California · Nonprofit
Foundation for Sustainable Development
Foundation for Sustainable Development (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $182,301 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($120,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $926k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $182k
- Net assets
- $-59050
What Foundation for Sustainable Development does
Mission
The Foundation for Sustainable Development FSD or the Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, whose mission is to achieve community-driven goals through asset-based development and international exchange in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. FSD?s approach focuses on mobilizing resources?human, economic, and natural?for sustainable, life-changing initiatives. The Foundation uses an asset-based community development approach that encourages self-reliance and inspires appreciation of existing resources in the community and the confidence to build upon them. FSD aims to constantly challenge itself and others to do more with what we have. The Foundation believes that with an attitude of resourcefulness, positive change is possible even in low-resource settings.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Training Programs: Students and professionals receive intensive training in grassroots sustainable development while also providing human resources and technical support to our Partner NGOs. Grant Making: We support community-driven projects and capacity building initiatives in sectors ranging from Health and Environment, to Education, Gender Equality and Microfinance. Giving Circles: Giving Circles expand the grant fund through promoting more engaged, longer-term philanthropy. Capacity Building: Local Site Teams offer our NGO Partners on-site training that promote economically and environmentally sustainable programs.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $91k → $92k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Foundation for Sustainable Development’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Foundation for Sustainable Development leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
70% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Foundation for Sustainable Development.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 60% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
70% of Foundation for Sustainable Development's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $56k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $127k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like Foundation for Sustainable Development
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Foundation for Sustainable Development: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Foundation for Sustainable Development?
- Foundation for Sustainable Development (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $182,301 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($120,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Foundation for Sustainable Development have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $182,301 in grants to Foundation for Sustainable Development, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Foundation for Sustainable Development?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Foundation for Sustainable Development find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing