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Capecchio Foundation

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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.5MYouth Development$250kArts & Culture$162kHuman Services$110kScience & Tech$100kEnvironment$10kHealth$10k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $329k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St Mary's High School$1,000,000
Stockton Symphony Association$129,205
SJ County Sheriff's Foundation$100,000
Friends of the Children$100,000
Restore the Delta$10,000
Pacific Italian Alliance$10,000
World of Wonders Science Museum$10,000
Central Valley Youth Symphony$10,000
Hospice of San Joaquin$10,000
Family Promise of SJ County$10,000
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 (FY25–25, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Friends of the Children: $100k → 12%Hospice of San Joaquin: $10k → 12%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 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
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
3
Public Policy Institute of California

Inform and improve public policy in california through independent, objective, nonpartisan research

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4
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
5
Science Museum of Minnesota

The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."

Arts & Culture
6
SJVWater

Education

Environment
7
San Jose Children's Discovery Museum

Children's discovery museum of san jose inspires creativity, curiosity and lifelong learning.

Arts & Culture
8
California Academy of Sciences

The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…

Arts & Culture
9
Pacific Science Center Foundation

Pacific science center (pacsci) ignites curiosity in every child and fuels a passion for discovery, experimentation, and critical thinking in all of us.

Arts & Culture
10
The Santa Ynez Valley Family School

The family school is dedicated to providing a superior environment of child centered academic and creative programs which inspire a joy of learning and support critical thinking. we strive to prepare students to be compassionate,…

Education
11
San Francisco Jazz Organization

The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…

Arts & Culture
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of the Pacific; the most unlike its peers is Pacific Italian Alliance. 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

9 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. 9 of the 12 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)
8/9
Grantees still filing
4/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL: $1,000,000 · OtherST MARY'S HIGH SCHOOLSJ County Sheriff's Foundation: $100,000 · OtherSJ County Sheriff's Foundation+2 more: $20,000 · OtherUniversity of the Pacific: $500,000 · EducationUniversity of the PacificFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF TH…STOCKTON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC: $129,205 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC ITALIAN ALLIANCE: $12,500 · Arts & CultureWORLD OF WONDERS SCIENCE MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN INCORPORATED: $100,000 · Human ServicesHospice of San Joaquin: $10,000 · Human ServicesRESTORE THE DELTA: $10,000 · Environment
Other$1,120,000Education$500,000Youth Development$250,000Arts & Culture$151,705Human Services$110,000Environment$10,000

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 budgetUniversity of the Pacific: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $250,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSTOCKTON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC: $129,205 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN INCORPORATED: $100,000 over 1y, 63% of budgetPACIFIC ITALIAN ALLIANCE: $12,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetHospice of San Joaquin: $10,000 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.

The Cortopassi Family…The Ross E Bewley and…Hachman Family Founda…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Cortopassi Family FoundationCA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cortopassi Family Foundation · The Ross E Bewley and Marilyn R Bewley Charitable Foundation Inc · Hachman Family Foundation co Butterfield & Co CPAs Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Capecchio Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Capecchio Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%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
    3report 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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Capecchio Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Capecchio 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 12 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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