· Private foundation
Danvera 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k16 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $110k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $239k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO | $110,000 |
| PLAYWORKS | $77,500 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF OAKLAND | $51,000 |
| UCLA FOUNDATION | $45,000 |
| ST PATRICK'S SCHOOL | $40,000 |
| ST MARY'S COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| ST AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| FIRST TEE OF OAKLAND | $5,206 |
| LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN | $5,163 |
| CHILDREN'S FAIRYLAND | $5,000 |
| ST TERESA CHURCH | $2,563 |
| URBAN LEAGUE | $2,500 |
| ALAMEDA COUNTY FOOD BANK | $1,280 |
| ST VINCENT DAY HOME | $1,113 |
| 100 HOLE HIKE FOR YOUTH ON COURSE | $1,053 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO6× · 2020–2025 · $530k · revenue +42%
- LSLEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INC6× · 2020–2025 · $41k · revenue +79%
ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK6× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $1k
- RORESTORE OAKLAND INCone grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue 0%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +27%
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.
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.
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
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,…
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…
California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…
As california state parks' statutory non-profit partner, we have a clear mission - to help strengthen parks and inspire all people to experience these extraordinary places.
To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
The oakland public education fund leads the development and investment of community resources in oakland public schools so that all students can learn, grow, and thrive.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.
The sacramento zoo inspires appreciation, respect and a connection with wildlife and nature through education, recreation and conservation.
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 42 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED ↗
- Who funds LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Oakland Childrens Fairyland Inc ↗
- Who funds CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation ↗
- Who funds East Bay Agency for Children ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF OAKLAND ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC ↗
- Who funds Rebuilding Together East Bay Network ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENTS DAY HOME ↗
- Who funds HOPALONG ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds KQED INC ↗
- Who funds RESTORE OAKLAND INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK ↗
- Who funds REGIONAL PARKS 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.
Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Impactassetsinc · The Barrios Trust · Nia Community Foundation · The Zellerbach Family Foundation · Sunlight Giving · The California Endowment · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Danvera Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Danvera Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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