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Crankstart 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.

$201M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
435
Grants FY2024
284
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$250,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,500,000
Organizations funded a year
251 to 307
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
19
Total assets, FY2024
$4.4B
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Crankstart Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving328$179M28%
FY2023284$153M23%
FY2022307$172M17%
FY2021302$215M31%
FY2020251$100Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$169MPhilanthropy$167MHealth$106MHousing & Shelter$72MYouth Development$71MCrime & Legal$55MArts & Culture$55MHuman Services$53MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
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ID
MT
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IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
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PA
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MO
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MD
DE
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Juilliard School$50,050,000228%
Arc Research Institute$25,000,000315%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$19,875,00052%
Pro Publica Inc$16,325,000511%
Bay Area Community Services Inc$15,752,500510%
Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County Inc$12,357,500510%
Tipping Point Community$11,866,000516%
The Oakland Public Education Fund$10,575,000511%
Merit America$10,500,000117%
San Francisco Education Fund$10,410,350467%
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All grantees of Crankstart Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Juilliard School$50,050,000228%
Arc Research Institute$25,000,000315%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$19,875,00052%
Pro Publica Inc$16,325,000511%
Bay Area Community Services Inc$15,752,500510%
Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County Inc$12,357,500510%
Tipping Point Community$11,866,000516%
The Oakland Public Education Fund$10,575,000511%
Merit America$10,500,000117%
San Francisco Education Fund$10,410,350467%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$10,100,000513%
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation$8,101,50058%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc$7,857,50042%
Mission Economic Development Agency$7,607,500510%
Public Health Institute$7,500,00014%
Kipp Foundation$6,666,66624%
Larkin Street Youth Services$6,652,50058%
Together SF$6,500,000396%
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California$6,454,000553%
Mercy Housing California$6,450,50038%
Earthjustice$6,450,00034%
Young Men's Christian Association of San Francisco$6,408,05055%
Chinatown Community Development Center$6,157,50056%
National Center for Youth Law$5,900,000413%
PICO California$5,500,000482%
Ufw Foundation$5,500,000511%
Uaspire Inc$5,500,000536%
Year Up Inc$5,350,00032%
Healthright 360$5,252,50052%
San Francisco Public Health Foundation$5,201,500462%
Spark Sf Public Schools$5,052,500318%
San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium$5,002,500411%
Safe & Sound$5,001,500414%
Alameda Health Consortium$5,000,000430%
Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco$4,604,00052%
California Calls Education Fund$4,500,000412%
American Immigration Council$4,400,000416%
Fii - National$4,250,00048%
3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic$4,200,000512%
Centro Legal de la Raza$4,001,500510%
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$4,000,00051%
Icafund$4,000,000518%
Homeless Prenatal Program Inc$3,905,50058%
Community Initiatives$3,895,00053%
Roots Community Health Center$3,750,000510%
Code for America Labs Inc$3,750,00043%
Young Community Developers Inc$3,650,00054%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$3,600,00053%
Mission Asset Fund$3,450,000510%
The San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund$3,450,00058%
Scripted Inc Dba Code Nation$3,366,667323%
San Francisco Market Corporation$3,320,000321%
Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling Service$3,212,50056%
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation$3,202,50055%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$3,150,00042%
The United Council of Human Service$3,120,000221%
Asian Health Services$3,055,00052%
The Affordability Project$3,000,000180%
Resources Legacy Fund$3,000,00041%
Voter Registration Project$3,000,00015%
Chicago Community Foundation$3,000,0003n/a
Center for Technology and Civic Life$3,000,000210%
Groundswell Fund$3,000,00044%
Accion Opportunity Fund Inc$3,000,000320%
Youth Employment Partnership Inc$2,950,000546%
La Cocina$2,925,000515%
Mission Area Health Associates$2,900,00053%
Cultura y Arte Nativa De Las Americas$2,850,000325%
La Clinica de la Raza Inc$2,752,50051%
East Bay Community Law Center$2,750,00057%
