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Tomkat Ranch Educational 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.

$480k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2024
56
Organizations funded FY2023
25%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$359,000
Organizations funded a year
28 to 66
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$1.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $157k 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
EnvironmentFood & NutritionEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving39$480k18%
FY202356$1.7M25%
FY202266$3.7M44%
FY202152$3.1M46%
FY202036$2.0M50%
FY201934$937k47%
FY201831$2.3M52%
FY201728$887kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$5.3MFood & Nutrition$3.4MAnimals$2.9MCommunity Improvement$957kEducation$701kPhilanthropy$514kRecreation & Sports$407kHuman Services$305kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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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
Center for Ecoliteracy$4,014,750650%
Point Reyes Bird Observatory$2,899,68384%
The Regensis Institute$650,000149%
Foodcorps Inc$625,00031%
Eat Learn Play Foundation$455,37521%
California Association of Food Banks$427,62510%
Meridian Institute$426,34361%
Allensworth Progressive Association$396,565286%
Fresh Approach$232,50034%
Puente de la Costa Sur$210,97181%
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All grantees of Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Ecoliteracy$4,014,750650%
Point Reyes Bird Observatory$2,899,68384%
The Regensis Institute$650,000149%
Foodcorps Inc$625,00031%
Eat Learn Play Foundation$455,37521%
California Association of Food Banks$427,62510%
Meridian Institute$426,34361%
Allensworth Progressive Association$396,565286%
Fresh Approach$232,50034%
Puente de la Costa Sur$210,97181%
Fresno Food Commons Trust$200,000148%
Asian Business Institute & Resource Center$199,000212%
Urban Tilth$170,00022%
Food Bank for Monterey County$157,82520%
The Land Institute$125,00022%
Center for Food Safety$125,00022%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$114,00030%
Farm2People$110,400266%
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation$100,00021%
Goatapelli Foundation$100,000173%
League of United Latin American Citizens$100,0001n/a
Ecdysis Foundation$100,00012%
Skidmore College$100,00010%
Western Landowners Alliance$90,00062%
Multiplier$86,90030%
Vida Verde Nature Education$85,00081%
Modoc Harvest$80,000127%
Homeless Garden Project$77,98033%
Yolo Farm to Fork$75,000121%
Community Alliance With Family Farmers$73,05062%
Sonoma Family Meal$56,25013%
Marin Performing Stars$56,00019%
California Farmlink$54,50041%
Ecotrust$50,00011%
Real Organic Project Inc$50,00022%
Women in Ranching Inc$50,00029%
Pie Ranch$45,68271%
Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project$45,00013%
First Nations Development Institute$40,00020%
African American Farmers of California$37,8002n/a
Ecological Farming Association$36,87581%
World Food Bank Kitchen and Urban F Arm$36,000151%
Special Service for Groups Inc$35,00010%
Oregon State University Foundation$35,00080%
White Buffalo Land Trust$34,00051%
American Grassfed Research and Education Foundation$28,5007n/a
Tzicatl Community Development Corporation$25,00011%
Movement Strategy Center$25,00010%
Green Technical Education and Employment$25,00021%
Holistic Manangement International$25,00081%
Land Together Dba Insight Garden Program$25,00021%
Civil Eats$25,00051%
Curiodyssey$25,00030%
Sustainable Food Alliance Inc$25,00014%
Croatan Institute$20,00011%
Community Initiatives$20,00020%
Planting Justice$20,00020%
Farm to Pantry$20,00014%
Community Movement Builders Inc$20,00011%
Land Core$20,00013%
The Heal Project$17,23872%
Quivira Coalition Inc$17,00070%
Earth Island Institute Inc$16,50050%
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders$16,49121%
Amah Mutsun Land Trust$16,00050%
Pesticide Action Network North America$15,00010%
The University Foundation California State University Chico$15,00010%
People Food and Land Foundation$15,00012%
Scopa Has a Dream Inc Dba Corazon Healdsburg$15,00010%
Sustainable Economic Enterprises of la Dba Food Access Los Angeles$15,00010%
Kitchen Table Advisors$12,30060%
Health Care Without Harm$12,00060%
Agricultural Institute of Marin$11,76520%
The Grassfed Exchange$11,00032%
Savory Instituteorg Inc$10,50050%
Sundance Institute$10,00010%
San Francisco Parks Alliance$10,00010%
State Innovation Exchange$9,50040%
Abundant Grace Coastside Worker Inc$6,65021%
California Association of Resource Conservation Districts$6,00020%
Cabrillo College Foundation$6,00010%
Pescadero Education Foundation$5,44144%
Muchia Te Indigenous Land Trust$5,413232%
Zero Foodprint$5,00012%
Stone Barns Restoration Corp DBA Stone Barns Center for Food & Agri$5,00010%
CANERS Foundation Endowment for Research and Scholarship$5,00013%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$5,00010%
Ravenswood Education Foundation$3,89120%
Peninsula Open Space Trust$3,00010%
Square Peg Foundation$2,50020%
Mike Giannini FFA Scholarship Fndn$2,500214%
Quinn Institute$2,50012%
Equine Empowerment$2,500114%
At the Epicenter Dba Regenerative Rising$2,400144%
Agriculture and Land Based Training Association$2,06410%
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center$2,00020%
Society for Range Management$2,00030%
Ufw Foundation$2,00010%
Alas Ayudando Latinos a Sonar$1,86420%
Southwest Grassfed Livestock Alliance$1,5003n/a
Fibershed$1,5001n/a
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet$1,50010%
Friends of the Petaluma River$1,50020%
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County$1,00010%
National Wildlife Federation$1,00010%
Glynwood Center Inc$1,00010%
California Council of Land Trusts$1,00010%
North Valley Animal Disaster Group$1,00010%
Pescadero Public Radio Service$7501n/a
Live Earth Farm Discovery Program$61030%
Earth School Educational Foundation Inc$50010%
Pescadero Community Foundation$5001n/a
