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Whole Cities Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$750k
Granted FY2020
64
Grants FY2020
25
States reached
$25k
Largest
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01What it funds
01FY2020 · 64 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 64 grants below total $508,154, the rows itemized in this filing. The $749,982 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $241,828 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k50 grants · $298k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $211k
$5,000
Median grant
25
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Newark Science and Sustainability, Inc.$25,000
Farmshare Austin$22,000
Unified Vailsburg Services Organization$15,000
Ironbound Community Corporation$15,000
Newark Science and Sustainability$15,000
Urban Agriculture Cooperative$14,665
Hawk Mountain Earth Center$14,000
Viva Farms$13,000
Dunbar Garden$13,000
Red Hills Small Farm Alliance, Inc.$13,000
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice$13,000
Friends of Holly Hill Farm, Inc. Giving One Tenth Community Garden (Urban Agriculture Cooperative)$12,980
Landmark Training Development Company$12,694
Green Garden Bunches$12,190
Bonton Farms (Dallas Foundation)$9,755
02Its 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
Brooklyn Heights Community Garden

Brooklyn Heights Community Garden cultivates healthy community through growing food, intergenerational learning and creative play.

Community Improvement
2
Common Good City Farm

Common Good City Farm is an urban farm in Washington, DC, where community members source fresh food, see sustainable urban agriculture in action, and learn healthy skills. Our mission is to sustain and support a more equitable community…

Food & Nutrition
3
Urban Harvest Inc

Urban Harvest is transforming food accessibility in Greater Houston through partnerships with local farmers and gardeners, vibrant Farmers Markets and mobile markets, and comprehensive garden education. Our goal is not just to improve, but…

Environment
4
Healthy Harvest Community Garden
Environment
5
Sustainable Growers
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6
Sprout City Farms

Sprout city farms collaborates with communities to pursue food justice by cultivating innovative, restorative, and educational farms. sprout city farms envisions a thriving and equitable food system supported by a network of farms and…

Food & Nutrition
7
Development in Gardening

Development in Gardening is improving the nutrition and livelihoods of some of the world's most uniquely marginalized people by teaching them to plant regenerative gardens that grow health, wealth, and a sense of belonging.

Community Improvement
8
Chicago's Green City Market Program

Green city market is securing the future of food by deepening support for sustainable farmers, educating our community, and expanding access to locally-grown food.

Food & Nutrition
9
Soulful Seeds

To increase access to fresh, healthy food for the most vulnerable by building and maintaining gardens in their neighborhoods where we teach people to plant, grow, and harvest.

Environment
10
Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments Inc

The organization is committed to developing a sustainable community food system by bringing together diverse groups of people, with a focus on youth development, to establish community gardens, urban agriculture and community green spaces.…

Religion
11
Urban Tilth

Urban Tilth is a California nonprofit organization committed to educate diverse communities about organic gardening and to support a network of gardens dedicated to sustainable, local food production. Urban Tilth insipires, hires, and…

Environment
12
City Green Inc

To revitalize urban areas through agricultural and education programming. the organization offers practical, technical, and financial resources in support of environmental stewardship, equitable access to healthy food, and ecologically…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Health in the Hood Inc; the most unlike its peers is Isabahlia Ladies of Elegance Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
02the grantee network