Building Skills Partnership$2,750,000519%
Hamilton Families$2,614,00055%
Kingmakers of Oakland$2,602,500412%
Equis Institute$2,550,00039%
Aim High for High School$2,537,500519%
Canal Alliance$2,500,00047%
One Million Degrees$2,500,000319%
Alliance for Safety and Justice$2,500,00015%
Cornell University$2,500,00020%
Collective Impact$2,493,500431%
Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco$2,450,000516%
Upwardly Global$2,400,00056%
Onegoal$2,375,00033%
Equity Health$2,350,000411%
California Immigrant Policy Center$2,350,000520%
Uncommon Law$2,300,000431%
Bay Area Hybrid College Initiative DBA Rivet School$2,252,500236%
Asian Law Caucus$2,252,50055%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$2,250,00050%
Public Health Foundation Enterprises Inc$2,225,00050%
Environmental Health Coalition$2,200,000313%
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco$2,179,80037%
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts$2,103,00059%
Rubicon Programs Inc$2,075,00057%
Edvance College$2,050,000353%
Booker T Washington Community Service Center$2,027,500413%
Springboard Collaborative$2,006,00053%
826 Valencia$2,002,500510%
Community Youth Center of San Francisco$2,002,50049%
Hope Chicago Inc$2,000,00029%
Climateworks Foundation$2,000,00011%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$2,000,00021%
Way to Rise$2,000,00027%
Scholarmatch Inc$2,000,000418%
State Democracy Project$2,000,00025%
The George Washington University$2,000,00010%
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc$2,000,00016%
Bay Area Community Resources Inc$1,900,00014%
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition$1,875,00034%
Rafiki Coalition For Health and Wellness$1,875,000424%
A Better Chicago$1,850,000115%
Mission Graduates$1,800,000121%
Braven Inc$1,752,50032%
East Oakland Youth Development Center$1,751,500511%
California Budget & Policy Center$1,750,000419%
Urban Alchemy$1,750,00042%
Beyond 12 Education Inc$1,750,000314%
Crossroads Fund Inc$1,750,000311%
The John Paul Stevens Foundation$1,750,000341%
New Door Ventures Fka Golden Gate Community Inc$1,702,50058%
First Place for Youth$1,701,50052%
Fwdus Education Fund Inc$1,700,000210%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,625,00050%
The University Corporation San Francisco State$1,615,00052%
Youth Radio$1,601,500512%
Climb Hire Inc$1,600,000414%
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights$1,600,000219%
Mujeres Unidas y Activas$1,565,00056%
St Anthony Foundation$1,552,5004n/a
San Francisco Food Bank$1,501,50050%
Golden State Opportunity$1,500,00037%
National Redistricting Foundation$1,500,000210%
The Louis D Brandeis Center Inc$1,500,00018%
John Burton Advocates for Youth$1,500,000316%
10000 Degrees$1,500,00033%
Accelerate Change Inc$1,500,00039%
Civic Space Foundation$1,500,000218%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$1,500,00022%
Quest Scholars Program Inc$1,500,00035%
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc$1,500,00016%
New World Symphony Inc$1,500,00053%
Impact Justice$1,500,00033%
Public Rights Project$1,500,000117%
States United Democracy Center Inc$1,500,00019%
Blueprint Schools Network Inc$1,475,000510%
University of Chicago$1,425,00030%
Coleman Children and Youth Services dba Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth$1,401,500531%
Merit School of Music$1,400,000540%
Center for Responsible Lending$1,375,000315%
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area$1,354,00058%
Civicorps$1,350,00054%
University of San Francisco$1,345,00040%
San Francisco Women's Centers$1,304,000517%
Crop Organization$1,300,000313%
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area$1,251,50055%
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco$1,250,00051%
San Francisco Symphony$1,250,00050%
Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc$1,200,000115%
Housing and Economic Rights Advocates$1,200,000415%
Urban Ed Academy$1,145,000423%
The Greenlining Institute$1,125,00053%
Central American Resource Center$1,125,00054%
Casa Inc$1,100,00015%
Jamestown Community Center$1,100,000116%
Mission Neighborhood Centers Inc$1,100,00024%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$1,080,0002n/a
Wu Yee Children's Services$1,050,00031%
Children's Council of San Francisco$1,050,00030%
Access Reproductive Justice$1,050,000332%
The Morgan State University Foundation Inc$1,040,00052%
Delaware State University Foundation Inc$1,040,00053%
St Mary's Center$1,027,50058%
Youth Speaks Inc$1,001,500513%
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$1,000,00012%
All Voting Is Local$1,000,00023%
Mission Bit$1,000,000233%
United Nations Foundation Inc$1,000,00011%
The American Independent Foundation$1,000,00014%
Elevate Energy$1,000,00021%
Mercatus Center Inc$1,000,00011%
The Chicago Scholars Foundation$1,000,00028%
Huckleberry Youth Programs Inc$1,000,000111%
Management Leadership for Tomorrow$1,000,00021%
Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco$1,000,00014%
