH: $4,882,416 · HealthLAST MILE HEAL…PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $4,725,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HE…NOORA HEALTH: $3,550,000 · HealthNOORA HEALTHRESOLVE TO SAVE LIVES INC: $3,000,000 · HealthRESOLVE TO SAV…THE HEALTH INITIATIVE INC: $2,000,000 · Health+6 more: $4,780,000 · Health+6 moreLIVING GOODS: $6,000,000 · InternationalLIVING GOODS50BREAKTHROUGHS FOUNDATION: $5,500,350 · International50BREAKTHROU…PANORAMA GLOBAL: $5,370,500 · InternationalPANORAMA GLO…EDUCATE GIRLS: $3,050,000 · InternationalEDUCATE GIRL…GIVE2ASIA: $3,042,000 · InternationalGIVE2ASIAFINANCING ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH: $2,535,000 · InternationalFINANCING AL…MYRIAD USA INC: $2,504,568 · InternationalMYRIAD USA I…WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $2,250,000 · InternationalMUSO INC: $2,025,000 · InternationalAVINA AMERICAS INC: $1,500,000 · International+14 more: $10,777,895 · International+14 moreNEW VENTURE FUND: $15,382,700 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE …THE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $10,000,000 · EnvironmentTHE ALLIANCE…WINDWARD FUND: $4,133,334 · EnvironmentWINDWARD FUN…The Partnership Project Inc: $2,500,000 · EnvironmentThe Partners…RIGHTS AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE INC: $2,000,000 · EnvironmentCERES INC: $2,000,000 · EnvironmentNIA TERO FOUNDATION: $1,750,000 · Environment+5 more: $3,940,000 · Environment+5 moreROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $6,475,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLE…Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $6,350,000 · PhilanthropyAmalgamate…TIDES FOUNDATION: $5,500,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUN…RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC: $5,000,000 · PhilanthropyRF CATALYT…THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES: $2,000,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MAYOR'…+15 more: $9,813,938 · Philanthropy+15 moreTED FOUNDATION INC: $8,000,000 · Community ImprovementNDN COLLECTIVE INC: $3,750,350 · Community ImprovementPOLICYLINK: $2,765,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMON FUTURE: $2,250,000 · Community ImprovementNEW PROFIT INC: $1,770,000 · Community ImprovementFAIR COUNT INC: $1,600,000 · Community ImprovementAmerican Sustainable Business Institute Inc: $1,532,000 · Community ImprovementFINANCIAL HEALTH NETWORK INC: $1,500,000 · Community ImprovementTHE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC: $1,312,500 · Community ImprovementVOTE RUN LEAD INC: $1,000,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $1,715,000 · Community ImprovementTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $5,515,200 · EducationUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $3,251,915 · EducationVILLAGEREACH: $2,500,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $1,389,726 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,045,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $1,000,400 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 · EducationTHE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $800,000 · Education+4 more: $1,650,000 · Education
Other$176,209,661Health$49,641,201International$44,555,313Environment$41,706,034Philanthropy$35,138,938Community Improvement$27,194,850Education$18,152,241

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetMAYO CLINIC: $26,703,785 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $15,382,700 over 4y, 0.9% of 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 budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $6,475,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $6,350,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetLIVING GOODS: $6,000,000 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $5,515,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budget50BREAKTHROUGHS FOUNDATION: $5,500,350 over 3y, 72% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $5,500,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 budgetWINDWARD FUND: $4,133,334 over 4y, 0.9% 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 budgetGIVE2ASIA: $3,042,000 over 3y, 3.0% 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 budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $2,504,568 over 5y, 1.5% 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 budgetTIDES CENTER: $1,678,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds The ONE Campaign ↗
  • Who funds THE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION ↗
  • Who funds TED FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds LIVING GOODS ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds 50BREAKTHROUGHS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PANORAMA GLOBAL ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND CIVIC LIFE ↗
  • Who funds THORN ↗
  • Who funds HUMANITARIAN OPENSTREETMAP TEAM UNITED STATES INC ↗
  • Who funds RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds LAST MILE HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CODE FOR AMERICA LABS INC ↗
  • Who funds WINDWARD FUND ↗
  • Who funds CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD ↗
  • Who funds NDN COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds NOORA HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATE GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds GIVE2ASIA ↗
  • Who funds RESOLVE TO SAVE LIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds POLICYLINK ↗
  • Who funds PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT ↗

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 FundThe David and Lucile …The William & Flora H…Gates FoundationThe Rockefeller Found…Conrad N Hilton Found…Silicon Valley Commun…The Ford FoundationGordon E and Betty I …John D and Catherine …Mulago FoundationJewish Community Fede…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Youthbuild Global Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • College for Social Innovation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Broad Institute Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Citizen Schools Inc: 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • The Walden Woods Project: 6% of income from government
  • Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Skoll Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Skoll 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 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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