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Dankberg Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$48k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$48k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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.

Education$1.4MHealth$85kPhilanthropy$36kInternational$22kEnvironment$22kFood & Nutrition$18kHuman Services$15kScience & Tech$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$47,736
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PHOENIX HOUSE TEXAS$47,736
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 11%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

WI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
KY
MD
HI
TX
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 26 repeat orgs$164k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
15

Total granted

$1.4M
$116k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+30%

Still filing today

85%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k 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

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HealthInternationalEducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • WM
    William Marsh Rice University
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +104%
  • PC
    PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $25k · revenue +45%
  • SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $15k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $101k · revenue +30%
  • SR
    SDSU RESEARCH FDTN FOR KPBS
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • RC
    RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FDTN
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
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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Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
2
Northern California Institute for Research and Education Inc

To improve the health and well-being of veterans and the general public by supporting a world-class biomedical research program conducted by ucsf faculty at the san francisco veterans affairs health care system.

Health
3
The California Medical Innovations Institute Inc

The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance the understanding of human disease and the improvement of human health. The Institute fosters an innovative research environment…

Education
4
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
5
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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6
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
7
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
8
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

To define and advance quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care and prevention so all people can live better lives.

Health
9
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
10
Cna Corporation

Cna is a non-profit research organization that operates the center for naval analyses, a federally funded research center that has supported the navy and marine corps for nearly seventy years, and the institute for public research that…

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11
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
12
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Resource Center; the most unlike its peers is William Marsh Rice University. 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

31 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. 31 of the 44 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
28/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

William Marsh Rice University: $1,273,097 · EducationWilliam Marsh Rice University+2 more: $16,750 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS FOUNDATION: $100,803 · HealthCALIFORNIA…Phoenix Houses of Texas Inc: $47,736 · HealthPhoenix Ho…+4 more: $6,500 · HealthPEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,010 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL LAW ALLIANCE: $9,500 · OtherCOASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 · OtherSDSU RESEARCH FDTN FOR KPBS: $5,000 · OtherInterfaith Community Services Inc: $4,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $4,000 · OtherFULL-CIRCLE LEARNING INC: $4,000 · OtherKEAWALA'I CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $3,000 · OtherRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FDTN: $2,500 · Other+12 more: $9,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $12,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $11,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,500 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $3,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR: $1,500 · InternationalNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $14,992 · PhilanthropyMAUI UNITED WAY: $11,000 · PhilanthropyMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $12,000 · Food & NutritionJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $4,000 · Food & NutritionMAMA'S KITCHEN: $2,000 · Food & NutritionNATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL: $9,071 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $9,000 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $2,000 · Human Services
Education$1,289,847Health$155,039Other$74,010International$31,000Philanthropy$25,992Food & Nutrition$18,000Environment$12,071Human Services$11,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $1,273,097 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS FOUNDATION: $100,803 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPhoenix Houses of Texas Inc: $47,736 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,010 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $14,992 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMAUI UNITED WAY: $11,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL: $9,071 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFULL-CIRCLE LEARNING INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAMA'S KITCHEN: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S ORANGE COUNTY: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH COUNTY HEALTH PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT TALK INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Rancho Santa Fe Found…Jewish Community Foun…Sempra FoundationPaul and Magdalena Ec…Leichtag FoundationThe San Diego Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
Rancho Santa Fe FoundationCA15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Sempra Foundation · Paul and Magdalena Ecke Poinsettia Foundation · Leichtag Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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How do I get to Dankberg Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Dankberg Family 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 44 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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