For the People$1,000,000224%
San Francisco Arts Education Project$1,000,000518%
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund$1,000,00013%
United We Dream Network Inc$1,000,00026%
The Ahimsa Collective$1,000,000314%
Complex Disorders Alliance Inc$1,000,000170%
Chicago State Foundation$1,000,000216%
Standwithus Center for Legal Justice$1,000,000190%
Alder Graduate School of Education$975,00032%
Destiny Arts Center$950,00059%
Self-Help for the Elderly$925,00041%
Northern California Grantmakers$923,50044%
Count Me in Inc$900,00033%
Root & Rebound$900,0001n/a
University of California Berkeley Foundation$875,00030%
Network on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children$875,00038%
Global Forest Generation$875,000412%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$850,00011%
San Francisco Jazz Organization$850,00052%
San Francisco Free Clinic$800,00058%
Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association$766,000111%
Central City Hospitality House$754,00034%
Nourish California$750,000315%
Health Leads Inc$750,000124%
United Playaz$750,000125%
California Environmental Justice Alliance$750,00022%
Chinese Progressive Association$710,00051%
Silicon Valley De-Bug$700,000120%
San Francisco Day School$700,00031%
University of Hawaii Foundation$660,00040%
Oakland Leaf Foundation$651,500410%
Tides Advocacy$650,00011%
College Track$650,00050%
The American Agora Foundation Inc$650,00044%
Protect Democracy Project$640,00011%
The Exploratorium$625,00051%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$625,00011%
New York University$625,00010%
San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project Inc$610,00015%
Farming Hope$607,30029%
CHICO FEMINIST WOMENS HEALTH CENTER dba WOMENS HEALTH SPECIALISTS$600,00036%
Bay Area Legal Aid$600,00021%
Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc$600,00030%
Spelman College$600,00030%
Museum of the African Diaspora (Moad)$585,00054%
East Oakland Boxing Association$550,000427%
The Oakland REACH$550,000212%
New Breath Foundation$514,00048%
Dish Sf$502,5001n/a
San Francisco Interfaith Council$500,000550%
North Main Street Fund$500,000116%
Living United for Change in Arizona$500,000114%
Urban Association of Forestry and Fire Professionals Inc$500,000215%
One Treasure Island$500,000114%
The Justice and Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco$500,00015%
Mission Action Inc$500,00012%
The Basic Fund$500,00051%
Reading Partners$500,00021%
Improve Your Tomorrow Inc$500,00022%
Make The Road States Inc$500,00013%
Chicanos Por la Causa Inc Cplc$500,00010%
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc$500,00017%
La Union del Pueblo Entero$500,000113%
Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center Inc Lyric$500,00019%
Growth Sector Company$500,000119%
Partnership for a New American Economy Research Fund$500,000113%
Re-Plate Inc DBA Replate$500,000216%
The Tenure Facility Fund$500,00014%
Revolution Workshop$500,00026%
State Innovation Exchange$500,00015%
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy$500,000119%
Anti-Defamation League$500,00010%
Activate 48 Education Fund$500,000124%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$500,00014%
San Francisco Parks Alliance$500,00051%
Bay Area Scores$500,000118%
Jobs for the Future Inc$500,00011%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$500,00017%
The University Foundation at Sacramento State$485,00041%
Equal Justice Initiative$475,00050%
League of Conservation Voters Inc$450,00010%
Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund$450,000117%
Oakland School for the Arts$450,00051%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$450,00010%
Housing Consortium of the East Bay$450,00022%
Hunters Point Family Inc$440,00022%
Donaldina Cameron House$400,000115%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$400,00050%
Claflin University$400,00020%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$400,00050%
Real Options for City Kids$400,000114%
Youthbuild Global Inc$400,00040%
University of Oregon Foundation$395,00040%
San Francisco Friends School$385,00012%
Conservation International Foundation$375,66710%
Oakland Fund for Public Innovation$375,00022%
Wah Mei School$375,000110%
Common Cause Education Fund$370,00031%
Faith In Action Bay Area$350,000117%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$350,00050%
American Friends of the Norman Foster Foundation C/O Ruchelman LLP$350,000560%
Raphael House of San Francisco Inc$350,00017%
Compass Family Services$350,00011%
University of California Davis$340,0003n/a
Uc Riverside Foundation$340,00031%
Spur - San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association$327,50024%
San Francisco Performances Inc$322,50054%
Chinese for Affirmative Action$301,50041%
San Francisco Parent Coalition$300,000210%
Legal Services for Children Inc$300,00015%
City of Dreams$300,000137%
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation$300,00012%
Indigenous Environmental Network$300,00018%
Rocky Mountain Institute$300,00010%
