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Delmarie Fuller Fund at a glance

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Delmarie Fuller Fund

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$136k
Granted FY2017
35
Grants FY2017
10
States reached
$84k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k33 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $84k
$1,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCSF FOUNDATION$84,049
DEMOCRACY NOW$10,000
GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOG$4,000
DAWN REDWOODS CHARITABLE TRUST$4,000
Individual grant recipient$2,300
LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSN$2,000
THE STANFORD FUND$2,000
NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM$1,900
HERO BOX$1,750
Individual grant recipient$1,600
COMPANIONS FOR HEROES$1,500
THE EISENHOWER FOUNDATION$1,300
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$1,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$1,000
PAWS OF WAR$1,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $1k → 12%THE STANFORD FUND: $2k → 8%DAWN REDWOODS CHARITABLE TRUST: $4k → 8%EAST BAY INNOVATION: $500 → 10%LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSN: $2k → 10%DEMOCRACY NOW: $10k → 17%ADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION: $250 → 10%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $1k → 18%THE EISENHOWER FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $1k → 15%ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH: $1k → 8%CLAREMONT CANYON CONSERVANCY: $1k → 10%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $1k → 17%TROOPS DIRECT: $464 → 15%HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $1k → 10%BAY AREA OUTREACH REC PROGRAM: $1k → 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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NY
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CO
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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 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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The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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2
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
6
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
7
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc

Draper's engineers design, develop and deploy advanced technology solutions for the world's most difficult and important problems.

Science & Tech
8
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
9
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

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10
Gordon Research Conferences Inc

The gordon research conferences, inc. provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, physical and engineering sciences and their interfaces. *see schedule o*

Science & Tech
11
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
12
The National World War Ii Museum Inc

The national wwii museum tells the story of the american experience in the war that changed the world-why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today-so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 35 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)
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Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $84,049 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION+1 more: $2,000 · EducationTHE DAWN REDWOODS CHARITABLE TRUST: $4,000 · OtherTHE DAWN REDWOODS CHARITAB…GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOG: $4,000 · OtherGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SE…Individual grant recipient: $2,300 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLOWELL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSN: $2,000 · OtherLOWELL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI …NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM: $1,900 · OtherNATIONAL WWII MUSEUMHERO BOX: $1,750 · OtherHERO BOXIndividual grant recipient: $1,600 · OtherCOMPANIONS FOR HEROES: $1,500 · OtherThe Eisenhower Foundation: $1,300 · Other+13 more: $11,564 · Other+13 moreDEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureDEMOCRACY…AMERICAN AIR MUSEUM IN BRITAIN: $1,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN …THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE: $500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,000 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 · InternationalABILITYFIRST: $1,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Education$86,049Other$31,914Arts & Culture$11,750Health$2,000International$2,000Human Services$1,500Crime & Legal$1,000

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 DAWN REDWOODS CHARITABLE TRUST: $4,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS OF WAR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetABILITYFIRST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST BAY INNOVATIONS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION: $250 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Donor Advised Charita…
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO7.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Delmarie Fuller Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Delmarie Fuller Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 35 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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