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COMMUNITY INITIATIVES acts as a thought-partner and provides administrative services to nonprofit startups, established initiatives, networks, and collaborations.

$24M
Granted FY2025still arriving
101
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$17M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$21MEnvironment$16MEducation$14MPhilanthropy$4.4MHuman Services$4.2MCommunity Improvement$2.6MHealth$2.1MCrime & Legal$2.0MOther$0
02FY2025 · 101 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 101 grants below total $23,113,936, the rows itemized in this filing. The $23,835,649 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $721,713 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $133k
  • $10k–50k63 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+6 grants · $20M
$19,779
Median grant
17
States reached
$75M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOUSE OF VICTORY FOUNDATION$16,725,249
BULLDOG BREAD FOUNDATION$1,170,500
FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST$1,136,271
BOARDDEV CORPORATION$413,250
IMMIGRANTS RISING$362,705
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$250,392
EXYGY INC$199,500
THE CARPENTRIES INC$164,992
SHIFT PROJECT LTD$146,400
GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPACE INC$144,000
SIERRA BUSINESS COUNCIL$139,609
THE PREDISTRIBUTION INITIATIVE INC$128,059
ROSE PAK COMMUNITY FUND$110,952
NDSU$84,000
CITY OF FRAMINGHAM$82,200
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 (FY17–25, $3.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RADICAL MONARCHS: $649k → 10%iFoster Inc: $10k → 11%First Focus: $10k → 14%EUVALCREE: $10k → 20%FAITH IN INDIANA: $60k → 16%THE CHISHOLM LEGACY PROJECT: $55k → 19%Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: $10k → 16%TIDES CENTER: $40k → 10%iFoster Inc: $10k → 11%NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMS: $70k → 14%VOICE BUFFALO: $55k → 13%EUVALCREE: $10k → 20%One Simple Wish: $10k → 11%MARINLINK: $56k → 8%BRIGHTMOOR ALLIANCE INC: $10k → 21%HELP A MOTHER OUT: $219k → 10%BRIGHTMOOR ALLIANCE INC: $10k → 21%URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES INC: $10k → 21%Tides Center: $25k → 14%NOT ANOTHER CHILD INC: $18k → 20%URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES INC: $10k → 21%The People's Harm Reduction Alliance: $50k → 9%VILLAGE MOVEMENT CALIFORNIA: $12k → 10%New York State Youth Leadership Council: $25k → 17%Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute: $25k → 14%The People's Harm Reduction Alliance: $40k → 9%HELP A MOTHER OUT: $68k → 10%CENTRAL VALLEY IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION COLLABORATIVE: $25k → 19%CALIFORNIA CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOUNDATION INC: $30k → 10%DAVIS STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $75k → 10%CALIFORNIA CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 10%OAKLAND TRYBE: $95k → 10%Family Builders By Adoption: $30k → 10%The Children's Partnership: $25k → 14%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $75k → 10%Fostering Media Connections: $42k → 14%Child Care Law Center: $20k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $21k → 10%IMMIGRANTS RISING: $363k → 10%IMMIGRANTS RISING: $20k → 10%IMMIGRANTS RISING: $10k → 10%CENTRO DE SERVICIOS ALAMEDA COUNTY: $65k → 10%Family Support Services of the Bay Area: $20k → 10%CENTRO DE SERVICIOS ALAMEDA COUNTY: $42k → 10%POSSIBILITY LABS: $567k → 10%POSSIBILITY LABS: $73k → 10%MCGEE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH: $25k → 10%HELP A MOTHER OUT: $242k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
ID
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$38M · 132 repeat orgs$37M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

132 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2025, 96 since wound down; 62 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

132
303

Total granted

$38M
$17M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+22%

Still filing today

54%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TD
    TRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST
    4× · 2017–2022 · $2.5M · revenue +6%
  • GO
    GROUNDWORK OHIO
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1.2M · revenue +193%
  • T2
    TURN 2 U INC dba THE LAST MILE
    3× · 2019–2021 · $900k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • HO
    HOUSE OF VICTORY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $3.8M
  • PT
    PLACER TITLE COMPANY
    one grant, 2020 · $1.1M
  • GP
    GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2024 · $923k
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.

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Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
2
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
3
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
4
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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5
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
6
California Donor Table

California Donor Table anchors a hub of donors, foundations, and community leaders. We pool together our resources to shape California into a truly democratic state that works for the people, not the powerful. Rooted in our commitment to…

Civil Rights
7
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
8
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California

The american civil liberties union of northern california (aclu nc union) defends and advances the principles of freedom, equality and justice contained in the united states constitution. aclu nc union, a california mutual benefit…

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9
Justice Funders

Serve as a partner, educator, and guide for philanthropy in reimagining practices that advance a thriving and just world.

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10
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
11
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
12
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Movement Strategy Center; the most unlike its peers is The Robert Wood Johnson 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

