· Private foundation
Tim Allen 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $5k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $167k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $225k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MIDNIGHT MISSION | $75,000 |
| CAMPBELL HALL | $50,000 |
| CAMPBELL HALL | $50,000 |
| MIDNIGHT MISSION | $50,000 |
| FATHER KEN'S VINEYARD | $37,000 |
| SAY DETROIT | $30,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $25,000 |
| HOPE OF THE VALLEY RESCUE MISSION | $25,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $25,000 |
| BAY COMMUNITY THEATRE | $15,000 |
| SAG FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| VILLAGE OF NORTHPORT FIREWORKS | $2,500 |
| RAPE FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
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 (FY17–24, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +98% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE MIDNIGHT MISSION8× · 2017–2024 · $999k · revenue +43%- FKFather Kens Vineyard Inc7× · 2017–2024 · $226k · revenue +159%
- SDSAY DETROIT5× · 2018–2024 · $150k · revenue +104%
Funded once
- HOHOPE OF THE VALLEYone grant, 2021 · $129k
- SFSAN FERNANDO VALLEY RESCUEBMISSIONone grant, 2022 · $125k
ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2023 · $55k · revenue -6%
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 mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…
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.
Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…
The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…
Housing, employment, and physical and mental health services for women overcoming homelessness and poverty.
The david lynch foundation for consciousness-based education and world peace (the "foundation or "dlf") is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2005. the foundation helps to prevent and eradicate the epidemic of trauma and toxic…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 35 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 THE MIDNIGHT MISSION ↗
- Who funds Father Kens Vineyard Inc ↗
- Who funds SAY DETROIT ↗
- Who funds ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE THE MISSION ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL MOBILITY ↗
- Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE RAPE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds FISHTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds COMEDY GIVES BACK ↗
- Who funds ENRICHMENT WORKS ↗
- Who funds The Inkwell Theater Inc ↗
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: California Community Foundation · 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 Tim Allen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tim Allen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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