Accepts applications296 grants on file · $2.5M · FY2016–2024IRS 990-PF · FY2024
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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $244,149 | $821,680 | $674,414 | $5,824,135 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 23% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continental Divide TrailGolden, CO | Supporting the mission of CDTC as a living connector of communities along the spine of North America | $125,000 | 2022 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachael Knapp Richards | Executive Dir. | 30.00 | $163,062 |
| Erik Schultz | Treasurer | 1.00 | $0 |
| Tale Finnanger | Chairman | 1.00 | $1,500 |
| Shanu Bashuna | Director |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $5,812,959 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $321,955 | $756,248 | $866,321 | $6,402,599 | $6,390,486 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $515,854 | $853,948 | $829,439 | $6,861,610 | $6,824,779 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $314,011 | $639,565 | $865,603 | $7,176,005 | $7,162,876 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $3,037,281 | $523,747 | $493,041 | $7,496,207 | $7,488,431 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $868,212 | $350,660 | $767,600 | $4,977,878 | $4,974,895 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $1,746,256 | $362,873 | $294,768 | $4,464,029 | $4,428,614 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $141,493 | $377,855 | $311,768 | $3,079,572 | $3,075,569 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $102,749 | $377,375 | $201,317 | $3,306,557 | $3,303,712 |
| Possibility LabsSan Francisco, CA |
| Support the development of the Just Economy Institute Alumni Grant Pool |
| $56,500 |
| 2023 |
| Possibility LabsSan Francisco, CA | Support the development of the JEI Alumni grant pool | $50,000 | 2024 |
| Northern Kenya FundBozeman, MT | Education and leadership, mentorship at the high school and university level for adolescent girls in Northern Kenya | $33,000 | 2023 |
| Northern Kenya FundBozeman, MT | Education leadership/mentorship at the high school and university level for adolescent girls in Northern Kenya | $28,000 | 2021 |
| Northern Kenya FundBozeman, MT | Education leadership/mentorship at the high school and university level for adolescent girls in Northern Kenya | $26,000 | 2022 |
| Northern Kenya FundBozeman, MT | Education and leadership, mentorship at the high school and university level for adolescent girls in Northern Kenya | $26,000 | 2024 |
| KomeraJamaica Plain, MA | Multiple Agency-building programs including education support, leadership, mentorship, IT skills, etc for adolescent girls and young women in Rwanda | $22,500 | 2021 |
| Northern Kenya FundBozeman, MT | Womens Empowerment - supporting the Kalacha Girls Secondary School with 2 full teacher salaries and leadership training for the students, including students to attend East Africa Girls Leadership Summit in Nairobi. | $20,000 | 2019 |
| The Action Foundation | Disability center grant supporting mobility devices, PT, inclusive education, parent caregiver trainings on wheelchair maintenance, nutrition, entrepreneurship | $20,000 | 2023 |
| Northern Kenya FundBozeman, MT | Womens Empowerment -supporting the Kalacha Girls Secondary School with teacher salaries and leadership training for the students | $20,000 | 2018 |
| Northern Kenya FundBozeman, MT | Support teacher salaries, leadership training, and mentorship for young women in northern Kenya | $20,000 | 2020 |
| Creative Action InstituteIpswich, MA | Supports the East African Girls Leadership Summit and Mentor program support partner orgs through virtual leadership training | $19,500 | 2020 |
| LimbsEl Paso, TX | Disabled Mobility | $18,000 | 2016 |
| Street Business SchoolBoulder, CO | create economic opportunity for women in poverty through Global Catalyst program support org ME and Covid relief | $18,000 | 2020 |
| The Girls Foundation of TanzaniaPortland, ME | Mentorship Leadership training for adolescent girls in Arusha region, Tanzania | $17,500 | 2021 |
| Young Strong Mothers Foundation | Tenn mothers empowerment program covering leadership, mentorship, education, and vocational training | $17,200 | 2023 |
| Katalemwa Cheshire House | Disability center providing mobility, nutrition, physiotherapy, parent training | $17,000 | 2022 |
| Creative Action InstituteIpswich, MA | Leadership and mentorship training for young women in East Africa | $16,300 | 2023 |
| Northern Kenya FundBozeman, MT | Womens Empowerment | $16,000 | 2016 |
| Street Business SchoolBoulder, CO | Womens Empowerment - deliver business skill training to African women living in poverty and building their confidence to become self-sustaining entreprenerus with the means to lift themselves and their families out of poverty through small business creation. | $15,000 | 2019 |
| Creative Action InstituteIpswich, MA | Leadership mentorship training for adolescent girls and women in East Africa, also support for Leadership conference in Kenya | $15,000 | 2021 |
| One World Children's Fund - Akili DadaSan Francisco, CA | Womens Empowerment | $15,000 | 2017 |
| KomeraJamaica Plain, MA | Womens Empowerment - the Post-Secondary Transition Program provides computer training, financial literacy, and entrepreneurial training to young women following their secondary education and during their 9 month mandatory gap year in Rwanda. | $15,000 | 2019 |
| KomeraJamaica Plain, MA | Womens Empowerment | $15,000 | 2016 |
| 1.00 |
| $1,500 |
| Preben Schultz | Director | 1.00 | $0 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202433119349101918
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202323109349101617
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202202789349100615
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202112879349100946
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202001969349101225
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
Filing id 201921359349102067
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
Filing id 201831359349103873
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
Filing id 201721359349102437
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