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Timely Rain

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.

$253k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$229k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$433kArts & Culture$233kHealth$31kEnvironment$15kInternational$6kPhilanthropy$5kCivil Rights$4kEducation$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $24k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $229k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CASA WERMA FOUNDATION$229,105
LIGHT OF BEROTSANA$7,500
Individual grant recipient$5,303
HEART ESSENCE SANGHA$4,000
THE GREAT STUPA$1,216
KHYENTSE FOUNDATION$1,039
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$900
SONOMA MOUNTAIN ZEN CENTER$500
PUNDARIKA FOUNDATION$500
NY CHARITIES$270
CHRONICLES PROJECT$250
Individual grant recipient$180
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$180
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TIP OF THE SPEAR LANDMINE REMOVAL: $258 → 9%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $75 → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE: $3k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
IL
NY
MA
OR
CA
CO
NM
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$387k · 18 repeat orgs$350k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
33

Total granted

$387k
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+7%

Still filing today

17%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $240k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureReligionEducationHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TS
    THE SAKYONG FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2022 · $97k · revenue -89%
  • NY
    NEW YORK SHAMBHALA MEDITATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $86k
  • SP
    SAKYONG POTRANG
    3× · 2018–2020 · $83k

Funded once

  • DM
    DRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER Formerly Shambhala Mountain Centergraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $45k · revenue +46%
  • BC
    BIOLOGIC COMMUNITY HEALTH
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • LL
    LUSCIOUS LANDS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
Shadhika Project

Shadhika believes in a future where each person in India can choose their own path to meaning, purpose, and happiness. Through global philanthropy and in-country programming, Shadhika believes that education is the most effective vehicle…

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4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
6
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc

The Fossey Fund is dedicated to the conservation and study of gorillas in Africa through a successful, people-centered approach: 1) Providing daily protection to gorillas, 2) Scientific research providing critical data on gorillas and…

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7
The Mountain Institute Inc

Advance the well- being of mountain people and conservation of mountain environments.

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8
Friends of the Earth

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…

Environment
9
The Bhutan Foundation

To support the people of Bhutan to reach their full potential by developing local capacity and facilitating global support.

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10
Ewam Choden

Founded and continuously overseen by Lama Kunga since 1973, Ewam Choden was one of the earliest Tibetan Buddhist centers on the west coast. The Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center is located in Kensington, a residential community in…

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11
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
12
Actionaid Usa

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…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environment America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Is 89 Parents Teachers Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 61 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW YORK SHAMBHALA MEDITATION: $86,132 · OtherNEW YORK SHAMBHALA MEDITATIONSAKYONG POTRANG: $83,074 · OtherSAKYONG POTRANGHEART ESSENCE SANGHA INC: $35,654 · OtherHEART ESSENCE SANGHA INCBIOLOGIC COMMUNITY HEALTH: $25,000 · OtherBIOLOGIC COMMUNITY HEALTHLIGHT OF BEROTSANA: $23,000 · OtherLIGHT OF BEROTSANASONOMA MOUNTAIN ZEN CENTER: $22,410 · OtherSONOMA MOUNTAIN ZEN CENTERLUSCIOUS LANDS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Other+37 more: $61,249 · Other+37 moreCASA WERMA FOUNDATION: $229,105 · Arts & CultureCASA WERMA FOUNDATION+3 more: $1,140 · Arts & CultureTHE SAKYONG FOUNDATION: $96,500 · ReligionTHE SAKYONG FOUNDATIONDRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER Formerly Shambhala Mountain Center: $45,000 · ReligionDRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER …+2 more: $2,039 · ReligionIS 89 PARENTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION: $1,700 · EducationMiddle Way School: $1,000 · EducationFRIENDS WITHOUT A BORDER: $1,000 · EducationLOTUS OUTREACH: $2,449 · Youth DevelopmentRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $500 · Youth DevelopmentEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · Human ServicesTIP OF THE SPEAR LANDMINE REMOVAL INC: $258 · Human Services+1 more: $75 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$351,519Arts & Culture$230,245Religion$143,539Education$3,700Youth Development$2,949Human Services$2,833Crime & Legal$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCASA WERMA FOUNDATION: $229,105 over 1y, 55% of budgetTHE SAKYONG FOUNDATION: $96,500 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetDRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER Formerly Shambhala Mountain Center: $45,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOTUS OUTREACH: $2,449 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIS 89 PARENTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION: $1,700 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetKHYENTSE FOUNDATION: $1,039 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKonchok Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMiddle Way School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS WITHOUT A BORDER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $825 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen for Afghan Women Inc: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNaropa University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $460 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWE THE PROTESTERS INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIP OF THE SPEAR LANDMINE REMOVAL INC: $258 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF BOULDER INC: $110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 CASA WERMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SAKYONG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER Formerly Shambhala Mountain Center ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LOTUS OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds IS 89 PARENTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds KHYENTSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Konchok Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Middle Way School ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS WITHOUT A BORDER ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Women for Afghan Women Inc ↗
  • Who funds Naropa University ↗

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.

Chintamani FoundationPema Chodron Foundati…Community Foundation …Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Chintamani FoundationCA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chintamani Foundation · Pema Chodron Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Timely Rain funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Timely Rain. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 61 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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