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Ambos Mundos

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.

$52k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
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 2025.

Education$181kHealth$113kPublic Benefit$83kEnvironment$73kArts & Culture$25kYouth Development$19kHuman Services$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$419k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROCKING THE BOAT$15,000
CATO INSTITUTE$10,000
DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE$10,000
BURNING MAN PROJECT$5,000
NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL$5,000
NATIONAL MS SOCIETY$3,000
SPUR$2,000
MISSION LOCAL SF$2,000
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 63% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%MISSION GRADUATES: $5k → 10%Drug Policy Alliance: $10k → 17%ROCKING THE BOAT: $50k → 28%CATO INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%PKD Foundation: $11k → 15%National Outdoor Leadership School: $8k → 17%MISSION GRADUATES: $5k → 10%Drug Policy Alliance: $10k → 17%ROCKING THE BOAT: $15k → 28%CATO INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $5k → 17%DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: $10k → 17%ROCKING THE BOAT: $5k → 28%CATO INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $5k → 17%DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: $10k → 17%CATO INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $5k → 17%SAN FRANCISCO BICYCLE COALITION: $5k → 10%DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: $10k → 17%CATO INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%National Outdoor Leadership School: $5k → 17%SAN FRANCISCO BICYCLE COALITION: $5k → 10%DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: $10k → 17%CATO Institute: $5k → 14%National Outdoor Leadership School: $5k → 17%San Francisco Bicycle Coalition: $5k → 10%DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: $10k → 17%CATO Institute: $5k → 14%NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $5k → 17%San Francisco Bicycle Coalition: $5k → 10%DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: $10k → 17%CATO INSTITUTE: $5k → 14%NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $5k → 17%HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $5k → 10%Drug Policy Alliance: $10k → 17%CATO Institute: $5k → 14%NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $5k → 17%San Francisco Bicycle Coalition: $5k → 10%THE BAY SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $5k → 10%The Bay School of San Francisco: $5k → 10%THE BAY SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $5k → 10%Children's Day School: $5k → 10%SCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART: $5k → 10%SCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART: $5k → 10%SCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART: $5k → 10%Children's Day School: $11k → 10%826 VALENCIA: $10k → 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.
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.
$475k · 18 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
8

Total granted

$475k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+90%

Still filing today

83%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
EducationHealthEnvironmentPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • ROCKING THE BOAT INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $83k · revenue +57%
  • CI
    CATO INSTITUTE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $70k · revenue +70%
  • NO
    NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $48k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • PF
    PKD Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue +90%
  • HH
    HOSPITALITY HOUSE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO COALLITION OF ESSENTI
    one grant, 2023 · $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
Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco

PPS-SF's mission is to promote the fundamental value of public education and pursue the success of every public school by sharing knowledge, bridging communities, and informing policy.

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2
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
3
Public Policy Institute of California

Inform and improve public policy in california through independent, objective, nonpartisan research

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4
Future Problem Solving Program International Inc

Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…

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5
The Poptech Institute

Poptech's mission is to accelerate the positive impact of world-changing people, projects and ideas. founded in 1996 by bob metcalfe (inventor, ethernet) and john sculley (apple, pepsi), poptech originally provided a forum to critically…

Education
6
Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Company Inc

The Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Co., Inc. (The Daily Californian) is an independent newspaper that trains UC Berkeley students for careers in journalism and business. The paper and its digital products are the primary source…

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7
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
8
Enterprise for Youth

Enterprise for youth empowers under-resourced san francisco youths to reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences supported by a community of employers, caring adults, and peers.

Youth Development
9
Save Cantonese

Save Cantonese is an international movement that sustains and celebrates Cantonese language and culture. We have three Strategic Aims: a) protect and strengthen educational and research infrastructure for the Cantonese language, b) affirm…

Arts & Culture
10
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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11
San Francisco City Guides

Since 1978, our mission has been to preserve and perpetuate San Francisco's history and folklore and to celebrate its rich history of cultural diversity.

Human Services
12
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mission Graduates; the most unlike its peers is Homeless Prenatal Program Inc. 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

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 27 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROCKING THE BOAT INC: $83,100 · EducationROCKING THE BOAT INC826 Valencia: $35,000 · Education826 ValenciaTHE BAY SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15,000 · EducationTHE BAY SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO+2 more: $5,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL INC: $26,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL I…SCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART-SAN FRANCISCO: $15,000 · OtherSCHOOLS OF THE SACRED H…MISSION GRADUATES: $14,000 · OtherMISSION GRADUATESSPUR - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA PLANNING AND URBAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $13,000 · OtherSPUR - SAN FRANCISCO BA…PKD Foundation: $10,650 · OtherPKD FoundationARTWAY INC: $6,000 · OtherARTWAY INCHOSPITALITY HOUSE: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · Other+6 more: $10,000 · Other+6 moreDRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: $90,000 · HealthDRUG POLICY ALLIANCEHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $4,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $4,000 · HealthNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $48,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL OUTDOOR…San Francisco Bicycle Coalition: $25,000 · EnvironmentSan Francisco Bi…CATO INSTITUTE: $70,000 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTEBURNING MAN PROJECT: $15,000 · Community ImprovementMission Local SF Inc: $4,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$138,100Other$103,650Health$98,000Environment$73,000Public Benefit$70,000Community Improvement$15,000Arts & Culture$4,000

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 budgetDRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: $90,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetROCKING THE BOAT INC: $83,100 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $70,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $48,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budget826 Valencia: $35,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL INC: $26,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Bicycle Coalition: $25,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBURNING MAN PROJECT: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BAY SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION GRADUATES: $14,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSPUR - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA PLANNING AND URBAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPKD Foundation: $10,650 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMission Local SF Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC PRESS: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWalk San Francisco Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH SPEAKS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAMESTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,000 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 DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds ROCKING THE BOAT INC ↗
  • Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds 826 Valencia ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Bicycle Coalition ↗
  • Who funds BURNING MAN PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE BAY SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds MISSION GRADUATES ↗
  • Who funds SPUR - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA PLANNING AND URBAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds PKD Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Mission Local SF Inc ↗
  • Who funds Homeless Prenatal Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC PRESS ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Walk San Francisco Foundation ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH SPEAKS INC ↗
  • Who funds JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PELOTONIA ↗

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.

The San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Marin Community Found…McNabb FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Crankstart FoundationClif Family FoundationThe William & Flora H…Jewish Community Fede…The Yelp FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…
The San Francisco FoundationCA22.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Yelp Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 27 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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