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Bytelaunch Foundation at a glance

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Bytelaunch 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.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$14kCivil Rights$12kEducation$9kAnimals$7kHealth$4kScience & Tech$3kYouth Development$3kPhilanthropy$100Other$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$160k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN DIEGO ZOO$1,200
AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC$1,000
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION$1,000
EARTHROOTS FIELD SCHOOL$900
CHILD CREATIVITY LAB$900
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES: $2k → 8%SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%FOOTHILL ELEMENTARY PTA: $192 → 11%FRIENDS OF BIG BEAR ALPINE ZOO: $2k → 14%AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC: $2k → 14%ACLU: $1k → 17%FACEBOOK NETWORK FOR GOOD: $100 → 14%LITTLE FREE LIBRARY: $1k → 5%MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES: $2k → 8%SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%BIG BEAR ZOO: $500 → 14%AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC: $1k → 14%LITTLE FREE LIBRARY: $1k → 5%MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES: $1k → 8%JOURNEY SCHOOL: $2k → 10%CHILD CREATIVITY LAB: $3k → 10%ORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%CHILD CREATIVITY LAB: $2k → 10%Child Creativity Lab: $2k → 10%CHILD CREATIVITY LAB: $2k → 10%CHILD CREATIVITY LAB: $1k → 10%PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $1k → 10%CHILD CREATIVITY LAB: $1k → 10%PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $1k → 10%CHILD CREATIVITY LAB: $900 → 10%PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $1k → 10%EARTHROOTS FIELD SCHOOL: $3k → 10%EARTHROOTS FIELD SCHOOL: $3k → 10%EARTHROOTS FIELD SCHOOL: $2k → 10%EARTHROOTS FIELD SCHOOL: $1k → 10%EARTHROOTS FIELD SCHOOL: $900 → 10%HEARTWOOD FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%HEARTWOOD FOUNDATION: $2k → 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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$44k · 10 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
7

Total granted

$44k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+2%

Still filing today

80%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationEnvironmentAnimalsCivil RightsHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CC
    CHILD CREATIVITY LAB
    7× · 2017–2024 · $11k · revenue +297%
  • EF
    EARTHROOTS FIELD SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $9k · revenue +49%
  • EF
    Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $3k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • OF
    ORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +2%
  • JS
    JOURNEY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +89%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF BIG BEAR ALPINE ZOO
    one grant, 2022 · $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
Center for the Future of Learning

The Center for the Future of Learning empowers a vibrant learning ecosystem connecting communities to create future-focused solutions for today while sharing effective practices to advance tomorrow. The Center for the Future of Learning…

Education
2
Sea Research Foundation Inc

To inspire people to care for and protect our ocean planet through education and research.

Animals
3
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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4
Learning Policy Institute

The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) conducts and disseminates independent, high-quality research to improve learning for all children. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, LPI connects policymakers and stakeholders at the local, state,…

Education
5
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
6
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
7
The Learning Agency Lab

The learning agency lab seeks to improve the effectiveness of k-16 education, especially for historically marginalized populations, by creating free or at-cost resources that are aligned to the science of learning.

Education
8
Mindful Schools

Mindful school's mission is to empower educators to spark change from the inside out by cultivating awareness, resilience, and compassionate action.

Education
9
Millennium School of San Francisco

See schedule oto realize the transformative potential of middle school. millennium school believes in developing each student to their fullest potential, this involves providing both a rigorous academic program and a science-based…

Education
10
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
11
California Ocean Science Trust

California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…

Environment
12
California Environmental Voters Education Fund

ENVIROVOTERS ED FUND is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving the quality of the environment for all Californians. ENVIROVOTERS ED FUND works to build the capacity of environmental organizations by developing and providing…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Foothill Elementary Pta. 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

11 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. 11 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HEARTWOOD FOUNDATION: $4,502 · OtherHEARTWOOD FOUNDATIONElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $3,000 · OtherElectronic Frontier Foundati…SAN DIEGO ZOO: $2,400 · OtherSAN DIEGO ZOOFRIENDS OF BIG BEAR ALPINE ZOO: $1,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF BIG BEAR ALPINE Z…ACLU: $1,000 · OtherACLUIndividual grant recipient: $500 · Other+1 more: $100 · OtherCHILD CREATIVITY LAB: $11,335 · Civil RightsCHILD CREATIVITY LABEARTHROOTS FIELD SCHOOL INC: $9,026 · EnvironmentEARTHROOTS FIELD SCHOOL …THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $2,059 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATIONFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $3,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF …AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $2,500 · AnimalsAQUARIUM OF…LITTLE FREE LIBRARY: $2,409 · EducationLITTLE FRE…JOURNEY SCHOOL: $2,000 · EducationJOURNEY SC…FOOTHILL ELEMENTARY PTA: $192 · EducationMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $4,000 · HealthORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$13,002Civil Rights$11,335Environment$11,085Animals$5,500Education$4,601Health$4,000Crime & Legal$2,500

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 budgetCHILD CREATIVITY LAB: $11,335 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetEARTHROOTS FIELD SCHOOL INC: $9,026 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE FREE LIBRARY: $2,409 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $2,059 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOURNEY SCHOOL: $2,000 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.

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.

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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 Bytelaunch Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bytelaunch Foundation. 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 17 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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