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The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$244k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2025
48
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,900
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 55
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$6.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsOther
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
FY2025still arriving49$238k37%
FY202448$236k23%
FY202349$159k29%
FY202255$163k44%
FY202136$142k19%
FY202048$236k50%
FY201930$223k50%
FY201836$272k56%
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$787kEducation$276kInternational$215kArts & Culture$186kPhilanthropy$98kHealth$82kCommunity Improvement$40kReligion$39kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
VT
WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 89 grantees
All grantees of The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Conservation Action Research Network$284,950933%
Mongabay Org Corp$190,00093%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$80,00040%
Earthwatch Institute Inc$71,78890%
California Native Plant Society$59,45061%
California Institute for Biodiversity$50,00017%
La-Mas Inc$40,00032%
Fractured Atlas Inc$31,48530%
Pacific Council on International Policy$31,25080%
World Central Kitchen Inc$27,09540%
If Not Us Then Who$25,0001n/a
Physicians for Social Responsibility$25,00012%
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences$23,50060%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$22,50090%
Halfthestory$20,00015%
Women Make Movies Inc$20,00010%
Ole Health Foundation$19,00050%
Glen Canyon Institute$17,00052%
Red Letter Christians$15,00016%
Kqed Inc$13,00090%
Mountains Restoration Trust$12,50021%
University of Santa Monica$12,00030%
Earthjustice$12,00090%
Laurel Canyon Land Trust$11,27812%
Dancers Group$10,0001n/a
Wildaid Inc$10,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$9,60040%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$8,00070%
Garden School Foundation Inc$7,00012%
Sierra Club$6,70070%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$6,00030%
Desert Dharma Dog Rescue$5,5002n/a
Get Lit - Words Ignite Inc$5,25010%
Union Station Homeless Services$5,00010%
Path$5,00010%
Feeding America$5,00010%
Scripps College$4,00020%
St Helena Hospital Foundation$4,00040%
Summer Search$3,70060%
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region$3,20010%
Beloved Asheville$3,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$3,00010%
Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children$2,50010%
Armenia Fund Inc$2,50010%
The California Desert Land Conservancy$2,30010%
Feeding Southwest Virginia$2,11310%
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc$2,00010%
Pups Without Borders$2,00010%
Women for Women International$2,00010%
Community Action of Napa Valley$2,00010%
Friends of the Cameo$2,00010%
Vanderpump Dog Foundation$2,0001n/a
Pasadena Humane$2,0001n/a
Compassion International Incorporated$2,00010%
The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights$2,00010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$2,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,70060%
National Parks Conservation Association$1,40050%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,30060%
The Midnight Mission$1,00010%
Finca International Inc$1,00030%
United in Harmony$1,00010%
Climate Emergency Fund$1,00010%
Collabria Care$1,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$1,00040%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association$1,00010%
St Helena Community Food Pantry$1,0001n/a
One Tree Planted Inc$1,00010%
The Lorian Association$85020%
Bay Area Ridge Trail Council$75030%
Oxfam-America Inc$70020%
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation$52510%
The Laundry Truck La$50010%
Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church Inc$50010%
3-D Space$5001n/a
Wounded Paw Project$50010%
The Friends Foundation$50011%
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$50010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$40040%
Sempervirens Fund$40040%
California State Parks Foundation$40040%
Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism$25010%
Aeon America Inc$25010%
California Academy of Sciences$20820%
Boys & Girls Clubs of St Helena and Calistoga Inc$20010%
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc$15010%
Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation Inc$10010%
American Forests$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 68 recipients with no EIN on record ($637k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 82 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetConservation Action Research Network: $284,950 over 9y, 33% of budgetMongabay Org Corp: $190,000 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEarthwatch Institute Inc: $71,788 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCalifornia Native Plant Society: $59,450 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCalifornia Institute for Biodiversity: $50,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetLa-Mas Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $31,485 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Council on International Policy: $31,250 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $27,095 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians for Social Responsibility: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCrossroads School for Arts and Sciences: $23,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCorporation of the Fine Arts Museums: $22,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHalfthestory: $20,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetWomen Make Movies Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOle Health Foundation: $19,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGlen Canyon Institute: $17,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetRed Letter Christians: $15,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetKqed Inc: $13,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMountains Restoration Trust: $12,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Santa Monica: $12,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEarthjustice: $12,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLaurel Canyon Land Trust: $11,278 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWildaid Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $9,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGarden School Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSierra Club: $6,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGet Lit - Words Ignite Inc: $5,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnion Station Homeless Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPath: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScripps College: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Helena Hospital Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSummer Search: $3,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region: $3,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeloved Asheville: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWater Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetArmenia Fund Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe California Desert Land Conservancy: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding Southwest Virginia: $2,113 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPups Without Borders: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWomen for Women International: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Action of Napa Valley: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Cameo: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 82.

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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.

Marin Community FoundationCA23.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Community Foundation of the Napa Valley · Tides Foundation · California Community Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · Tecumseh Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Craig and Kathryn Hall Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Annenberg 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.

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About The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation

How much does The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation give?
The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $243,896 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (37%), Education (13%), International (10%).
Who are The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Conservation Action Research Network ($285k), Mongabay Org Corp ($190k), Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc ($80k).
Does The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Community Foundation of the Napa Valley, Tides Foundation.
Where is The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey Foundation based?
The Skyscrape Foundation Formerly the Marie D Jeffrey 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 163 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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