San Francisco Ballet Association$300,00050%
Florida Rising Together Inc$300,00012%
American Friends of the National Portrait Gallery (London) Foundation Inc$300,00054%
Shanti Project$282,00013%
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$270,00021%
Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation$265,00034%
Csusb Philanthropic Foundation$265,00032%
Summer Search$262,50030%
Museum of Modern Art$250,00050%
Public Works Alliance$250,00013%
Laurel Leadership Institute$250,000114%
National Louis University$250,00010%
The Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering Inc$250,000114%
A Better Wisconsin Together Inc$250,00014%
San Francisco Opera Association$250,00050%
The Who We Are Project$250,0001n/a
San Francisco Zoological Society$250,00011%
Coalition for the American Dream Inc$250,000142%
Stable Home Fund$250,00013%
Fines and Fees Justice Center Inc$250,00012%
Type Media Center Inc$250,00052%
North Bay Organizing Project$250,00013%
Kqed Inc$250,00050%
The Bar Association of San Francisco$250,00013%
Immigrants Rising$250,0001n/a
Metropolitan Museum of Art$250,00050%
Global Fund for Children$250,00012%
Rising Sun Center for Opportunity fka RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER$250,00014%
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant$250,00016%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$250,00050%
Families in Action for Quality Education$250,000116%
New Georgia Project Inc$250,00011%
Reflective Inc$250,00017%
Redf$250,00011%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$250,00010%
Food Connect Co$250,000111%
American Foundation for Courtauld Instit$240,000421%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$232,00011%
North Beach Citizens$227,50046%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$220,00030%
University of South Florida Foundation Inc$220,00030%
North Dakota State University Foundation$220,00030%
Boise State University Foundation Inc$220,00030%
Northwestern University$220,00030%
University of South Dakota Foundation$220,00030%
The Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington$220,000318%
Georgetown University$220,00030%
University of Southern Maine Foundation$220,00041%
Rutgers University Foundation$220,00030%
University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation$220,00040%
Towson University Foundation Inc$220,00032%
University of Alaska Foundation$220,00030%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$220,00030%
University of Utah$220,0003n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation$220,00030%
Southern Oregon University Foundation$220,00033%
Community Works West Inc$215,00013%
Oakland Promise$201,00031%
Pacific Vision Foundation$200,00044%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$200,00040%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$200,00010%
California Youth Defender Center Inc$200,000143%
Funders Together to End Homelessnes$200,00035%
The International Council on Clean Transportation Inc$200,00011%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music$200,00020%
San Francisco University High School$200,00020%
Youth Law Center$200,00013%
Q Foundation$200,00014%
Edventuremore$200,00013%
Justice Action Center$200,00015%
California State University Bakersfield Foundation$195,00031%
Merola Opera Program$195,00051%
The University Foundation California State University Chico$180,00020%
Long Beach State Foundation$180,00021%
Alive and Free$175,00034%
Loyola University of Chicago$170,00030%
Regents of the University of Michigan$170,0003n/a
University of California Merced Foundation$170,00032%
Dominican University of California$170,00030%
Middle Tennessee State University Foundation$170,00030%
Umkc Foundation$170,00030%
Uc San Diego Foundation$170,00030%
BYP100 Education Fund$150,00032%
The Praxis Project Inc$150,00031%
Asian Pacific American Community Center$150,000121%
Economic Security Project Inc$150,00011%
California Housing Partner Corporation$150,00011%
Borealis Philanthropy$150,00030%
San Francisco African American Faith Based Coalition$150,0001n/a
Disability Rights California$150,00010%
Friends of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Inc$150,00011%
Transgender Law Center$150,00030%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$150,00030%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$150,00030%
State Voices$150,00030%
California Polytechnic State University Foundation$145,00030%
Up on Top$137,000418%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$129,00010%
Japanese Community Youth Council$126,00011%
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan$125,00013%
USA Cycling Inc$125,00030%
Inside-Outside Circle Foundation$120,00018%
Southeast Asian Development Center$120,00016%
Mills College$120,00020%
Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation$120,00031%
California State University Stanislaus Foundation$120,00031%
California State University Fresno Foundation$120,00030%
California State University Channel Islands Foundation$120,00031%
