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David & Susan Martin Foundation Inc at a glance

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David & Susan Martin Foundation Inc

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.

$193k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$48k
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.

Religion$639kHealth$263kEducation$194kHuman Services$102kInternational$48kArts & Culture$41kPublic Safety & Disaster$26kYouth Development$14kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $132k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BENTLEY SCHOOL$47,500
UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$30,000
OAKLAND POLICE EMERGENCY NET$20,000
Hospitals without Borders$12,500
REALITY SF CHURCH$12,000
HILLSIDE CHRISTIAN CENTER$10,000
THE CANCER LEAGUE INC$6,000
CHILDREN'S HEALTH GUILD$6,000
LEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE$5,000
OAKLAND POLICE ACTIVITY LEAGUE$5,000
LITTLE WISHES$5,000
LA FIRE DEPT FOUNDATION$3,000
O'NR$2,500
PROJECT RESCUE FOUNDATION$2,500
Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Churc$2,500
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 (FY17–25, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 9%PROJECT RESCUE FOUNDATION: $18k → 15%Soles4Souls Inc: $1k → 14%PROJECT RESCUE FOUNDATION: $12k → 15%PROJECT RESCUE FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 10%PROJECT RESCUE FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%PROJECT RESCUE FOUNDATION: $3k → 15%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $3k → 10%COLLABRIA CARE: $3k → 9%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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 18 repeat orgs$214k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
34

Total granted

$1.2M
$143k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+37%

Still filing today

50%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k 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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EducationHuman ServicesReligionArts & CultureHealthInternationalOther
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

  • BS
    BENTLEY SCHOOL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $123k · revenue +7%
  • TC
    The Cancer League Inc
    7× · 2019–2025 · $89k · revenue +95%
  • PR
    PROJECT RESCUE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2025 · $53k · revenue +512%

Funded once

  • IM
    INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +24%
  • YW
    YOUTH WITH A MISSION
    one grant, 2023 · $18k
  • Feeding Americagraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +40%
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
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
2
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
3
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
4
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
5
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
6
Enterprise for Youth

Enterprise for youth empowers under-resourced san francisco youths to reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences supported by a community of employers, caring adults, and peers.

Youth Development
7
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
8
San Francisco High School of the Arts

San Francisco Arts and Science Academy (ASA) provides TK5 grade students with a strong foundation in the arts, language, math, and science, fostering creativity, curiosity, and character development. Our bilingual, hands-on curriculum…

Education
9
Extrafood

Food Rescue - The Organization rescues excess fresh food from Bay Area businesses, schools and non-profits and immediately delivers the food to safety net partners - such as senior housing centers, after-school programs, and homeless…

Food & Nutrition
10
San Jose Museum of Art Association

Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art

Arts & Culture
11
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

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12
San Francisco Family Foundation
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is League to Save Lake Tahoe. 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

46 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. 46 of the 69 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)
46/46
Grantees still filing
32/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HILLSIDE CHRISTIAN CENTER: $540,740 · OtherHILLSIDE CHRISTIAN CENTERBENTLEY SCHOOL: $122,600 · OtherBENTLEY SCHOOLUCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $90,000 · OtherUCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALThe Cancer League Inc: $88,500 · OtherThe Cancer League Inc+35 more: $236,794 · Other+35 moreUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $57,500 · EducationUNIVERSIT…LAKE SCHOOL CORPORATION: $31,000 · EducationLAKE SCHO…THE NAPA VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $22,500 · EducationTHE NAPA …+4 more: $8,000 · Education+4 morePROJECT RESCUE FOUNDATION: $52,500 · Human ServicesLITTLE WISHES: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOLLABRIA CARE: $2,500 · Human ServicesGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $2,500 · Human Services+3 more: $5,255 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureNotes for Education Inc: $7,500 · Arts & CultureFriends of the Cameo: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,600 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $20,000 · InternationalEdify: $20,000 · InternationalOne Love Initiative dba Circuit Riders: $5,000 · ReligionLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $5,000 · ReligionCHILDREN RISING INC: $2,500 · ReligionStreetlife Ministries: $2,250 · ReligionCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $2,000 · ReligionCHILDRENS HEALTH GUILD: $6,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BATTERY FOUNDATION: $4,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Other$1,078,634Education$119,000Human Services$67,755Arts & Culture$44,100International$40,000Religion$16,750Philanthropy$15,000

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 budgetBENTLEY SCHOOL: $122,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cancer League Inc: $88,500 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $57,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT RESCUE FOUNDATION: $52,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE SCHOOL CORPORATION: $31,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NAPA VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetOakland Police Emergency Net: $20,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEdify: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNotes for Education Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCHILDRENS HEALTH GUILD: $6,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSAN LEANDRO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOne Love Initiative dba Circuit Riders: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of the Cameo: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSt Helena Hospital Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BATTERY FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST BAY SILICON VALLEY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN RISING INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PENINSULA BRIDGE PROGRAM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCYPRESS MANDELA TRAINING CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLABRIA CARE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOAKLAND SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN HOUSE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY BRIDGES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlameda Emergency Food DBA Alameda Food Bank: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAY AREA RESCUE MISSION: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEpiscopal Community Services: $2,005 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAIRTOSTAY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOLE HEALTH: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFINE ARTS MUSEUMS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST HELENA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOLES4SOULS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Growth Art Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $600 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The San Francisco Fou…East Bay Community Fo…Jewish Community Fede…Marin Community Found…Kaiser Foundation Hos…American Endowment Fo…McNabb FoundationThe Yelp FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…E Richard Jones Famil…Peter a & Vernice H G…The Ayco Charitable F…
The San Francisco FoundationCA22.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · American Endowment Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · E Richard Jones Family Foundation Mr E Richard Jones · Peter a & Vernice H Gasser Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation

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 David & Susan Martin Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David & Susan Martin Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report 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.

    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 69 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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