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David E De Silva Family Foundation at a glance

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David E De Silva Family 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.

$101k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$92kArts & Culture$63kCrime & Legal$37kHealth$32kHuman Services$30kEducation$29kReligion$21kInternational$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
$7,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Youth ALIVE$20,000
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$10,000
Camp Kesem National$10,000
Individual grant recipient$7,000
826 National$7,000
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY$7,000
SMUIN BALLET$7,000
AXIS DANCE COMPANY$7,000
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE$7,000
Earthjustice$7,000
SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE$6,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$6,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%National Indigenous Women's Resource Center: $5k → 18%Camp Kesem National: $15k → 14%Camp Kesem National: $10k → 14%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

WA
MT
IL
NY
OH
CA
VA
AZ
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$190k · 12 repeat orgs$161k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
14

Total granted

$190k
$113k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+27%

Still filing today

75%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsInternationalOther
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

  • YA
    YOUTH ALIVE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $32k · revenue +16%
  • CK
    Camp Kesem National
    2× · 2023–2024 · $25k · revenue +25%
  • 8V
    826 Valencia
    4× · 2019–2022 · $18k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • RF
    Rain Forest Trust Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • PH
    PROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT ACCEPT & LIVE
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +17%
  • PE
    PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue +109%
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
Los Angeles International Dance Festival
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2
Dance Film Sf Inc

Dance Film SF DFSF brings dance to wider audiences through the presentation and development of dance-based films. We celebrate the best dance films from around the world, encourage and assist choreographers and filmmakers in the creation…

Arts & Culture
3
San Francisco Green Film Festival

San Francisco Green Film Festival's (SFGFF) mission is to educate and connect communities through forward thinking programs of environmental films, dialogues, and action opportunities.

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4
Forward Together

Forward Together is a national reproductive justice organization that centers people, families, and communities who experience reproductive oppression. They prioritize queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and other peoples of color and utilize…

Health
5
Shawl-Anderson Modern Dance Center

Shawl-Anderson Dance Center SADC builds and supports a vital and inclusive community for movers of all ages and styles. Founded in 1958, SADC provides dance education, institutional support for artists, a performance and rehearsal venue,…

Arts & Culture
6
Californians for the Arts

Our mission at Californians for the Arts is to ensure that the arts are accessible to all Californians; are an ongoing part of the public dialogue and to encourage Californians to care about the arts as a critical component of their own…

Arts & Culture
7
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
8
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
9
California Arts Advocates

California Arts Advocates is a comprehensive lobbying organization for the arts, culture and creative industries and workforce.

Arts & Culture
10
Youth in Arts

Youth in Arts builds visual and performing arts skills through innovative and in-depth programs that foster confidence, compassion and resilience in students of all abilities. We develop capacity among educators and teaching artists,…

Arts & Culture
11
Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

Transforming global storytelling by using data-driven research, education, and advocacy to mitigate bias, inspiring authentic portrayals in entertainment, advertising, and gaming that reflect the true diversity of the population.

Civil Rights
12
Fossil Free California

Fossil Free California works to end financial support for climate-damaging fossil fuels and promotes the transition to a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dance Downtown La Inc La Dance Project; the most unlike its peers is Nikolas Ritschel Foundation. 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

25 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. 25 of the 33 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUTH ALIVE: $32,000 · OtherYOUTH ALIVERain Forest Trust Foundation: $30,000 · OtherRain Forest Trust FoundationRain Forest Trust Donation: $22,000 · OtherRain Forest Trust DonationLincoln Oakland: $22,000 · OtherLincoln OaklandSisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc: $16,000 · OtherSisters of Perpetual Indulgence IncAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $7,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $7,000 · OtherDefenders of Wildlife: $7,000 · OtherCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $7,000 · OtherTHE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT: $10,000 · Other+9 more: $44,500 · Other+9 more826 Valencia: $18,000 · Education826 Valenc…826 National Inc: $11,000 · Education826 Nation…EVERYBODY DANCE LA: $4,000 · EducationEVERYBODY …Camp Kesem National: $25,000 · Human ServicesCamp Kese…NATIONAL INDIGENOUS WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL …DANCE DOWNTOWN LA INC LA DANCE PROJECT: $8,000 · Arts & CultureSmuin Ballet: $7,000 · Arts & CultureAXIS Dance Company: $7,000 · Arts & CultureODC: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER: $12,500 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $7,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $6,000 · EnvironmentPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $16,000 · InternationalPROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT ACCEPT & LIVE: $15,000 · Health
Other$204,500Education$33,000Human Services$30,000Arts & Culture$27,000Environment$25,500International$16,000Health$15,000

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 budgetYOUTH ALIVE: $32,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budget826 Valencia: $18,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT ACCEPT & LIVE: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget826 National Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDANCE DOWNTOWN LA INC LA DANCE PROJECT: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSmuin Ballet: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAXIS Dance Company: $7,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNikolas Ritschel Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetODC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFreedom Fund Network Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Art and Film Program: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL INDIGENOUS WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERYBODY DANCE LA: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSan Francisco Film Society: $3,500 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.

The San Francisco Fou…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Silicon Valley Commun…The Annenberg Foundat…ImpactassetsincPaypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Raymond James Charita…
The San Francisco FoundationCA18.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment 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 David E De Silva Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David E De Silva Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report 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.

    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 33 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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