Organization · EIN 23-7394104 · Minneapolis, MN · Community improvement

Who funds Institute for Local Self Reliance?

28 private foundations reported paying Institute for Local Self Reliance $2.61M on returns for tax year 2023.

28 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 28

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY
$525,000
2 grant lines
GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING +1 more Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Schmidt Family Foundation
Palo Alto, CA
$501,500 ENCOURAGING A JUST TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS, OCEAN STEWARDSHIP AND RESEARCH, ADVANCING DIVERSITY AND EQUITY IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL M… Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
New York, NY · Preselected only
$250,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
The Jpb Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$250,000 ATHENA COALITION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
New York, NY
$175,000
2 grant lines
GENERAL SUPPORT +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The McKnight Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$150,000 To accelerate energy justice in the Twin Cities and Midwest with movement-building education and organizing, and finding adaptive approache… Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Democracy Fund
Washington, DC · Preselected only
$150,000 Program support for Tribal Broadband Bootcamp Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Builders Initiative Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$75,000 To support research, analysis, and training on democratic models of energy governance. Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Wallace Global Fund II
Washington, DC · Preselected only
$75,000 SUPPORT FOR WORK TO CHALLENGE CONCENTRATED CORPORATE POWER Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Stranahan Foundation
Perrysburg, OH · Preselected only
$70,000 COMPOSTING FOR COMMUNITY INITIATIVE Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Clif Family Foundation
Saint Helena, CA
$50,000 Revitalize the Environment Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Summit Charitable Foundation
Washington, DC · Preselected only
$50,000 ENERGY DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Roaring Brook Family Foundation
Lenox, MA · Preselected only
$50,000 LOCALLY-SCALED BUSINESS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Virginia Cretella Mars Foundation
New York, NY
$40,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Schumann Robert F Fdn-Main
Las Vegas, NV · Preselected only
$30,000 GENERAL OPERATING Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Leo Model Foundation
Philadelphia, PA · Preselected only
$30,000 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES ABOUT LOCAL SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS SUCH AS BANKING, BROADBAND, ENERGY… Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Michelson 20MM Foundation
Los Angeles, CA · Preselected only
$25,000 Digital Services Access & Affordability Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
ONE World Fund
Andover, MA
$25,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Maple Fund
New York, NY · Preselected only
$25,000 CHARITABLE Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Washington, DC
$20,000 ENVIRONMENT Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 04/2024

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Institute for Local Self Reliance

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Institute for Local Self Reliance, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $42.1M to them
  2. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $15.9M to them
  3. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Los Altos, CA
    Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $20.9M to them
  4. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $35.7M to them
  5. The Heising-Simons Foundation Los Altos, CA
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $18.7M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. Foundation to Promote Open Society New York, NY
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $51.6M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. WK Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, MI
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $13.7M to them
  8. The California Endowment Los Angeles, CA
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $18M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. New Venture Fund Washington, DC
    11 shared funders · 192 funders in all
  2. The Union of Concerned Scientists Cambridge, MA
    9 shared funders · 258 funders in all
  3. Land Stewardship Project Minneapolis, MN
    7 shared funders · 26 funders in all
  4. Tides Center San Francisco, CA
    9 shared funders · 153 funders in all
  5. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors New York, NY
    9 shared funders · 150 funders in all
  6. People's Action Institute Chicago, IL
    6 shared funders · 21 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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