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Private foundation (trust)EIN 201247525Est. 2004-09

Skywords Family Foundation Inc

Tiburon, CA 94920

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Total Assets

$91.3M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$2.5M

FY 2024

Grants Made

4

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$629K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$300K–$900K

Typical

Deadlines

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Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$873K

The foundation is improving and constructing buildings on a property in Boonville, California to serve as an agricultural/horticultural-based public lending library and affiliated educational programs to further the legacy and work of the late horticultural teacher and researcher Alan Chadwick. This program includes vocational training in agriculture and horticulture as well as providing subsidized housing for low-income agricultural workers in this rural valley.

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$2.6M

Total Expenses

$3.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$4.0M

Distributable Amount

$4.0M

Min. Investment Return

$4.1M

Undistributed Income

$3.8M

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

4 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $300K through median $658K to maximum $900K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

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Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $3.2M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

33 grants

Canobie Films Inc
$3.8M
4 grants
Ginungagap Foundation
$2.8M
5 grants
Vanguard Charitable
$2.5M
3 grants
Chadwick Library Press Foundation
$1.1M
3 grants
Chadwick Library Press
$500K
1 grant
RSF Social Finance
$100K
1 grant
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation
$50K
1 grant
Ecology Action
$30K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

33 grants

<$10K
12
grants
$10–50K
4
grants
$50–250K
3
grants
$250K–1M
12
grants
$1–5M
2
grants
$5M+—

Geographic Focus

5 states

California
$8.4M
77% of total
Rhode Island
$2.5M
23% of total
District of Columbia
$21K
0% of total
New York
$4K
0% of total
Ohio
$3K
0% of total

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