Private foundation · EIN 94-6055879 · San Francisco, CA · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where The Christensen Fund's grants went
It reported $12.9M in grants paid across 150 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 52.5% of those dollars to 77 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $6.76M 88 lines
- No confident match $814K 12
- Outside the US $5.3M 50
What its filing says about applications
Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
- Form of application
- INITIAL REQUESTS FOR FUNDING ARE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY. PROSPECTIVE GRANTEES ARE THEN INVITED TO SUBMIT FULL PROPOSALS ELECTRONICALLY (PRE-GRANT INQUIRY). THE INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED, NOT LIMITED TO: IDENTITY, CONTACT INFORMATION, TAX STATUS, REGISTRATION AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PAST HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE, MANAGEMENT, ACTIVITIES, AND PRACTICES OF THE APPLYING ORGANIZATION, PROJECT PURPOSE, PROJECT DESCRIPTION, BUDGET, ACTIVITIES, TIMELINE, ANTICIPATED RESULTS, AND R
- Deadlines
- SEE BELOW
- Restrictions
- GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE BY INVITE ONLY. NO UNSOLICITED PREPROPOSALS FOR GRANTS TO BE AWARDED IN THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR WILL BE ACCEPTED.
- Website on filing
- CHRISTENSENFUND.ORG
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 128 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native Americans in Philanthropy Washington, DC · EIN 56-1849598 | $500,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE TRIBAL NATIONS BIODIVERSITY FUND | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Servicios Integrales Emuri (Sine) Ac Creel, MX · outside the US | $400,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| National Congress of American Indians Fund Washington, DC · EIN 53-6017907 | $300,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same street 1.00 |
| Land Is Life New York, NY · EIN 22-3101280 | $300,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Native American Rights Fund Boulder, CO · EIN 84-0611876 | $250,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE LINE OF WORK THAT SEEKS TO ASSIST TRIBAL NATIONS IN ADDRESSING THE BOARDING SCHOOL HISTORY, TRAUMAS, EFFORTS TOWARD… | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Allied Media Projects Detroit, MI · EIN 01-0559608 | $250,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DECOLONIZING WEALTH PROJECT AND LIBERATED CAPITAL FUND--A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS. | Same city 1.00 |
| Rainforest Foundation Brooklyn, NY · EIN 95-1622945 | $250,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES -- A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF THE RAINFOREST FOUNDATION, INC. | Same city 1.00 |
| Cultural Survival Cambridge, MA · EIN 23-7182593 | $250,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| International Indian Treaty Council Tucson, AZ · EIN 94-3330491 | $250,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Illuminative Tusla, OK · no confident EIN match | $250,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR ILLUMUNATIVE, A FISCALLY-SPONSORED PROJECT OF NEW VENTURE FUND. | Unmatched Help match |
| Impact Charitable Denver, CO · EIN 47-1180598 | $210,000 | CONTRIBUTION TO THE INDIGENOUS FOOD PATHWAYS FUND | Same address 1.00 |
| Alliance for a Just Society Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1635554 | $200,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE -- A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF THE ALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY | Same address 1.00 |
| Tribal Government of St Paul Island Anchorage, AK · no confident EIN match | $200,000 | TO SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION OF REGIONAL ALASKAN NATIVE LANDSCAPES. | Unmatched Help match |
| Kivulini Trust Isiolo, KE · outside the US | $200,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Amah Mutsun Land Trust Santa Cruz, CA · EIN 32-0447436 | $185,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same street 1.00 |
| Acuavita Foundation San Diego, CA · EIN 46-0926491 | $170,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Redes Por LA Diversidad Equidad y Sustentabilidad Ac Mexico City, MX · outside the US | $160,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiatives (Dlci) Nairobi, KE · outside the US | $160,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Colorado Plateau Foundation Flagstaff, AZ · EIN 83-0959411 | $150,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same street 1.00 |
| Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Arcata, CA · EIN 68-0027247 | $150,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Sogorea Te Land Trust Oakland, CA · EIN 82-4415931 | $150,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Denver Art Museum Denver, CO · EIN 84-6038240 | $150,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM | Same address 1.00 |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy Washington, DC · EIN 56-1849598 | $150,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation Honolulu, HI · EIN 99-0161861 | $150,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Rudolf Steiner Foundation Dba Rsf Social Finance San Francisco, CA · no confident EIN match | $150,000 | SUPPORT FOR THE PAWANKA FUND, A GLOBAL INDIGENOUS-LED FUND THAT PROVIDES GRANTS TO INDIGENOUS INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE AND PROTECT TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, WELLBEING, RIGHTS, AND SELF-DETERMINED DEVELOPMENT. | Unmatched Help match |
| Resource Conflict Institute Nakuru, KE · outside the US | $150,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Instituto Mexicano de Desarrollo Comunitario Ac Guadalajara, MX · outside the US | $150,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Federacion Indigena Empresarial y Comunidades Locales de Mexico Ac Ciudad de Mexico, MX · outside the US | $140,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation Nanyuki, KE · outside the US | $130,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Samburu Women Trust Nanyuki, KE · outside the US | $130,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Native Conservancy Cordova, AK · EIN 30-0131766 | $125,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Sicangu Community Development Corporation Mission, SD · EIN 83-3857527 | $125,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Ndn Collective Rapid City, SD · EIN 82-3776329 | $125,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental Ac Mexico City, MX · outside the US | $120,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Pastoralists Alliance for Resilience and Adaptation Across Nations (Paraan) Nanyuki, KE · outside the US | $120,000 | TO SUPPORT NETWORKING AND ADVOCACY FOR THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND PASTORALIST COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN KENYA. | Foreign |
| Indignacion Promocion y Defensa de Los Derechos Humanos Ac Cheblekal, MX · outside the US | $115,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Law College Association of the University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · EIN 86-6037148 | $112,500 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Pastoralist Women for Health and Education Isiolo, KE · outside the US | $110,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Oweesta Corporation Longmont, CO · EIN 54-1970097 | $100,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same street 1.00 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation Honolulu, HI · EIN 99-0261283 | $100,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY THE MAUI FIRES OF AUGUST 2023. | Same address 1.00 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI · EIN 38-6006309 | $100,000 | SUPPORT FOR THE PATHWAYS ALLIANCE FOR CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION (PACT) | Same city 1.00 |
| Indian Land Tenure Foundation Little Canada, MN · EIN 41-2014273 | $100,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| American Indian Science and Engineering Society Albuquerque, NM · EIN 73-1023474 | $100,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide Eugene, OR · EIN 94-3116602 | $100,000 | SUPPORT FOR P3N -- DONOR COLLABORATION FOR A SECURITY FUND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS IN MEXICO | Same city 1.00 |
| El Quinto Elemento Laboratorio de Investigacion E Innovacion Periodistica a Mexico City, MX · outside the US | $100,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Natural Justice Cape Town, SF · outside the US | $100,000 | TO BUILD COMMUNITY CAPACITY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY LAND ACT IN KENYA. | Foreign |
| Centro de Capacitacion y Defensa de Los Derechos Humanos E Indigenas Ac Chihuahua, MX · outside the US | $90,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Proyecto de Derechos Economicos Sociales y Culturales Ac Ciudad de Mexico, MX · outside the US | $80,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Coalition of Pastoralist Civil Society Organisations Kampala, UG · outside the US | $80,000 | TO ADVANCE PASTORALIST VOICES, ENHANCE THEIR RIGHTS TO LAND, AND STRENGTHEN LIVELIHOOD SYSTEMS IN THE CATTLE CORRIDOR OF UGANDA. | Foreign |
| If Not US Then Who Tarzana, CA · EIN 81-4186787 | $75,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Exact name 1.00 |
22 more lines ($2.32M) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
Foundations that fund the same organizations
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20 recipients in common - The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Los Altos, CA
18 recipients in common - Novo Foundation Hurley, NY
17 recipients in common - WK Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, MI
17 recipients in common - The Schmidt Family Foundation Palo Alto, CA
17 recipients in common - Wellspring Philanthropic Fund New York, NY
15 recipients in common
Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.