Roots of Resilience$5001n/a
California Rangeland Conservation Coalition$5001n/a
Cardea Center for Women Institute$5001n/a
Half Moon Bay High School PTO$42910%
Coalicion de Pequenos Agricultores En California$40011%
Mounted Patrol of San Mateo County Foundation$35011%
Intertribal Agriculture Council$25010%
Volunteers for Outdoor California$20011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 110 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCenter for Ecoliteracy: $4,014,750 over 6y, 50% of budgetPoint Reyes Bird Observatory: $2,899,683 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetThe Regensis Institute: $650,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetFoodcorps Inc: $625,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetEat Learn Play Foundation: $455,375 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCalifornia Association of Food Banks: $427,625 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMeridian Institute: $426,343 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetAllensworth Progressive Association: $396,565 over 2y, 86% of budgetFresh Approach: $232,500 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetPuente de la Costa Sur: $210,971 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetFresno Food Commons Trust: $200,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetAsian Business Institute & Resource Center: $199,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetUrban Tilth: $170,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetFood Bank for Monterey County: $157,825 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Land Institute: $125,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCenter for Food Safety: $125,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSustainable Markets Foundation: $114,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFarm2People: $110,400 over 2y, 66% of budgetRegenerative Agriculture Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGoatapelli Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 73% of budgetEcdysis Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSkidmore College: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Landowners Alliance: $90,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetMultiplier: $86,900 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVida Verde Nature Education: $85,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetModoc Harvest: $80,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetHomeless Garden Project: $77,980 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetYolo Farm to Fork: $75,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetCommunity Alliance With Family Farmers: $73,050 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetSonoma Family Meal: $56,250 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMarin Performing Stars: $56,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetCalifornia Farmlink: $54,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetEcotrust: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetReal Organic Project Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetWomen in Ranching Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetPie Ranch: $45,682 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetActa Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project: $45,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetFirst Nations Development Institute: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEcological Farming Association: $36,875 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetWorld Food Bank Kitchen and Urban F Arm: $36,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetSpecial Service for Groups Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $35,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWhite Buffalo Land Trust: $34,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTzicatl Community Development Corporation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMovement Strategy Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreen Technical Education and Employment: $25,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHolistic Manangement International: $25,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetLand Together Dba Insight Garden Program: $25,000 over 2y, 1.4% 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 110.

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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.

Community Foundation for San Benito CountyCA61.9× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for San Benito County · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Marin Community Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Tomkat Foundation · Globetrotter Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The San Francisco 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.

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About Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation

How much does Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation give?
Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $479,527 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 66 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (35%), Food & Nutrition (22%), Animals (19%).
Who are Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Center for Ecoliteracy ($4.0M), Point Reyes Bird Observatory ($2.9M), The Regensis Institute ($650k).
Does Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Tomkat Ranch Educational 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 Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for San Benito County, The Schmidt Family Foundation, Clif Family Foundation.
Where is Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation based?
Tomkat Ranch Educational 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 155 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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