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Coit Family 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.

$2.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
50
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$17MRecreation & Sports$5.7MArts & Culture$2.5MHealth$1.3MFood & Nutrition$1.1MPhilanthropy$1.0MEnvironment$957kHuman Services$610kOther$0
02FY2024 · 50 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $278k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $800k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.2M
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION$1,169,378
UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION$200,000
THE DOG AGING INSTITUTE$100,000
WHITE PONY EXPRESS$100,000
NATIONAL VOTE AT HOME INSTITUTE$75,000
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT$75,000
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS$75,000
MEDIA MATTERS$75,000
JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
SUMMIT BANK FOUNDATION$33,000
JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST$25,000
MARIST MISSIONARY SISTERS$25,000
THE PARK THEATER TRUST (TPTT)$20,100
DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER$20,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $993k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%VISTABILITY: $3k → 10%DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER: $20k → 14%WOMEN IN NEED: $10k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $8k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER: $10k → 14%WOMEN IN NEED: $5k → 17%FOUNDATION FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING: $100k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 14%FOUNDATION FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING: $25k → 14%Foundation for Financial Planning: $5k → 14%THE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 14%Youth Homes: $15k → 14%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $11k → 10%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $5k → 10%YOUTH HOMES: $25k → 9%YOUTH HOMES: $25k → 9%MOMENTUM CRISIS CENTER: $3k → 9%CITY SERVE OF THE TRI-VALLEY: $5k → 10%WHITE PONY EXPRESS: $150k → 9%WHITE PONY EXPRESS: $150k → 9%White Pony Express: $100k → 9%WHITE PONY EXPRESS: $100k → 9%WHITE PONY EXPRESS: $100k → 9%White Pony Express: $100k → 9%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

NH
WA
ND
MN
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
DC
HI
GA
TX
FL
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23M · 72 repeat orgs$8.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

72 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 41 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
77

Total granted

$23M
$7.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+14%

Still filing today

64%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $379k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • University of Arizona Foundation
    3× · 2018–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +19%
  • TR
    The Ruth Bancroft Garden Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $726k · revenue +40%
  • WP
    WHITE PONY EXPRESS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $700k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Arizona Skaggs Renovation
    one grant, 2019 · $5.5M
  • BF
    BPS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $270k
  • TP
    TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue +18%
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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
2
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
3
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
4
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
5
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
6
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
7
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

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
8
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
9
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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10
California Healthcare Foundation

Chcf is dedicated to advancing meaningful, measurable improvements in the way the health care delivery system provides care to the people of california, particularly those with low incomes and those whose needs are not well served by the…

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11
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is The Khaled Hosseini Foundation. 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

92 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 92 of the 171 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
89/92
Grantees still filing
63/92
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Arizona: $15,915,369 · OtherUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of Arizona Skaggs Renovation: $5,537,250 · OtherUniversity of Arizona Skaggs Renovation+113 more: $4,295,737 · Other+113 moreUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $2,029,378 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $105,000 · EducationGLADSTONE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Education+7 more: $97,500 · EducationWHITE PONY EXPRESS: $700,000 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING INC: $130,000 · Human ServicesYouth Homes Inc: $65,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $40,000 · Human Services+9 more: $75,698 · Human ServicesTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $250,000 · PhilanthropyTHE HS LOPEZ FAMILY FOUNDATION: $250,000 · PhilanthropySummit Bank Foundation: $127,243 · PhilanthropyEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $80,000 · PhilanthropyTHE KHALED HOSSEINI FOUNDATION: $28,500 · Philanthropy+5 more: $48,725 · PhilanthropyThe Ruth Bancroft Garden Inc: $726,004 · Environment+4 more: $53,440 · EnvironmentCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $500,000 · Food & NutritionWeigh of Life: $50,000 · Food & NutritionJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $20,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $10,000 · Food & NutritionJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $405,700 · HealthPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $30,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $26,125 · HealthThe Clearity Foundation: $25,000 · Health+10 more: $75,625 · Health
Other$25,748,356Education$2,331,878Human Services$1,010,698Philanthropy$784,468Environment$779,444Food & Nutrition$580,000Health$562,450

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 Arizona Foundation: $2,029,378 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Ruth Bancroft Garden Inc: $726,004 over 8y, 13% of budgetWHITE PONY EXPRESS: $700,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $500,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetJOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $405,700 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $250,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HS LOPEZ FAMILY FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetNational Vote At Home Institute: $185,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKQED INC: $135,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING INC: $130,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetSummit Bank Foundation: $127,243 over 7y, 15% of budgetHOUSING INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $105,800 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLADSTONE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPACIFIC FLYWAY FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute for Research on Presidential Elections: $75,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetYouth Homes Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWeigh of Life: $50,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetHUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetUsher Syndrome Society Inc: $42,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KHALED HOSSEINI FOUNDATION: $28,500 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetTHE DAWN REDWOODS CHARITABLE TRUST: $27,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $26,125 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Clearity Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetYOUNG MUSICIANS CHORAL ORCHESTRA: $25,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNOURISH EVERY CHILD: $25,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetThe Park Theater Trust: $22,600 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNorthern Light School: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $15,698 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $15,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN IN NEED INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHappy Hollow Foundation: $11,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Lafayette: $10,500 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetEVERY DAY ACTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 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.

  • Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Ruth Bancroft Garden Inc ↗
  • Who funds WHITE PONY EXPRESS ↗
  • Who funds CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND ↗
  • Who funds JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds THE HS LOPEZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds National Vote At Home Institute ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING INC ↗
  • Who funds Summit Bank Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING INDUSTRY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLADSTONE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC FLYWAY FUND ↗
  • Who funds EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Institute for Research on Presidential Elections ↗
  • Who funds Youth Homes Inc ↗
  • Who funds Weigh of Life ↗
  • Who funds HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Usher Syndrome Society Inc ↗

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.

Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…East Bay Community Fo…Fremont Bank Foundati…Silicon Valley Commun…Heffernan Group Found…Justice Justice Found…Dean and Margaret Les…Quest FoundationJewish Community Fede…California Foundation…Kaiser Foundation Hos…
Marin Community FoundationCA23.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Fremont Bank Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · Justice Justice Foundation · Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation · Quest Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

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 Coit Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Coit Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
20report 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 171 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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