352 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. 352 of the 517 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)
91
Early backer (in before they grew)
344/352
Grantees still filing
230/352
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOUSE OF VICTORY INC: $16,725,249 · OtherHOUSE OF VICTORY INCHOUSE OF VICTORY FOUNDATION INC: $3,837,743 · OtherHOUSE OF VICTORY FOUNDATION INCALLIEDUP COOPERATIVE: $2,189,269 · Other+125 more: $22,942,260 · Other+125 moreFEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST: $10,395,604 · EnvironmentFEATHER RIVER LAND TRU…TRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST: $2,461,357 · EnvironmentTRUCKEE DONNER LAND TR…Death Valley Natural History Association: $482,641 · Environment+9 more: $768,107 · Environment+9 moreGROUNDWORK OHIO: $1,209,043 · EducationHEPATITUS EDUCATION PROJECT: $475,750 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $458,880 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $310,169 · EducationUniversity of California Merced Foundation: $215,000 · EducationSierra Business Council: $175,941 · EducationTHE CARPENTRIES INC: $164,992 · Education+16 more: $1,005,608 · EducationCharity Navigator: $848,719 · Human ServicesPOSSIBILITY LABS: $646,295 · Human ServicesHELP A MOTHER OUT: $539,009 · Human ServicesImmigrants Rising: $393,105 · Human ServicesCENTRO DE SERVICIOS OF ALAMEDA CTY: $116,951 · Human Services+9 more: $653,000 · Human ServicesGLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PROJECT INC: $922,734 · PhilanthropyTHE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $511,302 · PhilanthropyCSUSB PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $370,300 · PhilanthropyNOVO FOUNDATION: $350,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $268,987 · PhilanthropyTHE LIBRA FOUNDATION: $200,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $111,319 · PhilanthropyROSE PAK COMMUNITY FUND: $110,952 · Philanthropy+2 more: $104,948 · PhilanthropyRESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR OAKLAND YOUTH RJOY: $678,059 · Community ImprovementPublic Works Alliance: $282,970 · Community ImprovementINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $178,088 · Community ImprovementWomen in Security and Privacy: $104,708 · Community ImprovementOakland LGBTQ Community Center Inc: $85,000 · Community ImprovementOAKLAND PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL IN C: $75,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $124,917 · Community ImprovementTURN 2 U INC dba THE LAST MILE: $899,850 · Crime & LegalCENTRO LEGAL DE LA RAZA: $50,000 · Crime & LegalEAST BAY CHILDRENS LAW OFFICES INC: $45,000 · Crime & LegalASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $45,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$45,694,521Environment$14,107,709Education$4,015,383Human Services$3,197,079Philanthropy$2,950,542Community Improvement$1,528,742Crime & Legal$1,039,850

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetFEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST: $10,395,604 over 9y, 37% of budgetTRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST: $2,461,357 over 4y, 10.0% of budgetGROUNDWORK OHIO: $1,209,043 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetGLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PROJECT INC: $922,734 over 1y, 15% of budgetTURN 2 U INC dba THE LAST MILE: $899,850 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetCharity Navigator: $848,719 over 2y, 12% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $715,247 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUS DIGITAL RESPONSE: $694,931 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetRESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR OAKLAND YOUTH RJOY: $678,059 over 2y, 49% of budgetPOSSIBILITY LABS: $646,295 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHELP A MOTHER OUT: $539,009 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetTHE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $511,302 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDeath Valley Natural History Association: $482,641 over 8y, 23% of budgetHEPATITUS EDUCATION PROJECT: $475,750 over 1y, 17% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $458,880 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetImmigrants Rising: $393,105 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetCSUSB PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $370,300 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetNOVO FOUNDATION: $350,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $310,169 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Works Alliance: $282,970 over 1y, 14% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $268,987 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION LANGUAGE AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL INC: $265,011 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetJOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC: $224,285 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of California Merced Foundation: $215,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetTHE LIBRA FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSIERRA INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT: $191,500 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $178,088 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSierra Business Council: $175,941 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEmpowerment Works Inc: $175,466 over 1y, 15% of budgetGREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $155,041 over 5y, 23% of budgetPinnacles National Park Foundation Pinnacles Partnership: $150,851 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK: $150,620 over 1y, 17% of budgetSHIFT PROJECT LTD: $146,400 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetLIVE FREE CHICAGO: $140,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS FOUNDATION: $135,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetBAKERSFIELD COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $129,400 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCENTRO DE SERVICIOS OF ALAMEDA CTY: $116,951 over 3y, 17% of budgetSEQUOIA PARKS CONSERVANCY: $114,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $111,319 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGIA HARM REDUCTION COALITION INC: $111,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetROSE PAK COMMUNITY FUND: $110,952 over 1y, 24% of budgetASIAN HEALTH SERVICES: $110,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWomen in Security and Privacy: $104,708 over 2y, 69% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY STANISLAUS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTri-Valley Haven For Women: $100,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSan Francisco Parent Coalition: $98,765 over 1y, 19% of budgetIntersection for the Arts: $97,810 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetUrban Survivors Union: $96,000 over 3y, 28% 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 FEATHER RIVER LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds TRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds GROUNDWORK OHIO ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds TURN 2 U INC dba THE LAST MILE ↗
  • Who funds Charity Navigator ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds US DIGITAL RESPONSE ↗
  • Who funds RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR OAKLAND YOUTH RJOY ↗
  • Who funds POSSIBILITY LABS ↗
  • Who funds HELP A MOTHER OUT ↗
  • Who funds THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Death Valley Natural History Association ↗
  • Who funds HEPATITUS EDUCATION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Immigrants Rising ↗
  • Who funds CSUSB PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Foundation for Califo…East Bay Community Fo…Project Bread-The Wal…The San Francisco Fou…Kaiser Foundation Hos…The California Wellne…The California Endowm…Project Lead the Way …Sunlight GivingNational Park Foundat…The James Irvine Foun…Evelyn and Walter Haa…
Foundation for California Community CollegesCA54.9× affinity31 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for California Community Colleges · East Bay Community Foundation · Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The California Wellness Foundation · The California Endowment · Project Lead the Way Inc · Sunlight Giving · National Park Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Beyond Toxics: 13% of income from government
  • Rogue Climate: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Verde Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
49report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 517 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 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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