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Together We Can Make It Happen Foundatio

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$31k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$29kEmployment$8kYouth Development$7kHuman Services$6kEducation$6kPhilanthropy$2kCivil Rights$2kRecreation & Sports$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $21k
$258
Median grant
7
States reached
$105k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRID ALTERNATIVES$20,996
WATERSIDE WORKSHOPS$5,000
PRO PUBLICA$1,035
THE PARENTS CIRCLE FAMILIES FORUM$1,000
national immigration law center$1,000
ACTBLUE CHARITIES$430
FREE ROOT OPERATION$263
VENTANA WILDERNESS ALLIANCE$258
PARKING REFORM NETWORK$250
NATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NET$250
THE WHITE LINE$106
CLIMATE RIDE$104
GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$52
M2H$50
GLOBAL PURPOSE GROUP$50
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 (FY23–25, $150) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GLOBAL PURPOSE GROUP: $50 → 12%WOMEN'S DAYTIME DROP IN CENTER: $100 → 10%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

NH
MT
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39k · 11 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
48

Total granted

$39k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+8%

Still filing today

82%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • RS
    Rising Sun Center for Opportunity fka RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER
    5× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +89%
  • BP
    Berkeley Public Schools Fund
    2× · 2020–2021 · $615 · revenue +11%
  • FU
    FIREFIGHTERS UNITED FOR SAFETY ETHICS AND ECOLOGY
    2× · 2022–2024 · $413 · revenue +155%

Funded once

  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE MONTEREY BAY
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION MONTEREY
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
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
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
2
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
3
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
4
Bay Area Ridge Trail Council

To plan, promote and sustain a connected 550-mile hiking, cycling and equestrian trail on the ridge lines above the San Francisco Bay - linking people, parks and open spaces for today and future generations.

Unclassified
5
Taproot Earth

Taproot Earth works with communities to support strategies around the use of water, energy and land.

Environment
6
Sequoia Riverlands Trust

We conserve the lands and waters of California's heartland.

Environment
7
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
8
Boulder Watershed Collective

The Boulder Watershed Collective is a 501c3 non-profit stakeholder-driven organization established to address forested watershed health,resiliency and stewardship. We have three program areas: ClimateAdaptation and Resilience Watershed…

Environment
9
Truckee Trails Foundation Inc

The Truckee Trails Foundation (TTF) is working towards a system of trails and bikeways in and around Truckee, California that will connect people and places, reduce our community's dependence on automobiles, and improve our physical,…

Environment
10
Coastwalk

To ensure the right of the public to access and respectfully enjoy the California Coast. To work for the completion of the California Coastal Trail and to educate the public about the coast and ocean resources.

—
11
Bay Nature Institute dba Bay Nature Bay Nature Magazine

Bay Nature connects the people of the San Francisco Bay Area to our natural world and motivates people to solve problems with nature in mind. Our vision is that all people have a close relationship with theirnatural world.

Environment
12
Californians Against Waste Foundation

Research, develop and promote waste reduction policies and programs

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Immigration Law Center; the most unlike its peers is Native American Rights Fund Inc. 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

40 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. 40 of the 71 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
22/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRID ALTERNATIVES: $25,955 · OtherGRID ALTERNATIVESRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF: $5,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OFCALIFORNIA STATE MONTEREY BAY: $5,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA STATE MONTEREY BAY+50 more: $13,054 · Other+50 moreRising Sun Center for Opportunity fka RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER: $7,728 · Recreation & SportsRising Sun Ce…+2 more: $153 · Recreation & SportsWATERSIDE WORKSHOPS: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWATERSIDE …PRO PUBLICA INC: $1,035 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLIC…YOUTH SPIRIT ARTWORKS: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentDorothy Day House: $515 · Youth DevelopmentMEARTH: $100 · Youth DevelopmentPARKING REFORM NETWORK: $559 · EnvironmentCLIMATE RIDE INC: $260 · EnvironmentVENTANA WILDERNESS ALLIANCE: $258 · EnvironmentONONDAGA EARTH CORPS INC: $103 · EnvironmentThe Wildlands Conservancy: $102 · EnvironmentREGIONAL TRAIL CORPORATION: $100 · EnvironmentGREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE CONSERVANCY: $100 · EnvironmentNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $1,000 · Civil RightsNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $412 · Civil RightsTransformca dba Transform: $876 · Community Improvement
Other$49,009Recreation & Sports$7,881Arts & Culture$6,035Youth Development$1,615Environment$1,482Civil Rights$1,412Community Improvement$876

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 budgetRising Sun Center for Opportunity fka RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER: $7,728 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH SPIRIT ARTWORKS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTransformca dba Transform: $876 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEAST BAY HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS: $825 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBerkeley Public Schools Fund: $615 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKING REFORM NETWORK: $559 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FREE ROOT OPERATION INC: $519 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDorothy Day House: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIREFIGHTERS UNITED FOR SAFETY ETHICS AND ECOLOGY: $413 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBerkeley East Bay Humane Society Inc dba Berkeley Humane: $413 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $412 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $263 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLIMATE RIDE INC: $260 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBerkeley Public Library Foundation: $155 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE HORSE RESCUE: $123 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WHITE LINE: $106 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKARAM FOUNDATION: $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Walks: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONONDAGA EARTH CORPS INC: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGRARIAN LAND TRUST: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOLANO LAND TRUST: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN TRAILS: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $102 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wildlands Conservancy: $102 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMENS DAYTIME DROP-IN CENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL TRAIL CORPORATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE CONSERVANCY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEARTH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Bridges: $52 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL PURPOSE GROUP: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONYOUGH TRAIL COUNCIL: $50 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.

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.

East Bay Community Fo…Franklin Weinberg FundThe San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Marin Community Found…ImpactassetsincBernard E & Alba Witk…The William & Flora H…The Dean Witter Found…The Joseph and Vera L…Esb Charitable Founda…The California Wellne…
East Bay Community FoundationCA21.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · Franklin Weinberg Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Dean Witter Foundation · The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation · Esb Charitable Foundation · The California Wellness 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 Together We Can Make It Happen Foundatio funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Together We Can Make It Happen Foundatio. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Together We Can Make It Happen Foundatio?

    Find your warmest path to Together We Can Make It Happen Foundatio through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 71 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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