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Allensby Charity Fund at a glance

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Allensby Charity Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$32k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$81kHealth$59kRecreation & Sports$41kEducation$30kFood & Nutrition$20kCrime & Legal$13kHousing & Shelter$12kInternational$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$704k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEST MARIN SENIOR SERVICES$3,000
MARIN FOSTER CARE$2,500
IN SPIRIT$2,000
COMM INST FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY$2,000
MARIN PREGNANCY CLINIC$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
MARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATION$1,500
CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT$1,500
TAM HOUSE$1,500
MARIN SYMPHONY YOUTH$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
KIDS COOKING FOR LIFE$1,000
MARIN BALLET$1,000
BUCKELEW PROGRAMS$1,000
ELKS NATIONAL 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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $46k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WEST MARIN SENIOR SERVICES: $4k → 8%WEST MARIN SENIOR SERVICES: $3k → 8%WEST MARIN SENIOR SERVICES: $3k → 8%WEST MARIN SENIOR SERVICES: $3k → 8%WEST MARIN SENIOR SERVICES: $3k → 8%WEST MARIN SENIOR SERVICES: $3k → 8%WEST MARIN SENIOR SERVICES: $3k → 8%WEST MARIN SENIOR SERVICES: $3k → 8%WEST MARIN SENIOR SERVICES: $3k → 8%CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $2k → 8%CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $2k → 8%CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $2k → 8%CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $2k → 8%CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $2k → 8%CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $2k → 8%CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $2k → 8%CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $2k → 8%CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $2k → 8%FAMILY WORKS: $2k → 8%FAMILY WORKS: $500 → 8%OPPORTUNITY FOR INDEPENDENCE: $1k → 8%RITTER CENTER: $1k → 8%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$296k · 40 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
15

Total granted

$296k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+31%

Still filing today

53%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • WM
    West Marin Senior Services
    9× · 2017–2025 · $27k · revenue +186%
  • MP
    MARIN PREGNANCY CLINIC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $18k · revenue +47%
  • CI
    COMMUNITY INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $18k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • MC
    MARIN COUNTY SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
Homeward Bound of Marin

Homeward Bound is the main provider of emergency shelter, supportive housing and services for people overcoming a crisis of homelessness in Marin County, California. Our mission of "opening doors to safety, dignity, hope, and…

Housing & Shelter
2
Community Action Marin

We make it possible for people in marin to achieve well-being by providing the vital services they need. together, we break down the barriers that get in the way of fair and lasting change in service to better outcomes for all.

Human Services
3
Senior Access

Senior Access's mission is to help Marin's older and disabled adults remain independent and part of the community for as long as possible.

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4
Marin Ventures

The mission of Marin Ventures is to serve adults with developmental disabilities by fostering independence, personal growth, and promoting the opportunity for community integration based upon individual need.Marin Ventures is an Adult…

Human Services
5
Agricultural Institute of Marin

The mission of the agricultural institute of marin is to educate, inspire, and connect communities, farmers, and producers in order to create a healthy, earth-friendly, equitable local and regional food and agricultural system.

Environment
6
People with Disabilities Succeeding

Community support for Developmentally Disabled Adults, with a main emphasis on helping people to obtain and maintain real jobs in local businesses.

Employment
7
Integrated Community Services

Provide supported employment programs and independent living skills training for individuals with unique capabilities but limited access to the community.

Human Services
8
Mariposa Women and Family Center

The mission of mariposa women and family center is to help women and families make positive changes in their lives.

Health
9
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
10
Marin Brain Injury Network Schurig Center for Brain Injury Recovery

Provide continued rehabilitation, hope, and community for people affected by brain injury.

—
11
Marin Community Clinic

To improve the health of our patients and community by providing high quality, cost-effective, culturally sensitive, patient-centered health care.