51 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. 51 of the 63 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/51
Grantees still filing
38/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Ironbound Community Corporation: $15,000 · OtherIronbound Community CorporationYOUTH MINISTRIES FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE: $13,000 · OtherYOUTH MINISTRIES FOR PEACE AND JUSTICEDunbar Garden: $13,000 · OtherDunbar GardenFriends of Holly Hill Farm, Inc. Giving One Tenth Community Garden (Urban Agriculture Cooperative): $12,980 · OtherFriends of Holly Hill Farm, Inc. Giving One Tent…Green Garden Bunches: $12,190 · OtherGreen Garden BunchesBonton Farms (Dallas Foundation): $9,755 · OtherPROJECT USE: $8,130 · OtherGrow Nashua (United Way of Greater Nashua): $8,000 · OtherLowcountry Street Grocery (Slow Food SC - Charleston): $8,000 · OtherCity Slicker Farms: $8,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY SERVICES UNLIMITED INC: $8,000 · OtherFarmer Frog: $8,000 · OtherKANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS INC: $8,000 · Other+17 more: $85,000 · Other+17 moreFARMSHARE AUSTIN: $22,000 · Food & NutritionFARMSHARE AUSTINURBAN AGRICULTURE COOPERATIVE: $14,665 · Food & NutritionURBAN AGRICULTURE CO…VIVA FARMS: $13,000 · Food & NutritionVIVA FARMSRED HILLS SMALL FARM ALLIANCE INC: $13,000 · Food & NutritionRED HILLS SMALL FARM…Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network: $9,600 · Food & NutritionDetroit Black Commun…FRANKLINTON FARMS: $8,000 · Food & NutritionFRANKLINTON FARMSHigh Desert Food & Farm Alliance: $5,000 · Food & NutritionHigh Desert Food & F…EASTIE FARM INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionEASTIE FARM INCUNIFIED VAILSBURG SERVICES ORGANIZATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesUNIFIED VAILSBURG S…Community Matters Cincinnati Inc: $8,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Matters C…UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY CE…Growing Gardens: $8,000 · Human ServicesGrowing GardensSpecial Service for Groups Inc: $8,000 · Human ServicesSpecial Service for…NEW ROOTS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesNEW ROOTS INCSPECTRUM COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5,000 · Human ServicesSPECTRUM COMMUNITY …INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $5,000 · Human ServicesINTER-FAITH FOOD SH…PROJECT QUEST: $5,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT QUESTMETHODIST SERVICES: $5,000 · Human ServicesMETHODIST SERVICESHOMELESS GARDEN PROJECT: $5,000 · Human ServicesHOMELESS GARDEN PRO…THE REFUGEE COLLECTIVE: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE REFUGEE COLLECT…HEALTH IN THE HOOD INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesHEALTH IN THE HOOD …NEWARK SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABIL: $40,000 · Science & TechHAWK MOUNTAIN EARTH CENTER INC: $14,000 · EducationLANDMARK TRAINING DEVELOPMENT COMPANY: $12,694 · EducationCOMMON THREADS FARM: $5,000 · EducationWASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS: $5,000 · Community ImprovementVEGGIELUTION: $5,000 · Community ImprovementWE STAY-NOS QUEDAMOS INC: $5,000 · Community ImprovementPIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Community ImprovementOCEAN BAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $5,000 · Community ImprovementSeedleaf Inc: $4,140 · Community ImprovementKENEY PARK SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT: $8,000 · Arts & CultureCHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOC D/B/A CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$217,055Food & Nutrition$90,265Human Services$87,000Science & Tech$40,000Education$31,694Community Improvement$29,140Arts & Culture$13,000

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 budgetNEWARK SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABIL: $40,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetFARMSHARE AUSTIN: $22,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetIronbound Community Corporation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIFIED VAILSBURG SERVICES ORGANIZATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetURBAN AGRICULTURE COOPERATIVE: $14,665 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetHAWK MOUNTAIN EARTH CENTER INC: $14,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetVIVA FARMS: $13,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRED HILLS SMALL FARM ALLIANCE INC: $13,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLANDMARK TRAINING DEVELOPMENT COMPANY: $12,694 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetDetroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network: $9,600 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPROJECT USE: $8,130 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCommunity Matters Cincinnati Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKENEY PARK SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT: $8,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetKANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFRANKLINTON FARMS: $8,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetGrowing Gardens: $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSpecial Service for Groups Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity Slicker Farms: $8,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES UNLIMITED INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetVIRTUA HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEYMOUTH COUNCIL FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKNOX INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW ROOTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSMITH HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWE STAY-NOS QUEDAMOS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARTER OAK TEMPLE RESTORATION ASSOC D/B/A CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSPECTRUM COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHigh Desert Food & Farm Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT QUEST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMercy Corps: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTIE FARM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCRABTREE FARMS OF CHATTANOOGA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMON THREADS FARM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTruly Living Well Ctr for Natural Urban: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMETHODIST SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA EvanstonNorth Shore: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ROUDENBUSH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS GARDEN PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE REFUGEE COLLECTIVE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHEALTH IN THE HOOD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetIsabahlia Ladies of Elegance Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 5.9% 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.

Whole Foods Market Fo…Clif Family FoundationUNFI FoundationPatagoniaorgPseg Foundation IncTd Charitable Foundat…The Albertsons Compan…Windward FundThe Hyde and Watson F…Community Foundation …Levitt Foundation IncVictoria Foundation I…
Whole Foods Market FoundationTX24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Whole Foods Market Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · UNFI Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Pseg Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Windward Fund · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Levitt Foundation Inc · Victoria Foundation 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.
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How do I get to Whole Cities Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Whole Cities Foundation 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 63 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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