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TRA Fund at a glance

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TRA Fund

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.

$572k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$135k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$435kInternational$368kHuman Services$179kEducation$96kPhilanthropy$83kFood & Nutrition$65kArts & Culture$50kReligion$41kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $304k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $235k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$135,000
West Marin Fund$50,000
Art Rogers Project$50,000
Solar Electric Light Fund$49,000
Partners Asia$43,000
Sabal Foundation$36,000
Razom$30,000
Point Reyes National Seashore$20,000
Feather River Land Trust$20,000
SF Marin Food Bank$20,000
Lo Gyalpo Jigme Foundation$14,000
Individual grant recipient$12,000
American Himalayan Foundation$10,000
High Country News$10,000
dZi Foundation$10,000
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 (FY17–25, $145k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Atlas Cultural Foundation: $5k → 10%Proximity 2 Humanity: $10k → 13%dZi Foundation: $20k → 7%Atlas Cultural Foundation: $2k → 10%dZi Foundation: $15k → 7%Atlas Cultural Foundation: $2k → 10%dZi Foundation: $12k → 7%Atlas Cultural Foundation: $2k → 10%dZi Foundation: $10k → 7%Atlas Cultural Foundation: $2k → 10%World Food Program: $10k → 14%dZi Foundation: $10k → 7%dZi Foundation: $10k → 7%dZi Foundation: $10k → 7%dZi Foundation: $10k → 7%World Food Program: $5k → 14%dZi Foundation: $10k → 7%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

WA
MT
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 32 repeat orgs$845k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
20

Total granted

$1.5M
$548k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
0%

Still filing today

72%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $297k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • FR
    FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST
    8× · 2018–2025 · $180k · revenue +60%
  • PA
    Partners Asia
    8× · 2018–2025 · $164k · revenue +130%
  • TW
    THE WEST MARIN FUND
    3× · 2022–2025 · $110k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $400k
  • FF
    Foundation for Burma
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $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
International Rivers Network

International Rivers protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them.

Environment
2
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
3
Amazon Watch Inc

To protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with Indigenous communities in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon Basin's…

Environment
4
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
5
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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6
Grist Magazine Inc

Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.

Environment
7
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
8
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
9
Water for South Sudan Inc

Water for South Sudan delivers direct, transformative and sustainable quality-of-life service to the people of South Sudan by efficiently providing access to clean, safe water and improving hygiene practices in areas of great need.

International
10
World Coffee Research

World coffee research unites the global coffee industry to drive science-based agricultural solutions to urgently secure a diverse and sustainable supply of quality coffee today and for generations to come. our mission is to grow, protect,…

International
11
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
12
Waterorg

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

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of the World Food Program Inc; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

31 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. 31 of the 62 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)
31/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $400,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $135,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $75,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANKArt Rogers Project: $50,000 · OtherPoint Reyes National Seashore: $45,000 · Other+34 more: $459,145 · Other+34 moreFEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST: $180,000 · EnvironmentFEATHER RIVER LAND …SOLAR ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND: $94,000 · EnvironmentSOLAR ELECTRIC LIGH…HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: $85,000 · EnvironmentHIGH COUNTRY NEWSBay Nature Institute dba Bay Nature Bay Nature Magazine: $50,000 · EnvironmentBay Nature Institut…The American Himalayan Foundation: $83,500 · InternationalThe American Hi…RAINFOREST TRUST: $75,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST TRUS…SEVA FOUNDATION: $69,000 · InternationalSEVA FOUNDATIONSave The Children Federation Inc: $30,000 · InternationalSave The Childr…RAZOM INC: $30,000 · InternationalRAZOM INC+4 more: $35,300 · International+4 morePartners Asia: $164,000 · Arts & CulturePartners …KITCHEN SISTERS: $31,000 · Arts & CultureKITCHEN S…DZI FOUNDATION: $107,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesATLAS CULTURAL FOUNDATION: $13,000 · Human ServicesPROXIMITY 2 HUMANITY CORPORATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE WEST MARIN FUND: $110,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $30,000 · HealthGLOBAL MIDWIFE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $12,000 · Health
Other$1,164,145Environment$409,000International$322,800Arts & Culture$195,000Human Services$145,000Philanthropy$115,000Health$42,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST: $180,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetPartners Asia: $164,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetTHE WEST MARIN FUND: $110,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetDZI FOUNDATION: $107,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetSOLAR ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND: $94,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetHIGH COUNTRY NEWS: $85,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe American Himalayan Foundation: $83,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $75,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $75,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION: $69,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBay Nature Institute dba Bay Nature Bay Nature Magazine: $50,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetUC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKITCHEN SISTERS: $31,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT JUSTICE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetATLAS CULTURAL FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetGLOBAL MIDWIFE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetPOINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROXIMITY 2 HUMANITY CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen for Afghan Women Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPrison Dharma Network Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET: $5,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE OF NOETIC SCIENCES: $1,120 over 2y, 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 FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Partners Asia ↗
  • Who funds THE WEST MARIN FUND ↗
  • Who funds DZI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOLAR ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND ↗
  • Who funds HIGH COUNTRY NEWS ↗
  • Who funds The American Himalayan Foundation ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds SEVA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Bay Nature Institute dba Bay Nature Bay Nature Magazine ↗
  • Who funds UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KITCHEN SISTERS ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds RAZOM INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLAS CULTURAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL MIDWIFE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds POINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY ↗

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.

Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…Tides FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Texas Instruments Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
Marin Community FoundationCA14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Tides Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Texas Instruments Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 TRA Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from TRA Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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.

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 62 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home