University Corporation at Monterey Bay$120,00030%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$110,0001n/a
Glide Foundation$110,0001n/a
University of Arkansas Foundation Inc$110,00010%
Room to Read$106,25050%
Bolinas Museum$102,50055%
18 Reasons$102,50051%
The Asia Society$100,00020%
Catholic Charities Cyo of the Archdiocese of San Francisco$100,00010%
W Haywood Burns Institute$100,00011%
The Film Collaborative Inc$100,00011%
50can Inc$100,00010%
Carla and David Crane Foundation$100,000274%
The Good Shepherd Gracenter of San Francisco$100,00027%
Step Into a Job$100,000118%
California Rural Legal Assistance Inc$100,00010%
Restore Oakland Inc$100,000112%
Museum of Craft and Design$100,00041%
Genesys Works$100,0001n/a
Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates Inc$100,00017%
Project Avary Inc Alternative Ventures for at Risk Youth$100,00041%
Kipp Bay Area Schools$100,00010%
Center for New Music San Francisco Inc$100,00012%
The East Oakland Collective$100,00012%
American Charity Support Foundation Inc$96,000392%
California State University San Marcos Foundation$95,00031%
Sonoma State University$95,0003n/a
Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation$95,00030%
California State University Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation$95,00031%
California State University Los Angeles Foundation$95,00031%
Centers for Equity and Success Inc$95,00011%
Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation$95,00030%
California State University Northridge Foundation$95,00030%
San Francisco Study Center Inc$94,50011%
Keystone Research Center Inc$93,00015%
Teach for America Inc$90,00010%
Ingleside Community Center Inc$88,000122%
Indochinese Housing Development Corp$80,00016%
Family Connections Centers$76,70013%
International Association for the Study of Pain$75,00011%
Community Action Alliance$75,000112%
Night Ministry$75,000118%
Whitney Museum of American Art$75,00050%
USA Cycling Development Foundation$75,00029%
California Maritime Academy Foundation Inc$70,00020%
The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University$70,00020%
Camelback Ventures$60,00011%
University of California Irvine Foundation$60,00010%
Circus Center$55,00041%
Guardianorg Foundation$50,00050%
Our Kids First Educational Program$50,000110%
Local Media Foundation$50,00011%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$50,00011%
City Report Inc$50,00011%
New England Center for Circus Arts Inc$50,00051%
University of Dayton$50,00010%
Alameda Emergency Food DBA Alameda Food Bank$50,00011%
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation$50,00010%
Project Open Hand$50,00020%
The Claremont Forum$50,000114%
BLUE BEAR SCHOOL of MUSIC$50,00051%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50,00050%
The University of Georgia Foundation$50,00010%
Rural California Broadcasting Corporatio$50,00050%
Sfusd$50,0001n/a
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Foundation$50,00011%
Southern Center for Human Rights$50,00050%
Prisoners Literature Project$50,000122%
Friends of Alta Inc$40,00045%
Next Gen Personal Finance$33,00010%
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees$30,00010%
Razom Inc$25,00010%
Randall Museum Friends$25,00051%
American Heart Association Inc$25,00010%
Bolinas Community Land Trust$25,00011%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$22,50050%
Point Reyes Bird Observatory$20,00040%
Bolinas Community Inc$20,00043%
The University of Montana Foundation$20,00010%
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing Arboretum$20,00010%
Prison to Employment Connection$15,000114%
Bay Area Council Foundation$15,00010%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$12,50010%
Humans for Healthcare Inc$10,00011%
Tiba Foundation$10,00050%
Swim Across America Inc$10,00010%
Challenged Athletes Inc$5,00010%
Movement Strategy Center$5,00010%
Build It Green$5,00011%
World Bicycle Relief Nfp$2,50010%
West Contra Costa Public Education Fund$2,50010%
Economic Development on Third$2,50010%
Charity Navigator$2,00020%
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco$1,55010%
Inspirational Triathlon Racing International Corp$1,00010%
Minnesota Street Project Foundation$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($78M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Crankstart Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 30 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJuilliard School: $50,050,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetArc Research Institute: $25,000,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $19,875,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $16,325,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetBay Area Community Services Inc: $15,752,500 over 5y, 10% of budgetSpanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County Inc: $12,357,500 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetTipping Point Community: $11,866,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetThe