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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 FY2024still arriving
435
Grants FY2024still arriving
19
States reached
$11M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 435 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k49 grants · $126k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $555k
  • $50k–250k112 grants · $13M
  • $250k+246 grants · $187M
$250,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$4.4B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MERIT AMERICA$10,500,000
ARC RESEARCH INSTITUTE$10,000,000
UCSF FOUNDATION$9,100,000
PRO PUBLICA INC$5,000,000
SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION$5,000,000
UASPIRE INC$3,000,000
THE AFFORDABILITY PROJECT INC$3,000,000
SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION$3,000,000
VOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT$3,000,000
NEO PHILANTHROPY INC$3,000,000
NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH LAW$2,400,000
SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION$2,300,000
ALLIANCE FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE$2,000,000
CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION$2,000,000
THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION$2,000,000
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 (FY20–24, $77.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA: $500k → 11%MAKE THE ROAD STATES INC DBA MAKE THE ROAD NEVADA: $500k → 13%LUCHA: $500k → 11%ACTIVATE 48 EDUCATION FUND: $500k → 11%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $1.0M → 10%SILICON VALLEY DE-BUG: $500k → 8%TIDES CENTER: $1.5M → 10%A BETTER CHICAGO: $1.9M → 14%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $1.5M → 17%MERIT AMERICA: $10.5M → 14%YMCA OF SAN FRANCISCO: $575k → 10%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $1.0M → 10%FII - NATIONAL: $1.0M → 10%FII - NATIONAL (UPTOGETHER): $1.0M → 10%FII - NATIONAL: $750k → 10%FII - NATIONAL: $500k → 10%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2.5M → 10%TIDES CENTER: $2.5M → 10%TIDES CENTER: $1.7M → 10%TIDES CENTER: $1.3M → 10%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500k → 10%GOLDEN STATE OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION: $500k → 10%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500k → 10%GOLDEN STATE OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION: $500k → 10%GOLDEN STATE OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION: $500k → 10%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500k → 10%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $1.5M → 10%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $1.5M → 10%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $1.5M → 10%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $1.5M → 10%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $1.5M → 10%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $1.5M → 10%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $750k → 10%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $750k → 10%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $600k → 10%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $500k → 10%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $500k → 10%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $500k → 10%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $500k → 10%COLEMAN CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES: $700k → 10%YMCA OF SAN FRANCISCO: $680k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $3.0M → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $1.5M → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $750k → 10%YMCA OF SAN FRANCISCO: $600k → 10%YMCA OF SAN FRANCISCO: $600k → 10%MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $775k → 10%YMCA OF SAN FRANCISCO: $600k → 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

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IL
WI
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MA
OR
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IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
AL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Crankstart Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 71% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 68%.

Crankstart Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.3% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$715M · 345 repeat orgs$105M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

345 repeat relationships: 235 still active in FY2024, 110 since wound down; 93 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

345
117

Total granted

$715M
$51M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+21%

Still filing today

90%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54M 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementCrime & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • JS
    JUILLIARD SCHOOL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $50M · revenue +65% · 28% of their budget
  • AR
    Arc Research Institute
    3× · 2022–2024 · $25M · revenue +27%
  • PRO PUBLICA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $16M · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • Public Health Institutegraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $7.5M · revenue +33%
  • FL
    FARESHARE LTD
    one grant, 2020 · $2.4M
  • TL
    THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC
    one grant, 2021 · $2.0M · revenue -63%
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
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
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
4
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
5
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
6
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
7
Public Advocates Inc

For more than five decades, public advocates has challenged the systemic causes of poverty and racial discrimination by strengthening community voices in public policy and achieving tangible legal victories advancing education, housing,…

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8
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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9
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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10
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
11
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
12
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Francisco Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Next Gen Personal Finance. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

