· Private foundation
The Ticknor Foundation Inc
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
96% of The Ticknor Foundation Inc’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 21 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Ticknor Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 22 organizations, $130k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k26 grants · $80k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| STANFORD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | $10,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $10,000 |
| THE FOOD DEPOT | $10,000 |
| LUCILE PACKARD FOUND FOR CHILDRENS | $10,000 |
| KCTS 9 | $10,000 |
| FOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY | $7,500 |
| CHRIST HOUSE | $5,000 |
| RICHMOND EMERGENCY FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| SF MARIN FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| KUOW 949 | $5,000 |
| IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL | $5,000 |
| LOCKER 505 - STUDENTS CLOTHING BANK | $5,000 |
| THE ACCESS FUND | $5,000 |
| FOOD IS FREE SOLANO | $5,000 |
| Awhs Falcon Foundation | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2022, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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 FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CPCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA7× · 2017–2023 · $70k · revenue +158%
- FBFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY4× · 2020–2023 · $35k · revenue +8%
- TATHE ACCESS FUND7× · 2017–2023 · $33k · revenue +11%
Funded once
- CHCATHOLIC HOUSING SERVICESone grant, 2017 · $10k
- SASALVATION ARMYone grant, 2019 · $9k
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMYone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.
On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…
United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
How this is measured
30 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. 30 of the 49 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.
- Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
- Who funds CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY ↗
- Who funds THE ACCESS FUND ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE ↗
- Who funds PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Christ House ↗
- Who funds AWHS FALCON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Bucknell University ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds CANAL ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE FOOD DEPOT ↗
- Who funds IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
- Who funds Side By Side ↗
- Who funds MARIN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Lime Foundation ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MARIN COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Food is Free Solano ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
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: Marin Community Foundation · Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ticknor Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ticknor Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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