· Private foundation
Thunen Family 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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| INTREPID FALLEN HEROS FUND | $4,000 |
| USO | $4,000 |
| CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| WINGS OF AMERICA | $4,000 |
| FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE | $4,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | $4,000 |
| CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| STUDENTS RISING ABOVE | $2,500 |
| REACH WEST FOR SPECIAL ADUTS | $2,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS OF ALAMEDA COUNTY | $2,000 |
| KQED TV | $2,000 |
| WILLIAMS COLLEGE | $2,000 |
| BAY AREA OUTREACH AND RECREATION PROGRAM | $2,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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.
19 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 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, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FNFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE5× · 2020–2024 · $24k · revenue +255%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC5× · 2020–2024 · $24k · revenue +39%- CFCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC5× · 2020–2024 · $19k · revenue +67%
Funded once
ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANKgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +39%- NHNATIVE HAWAIIAN LEGAL CORPORATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +97%
EARTHJUSTICEgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +26%
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.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…
Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.
To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.
Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.
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…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.
To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.
The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 25 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 FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds THE EARTH CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE ↗
- Who funds Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program ↗
- Who funds Williams College ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KQED INC ↗
- Who funds REACH WEST FOR SPECIAL ADULTS ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF ALAMEDA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds J-SEI INC ↗
- Who funds NATIVE HAWAIIAN LEGAL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
- Who funds LIGHT FOR THE WORLD USA INC CO HERTA K ↗
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: McNabb Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thunen Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thunen Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Williams College: 0% of income from government
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