How much does Community Foundation of San Carlos give?

Community Foundation of San Carlos reported 16 itemized grants totaling $150,000, out of $200,566 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 27 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.

What does Community Foundation of San Carlos fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (18%), Health (18%), Education (16%).

Who are Community Foundation of San Carlos's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Second Harvest of Silicon Valley ($59k), Samaritan House ($59k), Each Green Corner ($53k).

Does Community Foundation of San Carlos fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation of San Carlos?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Atkinson Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Bothin Foundation.

Where is Community Foundation of San Carlos based?

Community Foundation of San Carlos is based in CA.

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Community Foundation of San Carlos

The mission of Community Foundation of San Carlos is to amplify the work of nonprofits serving san carlos through grants from its endowment income & community donations to raise funds for special projects addressing community needs and to build a greater sense of community in san carlos through outreach community events.

$201k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 16
Itemized grants FY2025: 12
Organizations funded FY2024: 17%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $150k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $15,000
Organizations funded a year: 9 to 27; FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $3.1M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Community Foundation of San Carlos funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

HealthEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentCrime & 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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	16	$150k	31%
FY2024	12	$116k	17%
FY2023	9	$90k	33%
FY2022	27	$160k	37%
FY2021	22	$183k	64%
FY2020	19	$288k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$182kHealth$174kEducation$156kHuman Services$123kHousing & Shelter$109kArts & Culture$91kCommunity Improvement$56kEmployment$44kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley	$59,000	2	0%
Samaritan House	$59,000	2	0%
Each Green Corner	$52,500	6	9%
San Carlos Childrens Theater	$52,500	6	2%
Accion Opportunity Fund Community Development	$50,000	1	0%
California Clubhouse DBA Aspire House	$45,000	5	1%
Healthy Cities Tutoring Inc	$43,500	5	3%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Particular Council of San Mateo Inc	$40,000	4	0%
Upward Scholars	$35,000	4	1%
Villages of San Mateo County	$34,000	4	3%

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All grantees of Community Foundation of San Carlos by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley	$59,000	2	0%
Samaritan House	$59,000	2	0%
Each Green Corner	$52,500	6	9%
San Carlos Childrens Theater	$52,500	6	2%
Accion Opportunity Fund Community Development	$50,000	1	0%
California Clubhouse DBA Aspire House	$45,000	5	1%
Healthy Cities Tutoring Inc	$43,500	5	3%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Particular Council of San Mateo Inc	$40,000	4	0%
Upward Scholars	$35,000	4	1%
Villages of San Mateo County	$34,000	4	3%
Learning Home Volunteers	$30,000	3	5%
Multicultural Institute	$29,000	3	1%
One Life Counseling Center	$26,000	3	0%
Lifemoves	$25,500	3	0%
Avenir Group	$25,000	1	n/a
Society of St Vincent de Paul Particular Council of San Mateo	$25,000	2	n/a
Friends for Youth Inc	$22,500	3	1%
CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse	$22,000	2	0%
Melp - Ablecloset	$21,000	2	5%
Partners and Advocates for Remarkable Children and Adults	$19,500	2	0%
Music for Minors Inc	$18,000	3	0%
Home and Hope	$18,000	2	n/a
StarVista	$17,500	2	0%
There With Care	$15,000	2	n/a
Arbor Bay School	$15,000	2	1%
CASA of San Mateo County	$13,500	2	0%
Friends of Redwood	$12,500	2	n/a
San Mateo County Union Community Alliance	$10,000	1	n/a
San Mateo County Health Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
Sequoia High School Education Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
Community Equity Collaborative	$10,000	1	2%
Casa Circulo Cultural	$10,000	1	n/a
Peninsula Family Connections	$10,000	2	0%
Sequoia Hospital Foundation	$8,000	1	1%
Edgewood Center for Children and Families	$7,500	1	0%
Peninsula Volunteers Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Voices of Recovery San Mateo County	$7,500	1	1%
Human Investment Project Inc	$6,000	1	0%
Bravemaker	$5,000	1	1%
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
St Francis Center of Redwood City	$5,000	1	0%
Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House	$5,000	1	0%
Ziru Dance Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
One Step Beyond Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Wanda Women and Allies	$5,000	1	1%
San Carlos Charter Learning Center	$5,000	1	0%
Mbolden Change	$5,000	1	1%
Marine Science Institute	$3,000	1	0%
Justice at Last Inc	$2,500	1	0%
There With Care of the Bay Area	$2,500	1	0%
San Carlos Service Clubs for Seniors	$2,000	1	n/a
San Mateo County Sheriff's Office	$2,000	1	n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Community Foundation of San Carlos supplied at peak.

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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 42.

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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.

Atkinson FoundationCA59× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Atkinson Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Bothin Foundation · Sand Hill Foundation · The Palo Alto Community Fund · Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Monterra Community Fund · The San Bruno Community Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Sutter Bay 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.

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About Community Foundation of San Carlos

How much does Community Foundation of San Carlos give?: Community Foundation of San Carlos reported 16 itemized grants totaling $150,000, out of $200,566 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 27 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Community Foundation of San Carlos fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (18%), Health (18%), Education (16%).
Who are Community Foundation of San Carlos's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Second Harvest of Silicon Valley ($59k), Samaritan House ($59k), Each Green Corner ($53k).
Does Community Foundation of San Carlos fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation of San Carlos?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Atkinson Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Bothin Foundation.
Where is Community Foundation of San Carlos based?: Community Foundation of San Carlos is based in CA.