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Yavanna Foundation

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.

$341k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$1.4MScience & Tech$493kPublic Benefit$330kEducation$300kReligion$250kCommunity Improvement$193kCivil Rights$105kArts & Culture$84kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$8.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POST CARBON INSTITUTE$150,000
INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ENERGY AND OUR FUTURE$50,000
CAMINANTE SOCIETY$30,000
MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA$25,000
PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC$25,000
OVERNIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC$10,000
TIDES CENTER$10,000
TESSERACT RESEARCH CENTER INC$10,000
APIS ARBOREA$6,000
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING$5,000
MAPS$5,000
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC$5,000
INTERNET ARCHIVE$5,000
SECULAR STUDENT ALLIANCE$5,000
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, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $6k → 10%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $5k → 10%KNIT THE RAINBOW INC: $5k → 17%INTERNET ARCHIVE: $5k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $5k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $5k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $5k → 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

MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
TN
DC
HI
TX
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 25 repeat orgs$502k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +120% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
13

Total granted

$2.8M
$461k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+120%
+22%

Still filing today

80%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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
EnvironmentEducationPublic BenefitHealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ENERGY AND OUR FUTURE
    3× · 2018–2020 · $250k · revenue ×19 · 100% of their budget
  • TV
    THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER
    4× · 2018–2022 · $135k · revenue +120%
  • MM
    MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $130k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • E
    EARTHTRUST
    one grant, 2017 · $150k · revenue -70% · 56% of their budget
  • GG
    Ground Game Fund
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • AC
    ACCELERATE CHANGE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +495%
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
The Breakthrough Institute

The Breakthrough Institute is a research center that identifies and promotes technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges.

Environment
2
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
3
Institute for Public Accuracy

To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.

Arts & Culture
4
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
5
Independent Media Institute

IMI amplifies the reach and impact of the work produced by our partner journalists,public intellectuals and editorial teams on the leading issues of our times. The goal is to educate, inspire, and collaborate with movements and visionaries…

Arts & Culture
6
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
7
Grist Magazine Inc

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

Environment
8
The Oakland Institute

The Oakland Institute, an independent policy think tank, works to support global struggles for Indigenous rights, human rights, and land rights and to promote public participation and fair debate on critical social, economic, and…

Food & Nutrition
9
Post Growth Institute

To design and uplift equitable approaches that inherently circulate money and intentionally circulate power in our local communities & global economy.

Public Benefit
10
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
11
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
12
Act Institute Inc

ACT Institute leads the just, equitable and rapid transition to a clean energy future and diverse climate economy.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Accelerate Change Inc; the most unlike its peers is Internet Archive. 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

33 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. 33 of the 43 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
24/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

METAFOUNDATION DBA POST CARBON INSTITUTE: $1,040,000 · EnvironmentMETAFOUNDATION DBA POST CARBON INSTITUTEINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ENERGY AND OUR FUTURE: $250,000 · EnvironmentINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ENERGY AND OUR FUTURETRANSITION US: $187,500 · EnvironmentTRANSITION US+6 more: $136,500 · Environment+6 moreINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ENERGY AND OUR FUTURE: $218,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF…CAMINANTE SOCIETY: $192,500 · OtherCAMINANTE SOCIETYGLOBAL VILLAGE INSTITUTE: $77,500 · OtherGLOBAL VILLAGE INSTITUTEOVERNIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC: $62,000 · OtherOVERNIGHT PRODUCTIONS INCALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $42,500 · OtherALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURC…INSTITUTE FOR LABOR & MENTAL HEALTH: $32,500 · Other+12 more: $146,000 · Other+12 moreMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $130,000 · EducationMEDIA MATTE…WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $75,000 · EducationWORKING AME…SECULAR STUDENT ALLIANCE: $45,000 · EducationSECULAR STU…TESSERACT RESEARCH CENTER INC: $40,000 · EducationTESSERACT R…UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEG…WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA F…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $135,000 · Civil RightsACCELERATE CHANGE INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsGround Game Fund: $100,000 · Public BenefitThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $50,000 · Public BenefitPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Public BenefitEARTHTRUST: $150,000 · AnimalsTIDES CENTER: $35,000 · Human ServicesInternet Archive: $16,000 · Human ServicesKNIT THE RAINBOW INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Environment$1,614,000Other$771,000Education$345,000Civil Rights$185,000Public Benefit$175,000Animals$150,000Human Services$56,000

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 budgetMETAFOUNDATION DBA POST CARBON INSTITUTE: $1,040,000 over 9y, 25% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ENERGY AND OUR FUTURE: $250,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetTRANSITION US: $187,500 over 5y, 29% of budgetEARTHTRUST: $150,000 over 1y, 56% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $135,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $130,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGround Game Fund: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $75,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOVERNIGHT PRODUCTIONS INC: $62,000 over 8y, 31% of budgetDaily Acts Organization: $50,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSECULAR STUDENT ALLIANCE: $45,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetTESSERACT RESEARCH CENTER INC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR LABOR & MENTAL HEALTH: $32,500 over 6y, 11% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCIVILIZATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARTHUR MORGAN INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS: $25,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PROMISE EDUCATION FUND INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetInternet Archive: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCanopy: $15,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetYELLOW SPRINGS DHARMA CENTER: $15,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $14,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOccidental Arts and Ecology Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetApis Arborea: $6,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetKNIT THE RAINBOW INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…ImpactassetsincTides FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA13.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Yavanna Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Yavanna Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%10%23%40%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
    3get no government money at all
    4report 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 43 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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