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Caufield Family 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2025
8
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$295,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 63
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$25M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Caufield Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $325k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsFood & NutritionArts & CultureEducationInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving11$1.3M27%
FY20248$775k50%
FY20239$582k22%
FY202219$940k37%
FY202128$911k43%
FY202063$406k56%
FY201959$252kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$1.2MInternational$1.1MHealth$842kAnimals$468kPublic Safety & Disaster$450kFood & Nutrition$411kHuman Services$206kArts & Culture$186kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
NV
CT
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
MD
DE
DC
LA
MS
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 93 grantees
All grantees of Caufield Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy$1,000,02050%
Human Rights Watch Inc$955,00072%
World Central Kitchen Inc$450,00040%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$420,00050%
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc$153,00050%
National Marine Mammal Foundation Inc$135,00030%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$117,50030%
DAP Health Inc$110,00020%
The J David Gladstone Institutes$100,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$100,00010%
Food in Need of Distribution Inc$80,00030%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$70,00020%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$70,00020%
A Sense of Home$57,0001n/a
Safe & Sound$55,00020%
Share Our Strength$50,00020%
The Well in the Desert Inc$37,00043%
Kids in Crisis Inc$37,00040%
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc$30,00010%
San Francisco Symphony$30,00010%
Doctors Outreach Inc$25,000119%
Arts Community Coalition Nevada$25,0001n/a
Business Executives for National Security$25,00010%
Delta Hands for Hope$20,000112%
Sayaji U Ba Khin Vipassana Foundation$20,00011%
F&L Organizational Support Services$20,000123%
Last Chance for Animals$20,00020%
Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino Counties$15,00010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$15,00010%
The Desert Biennial Dba Desert X$15,00021%
Performing Animal Welfare Society$15,00020%
Norcal Bully Breed Rescue$15,00014%
Palm Springs Art Museum$15,00020%
The Marine Mammal Center$13,00030%
Mizell Center$10,00010%
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$10,00010%
Lost Cats$10,0001n/a
The Longevity Foundation$10,0001n/a
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Inc$10,00010%
The Battery Foundation$8,00020%
Orleans Public Education Network$7,0001n/a
Shire House Inc$5,00011%
Jobtrain Inc$5,00010%
San Francisco Film Society$5,00010%
Love Serve Remember Foundation$5,00010%
Transgender Law Center$5,00010%
Arhoolie Foundation$5,00011%
Muttville$5,00010%
Independent Arts & Media$5,00010%
Our Mims Retirement Haven Inc$5,0001n/a
World Wildlife Fund Inc$4,00020%
Council on Foundations Inc$4,0001n/a
Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation$4,0002n/a
GVNGorg$3,50020%
Peninsula Humane Society & Spca$3,50030%
Go Philanthropic Charitable Fund$3,00011%
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco$3,00010%
Hillsborough Schools Foundation$3,00010%
Akashinga Inc$2,50010%
Refugees International Inc$2,00020%
The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust$2,00020%
Human Rights Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Rocketdogrescue$2,00020%
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation$2,00020%
Best Friends Animal Society$2,00020%
Transgender Health and Wellness Center$2,00010%
Lucky Dog Rescue Inc$2,0002n/a
Dog Adoption and Welfare Group$2,00021%
St John's College$2,00020%
Enterprise for Youth$2,00010%
San Francisco Zoological Society$1,50020%
Legal Services for Children Inc$1,50020%
Technoserve Inc$1,00010%
Children of Shelters$1,00020%
The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California$1,00010%
Kqed Inc$1,00020%
Lotus Land Foundation$1,00010%
Partners in Animal Protection and Conservation$1,00010%
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation$1,00020%
Tri-Valley Animal Rescue$1,00020%
National Performance Network Inc$1,00010%
Bay Area Womens and Childrens Center$1,0001n/a
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation$1,00010%
The Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary$1,00010%
Farm Sanctuary Inc$1,00010%
Valley Humane SocietyInc$75020%
Rising Stars Inc$50010%
Calm Inc$50010%
North Valley Animal Disaster Group$50010%
Spokane COPS$50010%
10000 Degrees$50010%
Cloud Forest Institute$50011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($648k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Caufield Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAssociation of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy: $1,000,020 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $955,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $450,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $420,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Network Inc: $153,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Marine Mammal Foundation Inc: $135,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $117,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDAP Health Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe J David Gladstone Institutes: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood in Need of Distribution Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSafe & Sound: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetShare Our Strength: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Well in the Desert Inc: $37,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetKids in Crisis Inc: $37,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDoctors Outreach Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetBusiness Executives for National Security: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDelta Hands for Hope: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSayaji U Ba Khin Vipassana Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetF&L Organizational Support Services: $20,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetLast Chance for Animals: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFeeding America Riverside San Bernardino Counties: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Desert Biennial Dba Desert X: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPerforming Animal Welfare Society: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorcal Bully Breed Rescue: $15,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetPalm Springs Art Museum: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Marine Mammal Center: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMizell Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCouncil on Foreign Relations Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMultidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Battery Foundation: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetShire House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJobtrain Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Film Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLove Serve Remember Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArhoolie Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMuttville: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndependent Arts & Media: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGVNGorg: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPeninsula Humane Society & Spca: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGo Philanthropic Charitable Fund: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 83.

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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.

Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA23.5× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · McNabb Foundation · Salesforce Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Agilent Technologies Foundation · Impactassetsinc · McKesson Foundation Inc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Each 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.

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About Caufield Family Foundation

How much does Caufield Family Foundation give?
Caufield Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $1,281,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 63 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Caufield Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), International (21%), Health (16%).
Who are Caufield Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy ($1.0M), Human Rights Watch Inc ($955k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($450k).
Does Caufield Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Caufield Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Caufield Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
Where is Caufield Family Foundation based?
Caufield Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 126 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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