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Bellis Demarest Gregg Foundation Inc at a glance

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Bellis Demarest Gregg Foundation Inc

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.

$134k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$79kPhilanthropy$47kEnvironment$45kCivil Rights$42kEducation$30kCrime & Legal$17kArts & Culture$17kHousing & Shelter$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $73k
$6,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE TREVOR PROJECT INC$15,000
IMMIGRATION INSTITUTE OF THE BAY AREA$12,000
GLIDE FOUNDATION CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE$12,000
LAWYER'S COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS$12,000
THE GREGG FAMILY FUND CHARITABLE GIVING FUND$11,719
MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO$10,000
EDGEWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES$7,000
TRINITY COLLEGE$7,000
GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY$6,000
FRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST$6,000
SAVE THE BAY$6,000
DIDI HERSH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES$5,000
EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC$5,000
EXTRAFOOD ORG$5,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$4,500
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 (FY24–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $6k → 17%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

IL
MI
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$246k · 20 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
19

Total granted

$246k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+11%

Still filing today

65%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $74k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsOther
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

  • LC
    Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
    4× · 2022–2025 · $26k · revenue +27%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST
    4× · 2022–2025 · $21k · revenue +35%
  • ST
    Save The Bay
    3× · 2023–2025 · $16k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue +11%
  • TD
    Translifeline DBA Trans Lifelinegraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +98%
  • TO
    THE OHLOFF CENTER & RECOVERY PROGRAMS
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
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
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
2
San Francisco Public Press

The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…

Education
3
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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4
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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5
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
6
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
7
Pangea Legal Services

Pangea's mission is to provide deportation defense services, advocate for policy change, and provide education and legal empowerment for our immigrant communities.

Crime & Legal
8
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
9
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
10
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
11
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
12
Advance Sf

Advance SF 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. The…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of the Urban Forest; the most unlike its peers is Western Neighborhood Project. 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

34 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. 34 of the 51 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
18/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE GREGG FAMILY FUND CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $46,069 · OtherTHE GREGG FAMILY FUND CHARITABLE GIVING FUNDLawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area: $25,500 · OtherLawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Ar…TRINITY COLLEGE: $23,700 · OtherTRINITY COLLEGERAFAEL HOUSE: $14,000 · OtherRAFAEL HOUSEIndividual grant recipient: $13,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGLIDE FOUNDATION CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $12,000 · OtherGLIDE FOUNDATION CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICEBAY AREA LEGAL AID: $11,000 · OtherBAY AREA LEGAL AID+23 more: $48,816 · Other+23 moreEDGEWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $18,500 · HealthEDGEWOOD CENTER FO…Access Institute for Psychological Services: $14,000 · HealthAccess Institute f…CHOICE IN AGING: $11,000 · HealthCHOICE IN AGINGMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASSO…Translifeline DBA Trans Lifeline: $5,000 · HealthTranslifeline DBA …+1 more: $250 · HealthFRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST: $21,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE U…Save The Bay: $16,000 · EnvironmentSave The BayGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $10,600 · EnvironmentGOLDEN GATE NATI…Earth Island Institute Inc: $5,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island Ins…+1 more: $75 · EnvironmentTREVOR PROJECT INC: $15,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $4,500 · Civil RightsIMMIGRATION INSTITUTE OF THE BAY AREA: $12,000 · Arts & CultureFOR-SITE Foundation: $2,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $439 · Arts & CultureTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $5,000 · Community ImprovementASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,000 · Community Improvement
Other$194,585Health$58,750Environment$52,675Civil Rights$19,500Arts & Culture$15,439Human Services$6,000Community Improvement$6,000

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 budgetLawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area: $25,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST: $21,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEDGEWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $18,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Bay: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAccess Institute for Psychological Services: $14,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetIMMIGRATION INSTITUTE OF THE BAY AREA: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAY AREA LEGAL AID: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHOICE IN AGING: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $10,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTranslifeline DBA Trans Lifeline: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetExtrafood: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST ANTHONY TRUST OF HARTFORD INC: $4,200 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetDREW SCHOOL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINNERCITY WEIGHTLIFTING INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Guardsmen: $2,391 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOR-SITE Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLake Forest College: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASTLE PARK ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $279 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENT SCHOOL: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Bicycle Coalition: $75 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.

The San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Jewish Community Fede…The Yelp FoundationUnited Way of the Bay…McNabb FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Marin Community Found…Arthur and Charlotte …Bothin FoundationCrankstart FoundationHeffernan Group Found…
The San Francisco FoundationCA25.1× affinity11 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 · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Yelp Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · McNabb Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Arthur and Charlotte Zitrin Foundation · Bothin Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · Heffernan Group 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 Bellis Demarest Gregg Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bellis Demarest Gregg Foundation Inc. 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 51 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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