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Effort Initiative Corporation at a glance

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Effort Initiative Corporation

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.

$50k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Human Services$48kEducation$25kArts & Culture$10kReligion$9kHealth$6kFood & Nutrition$5kScience & Tech$5kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
$1,405
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$13,596
Friends of Oakland Public Library$10,000
Center for Early Intervention on De$7,600
GlobalGiving$3,200
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Insight Housing$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,148
Evergreen Valley High School ASB$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,405
Alameda County Community Food Bank$1,000
Open Tai Chi Foundation$1,000
Beach Parents Association$800
Moose Charities$500
World Vision$468
Calvary Cross Church$400
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Table Tennis Connections: $6k → 11%Table Tennis Connections: $3k → 11%Insight Housing: $4k → 10%Insight Housing: $3k → 10%Insight Housing: $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

WA
IL
WI
CA
CO
VA
DC
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$156k · 19 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
19

Total granted

$156k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+13%

Still filing today

53%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • CO
    CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $8k · revenue +4%
  • IH
    Insight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project
    3× · 2023–2025 · $7k · revenue +48%
  • ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    6× · 2020–2025 · $6k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • UB
    UC Berkeley
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • EB
    EAST BAY CHINESE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • UC
    UCSF Children's Hospitals Foundatio
    one grant, 2024 · $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.

1
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
2
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
3
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

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4
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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5
California Pacific Medical Center 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
6
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
7
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
8
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

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9
University of California Student Association

The University of California Student Association (UCSA) is a coalition of students and student governments that aims to provide a collective voice for all students through advocacy and direct action. UCSA participates in the shared…

Education
10
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc

Csu east bay foundation is an auxiliary organization of california state university east bay and the california state university system. the organization's mission is to provide services that aid, supplement, and advance the educational…

Education
11
California Forward

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,…

Public Benefit
12
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dyf; the most unlike its peers is Neuropong. 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

24 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. 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Dublin Senior Center: $38,280 · OtherDublin Senior CenterFriends of Oakland Public Library: $20,000 · OtherFriends of Oakland Public LibraryIndividual grant recipient: $15,864 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $14,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $6,000 · OtherUC Berkeley: $5,000 · Other+22 more: $30,190 · Other+22 moreNEUROPONG: $9,000 · Human ServicesNEUROPONGInsight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project: $7,000 · Human ServicesInsight H…Center for Early Intervention on Deafness: $12,150 · EducationCenter fo…UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationUC SANTA …Open Tai Chi Foundation: $1,000 · EducationOpen Tai …+2 more: $200 · EducationCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $7,500 · Arts & CultureScott Cao Cultural Heritage Foundation: $1,200 · Arts & CultureBUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION: $8,000 · ReligionGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $3,200 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $2,340 · InternationalSTAND UP TO CANCER: $2,000 · PhilanthropyMOOSE CHARITIES INC: $1,500 · Philanthropy
Other$129,434Human Services$16,000Education$15,350Arts & Culture$8,700Religion$8,000International$5,540Philanthropy$3,500

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 budgetCenter for Early Intervention on Deafness: $12,150 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNEUROPONG: $9,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetBUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInsight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEvergreen Valley High School PTSA: $3,850 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $2,340 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetValley Humane SocietyInc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOOSE CHARITIES INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetScott Cao Cultural Heritage Foundation: $1,200 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetNative American Health Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeninsula Youth Theatre: $512 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFelton Institute: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDYF: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDIO HILL SCHOOL: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $50 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 Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC10.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Effort Initiative Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Effort Initiative Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%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 · 0–90%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Effort Initiative Corporation?

    Find your warmest path to Effort Initiative Corporation 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 42 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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