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Alafi Family Foundation at a glance

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Alafi Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$85k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$213kEducation$139kHealth$100kEnvironment$80kScience & Tech$44kHousing & Shelter$41kArts & Culture$22kAnimals$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $65k
$2,118
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOMEN'S DAYTIME DROP-IN CENTER$25,000
SANDIA CREEK RANCH AUXILIARY FOUNDATION$10,400
SCHOOLS OF SACRED HEART$10,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN$10,000
HAMILTON FAMILIES$10,000
WOMEN'S ALLIANCE FOR KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE$5,000
WELCOME HOME$2,118
MARIN AGRICULTURE LAND TRUST$2,060
NORTH BRIDGE ACADEMY$2,000
THE SCANDINAVIAN SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO$2,000
IGNITE$2,000
MARIN OPEN SPACE TRUST$2,000
MARIN PRIMARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL$2,000
THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$200
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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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $101k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DIAPER BANK OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $500 → 17%WOMEN'S DAYTIME DROP-IN CENTER: $25k → 10%WOMEN'S DAYTIME DROP-IN CENTER: $25k → 10%WOMEN'S DAYTIME DROP-IN CENTER: $25k → 10%WOMEN'S DAYTIME DROP-IN CENTER: $25k → 10%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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 20% of Alafi Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 92% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 83%.

Alafi Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.6% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$393k · 13 repeat orgs$265k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +131% since the first grant, against +79% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
14

Total granted

$393k
$248k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+131%
+79%

Still filing today

69%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterAnimalsScience & TechOther
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

  • WD
    WOMENS DAYTIME DROP-IN CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $205k · revenue +131%
  • MP
    MARIN PRIMARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL
    4× · 2021–2024 · $22k · revenue +15%
  • I
    IGNITE
    5× · 2018–2024 · $21k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • UF
    UCSF FOUNDATION FOR PALLIATIVE CARE
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO WALDORF SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $34k
  • SH
    SCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
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
Oakland Museum of California

The museum's mission is to inspire all californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities. through collections, exhibitions, education programs, and public dialogue, we inspire people of all ages and…

Arts & Culture
2
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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3
Sonoma Botanical Garden
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4
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
5
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
6
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
7
Monterey Museum of Art

The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.

Arts & Culture
8
Marin History Museum

The Marin History Museum is an active, artifact-based institution dedicated to sharing local history with the people of Marin County and beyond.

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9
Marin Theatre Company

Marin theatre company is the bay area's premier mid-size theater and the leading professional theater in the north bay. mtc produces a six-show season of provocative plays by passionate playwrights from the 20th century and today in an…

Arts & Culture
10
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
11
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
12
Mills College

Mills college is an independent liberal arts college for women and gender nonbinary students, with graduate programs for all genders. the college educates students to think critically and communicate responsibly and effectively, to accept…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ignite; the most unlike its peers is Diaper Bank of Greater Cleveland. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 31 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UCSF FOUNDATION FOR PALLIATIVE CARE: $100,000 · OtherUCSF FOUNDATION FOR PALLIATIVE CARESAN FRANCISCO WALDORF SCHOOL: $33,780 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO WALDORF SCHOOLTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN CA: $30,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN CASCHOOLS OF SACRED HEART: $20,000 · OtherSCHOOLS OF SACRED HEARTAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN: $20,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEANSCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE: $20,000 · OtherSCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTESCANDINAVIAN SCHOOL AND CULTURAL CENTER: $15,000 · OtherSCANDINAVIAN SCHOOL AND CULTURAL CENTEROCEAN CLEANUP NORTH PACIFICA FOUNDA: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $26,378 · Other+6 moreWOMENS DAYTIME DROP-IN CENTER: $205,000 · Human ServicesWOMENS DAYTIME DROP-IN CENTER+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesMARIN PRIMARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL: $21,500 · EducationMARIN PRIMAR…IGNITE: $21,000 · EducationIGNITENORTH BRIDGE ACADEMY: $14,000 · EducationNORTH BRIDGE…RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationRUTGERS UNIV…SCANDINAVIAN SCHOOL IN SAN FRANCISCO: $4,000 · EducationSCANDINAVIAN…HAMILTON FAMILIES: $31,000 · Housing & ShelterOPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $14,000 · Arts & CultureArhoolie Foundation: $6,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF DANCE: $6,000 · Arts & CultureThe Aurora Theatre Company: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSan Francisco Playhouse: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSandia Creek Ranch Aux Foundation: $10,400 · AnimalsWILD SALMON CENTER: $10,000 · AnimalsSCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Science & Tech
Other$275,158Human Services$205,500Education$70,500Housing & Shelter$41,000Arts & Culture$36,000Animals$20,400Science & Tech$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOMENS DAYTIME DROP-IN CENTER: $205,000 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetHAMILTON FAMILIES: $31,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMARIN PRIMARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL: $21,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIGNITE: $21,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH BRIDGE ACADEMY: $14,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSandia Creek Ranch Aux Foundation: $10,400 over 1y, 19% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWILD SALMON CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMARIN OPEN SPACE TRUST: $7,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetArhoolie Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF DANCE: $6,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetThe Aurora Theatre Company: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSan Francisco Playhouse: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST: $4,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCANDINAVIAN SCHOOL IN SAN FRANCISCO: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Marin Community Found…Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Marin Community FoundationCA12.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Alafi Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alafi Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    5report 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 31 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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