519 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 519 of the 583 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)
61
Early backer (in before they grew)
514/519
Grantees still filing
305/519
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES: $30,937,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN YOUTH AND…Bay Area Community Services Inc: $15,752,500 · OtherBOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION: $15,309,647 · OtherPRO PUBLICA INC: $16,325,000 · Other+107 more: $277,063,080 · Other+107 moreJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $50,050,000 · EducationJUILLIARD SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $19,875,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR…THE OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $10,575,000 · EducationTHE OAKLAND PUBLIC ED…San Francisco Education Fund: $10,410,350 · EducationSan Francisco Educati…KIPP FOUNDATION: $6,666,666 · EducationUASPIRE INC: $5,500,000 · Education+28 more: $58,249,167 · Education+28 moreTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $78,301,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN FRANCIS…TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $11,866,000 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POINT C…Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $8,500,000 · PhilanthropyAmalgamated Cha…Silicon Valley Community Foundation: $5,000,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INC: $4,400,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $11,375,000 · Philanthropy+4 moreTIDES CENTER: $12,145,500 · Human ServicesTIDES CEN…MERIT AMERICA: $10,500,000 · Human ServicesMERIT AME…IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $10,100,000 · Human ServicesIMMIGRANT…Larkin Street Youth Services: $6,652,500 · Human ServicesLarkin St…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $6,408,050 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN…EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $4,604,000 · Human ServicesEPISCOPAL…FII - NATIONAL: $4,250,000 · Human ServicesFII - NAT…LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,000,000 · Human ServicesLATINO CO…+11 more: $16,049,000 · Human Services+11 moreArc Research Institute: $25,000,000 · HealthPublic Health Institute: $7,500,000 · HealthALAMEDA HEALTH CONSORTIUM: $5,000,000 · HealthHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $3,905,500 · HealthROOTS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $3,750,000 · HealthASIAN HEALTH SERVICES: $3,055,000 · HealthMISSION AREA HEALTH ASSOCIATES: $2,900,000 · HealthLA CLINICA DE LA RAZA INC: $2,752,500 · Health+2 more: $3,775,000 · HealthNEW VENTURE FUND: $35,350,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $6,450,000 · EnvironmentSIXTEEN THIRTY FUND: $3,000,000 · EnvironmentRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $3,000,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,250,000 · EnvironmentEnvironmental Health Coalition: $2,200,000 · Environment+1 more: $1,625,000 · EnvironmentSPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC: $12,357,500 · Community ImprovementENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $7,857,500 · Community ImprovementICAFUND: $4,000,000 · Community ImprovementMISSION ASSET FUND: $3,450,000 · Community ImprovementSAN FRANCISCO MARKET CORPORATION: $3,320,000 · Community ImprovementEAST BAY ASIAN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $3,202,500 · Community ImprovementACCION OPPORTUNITY FUND INC: $3,000,000 · Community ImprovementLA COCINA: $2,925,000 · Community ImprovementURBAN ALCHEMY: $1,750,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $1,125,000 · Community Improvement
Other$355,387,227Education$161,326,183Philanthropy$119,442,000Human Services$74,709,050Health$57,638,000Environment$53,875,000Community Improvement$42,987,500

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%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $78,301,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $50,050,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $35,350,000 over 5y, 1.9% 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 budgetTIDES CENTER: $12,145,500 over 5y, 1.6% 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 budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $8,500,000 over 4y, 2.1% 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 budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $5,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 budgetROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INC: $4,400,000 over 3y, 9.7% 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 budgetLATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,000,000 over 4y, 13% 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 THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUILLIARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds Arc Research Institute ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Bay Area Community Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds THE OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds MERIT AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Education Fund ↗
  • Who funds IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds TENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds Public Health Institute ↗
  • Who funds KIPP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Larkin Street Youth Services ↗
  • Who funds Together SF ↗
  • Who funds NON-PROFIT HOUSING ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds MERCY HOUSING CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds CHINATOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds National Center for Youth Law ↗
  • Who funds PICO California ↗
  • Who funds UFW FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UASPIRE INC ↗
  • Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHRIGHT 360 ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SPARK SF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium ↗
  • Who funds SAFE & SOUND ↗
  • Who funds ALAMEDA HEALTH CONSORTIUM ↗

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 Fou…Tipping Point Communi…The James Irvine Foun…The California Wellne…McNabb FoundationEast Bay Community Fo…United Way of the Bay…Jewish Community Fede…Stupski FoundationKelson FoundationWalter and Elise Haas…Evelyn and Walter Haa…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Crankstart Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Crankstart Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%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%
  • Enterprise Community Partners Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Blueprint Schools Network Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • The Morgan State University Foundation Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Uaspire Inc: 1% of income from government
  • New World Symphony Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
73report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Crankstart Foundation?

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.

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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home