The Funders Network Inc
Coral Gables, FL · EIN 57-1173613. Reported 127 grants totalling $5,678,850 to 73 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For The Funders Network Inc, the IRS classifies it under environment rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE C20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 73 distinct organizations, with 5% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 61% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $30,000. Half of what it reported fell between $22,250 and $72,250; the smallest was $7,440 and the largest $180,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Community Foundation Inc | Helena, MT | $267,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Canal Alliance | San Rafael, CA | $210,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mission Waco Mission World Inc | Waco, TX | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Healthy Gulf | New Orleans, LA | $180,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Initiative Foundation | Little Falls, MN | $169,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs | Clinton, CT | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Philanthropiece Foundation Inc | Longmont, CO | $138,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque | Dubuque, IA | $129,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation Inc | Duluth, MN | $129,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tulsa Community Foundation | Tulsa, OK | $129,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Seven Generations Ahead | Oak Park, IL | $126,909 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation | Fargo, ND | $124,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southwest Initiative Foundation | Hutchinson, MN | $124,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Northwest Minnesota Foundation | Bemidji, MN | $124,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Walker Area Community Foundation | Jasper, AL | $124,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Groundwork San Diego - Chollas Creek | San Diego, CA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| West Central Initiative | Fergus Falls, MN | $119,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation | Cedar Rapids, IA | $115,570 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Better Block Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Orlando | Orlando, FL | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The San Diego Foundation | San Diego, CA | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Central Kansas Community Foundation | Newton, KS | $114,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc | Springfield, MO | $109,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greenroots Inc | Chelsea, MA | $106,450 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Dakota Community Foundation | Bismarck, ND | $99,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Friendship House Association of American Indians | San Francisco, CA | $97,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Community Foundation Inc | Lincoln, NE | $94,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Network | Oakland, CA | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cultivate Charlottesville | Charlottesville, VA | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Terra Birds | Flagstaff, AZ | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | Moreland Hls, OH | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Quad Cities Community Foundation | Bettendorf, IA | $84,560 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association | Seattle, WA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Taproot Collective Inc | Rochester, NY | $76,425 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Riverlife | Pittsburgh, PA | $76,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| ECOLIBRIUM3 | Duluth, MN | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Piedmont Housing Alliance Incorporated | Charlottesvle, VA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation | Hackensack, NJ | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Minneapolis Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $74,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Climate Justice Hive | Boulder, CO | $73,850 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Neighborhood Technology | Chicago, IL | $73,472 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments Vines | Binghamton, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Council on Foundations | Saint Paul, MN | $62,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ges Coalition Inc | Denver, CO | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pinelands Preservation Alliance Inc | Southampton, NJ | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minot Area Community Foundation | Minot, ND | $54,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Protect Our Aquifer | Memphis, TN | $52,949 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Iowa Council of Foundations | Wdm, IA | $52,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| We the People of Detroit | Detroit, MI | $50,025 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coalition of Communities of Color | Portland, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virginia Community Voice | Richmond, VA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Waterkeepers Chesapeake Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neighbors for Clean Air | Portland, OR | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Treeslouisville Inc | Louisville, KY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga | Chattanooga, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum | Grand Rapids, MI | $22,440 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $22,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Citizen Research Group Inc | Hartford, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Rouge | Plymouth, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jerusalem Farm | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kansas Association of Community Foundations | Morrowville, KS | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Partnership With Native Americans | Addison, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Michigan Advocacy Program | Ypsilanti, MI | $15,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| All Nations Health Center Inc | Missoula, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Climate Collaborative Inc | Charlottesvle, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation Santa Cruz County | Aptos, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cultural Arts Festivals and Events of Erie | Erie, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Environmental Protection Network | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gwinnett Housing Corporation | Lawrenceville, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthy Community Resources and Advocacy Inc | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc | Newmarket, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Living Association | Bellvue, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Essex County Community Fdn Inc | Beverly, MA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
35 of 73 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 70 of 73 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 39 | $1,734,475 | $35,000 |
| 2022 | 39 | $1,597,097 | $22,250 |
| 2023 | 34 | $1,475,837 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 15 | $871,441 | $60,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
15% of its giving went to organizations in Minnesota. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $30,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Minnesota.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Funders Network Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 15 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 2000 Ponce De Leon Blvd Suite 500, Coral Gables, FL, 33134.
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