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Arcadia Foundation at a glance

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Arcadia Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$2.6MReligion$2.3MHuman Services$2.1MScience & Tech$1.3MArts & Culture$645kInternational$606kPhilanthropy$509kHealth$348kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $198k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $576k
  • $250k+4 grants · $3.1M
$43,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$39M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL USA$1,500,000
JEWISH SILICON VALLEY$774,970
OSHMAN FAMILY JCC$500,000
THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR E$300,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$101,500
FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCE$100,000
SYMPHONY SAN JOSE$90,000
SOUTH PENINSULA HEBREW DAY SCHOOL$90,000
HILLEL INTERNATIONAL$75,000
CONGREGATION SINAI$69,000
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY$50,000
IMADI INC$43,000
THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY$30,000
WURTMAN FOUNDATION$25,000
SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY$25,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–24, $1.8M) 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%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES: $20k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES: $10k → 10%RAZING THE BAR: $25k → 8%JEWISH SILICON VALLEY: $775k → 8%JEWISH SILICON VALLEY: $725k → 8%JEWISH SILICON VALLEY: $250k → 8%THE BAY AREA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $1k → 8%ADDISON PENZAK JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 8%PALO ALTO CHESED FUND: $3k → 8%PALO ALTO CHESED FUND: $1k → 8%PALO ALTO CHESED FUND: $180 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MD
AZ
DC
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.3M · 35 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

35 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
29

Total granted

$8.3M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+10%

Still filing today

57%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • OF
    OSHMAN FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
    2× · 2019–2024 · $525k · revenue +5%
  • AS
    ALL STARS HELPING KIDS INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $305k · revenue +9%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $299k · revenue +127%

Funded once

  • SU
    STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL
    one grant, 2021 · $333k
  • WI
    WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY
    one grant, 2019 · $202k · revenue +4%
  • CH
    CHABAD HOUSE-ALMADEN
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
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.

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Sherit Isroel
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2
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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3
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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4
University of Judaism Foundation
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5
The Nochim & Rivka Zeldes Foundation
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The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
7
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
8
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
9
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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10
The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life Inc
Religion
11
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
12
Israel Scholarship Education Foundation

Israel scholarship education foundation's mission is to narrowisrael's socio-economic gap through higher education. its unique methodology combines scholarship support for gifted young people fromdisadvantaged backgrounds with community…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family and Children's Services; the most unlike its peers is Aishel 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

37 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. 37 of the 73 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
22/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR E: $1,227,950 · OtherTHE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EJWB JEWISH CHAPLAINS COUNCIL: $1,000,000 · OtherJWB JEWISH CHAPLAINS COUNCILIndividual grant recipient: $585,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOSHMAN FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $525,000 · OtherOSHMAN FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERSTANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL: $333,000 · OtherSTANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICALALL STARS HELPING KIDS INC: $305,000 · Other+43 more: $2,088,485 · Other+43 moreNLI USA INC: $1,535,000 · EducationNLI USA INCSouth Peninsula Hebrew Day School: $295,000 · EducationSouth Peninsula Hebr…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $121,500 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEE…NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Education+2 more: $66,500 · EducationJEWISH SILICON VALLEY: $1,760,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH SILICON VA…+4 more: $60,180 · Human ServicesLevy Family Campus: $505,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $299,000 · Arts & CultureSYMPHONY SAN JOSE: $160,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $13,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $202,050 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · International+1 more: $3,000 · InternationalHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $161,000 · ReligionJEWISH STUDY NETWORK: $49,000 · ReligionTHE WURTMAN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Religion+2 more: $4,500 · Religion
Other$6,064,435Education$2,118,000Human Services$1,820,180Philanthropy$505,000Arts & Culture$472,000International$355,050Religion$239,500

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 budgetJEWISH SILICON VALLEY: $1,760,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetNLI USA INC: $1,535,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetOSHMAN FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $525,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLevy Family Campus: $505,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetALL STARS HELPING KIDS INC: $305,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $299,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSouth Peninsula Hebrew Day School: $295,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $202,050 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $161,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSYMPHONY SAN JOSE: $160,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $121,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMEIRA ACADEMY: $65,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetThe Shalem Foundation: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetImadi Inc: $53,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetJEWISH STUDY NETWORK: $49,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH GEN INC: $28,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE WURTMAN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetRAZING THE BAR: $25,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetDIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION EAST VALLEY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSILICON VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetA WIDER BRIDGE: $5,400 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $4,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPALO ALTO CHESED FUND INC: $4,180 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCarmel Bach Festival Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDDLE EAST FORUM: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEFESH INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAN JOSE COMMUNITY ERUV: $2,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Homebuilding Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $1,180 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAY AREA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 JEWISH SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds NLI USA INC ↗
  • Who funds OSHMAN FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Levy Family Campus ↗
  • Who funds ALL STARS HELPING KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds South Peninsula Hebrew Day School ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY ↗
  • Who funds HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE ↗
  • Who funds SYMPHONY SAN JOSE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEIRA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds The Shalem Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Imadi Inc ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH STUDY NETWORK ↗

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.

Jewish Community Fede…Silicon Valley Commun…Jewish Communal FundJewish Silicon ValleyTaube Foundation for …Koret FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Jewish Community Foun…Jewish Community Foun…Sigmund Foundation IncRuth Reinhard Fletche…The Liora & Levy Gerz…
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA35× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Silicon Valley · Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture · Koret Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Sigmund Foundation Inc · Ruth Reinhard Fletcher Charitable Foundation · The Liora & Levy Gerzberg Family 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 Arcadia Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arcadia Foundation. 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
    10report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Arcadia Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Arcadia Foundation 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 73 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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