Kansas · Private foundation
Unlikely Collaborators 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.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 87%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $55,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $799,153
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 31
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $37M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 87% of the organizations Unlikely Collaborators Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $1.8M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $2.3M | 87% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $235k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern University | $1,578,525 | 2 | 0% |
| Naropa University | $250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kalw Public Media Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Holistic Life Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Harvest Home Inc | $175,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Pen America Los Angeles Fka Pen Center USA West | $130,566 | 1 | n/a |
| John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science | $110,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Street Poets Inc | $102,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Prison Yoga Project Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Swan Songs Musical Last Wishes | $60,000 | 2 | 6% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($778k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Unlikely Collaborators Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Unlikely Collaborators Inc · California Community Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About Unlikely Collaborators Foundation
- How much does Unlikely Collaborators Foundation give?
- Unlikely Collaborators Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $1,764,969 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 31 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Unlikely Collaborators Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Arts & Culture (17%), Civil Rights (11%).
- Who are Unlikely Collaborators Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Northeastern University ($1.6M), Naropa University ($250k), Kalw Public Media Inc ($200k).
- Does Unlikely Collaborators Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 87% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Unlikely Collaborators 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 Unlikely Collaborators Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Unlikely Collaborators Inc, California Community Foundation, Rose Community Foundation.
- Where is Unlikely Collaborators Foundation based?
- Unlikely Collaborators Foundation is based in KS.
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