Interlaken Foundation

• The filing says the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; the realistic first step is an introduction or a relationship with someone connected to it.
• Its giving is heavily repeat: 95% of its grant dollars to organisations in the latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in an earlier filing, so a new applicant may find the path difficult.
• Half of its 14 grants to organisations were $1,000,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $200,000 and $10,000,000, so a request sized within that typical band would sit with its usual grants, while the largest, about $10,500,000, is not a ceiling.
• The filing states no geographic focus and no purpose narrower than charitable use, though its recorded recipients include wildlife-conservation organisations and community foundations, so compare your work with those examples before reaching out; the filing does not say when it makes decisions, so do not plan around a timetable it has not published.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Wildlife Conservation Network · For organization's charitable use
  $10,550,0002024 tax year
• Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County · For organization's charitable use
  $7,000,0002024 tax year
• Unite America Institute · For organization's charitable use
  $600,0002024 tax year
• Rank the Vote · For the organization's charitable use
  $250,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.