Oakland Public Education Fund: $10,575,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetMerit America: $10,500,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetSan Francisco Education Fund: $10,410,350 over 4y, 67% of budgetImmigrant Legal Resource Center: $10,100,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetTenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation: $8,101,500 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetEnterprise Community Partners Inc: $7,857,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetMission Economic Development Agency: $7,607,500 over 5y, 10% of budgetPublic Health Institute: $7,500,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetKipp Foundation: $6,666,666 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $6,652,500 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetTogether SF: $6,500,000 over 3y, 96% of budgetNon-Profit Housing Association of Northern California: $6,454,000 over 5y, 53% of budgetMercy Housing California: $6,450,500 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetEarthjustice: $6,450,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of San Francisco: $6,408,050 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetChinatown Community Development Center: $6,157,500 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetNational Center for Youth Law: $5,900,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetPICO California: $5,500,000 over 4y, 82% of budgetUfw Foundation: $5,500,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetUaspire Inc: $5,500,000 over 5y, 36% of budgetYear Up Inc: $5,350,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetHealthright 360: $5,252,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSan Francisco Public Health Foundation: $5,201,500 over 4y, 62% of budgetSpark Sf Public Schools: $5,052,500 over 3y, 18% of budgetSan Francisco Community Clinic Consortium: $5,002,500 over 4y, 11% of budgetSafe & Sound: $5,001,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetAlameda Health Consortium: $5,000,000 over 4y, 30% of budgetEpiscopal Community Services of San Francisco: $4,604,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCalifornia Calls Education Fund: $4,500,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetAmerican Immigration Council: $4,400,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetFii - National: $4,250,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budget3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic: $4,200,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetCentro Legal de la Raza: $4,001,500 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetCenter for Employment Opportunities Inc: $4,000,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetIcafund: $4,000,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $3,905,500 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetCommunity Initiatives: $3,895,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetRoots Community Health Center: $3,750,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetCode for America Labs Inc: $3,750,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetYoung Community Developers Inc: $3,650,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $3,600,000 over 5y, 3.0% 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 200.

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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.

The San Francisco FoundationCA121.4× affinity181 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Tipping Point Community · The James Irvine Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · McNabb Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Stupski Foundation · Kelson Foundation · Walter and Elise Haas Fund · 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.

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Find your warmest path to Crankstart 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.

About Crankstart Foundation

How much does Crankstart Foundation give?
Crankstart Foundation reported 435 grants totaling $201,283,740 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 251 and 307 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Crankstart Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (17%), Philanthropy (17%), Health (11%).
Who are Crankstart Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Juilliard School ($50M), Arc Research Institute ($25M), University of California San Francisco Foundation ($20M).
Does Crankstart Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Crankstart 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 Crankstart Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Tipping Point Community, The James Irvine Foundation.
Where is Crankstart Foundation based?
Crankstart 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 583 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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