· Private foundation
The Summit Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $46k
- $10k–50k39 grants · $1.1M
- $50k–250k55 grants · $5.6M
- $250k+2 grants · $550k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ALLIANCE WORLDWIDE | $300,000 |
| MESOAMERICAN REEF FUND | $250,000 |
| CORAL REEF ALLIANCE | $245,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $225,000 |
| HEALTHY REEFS FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE INC | $200,000 |
| ASOCIACION INTERAMERICANA PARA LA DEFENSA DEL AMBIENTE (AIDA) | $175,000 |
| OCEANA INC | $175,000 |
| HEALTHY REEFS FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE INC | $151,300 |
| PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE | $150,000 |
| FRIENDS OF TURNEFFE ATOLL DBA TURNEFFE ATOLL TRUST | $150,000 |
| SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION | $150,000 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | $150,000 |
| INNOVATION NETWORK FOR COMMUNITIES | $150,000 |
| GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PARTNERSHIP | $150,000 |
| SMART GROWTH AMERICA | $150,000 |
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: 70% of grant dollars ($15M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 30% that went abroad ($6.7M) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $470k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 43% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 30% of all-years giving ($6.7M)
9 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 10% of The Summit Charitable Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 19% of the giving stays in DC; by stated purpose, 15%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
90 repeat relationships: 70 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS NETWORK3× · 2020–2024 · $687k · revenue +71%- GPGLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PARTNERSHIP3× · 2022–2024 · $613k · revenue +105%
- TCTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE3× · 2022–2024 · $610k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- WWWomen Win Foundation Incone grant, 2022 · $120k · revenue -87%
Emerald Cities Collaborative Incgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $95k · revenue +54%- RRAREgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $80k · revenue +87%
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.
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.
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
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…
E3g is a leading international not-for-profit think tank specialising in climate diplomacy harnessing expertise in the politics and economics of climate change.
International Rivers protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them.
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.
Global greengrants fund seeds grassroots environmental action and social justice through small grants. we support change from the ground up by channeling donations to local projects and grassroots campaigns for environmental justice around…
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
The global impact investing network, inc. is dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing to solve systemic problems facing people and the planet. impact investments are investments made into companies,…
Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.
Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…
Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.
How this is measured
104 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 104 of the 145 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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- Who funds URBAN SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS NETWORK ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PARTNERSHIP ↗
- Who funds THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ALLIANCE WORLDWIDE ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SMART GROWTH AMERICA ↗
- Who funds THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION ↗
- Who funds Girl Rising ↗
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- Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
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- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds INNOVATION NETWORK FOR COMMUNITIES INC ↗
- Who funds ASOCIACION INTERAMERICANA PARA LA DEFENSA DEL AMBIENTE ↗
- Who funds Public Health Institute ↗
- Who funds PANORAMA GLOBAL ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT ECONOMY ↗
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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.
Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Ford Foundation · United States Energy Foundation · New Venture Fund · Freedom Together Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Natural Resources Defense Council Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Barr Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Tides Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Summit Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Summit Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance: 39% of income from government
- Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc: 5% of income from government
- Boston Ballet Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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