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Atkinson Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
142
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
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$2.0MEducation$1.4MYouth Development$1.1MHealth$1.1MCommunity Improvement$739kCrime & Legal$594kArts & Culture$491kFood & Nutrition$403kOther$0
02FY2024 · 142 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k60 grants · $389k
  • $10k–50k75 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $460k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COASTSIDE HOPE$100,000
MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE$75,000
EL CONCILIO OF SAN MATEO COUNTY$75,000
HOMEWORK CENTRAL$60,000
PENINSULA FAMILY CONNECTIONS$50,000
BIG WAVE GROUP$50,000
ROSALIE RENDU INC$50,000
FAITH IN ACTION BAY AREA$40,000
CLIMATE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES$40,000
PENINSULA FAMILY SERVICE$33,000
A BRIGHTER DAY YOUTH WORK PROGRAM$30,000
PUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR$25,000
SAMARITAN HOUSE$25,000
CORA COMMUNITY OVERCOMING RELATIONSHIP ABUSE$20,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE COASTSIDE$20,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PARTNERS AND ADVOCATES FOR REMARKABLE CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $15k → 7%THE ART OF YOGA PROJECT: $10k → 8%THE ART OF YOGA PROJECT: $10k → 8%THE ART OF YOGA PROJECT: $10k → 8%MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE: $75k → 10%MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE: $15k → 10%PARTNERS AND ADVOCATES FOR REMARKABLE CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $10k → 7%THE ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15k → 10%THE ART OF YOGA PROJECT: $10k → 8%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 10%STARVISTA: $10k → 7%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 10%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 10%THE ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10k → 10%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $10k → 8%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $10k → 8%YMCA OF SAN FRANCISCO: $20k → 10%YMCA OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15k → 10%PENINSULA FAMILY SERVICE: $44k → 7%PENINSULA FAMILY SERVICE: $34k → 7%PENINSULA FAMILY SERVICE: $33k → 7%PENINSULA FAMILY SERVICE: $15k → 7%PENINSULA FAMILY SERVICE: $15k → 7%CLIMATE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES: $60k → 8%CLIMATE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES: $40k → 8%CATHOLIC WORKER HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $15k → 7%OMBUDSMAN SERVICES OF SAN MATEO COUNTY INC: $15k → 7%OMBUDSMAN SERVICES OF SAN MATEO COUNTY INC: $15k → 7%OMBUDSMAN SERVICES OF SAN MATEO COUNTY INC: $15k → 7%COASTSIDE HOPE: $30k → 7%COASTSIDE HOPE: $15k → 7%AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $15k → 7%COASTSIDE HOPE: $15k → 7%COASTSIDE HOPE: $15k → 7%EL CENTRO DE LIBERTADTHE FREEDOM CENTER: $15k → 7%EL CENTRO DE LIBERTADTHE FREEDOM CENTER: $15k → 7%COASTSIDE HOPE: $100k → 7%AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $23k → 7%SENIOR COASTSIDERS: $15k → 7%SENIOR COASTSIDERS: $15k → 7%COASTSIDE HOPE: $15k → 7%COASTSIDE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS: $15k → 7%SENIOR COASTSIDERS: $15k → 7%ABILITIES UNITED: $15k → 7%DALY CITY PENINSULA PARTNERSHIP COLLABORATIVE: $25k → 7%DALY CITY PENINSULA PARTNERSHIP COLLABORATIVE: $20k → 7%DALY CITY PENINSULA PARTNERSHIP COLLABORATIVE: $20k → 7%DALY CITY PENINSULA PARTNERSHIP COLLABORATIVE: $15k → 7%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

ME
WA
MT
MN
NY
MA
CA
CO
GA
FL
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 8% of Atkinson Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Atkinson Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.6M · 170 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

170 repeat relationships: 109 still active in FY2024, 61 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

170
88

Total granted

$8.6M
$812k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+11%

Still filing today

88%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $230k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • C
    CURIODYSSEY
    6× · 2017–2024 · $260k · revenue +88%
  • FI
    Faith In Action Bay Area
    5× · 2018–2024 · $255k · revenue +311%
  • PD
    PUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR
    7× · 2017–2024 · $215k · revenue +174%

Funded once

  • YU
    Youth United for Community Action
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -63%
  • ND
    NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +131%
  • TA
    Tomando AccionFamilies Taking Action
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue -23% · 59% of their budget
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
California School-Age Consortium Inc

The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…

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2
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
3
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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4
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
5
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
6
Centro Legal De La Raza

Centro Legal De La Raza is a comprehensive legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income immigrant communities throguh culturally competent bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy.

