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The Uplands Family Foundation

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.

$236k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 56
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$3.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Uplands Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationEnvironmentHealthRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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 arriving31$236k10%
FY202335$225k20%
FY202246$287k13%
FY202147$285k13%
FY202038$290k34%
FY201947$278k34%
FY201852$327k54%
FY201756$340kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$937kPhilanthropy$279kHealth$187kHuman Services$182kArts & Culture$169kInternational$166kEnvironment$162kFood & Nutrition$113kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
IL
NY
MA
NV
NJ
CT
CA
VA
AZ
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Bone Health$150,00059%
Mount Tamalpais School$145,00040%
Center for International Policy Inc$112,00022%
Heyday$109,20043%
La Familia Sana$92,50039%
Mark Day School$90,00050%
10000 Degrees$70,10060%
Scopa Has a Dream Inc Dba Corazon Healdsburg$65,50041%
Agricultural Institute of Marin$65,00050%
Reach Shirati$51,00089%
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All grantees of The Uplands Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Bone Health$150,00059%
Mount Tamalpais School$145,00040%
Center for International Policy Inc$112,00022%
Heyday$109,20043%
La Familia Sana$92,50039%
Mark Day School$90,00050%
10000 Degrees$70,10060%
Scopa Has a Dream Inc Dba Corazon Healdsburg$65,50041%
Agricultural Institute of Marin$65,00050%
Reach Shirati$51,00089%
Marin Primary & Middle School$50,00020%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$45,60040%
Chatham Hall$41,50070%
Mongabay Org Corp$27,50060%
Marin Montessori School$25,00010%
Northeast Harbor Library$24,50081%
College of the Atlantic$22,00050%
Island Housing Trust Corporation$20,00040%
The Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute$20,00040%
The Representation Project$17,50050%
Pepperwood Foundation$16,50070%
Marin Horizon School Inc$16,00050%
Cate School$15,00020%
Marin Catholic High School$12,5001n/a
The Little School-Tiburon$12,50012%
Canal Alliance$12,50060%
The University of Puget Sound$12,00050%
The Innocence Project Inc$11,00060%
Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County$10,00011%
Saint Patrick Church$10,0002n/a
Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences$10,00011%
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc$10,00060%
Earth Innovation Institute$10,00010%
Sonoma County Vintners Foundation$10,00011%
Hopalong Animal Rescue$9,50050%
Dry Creek Pomo Traditional Dancers$9,0005n/a
Kqed Inc$8,50050%
Adopt a Family of Marin$7,00030%
The Milo Foundation$7,00040%
Northern Sonoma County Fire Foundation$7,00032%
Healdsburg Futbol Club Association$6,00038%
Siempre Unidos$6,00021%
Environmental Forum of Marin$5,5003n/a
Mount Desert Nursing Assoc$5,00020%
Bay Area Discovery Museum$5,00020%
Northeast Harbor Sailing School$5,00010%
Turning Green$5,00010%
The Synergos Institute Inc$5,00010%
Hills Conservation Network$5,00023%
Belvedere Tiburon Library Foundation$5,00040%
Bloom Marin$4,50020%
Sonoma Land Trust$4,00020%
Laguna De Santa Rosa Foundation$4,00020%
Fibershed$3,50020%
Chp 11-99 Foundation$3,5001n/a
Marin Humane Society$3,00010%
East Bay Media Center$3,00021%
Aldea Inc$2,50010%
Make Uc a Good Neighbor$2,5001n/a
The Oakland Public Education Fund$2,50010%
Berkeley Tennis Club Foundation$2,5001n/a
Prospect Sierra School$2,50010%
Mount Desert Nursery School$2,50011%
The Ocean Foundation$2,50010%
Bloom$2,5001n/a
Worth Our Weight$2,00011%
Berkeley Public Library Foundation$2,00011%
Latino Service Providers$2,0001n/a
La Clinica de la Raza Inc$2,00010%
College Track$2,00010%
Berkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund$2,00010%
YouthBeat$2,0001n/a
University of Arizona Foundation$2,00010%
Alliance Medical Center Inc$2,00010%
Access Institute for Psychological Services$2,00010%
Casa Latina$2,00010%
Orangutan Outreach Inc Attn Richard Zimmerman$2,00010%
No Bully$2,00010%
Peer Health Exchange Inc$2,00010%
One Arizona$2,0001n/a
Mill Valley Public Library$2,0002n/a
Wildcare$2,00010%
Progeorgia State Table Inc$2,00010%
Naturebridge$1,50010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$1,00010%
Summer Search$1,00010%
National Alopecia Areata Foundation$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($669k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Uplands Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Bone Health: $150,000 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetMount Tamalpais School: $145,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for International Policy Inc: $112,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHeyday: $109,200 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetLa Familia Sana: $92,500 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetMark Day School: $90,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budget10000 Degrees: $70,100 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetScopa Has a Dream Inc Dba Corazon Healdsburg: $65,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetAgricultural Institute of Marin: $65,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetReach Shirati: $51,000 over 8y, 9.0% of budgetMarin Primary & Middle School: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $45,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChatham Hall: $41,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMongabay Org Corp: $27,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMarin Montessori School: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNortheast Harbor Library: $24,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCollege of the Atlantic: $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Housing Trust Corporation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Representation Project: $17,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPepperwood Foundation: $16,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMarin Horizon School Inc: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCate School: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Little School-Tiburon: $12,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCanal Alliance: $12,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Puget Sound: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCareer Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAcademy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Innovation Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSonoma County Vintners Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHopalong Animal Rescue: $9,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetKqed Inc: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt a Family of Marin: $7,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Milo Foundation: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Sonoma County Fire Foundation: $7,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetHealdsburg Futbol Club Association: $6,000 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetSiempre Unidos: $6,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMount Desert Nursing Assoc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBay Area Discovery Museum: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Harbor Sailing School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTurning Green: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Synergos Institute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHills Conservation Network: $5,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetBelvedere Tiburon Library Foundation: $5,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBloom Marin: $4,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSonoma Land Trust: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 74.

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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 FoundationCA49.9× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · East Bay Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Peter E Haas Jr Family Fund · Bothin Foundation · Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Susanna Porter & James Clark Giving Fund

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 Uplands Family Foundation

How much does The Uplands Family Foundation give?
The Uplands Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $236,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Uplands Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (37%), Philanthropy (11%), Health (7%).
Who are The Uplands Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Bone Health ($150k), Mount Tamalpais School ($145k), Center for International Policy Inc ($112k).
Does The Uplands Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Uplands Family 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 Uplands Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
Where is The Uplands Family Foundation based?
The Uplands Family 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 139 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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