Health
12
Vivalon

Vivalon advances independence, health and quality of life for older adults and people with disabilities. Through a comprehensive, integrated program of active aging services, we provide specialized transportation, nutrition programs,…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Marin Senior Services; the most unlike its peers is Wednesdays Gift. 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

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 58 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/31
Grantees still filing
24/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARIN PREGNANCY CLINIC: $18,000 · OtherMARIN PREGNANCY CLINICCOMMUNITY INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY: $18,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOTHERAPYIndividual grant recipient: $11,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFOR WORDS LITERACY LAB: $11,000 · OtherFOR WORDS LITERACY LABMARIN FOSTER CARE: $10,500 · OtherMARIN FOSTER CARECatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: $8,000 · OtherWISDOM INTERNATIONAL: $7,000 · OtherCALIF HAWAII ELKS ASSN: $7,000 · OtherVISION IMPAIRED OF MARIN: $6,500 · OtherELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · Other+33 more: $85,500 · Other+33 moreWest Marin Senior Services: $27,000 · Human ServicesWest Marin Senior…THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $14,500 · Human ServicesTHE CERES COMMUNI…WEDNESDAYS GIFT: $4,000 · Human ServicesWEDNESDAYS GIFTFAMILY WORKS: $2,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesMARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Education10000 DEGREES: $10,000 · EducationCOUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ACCREDITATION: $2,000 · EducationHALLECK CREEK RANCH: $15,500 · Recreation & SportsGilead House: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterMARIN CENTER FOR INDENPENDENT LIVING: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterROSS VALLEY ECUMENICAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterPROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE VENTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH: $13,000 · Crime & LegalMEALS OF MARIN: $12,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$191,000Human Services$49,500Education$24,500Recreation & Sports$15,500Housing & Shelter$15,000Crime & Legal$13,000Food & Nutrition$12,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWest Marin Senior Services: $27,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMARIN PREGNANCY CLINIC: $18,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY: $18,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetHALLECK CREEK RANCH: $15,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $14,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE VENTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH: $13,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetMEALS OF MARIN: $12,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budget10000 DEGREES: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGilead House: $8,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN CENTER FOR INDENPENDENT LIVING: $6,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBUCKELEW PROGRAMS: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEHOUSE INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Novato Human Needs Center: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWEDNESDAYS GIFT: $4,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetNorth Marin Community Services: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOM MARIN: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ACCREDITATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIN SPIRIT: $2,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFAMILY WORKS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS AND EQUINES TOGETHER: $2,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetMARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER POINT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRITTER CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROSS VALLEY ECUMENICAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRoss Valley Children For Change: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCANAL ALLIANCE: $500 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.

  • Who funds West Marin Senior Services ↗
  • Who funds MARIN PREGNANCY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY ↗
  • Who funds HALLECK CREEK RANCH ↗
  • Who funds THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE VENTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds MARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEALS OF MARIN ↗
  • Who funds 10000 DEGREES ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties ↗
  • Who funds Gilead House ↗
  • Who funds ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MARIN CENTER FOR INDENPENDENT LIVING ↗
  • Who funds BUCKELEW PROGRAMS ↗
  • Who funds LIFEHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Novato Human Needs Center ↗
  • Who funds WEDNESDAYS GIFT ↗
  • Who funds North Marin Community Services ↗
  • Who funds BLOOM MARIN ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ACCREDITATION ↗
  • Who funds IN SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY WORKS ↗

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…Leonard & Beryl Buck …Hobsonlucas Family Fo…McNabb FoundationBothin FoundationThe William H Donner …Heffernan Group Found…ExtrafoodKaiser Foundation Hos…The San Francisco Fou…GEORGE H SANDY FOUNDA…Peter E Haas Jr Famil…
Marin Community FoundationCA30.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Bothin Foundation · The William H Donner Foundation Inc · Heffernan Group Foundation · Extrafood · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The San Francisco Foundation · GEORGE H SANDY FOUNDATION co US BANKNA · Peter E Haas Jr Family Fund

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 Allensby Charity Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allensby Charity Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Allensby Charity Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Allensby Charity Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 58 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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