Fthree Foundation
Carrollton, GA · EIN 94-3376857. Reported 380 grants totalling $6,361,000 to 148 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Fthree Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $25,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $125,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kqed Inc | San Francisco, CA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Investigative Reporting | Emeryville, CA | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maplight | Berkeley, CA | $290,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | $255,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Issue One | Washington, DC | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Proteus Fund | Amherst, MA | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Calmatters | Sacramento, CA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ignite | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mi Familia Vota Education Fund | Phoenix, AZ | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Public Radio | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Campaign Legal Center | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Icivics | Cambridge, MA | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Protect Democracy Project | New York, NY | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rock the Vote | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Defending Democracy Together Institute | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marin Promise Partnership | San Rafael, CA | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| News Literacy Project | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reveal | Emeryville, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The News Literacy Project | Bethesda, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Voteorg | Hyattsville, MD | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Public Integrity | Washington, DC | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Youth Radio | Oakland, CA | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Georgia Project | Atlanta, GA | $77,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Center for Civic Alternatives | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Voting Rights Lab -Sd Foundation | St Louis, MO | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Redress Movement | West Tisbury, MA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| City Bureau | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Democracy 21 Education | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Local Media Foundation | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Representus Education Fund | Florence, MA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Collective Education Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The National Trust for Local News | Lexington, MA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Philantrhopy Workshop | New York, NY | $44,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southwire Cares Inc | Carrollton, GA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Democracy Works | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Food Bank Contra Costa & Solano | Concord, CA | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amah Mutsun Land Trust | Santa Cruz, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Care | Merrifield, VA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Large Landscape Conservation | Bozeman, MT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Foundation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mulitplier | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Point Blue Conservation Science | Petaluma, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| State Democracy Project | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Storycorps Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Lenfest Institute for Journalism | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Voter Formation Project | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Voting Rights Lab | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 10000 Degrees | San Rafael, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aim High | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Inc Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Urban Forest | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Huckleberry Youth Programs | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Human Rights Watch | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marin Agricultural Land Trust | Point Reyes Station, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| One Hundred Miles | Brunswick, GA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Root Capital | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Safe & Sound | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Marin Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | Newtown, CT | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thacher School | Ojai, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Carter Center | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Redford Center | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Tilth | Richmond, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North Bay Organizing Project | Graton, CA | $18,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alameda Co Community Food Bank | Oakland, CA | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Canal Alliance | San Rafael, CA | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Summer Search | San Francisco, CA | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rockville, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Global Citizen Year | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Global Fund for Women | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Music Will | Montclair, NJ | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southerners on New Ground | Atlanta, GA | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Firstline Schools | New Orleans, LA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Save the Bay | Oakland, CA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | San Francisco, CA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Compass Family Services | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Creo Family Office Syndicate Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fairvote | Takoma Park, MD | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Focusing Philanthropy | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of San Francisco Public Library | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Latino Community Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Napa Valley Community Foundation | Napa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Refuge Point | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Voter Participation Center | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Gleaners | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kern Lipid Conference | Centennial, CO | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Film Institute | San Rafael, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area | Augusta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Western North Carolina | Asheville, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Esipscopal Church in the Dioceses of California | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| F a S E B Science Research Conference | Rockville, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology | Rockville, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gardens of Golden Gate Park | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Global Giving | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Johnny Mac Tennis Project Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Little Kids Rock | Verona, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marshall Project Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Media Impact Funders Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Marine Mammal Foundation | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neighbors for a Better San Francisco | San Rafael, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Network of Engaged International Donors Global | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St John's Episcopal Church | College Park, GA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Task Force for Global Health | Decatur, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Togethersf | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 350ORG | Brooklyn, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgia Alabama Land Trust Inc | Piedmont, AL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgia Alliance Education Fund Inc | Atlanta, GA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Passim | Cambridge, MA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Bronx Documentary Center | Bronx, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Prevention Partners | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Affect Real Change Inc | Monroe, LA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Network | Oakland, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute | East Point, GA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Club Passim | Cambridge, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Action Marin | San Rafael, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gordon Research Conferences | West Kingston, RI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kentucky State Treasurer | Frankfort, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New England International Donors | Watertown, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Open Hand | Atlanta, GA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Vincent De Paul of Alameda County | Oakland, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Burning Man Project | Gerlach, NV | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Affairs Council | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Commonwealth Club World Affairs | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Breast Cancer Fund | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tilting Futures | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Affairs Council | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
97 of 148 (66%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- Kqed Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT AND SUPPORT FOR CAMPAIGN 21 - Proteus Fund
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PIPER FUND - North Bay Organizing Project
UNDOCU FUND DISASTER RELIEF SONOMA CO - Napa Valley Community Foundation
DISASTER RELIEF FUND - WILDFIRE RELIEF - American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
SUPPORT 2024 DEUEL CONFERENCE - Canal Alliance
FOR THE CLIENT SUPPORT FUND
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 294 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 97 | $1,365,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 90 | $1,543,500 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 91 | $1,572,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 102 | $1,880,500 | $5,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 38% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal 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 foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Fthree Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 400, Carrollton, GA, 30112. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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