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Bruce and Marilyn Wallace Foundation at a glance

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Bruce and Marilyn Wallace Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$363k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$363k
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.

Education$475kEnvironment$443kPhilanthropy$363kFood & Nutrition$200kScience & Tech$135kHuman Services$100kArts & Culture$50kInternational$28kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$363,491
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DECHOMAI$363,491
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 (FY17–17, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%GREATER GOODS OJAI: $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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$910k · 8 repeat orgs$918k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +86% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
21

Total granted

$910k
$554k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+86%
+34%

Still filing today

88%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $363k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentInternationalAnimalsScience & TechOther
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

  • MR
    MONICA ROS SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $300k · revenue +97%
  • LP
    LOS PADRES FORESTWATCH INC
    2× · 2018–2023 · $208k · revenue +223%
  • FF
    FOOD & FRIENDS INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $71k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • FS
    FOOD SHARE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $83k · revenue +34%
  • T
    TESSELLATIONSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue ×11
  • NC
    National Center for Science Educationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +49%
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
The Forager School

As a community, The Forager School is guided by a child-centered philosophy that puts play at the heart of everything we do. Located in rural Northern California we are devoted to fostering a deep connection between young children and the…

Education
2
Tahoe Institute for Natural Science

To advance the natural history, conservation and ecosystem knowledge of the Tahoe region through science, education and outreach.

Environment
3
Green Foothills Foundation dba Green Foothills

Our mission is to protect local nature and farmland to ensure a healthy environment for everyone.

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4
Northeast La Forest School

Northeast LA Forest School's mission is to create accessible, 100% outdoor, nature inspired, place-based preschool programing for all children in Los Angeles.

Education
5
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
6
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
7
Fossil Free California

Fossil Free California works to end financial support for climate-damaging fossil fuels and promotes the transition to a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.

Environment
8
Student Lunchbox Inc

Student LunchBox, Inc. (SLB) is a charitable organization established in 2020 to empower college excellence through comprehensive basic needs support. Using innovative resource recovery initiatives, SLB addresses food insecurity and hunger…

Food & Nutrition
9
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
10
Ecology Action of Santa Cruz

The primary and specific purpose for which the said corporation is formed is to empower individuals, businesses and communities to take actions today that achieve environmental and economic sustainability. The activities of the corporation…

Environment
11
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
12
The Anacapa School

Through academic and experiential learning, we encourage students to integrate critical thinking, creativity, integrity and compassion in order to develop the potential of each individual in our diverse community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food Share Inc; the most unlike its peers is Unite the Parks. 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

22 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. 22 of the 30 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DECHOMAI: $363,491 · OtherDECHOMAIO-HIGHER EDUCATION: $35,000 · OtherVENTURA COUTNY SCIENCE CENTER LEAP LAB: $35,000 · OtherOFF THE WALL GRAFFITI: $30,000 · OtherFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $71,400 · OtherFOOD & FRIENDS INCNational Center for Science Education: $50,000 · OtherNational Center for Science Education+8 more: $106,441 · Other+8 moreMONICA ROS SCHOOL INC: $300,000 · EducationMONICA ROS SCHOOL INCTESSELLATIONS: $75,000 · EducationTESSELLATIONSOAK GROVE SCHOOL LLC: $20,000 · EducationHOPE IN A BOX INC: $15,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationLOS PADRES FORESTWATCH INC: $208,291 · EnvironmentLOS PADRES FORESTWATCH…UNITE THE PARKS: $105,000 · EnvironmentUNITE THE PARKSTHE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY: $55,000 · EnvironmentTHE OJAI VALLEY LAND C…SECURE BEGINNINGS: $60,260 · Human ServicesHELP OF OJAI INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesGREATER GOODS OJAI: $10,000 · Human ServicesFOOD SHARE INC: $82,600 · Food & NutritionTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $50,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $28,000 · InternationalPaso Pacifico: $75,000 · Animals+1 more: $2,000 · Animals
Other$691,332Education$420,000Environment$368,291Human Services$110,260Food & Nutrition$82,600International$78,000Animals$77,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMONICA ROS SCHOOL INC: $300,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetLOS PADRES FORESTWATCH INC: $208,291 over 2y, 19% of budgetUNITE THE PARKS: $105,000 over 3y, 36% of budgetFOOD SHARE INC: $82,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPaso Pacifico: $75,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetTESSELLATIONS: $75,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $71,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY: $55,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNational Center for Science Education: $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHELP OF OJAI INC: $40,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHOMEFIRST SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $20,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOAK GROVE SCHOOL LLC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE IN A BOX INC: $15,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetAll for Lunch Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetSHAKESPEARE-SAN FRANCISCO: $10,241 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNORDHOFF PARENT ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetThe Thacher School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF TRUCKEE-TAHOE: $2,000 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.

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.

John J Moller Family …Monimos FoundationFinch Family Foundati…Santa Barbara Foundat…Marin Community Found…Texas Instruments Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Paypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…
John J Moller Family FoundationDE17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John J Moller Family Foundation · Monimos Foundation · Finch Family Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · 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 Bruce and Marilyn Wallace Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bruce and Marilyn Wallace Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–40%
    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 30 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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