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Ad Hoc Foundation Inc at a glance

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Ad Hoc Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$141k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$431kArts & Culture$129kReligion$85kHealth$55kHuman Services$55kCrime & Legal$35kCivil Rights$16kYouth Development$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROBERTSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$65,000
CWAYS HOME$20,000
THE FILM FORUM$10,000
ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE$10,000
PARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY$10,000
SHE STILL RISES INC$10,000
FRACTURED ATLAS$10,000
THE CENTER FOR HEIR'S PROPERTY PRESERVATION$5,000
KIDSPIRIT FOUNDATION - OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 39% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOPA MOUNTAIN: $10k → 10%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%THE SOFIE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%THE FILM FORUM: $10k → 17%ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE: $10k → 20%SHE STILL RISES INC: $10k → 15%THE CENTER FOR HEIR'S PROPERTY PRESERVATION: $10k → 12%CWAYS HOME: $20k → 12%ROBERTSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $80k → 9%PARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: $10k → 7%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%THE FILM FORUM: $10k → 17%ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE: $10k → 20%SHE STILL RISES INC: $10k → 15%THE CENTER FOR HEIR'S PROPERTY PRESERVATION: $5k → 12%CWAYS HOME: $20k → 12%ROBERTSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $77k → 9%PARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: $10k → 7%THE FILM FORUM: $10k → 17%ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE: $10k → 20%SHE STILL RISES INC: $10k → 15%THE CENTER FOR HEIR'S PROPERTY PRESERVATION: $5k → 12%CWAYS HOME: $20k → 12%ROBERTSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $72k → 9%PARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: $10k → 7%THE FILM FORUM: $10k → 17%ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE: $10k → 20%SHE STILL RISES INC: $10k → 15%THE CENTER FOR HEIR'S PROPERTY PRESERVATION: $5k → 12%CWAYS HOME: $10k → 12%ROBERTSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $65k → 9%PARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: $10k → 7%THE FILM FORUM: $10k → 17%ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE: $10k → 20%SHE STILL RISES INC: $10k → 15%THE CENTER FOR HEIR'S PROPERTY PRESERVATION: $5k → 12%CWAYS HOME: $10k → 12%ROBERTSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $65k → 9%PARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: $10k → 7%THE FILM FORUM: $5k → 17%ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE: $10k → 20%SHE STILL RISES INC: $5k → 15%THE CENTER FOR HEIR'S PROPERTY PRESERVATION: $5k → 12%CWAYS HOME: $5k → 12%ROBERTSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $65k → 9%PARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: $5k → 7%SYNERGOS INSTITUTE: $5k → 17%FRACTURED ATLAS: $10k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
NY
OR
NJ
CA
CO
TN
SC
DC
OK
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$795k · 11 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against -60% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
8

Total granted

$795k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
-60%

Still filing today

64%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCivil RightsEnvironmentReligionCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CH
    CWAYS HOME
    6× · 2020–2025 · $85k · revenue +12%
  • SA
    ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +28%
  • FF
    FILM FORUM INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • HM
    HOPA MOUNTAIN INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -14%
  • TS
    THE SOFIE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • TS
    THE SYNERGOS INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -60%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Conversationalist
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2
The Long Now Foundation

The Long Now Foundation is a globally-recognized champion of long-term thinking and responsibility, operating within the context of the next and last 10,000 years a timespan we call the long now.

Education
3
Work on Climate

Supporting industry transformation towards climate-positive and make green careers transitions and driving the adoption of green workforce development practices broadly.

Environment
4
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
5
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
6
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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7
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
8
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
9
San Francisco Public Press

The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…

Education
10
San Francisco Green Film Festival

San Francisco Green Film Festival's (SFGFF) mission is to educate and connect communities through forward thinking programs of environmental films, dialogues, and action opportunities.

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11
Atmos Ltd

Atmos, ltd. was chartered in 2020 to promote the exploration of climate and culture through production of a biannual magazine and digital platform curated by a global ecosystem of artists, activists, and writers devoted to ecological and…

Environment
12
Waxfactory Inc

Founded in 1998, WaxFactory (WF) is an interdisciplinary group of artists dedicated to exploring a multiplicity of theatrical visions, ensemble process, arts education and international exchange. Its founding members have developed a…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fractured Atlas Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Big Red F Family Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROBERTSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $424,000 · OtherROBERTSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATIONPARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: $55,000 · OtherPARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHYSHE STILL RISES INC: $55,000 · OtherSHE STILL RISES INC+6 more: $15,500 · OtherST ANN'S WAREHOUSE INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureST ANN'S WAREHOUS…FILM FORUM INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureFILM FORUM INCFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS I…+2 more: $4,000 · Arts & CultureCWAYS HOME: $85,000 · ReligionCWAYS HOMECenter for Heirs' Property Preservation: $35,000 · Crime & LegalAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Civil RightsWOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS EDU FUND INC: $1,000 · Civil RightsHOPA MOUNTAIN INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementTHE SOFIE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$549,500Arts & Culture$129,000Religion$85,000Crime & Legal$35,000Civil Rights$16,000Community Improvement$10,000Youth Development$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCWAYS HOME: $85,000 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetST ANN'S WAREHOUSE INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFILM FORUM INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Heirs' Property Preservation: $35,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPA MOUNTAIN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SOFIE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTHE SYNERGOS INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGrist Magazine Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDANSPACE PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS EDU FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BIG RED F FAMILY FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CWAYS HOME ↗
  • Who funds ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FILM FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds Center for Heirs' Property Preservation ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPA MOUNTAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds FRACTURED ATLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SOFIE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SYNERGOS INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds Grist Magazine Inc ↗
  • Who funds DANSPACE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS EDU FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BIG RED F FAMILY FUND ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ad Hoc Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ad Hoc Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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