Panta Rhea Foundation
La Jolla, CA · EIN 33-0381281. Reported 199 grants totalling $15.5M to 159 recipients across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Panta Rhea Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
11 of the organizations Panta Rhea Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 19 grants totalling $7,301,140 to them. That is 56% of the $13.0M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marin Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $6,685,140 | 6 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| The Clara Lionel Foundation | grantmaking organization | New York | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Groundswell Fund | grantmaking organization | California | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Solidaire Network Inc | grantmaking organization | California | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| The Center for Cultural Power | grantmaking organization | California | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Southern California Grantmakers | grantmaking organization | California | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Latino Community Fund Inc | community foundation | Georgia | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Community Foundation of the Virgin | grantmaking organization | VI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| The Winston-Salem Foundation | community foundation | North Carolina | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $58 and the largest $3,492,527.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marin Community Foundation | Novato, CA | $6,685,140 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Collaborations Teachers and Artists | San Diego, CA | $572,700 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Global Greengrants Fund Inc | Boulder, CO | $347,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $320,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Solutions Project Inc | Oakland, CA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Amalgamated Foundation | Washington, DC | $205,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | Berkeley, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action | Kapaa, HI | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | $185,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Kansas City Community Foundation | Kansas City, KS | $175,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Food Chain Workers Alliance Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Solidare Network Inc | Oakland, CA | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for the Islands of Old Providence and Santa Catalina Inc | Providencia | $150,045 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Rural Affairs | Lyons, NE | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clara Lionel Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rsf Social Finance | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Action Center for Race and the Economy Institute | Frankfort, IL | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Groundswell Fund | San Francisco, CA | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 1000 Currentsclima Fund | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Calls Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Democracy Now | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Infact Corporate Account International | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| More in Common Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ndn Collective | Rapid City, SD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peoples Action Institute | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Praxis Project Inc | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thousands Currents | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Proteus Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Civil Eats | Cotati, CA | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $89,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Solidaire Network Inc | Seatle, WA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Third Sector New England Missionworks | Boston, MA | $82,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inquiring System Inc | Santa Rosa, CA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for the Islands of Old Providence and Santa Catalina Inc | Durham, CT | $75,015 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Global Justice | Tucson, AZ | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Farmer Fund Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Demos a Network for Ideas and Actions Ltd | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Faith Builders Foundation | Arvada, CO | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inquiring Systems Inc | Santa Rosa, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| State Innovation Exchange | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for International Enviornmental Law Inc | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| State of Innovation Exchange | Madison, WI | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cultural Conservancy Sacred Land Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Multiplier | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Grassroots International Inc | Boston, MA | $54,584 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institutes Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Corporate Accountability | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Native American Food Sovereignity Alliance | Sandia, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Foundation for the Arts | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| People's Action Institute | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clara Lionel Foundation | Miami, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kumano I Ke Ala | Waimea, HI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northwest Harvest | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rockwood Leadership Institute | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Center for Cultural Power | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Medford, OR | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sunrise Movement Education Fund | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Change Elemental | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United We Dream Network Inc | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 826 Valencia Inc | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| King Baudouin Foundation United States Inc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mesa Refuge | Point Reyes Station, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Cultural Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mesa Refuge a Nonprofit Corporation | Point Reyes Station, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 826 National Inc | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Advancement Project California | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Causa Justa | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for International Environmental Law Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthy Food America | Seatle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Semilla Food Center | Anthony, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Taxi Workers Alliance | Long Island, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Raizes Collective | Santa Rosa, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Climate Justice Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Food Advocates Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Undocublack Network Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alliance for a Just Society | Seatle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hawaii Seed | Honolulu, HI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meridian Institute Global Alliance | Dillon, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social Movement Technologies Foundation Inc | Bloomfield, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meridian Institute Philanthropic Support Services | Dillon, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rainforest Action Network | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southern California Grantmakers | Los Angeles, CA | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Allied Media Projects | Detroit, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Alliance With Family Farmers | Davis, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Farmworkers Association of Florida Inc | Apopka, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Farmworker Association of Florida Inc | Apopka, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| King Baudouin Foundation US | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make the Road States | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Avenue Projects Inc | Buffalo, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Avenue Project Inc | Buffalo, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Powerpac Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Berkeley Art Center Association | Berkeley, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado College | Colorado Springs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Little Manila Foundation | Stockton, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pukuu Cultural Community Services | San Fernando, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc | Arcata, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Latino Community Fund Inc | Atlanta, GA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mijente Support Committee | Phoenix, AZ | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Action Group on Erosion Technology | Oakland, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Food Policy Action Council | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Color of Change Education Fund Inc | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands | St Thomas, VI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chapel & York Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| DC Greens Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marcus Foster Educational Institute | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nava Education Project | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Florida Majority Education Fund | Miami, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Repairers of the Breach Inc | Goldsboro, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Diego Food System Alliance | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sogorea Te' Land Trust | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems Funders Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Occidental Arts and Ecology Center | Occidental, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Red Media | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Studio Two Three | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Urban Growers Collective Inc | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kalpulli Teokalli Teoyolotl- Church Heart of God | Austin, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Centro Por La Justicia | San Antonio, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Michigan Environmental Action Council Inc | Detroit, MI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders | Santa Barbara, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Operation Restoration | Spartanburg, SC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Alliance for Global Justice Charitable | Seattle, WA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association for Teaching Artist Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Ideas Equity and Transformative Change | Jackson, MS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Detroit Is Different Community Group | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fang Collective | Pawtucket, RI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Irwin House Inc | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Missouri Rural Crisis Center | Columbia, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Network for Strong Communities Inc | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rag Tag Film Society | Columbia, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Agile Rascal Inc | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Anarres Research Collective | Mccomb, MS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Builders of the Highway Foundation | Opa Locka, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lakota Wellness Society Inc | Parmelee, SD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mayan Spring Incorporated | Ridgewood, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Moore Impact Inc | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Wave Corporation | Columbia, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Collective Foundation | Walnut, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ragtag Film Society | Columbia, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Winston-Salem Foundation Inc | Winstonsalem, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Association for Black Foundation Executives Inc | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hedgebrookorg | Freeland, WA | $1,050 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Justgivingcom | $58 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
31 of 159 (19%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 16%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
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What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 146 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 103 | $10.8M | $35,000 |
| 2022 | 95 | $4,665,420 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | $75,015 | $75,015 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
71% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Panta Rhea Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 7979 Ivanhoe Ave Suite 460, La Jolla, CA, 92037. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 33-0381281 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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