California · Nonprofit
Planetwork
Planetwork (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,238,741 to it, the largest being Democracy Fund Voice Inc ($585,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $194k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $736k
What Planetwork does
Mission
Planetwork connects a network of people and projects using information technology and the internet to create a truly democratic, socially just and ecologically sane future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
LUCID NEWS MEDIA & COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND: Lucid News Community Media (LNCM) was founded in June 2024 a month after the unexpected death of Ken Jordan who co-founded the for-profit organization Lucid News, Inc. https://www.lucid.news/,. Under the fiscal sponsorship of Planetwork, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. LNCM receives tax deductible donations to help support the editorial, educational and community service operations of Lucid News. An online news service that covers business, policy, research and culture in the field of psychedelics, Lucid News provides this information free to readers. The news service was launched by four journalists who saw a need to provide accurate and balanced information about psychedelic compounds. The mission of Lucid News is to provide trustworthy news articles about psychedelics designed to support an informed public and professionals in the field. Lucid News also publishes an online educational site called Psychedelic U https://www.lucid.news/psychedelic-u/ which provides clear, fact checked information about psychedelics and harm reduction reviewed by experts.
$22,623 spentof which $22,563 as grants$26,000 earned by the program60% of program spendingWEAVE CARE APP: The Weave App is a free phone app that coordinates care among peers in times of personal hardship. It covers needs ranging from child care, pet care and transportation, to meals, companionship and more. The app also offers education on how to ask for help, effective ways to support & how to navigate various life challenges. Weave Apps mission is to weave a tapestry of support among peers, fostering a culture of mutual aid. A version of the app exists in Australia as Gather My Crew, their sister social enterprise GatherGroup is selling us a white label (unbranded) version of the established technology. Weave Care App worked with Planetwork short term until they received their own 501C3 status. They received support from Ford Family Foundation and Marin Community Foundation.
$11,835 spentof which $11,768 as grants$12,750 earned by the program32% of program spendingKinderblast
$2,399 spentof which $2,399 as grants6% of program spendingBLOOM NETWORK: Bloom Network completed it's Ethereum integrations for running our Local Action Rewards program. Part of our Regenerative Economic Protocol, it rewards Local Bloom hub members for participating in and documenting their on-the-ground impact for regenerative cultures. Bloom Network received its own 501(c)(3) tax exemption status active November 15, 2023, and the fiscal sponsorship agreement was terminated after conclusion of transferring the donations accounts to Bloom, on 10/15/24.
$661 spentof which $641 as grants$978 earned by the program2% of program spendingSOVAW STOP ONLINE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: SOVAW has continued to work with our partners in the following areas, online violence against women, online election integrity targets on Black voters, AI use for voter suppression, racialized disinformation, and the continued specific target of weaponized tropes against Black women voters. We collect data on these areas to assist with counter-messaging.
$150,000 earned by the programBEE AUDACIOUS: Bee Audacious has continued the maintenance and installation of additional plantsat the Daniel Stralka Memorial Pollinator Garden at Dominican University ofCalifornia. Once again, the rainwater catchment system was able to provide all theirrigation needs of the garden for the year.The garden was on the annual Eco-Friendly Garden Tour sponsored by the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership.Interns collected and packaged seeds from the garden. Throughout the year over1000 packets of native plant seeds were distributed in the community. Including onthe annual Eco-Friendly Garden Tour sponsored by the Sonoma-Marin Saving WaterPartnership and at the Ember Stomp Wildfire Prevention Festival.
$1 earned by the program
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $37,518.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $48k to $398k (+722%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of Planetwork’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $179k.
6 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Planetwork). These are real filings, and they are not money Planetwork raised.
From the IRS filings of Planetwork’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
Planetwork leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 Planetwork.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 71% · 2021 73% · 2022 87% · 2023 98% — 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.
How long its funders stay
20% of Planetwork's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Planetwork draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $118k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
Planetwork runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Planetwork
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
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Planetwork: 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 Planetwork?
- Planetwork (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,238,741 to it, the largest being Democracy Fund Voice Inc ($585,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Planetwork have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,238,741 in grants to Planetwork, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Planetwork?
- Democracy Fund Voice Inc is the largest funder on record, with $585,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Planetwork 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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