Crime & Legal
7
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
8
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
9
Friends of the Children - San Francisco Bay Area

Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what.

Education
10
East Bay Agency for Children

For more than 70 years, East Bay Agency for Children continues to improve the well-being of children, youth and families by reducing the impact of trauma and social inequalities.

Health
11
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

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12
City Surf Project

To ensure equitable access to the coastline and improve the health and well-being of Bay Area youth, through surf instruction. We use surfing as a vehicle to foster respect for nature, healthy living, personal growth, diversity, equity and…

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Live in Peace; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Huddart & Wunderlich Parks. 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

240 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. 240 of the 285 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
74
Early backer (in before they grew)
232/240
Grantees still filing
169/240
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Faith In Action Bay Area: $255,000 · OtherFaith In Action Bay AreaEL CONCILIO OF SAN MATEO COUNTY: $195,000 · OtherSAMARITAN HOUSE: $187,500 · Other+89 more: $3,080,250 · Other+89 moreCOASTSIDE HOPE: $190,000 · Human ServicesCOASTSIDE HOPEPENINSULA FAMILY SERVICE: $167,500 · Human ServicesPENINSULA FAMILY S…MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE: $104,500 · Human ServicesMULTICULTURAL INST…Climate Resilient Communities: $100,000 · Human ServicesClimate Resilient …DALY CITY PENINSULA PARTNERSHIP COLLABORATIVE: $80,500 · Human ServicesAGEUP INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $72,500 · Human ServicesStarVista: $67,500 · Human ServicesALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $58,000 · Human ServicesTHE ART OF YOGA PROJECT: $57,500 · Human ServicesSENIOR COASTSIDERS INC: $52,500 · Human Services+18 more: $504,000 · Human Services+18 moreHomework Central: $167,500 · EducationHomework Centra…San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation: $82,000 · EducationSan Mateo Count…REDWOOD CITY FRIENDS OF LITERACY: $70,000 · EducationREDWOOD CITY FR…Upward Scholars: $70,000 · EducationUpward ScholarsSilicon Valley Urban Debate League: $65,000 · EducationHEALTHY CITIES TUTORING INC: $65,000 · EducationHealth Connected: $62,500 · EducationPACIFICA SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS: $60,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION: $57,500 · EducationNOTRE DAME DE NAMUR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationAIM HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOL: $47,500 · EducationEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $45,000 · Education+17 more: $384,000 · Education+17 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE COASTSIDE: $225,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIR…Youth United for Community Action: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentYouth Unit…FRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC: $65,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRESH LIFE…STREETCODE ACADEMY: $57,500 · Youth DevelopmentSTREETCODE…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS NORTH SAN MATEO COUNTY: $57,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIR…FRIENDS FOR YOUTH INC: $52,500 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS FO…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIR…YOUTH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentSan Mateo Police Activities League Inc: $32,500 · Youth Development+7 more: $134,000 · Youth Development+7 moreCURIODYSSEY: $260,000 · Arts & CultureCURIODYSS…PUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR: $215,000 · Arts & CulturePUENTE DE…IMMIGRATION INSTITUTE OF THE BAY AREA: $62,500 · Arts & CultureIMMIGRATI…COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ARTS: $45,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY…Intersection for the Arts: $35,000 · Arts & CultureMANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE: $32,500 · Arts & CultureMUSIC FOR MINORS INC: $32,500 · Arts & CultureSANCHEZ ART CENTER: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $65,000 · Arts & Culture+4 morePENINSULA FAMILY CONNECTIONS: $165,000 · HealthSouth County Community Health Center Inc dba Ravenswood Family Health Center: $75,000 · HealthSONRISAS DENTAL HEALTH INC: $60,000 · HealthADOLESCENT COUNSELING SERVICES: $57,500 · HealthCalifornia Clubhouse DBA Aspire House: $55,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC: $50,000 · HealthONE LIFE COUNSELING CENTER: $50,000 · HealthCOUNSELING AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR YOUTH: $50,000 · HealthACKNOWLEDGE ALLIANCE: $35,000 · HealthLATINO COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE SERVICES: $27,500 · Health+6 more: $97,500 · HealthPENINSULA CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER: $140,000 · Crime & LegalLegal Aid Society of San Mateo County: $60,000 · Crime & LegalCommunity Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc: $60,000 · Crime & LegalCASA of San Mateo County: $40,000 · Crime & LegalCenters for Equity and Success Inc: $37,500 · Crime & LegalRedwood City Police Activities League Inc: $20,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$3,717,750Human Services$1,529,500Education$1,226,000Youth Development$814,000Arts & Culture$777,500Health$722,500Crime & Legal$357,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCURIODYSSEY: $260,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetFaith In Action Bay Area: $255,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE COASTSIDE: $225,000 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetPUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR: $215,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetEL CONCILIO OF SAN MATEO COUNTY: $195,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetCOASTSIDE HOPE: $190,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetSAMARITAN HOUSE: $187,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHomework Central: $167,500 over 7y, 17% of budgetPENINSULA FAMILY SERVICE: $167,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPENINSULA FAMILY CONNECTIONS: $165,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetPENINSULA CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER: $140,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetCORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse: $105,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE: $104,500 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetClimate Resilient Communities: $100,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetYouth United for Community Action: $100,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetRosalie Rendu Inc: $99,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetVIDA VERDE NATURE EDUCATION: $95,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetHuman Investment Project Inc: $83,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSan Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation: $82,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDALY CITY PENINSULA PARTNERSHIP COLLABORATIVE: $80,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetABILITYPATH: $77,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAGEUP INC: $75,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetSouth County Community Health Center Inc dba Ravenswood Family Health Center: $75,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPIE RANCH: $72,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $72,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCALL PRIMROSE: $70,500 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetREDWOOD CITY FRIENDS OF LITERACY: $70,000 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetKARA: $70,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetUpward Scholars: $70,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetStarVista: $67,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJasper Ridge Farm: $65,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetSilicon Valley Urban Debate League: $65,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetFRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC: $65,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHEALTHY CITIES TUTORING INC: $65,000 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetIMMIGRATION INSTITUTE OF THE BAY AREA: $62,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHealth Connected: $62,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetRebuilding Together Peninsula: $62,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetService League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House: $60,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetLegal Aid Society of San Mateo County: $60,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCommunity Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSONRISAS DENTAL HEALTH INC: $60,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR EQUINE FACILITATED THERAPY: $60,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPACIFICA SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS: $60,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR: $58,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetSTREETCODE ACADEMY: $57,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ART OF YOGA PROJECT: $57,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetADOLESCENT COUNSELING SERVICES: $57,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION: $57,500 over 6y, 0.8% 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 CURIODYSSEY ↗
  • Who funds Faith In Action Bay Area ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE COASTSIDE ↗
  • Who funds PUENTE DE LA COSTA SUR ↗
  • Who funds EL CONCILIO OF SAN MATEO COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds COASTSIDE HOPE ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Homework Central ↗
  • Who funds PENINSULA FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds PENINSULA FAMILY CONNECTIONS ↗
  • Who funds PENINSULA CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse ↗
  • Who funds MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Climate Resilient Communities ↗
  • Who funds Youth United for Community Action ↗
  • Who funds Rosalie Rendu Inc ↗
  • Who funds VIDA VERDE NATURE EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds Human Investment Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DALY CITY PENINSULA PARTNERSHIP COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds ABILITYPATH ↗
  • Who funds AGEUP INC ↗
  • Who funds South County Community Health Center Inc dba Ravenswood Family Health Center ↗
  • Who funds PIE RANCH ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds CALL PRIMROSE ↗
  • Who funds REDWOOD CITY FRIENDS OF LITERACY ↗
  • Who funds KARA ↗
  • Who funds Upward Scholars ↗
  • Who funds StarVista ↗
  • Who funds Jasper Ridge Farm ↗
  • Who funds Silicon Valley Urban Debate League ↗
  • Who funds FRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY CITIES TUTORING INC ↗
  • Who funds IMMIGRATION INSTITUTE OF THE BAY AREA ↗
  • Who funds Health Connected ↗
  • Who funds Rebuilding Together Peninsula ↗
  • Who funds Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House ↗

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 Palo Alto Communi…Bothin FoundationSand Hill FoundationPhilanthropic Venture…The Sobrato Family Fo…Gordon E and Betty I …Monterra Community Fu…The David and Lucile …Second Harvest of Sil…Silicon Valley Commun…Embarcadero Media Fou…Sunlight Giving
The Palo Alto Community FundCA141.7× affinity69 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Palo Alto Community Fund · Bothin Foundation · Sand Hill Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Monterra Community Fund · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Embarcadero Media Foundation · Sunlight Giving

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

2024
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no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    101report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 285 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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