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Elizabeth E Bettelheim Family Foundation at a glance

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Elizabeth E Bettelheim Family 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.

$215k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$650kEducation$395kReligion$214kHealth$203kAnimals$165kHuman Services$126kRecreation & Sports$115kYouth Development$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $200k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALPHA EPSILON PHI FOUNDATION$30,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
CHABAD OF EL CERRITO$30,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY$25,000
MARIN TREATMENT CENTER$20,000
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM$20,000
SCHURIG CENTER FOR BRAIN INJURY RECOVERY$15,000
PASADENA HUMANEORG$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
OAKLAND ZOO$10,000
NEW LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AT SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE$5,000
LAS TRAMPAS SAVE THE CREEK$5,000
CONGREGATION BETH EL SAN ANTONIO TEXAS$5,000
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 (FY18–23, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%SHE SHOULD RUN: $15k → 14%THE HUCKELBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS: $10k → 10%BANANAS INC: $15k → 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

NY
MA
IN
OH
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 12 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
73

Total granted

$1.1M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+23%

Still filing today

67%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureAnimalsHealthEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CS
    CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA
    5× · 2017–2025 · $70k · revenue +39%
  • SB
    Side By Side
    3× · 2017–2021 · $60k · revenue +19%
  • MB
    Marin Brain Injury Network Schurig Center for Brain Injury Recovery
    4× · 2020–2025 · $45k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
    one grant, 2022 · $151k
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR THE STUDY OF THE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE
    one grant, 2022 · $35k
  • DD
    DIAVOLO DANCE THEATRE
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue -8%
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
Marin Humane Society

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.

Animals
2
Bay Nature Institute dba Bay Nature Bay Nature Magazine

Bay Nature connects the people of the San Francisco Bay Area to our natural world and motivates people to solve problems with nature in mind. Our vision is that all people have a close relationship with theirnatural world.

Environment
3
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
4
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
5
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
6
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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7
Alaska Whale Foundation

Alaska Whale Foundation is dedicated to marine mammal conservation through research monitoring and education.

Environment
8
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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9
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
10
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
11
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
12
Marin Open Studios

Marin open studios is a non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to engaging and supporting marin county artists and their audiences through events, programs and services. marin open studios champions a diverse and inclusive community…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Usa Swimming Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jefferson Historical Society & Museum. 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

52 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. 52 of the 92 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/52
Grantees still filing
31/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH GEN INC: $270,000 · OtherJEWISH GEN INCCHABAD OF EL CERRITO: $194,000 · OtherCHABAD OF EL CERRITOUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY: $151,100 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEYJefferson Historical Society & Museum: $75,000 · OtherAGE-FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS: $66,000 · Other+50 more: $665,780 · Other+50 moreCALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $110,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA HIS…DIAVOLO DANCE THEATRE: $30,000 · Arts & CultureDIAVOLO DANCE …CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA ACA…JOY IN MOTION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureJOY IN MOTION …The Excelsior Foundation: $25,000 · Arts & CultureThe Excelsior …SEA TURTLE INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureWorld Arts West: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSTEPAFRIKA USA INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureRichmond Art Center: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAlpha Epsilon Phi Foundation: $140,000 · EducationAlpha Eps…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $29,278 · EducationUNIVERSIT…Jewish Commmunity High School of the Bay: $10,000 · EducationALBANY MUSIC FUND: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $10,000 · EducationCONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA: $70,000 · AnimalsTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $25,000 · AnimalsMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $20,000 · AnimalsTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 · AnimalsPASADENA HUMANE: $10,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · AnimalsJoybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: $5,000 · AnimalsSide By Side: $60,000 · HealthMarin Treatment Center: $20,000 · HealthSurfers Healing Foundation Inc: $20,000 · HealthOUR HOUSE GRIEF SUPPORT CENTER: $15,000 · HealthBUCKELEW PROGRAMS: $10,000 · HealthSONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthSHE SHOULD RUN: $15,000 · Human ServicesBANANAS INCORPORATED: $15,000 · Human ServicesHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INC: $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,421,880Arts & Culture$295,000Education$199,278Animals$145,000Health$135,000Human Services$40,000Youth Development$35,000

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 budgetJEWISH GEN INC: $270,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetAlpha Epsilon Phi Foundation: $140,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetCALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $110,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetJefferson Historical Society & Museum: $75,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetCONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSide By Side: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMarin Brain Injury Network Schurig Center for Brain Injury Recovery: $45,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetDIAVOLO DANCE THEATRE: $30,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $29,278 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENSINGTON COMMUNITY COUNCIL: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJOY IN MOTION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Excelsior Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetMarin Treatment Center: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSurfers Healing Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetUSA Swimming Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHE SHOULD RUN: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOUR HOUSE GRIEF SUPPORT CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBANANAS INCORPORATED: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEA TURTLE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWorld Arts West: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetKENSINGTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetThe Spahr Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGRIZZLY PEAK FLYFISHERS: $10,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGIRLS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Commmunity High School of the Bay: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUCKELEW PROGRAMS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALBANY MUSIC FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetSTEPAFRIKA USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSONRISE EQUESTRIAN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRichmond Art Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetANGEL ISLAND CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetBay Area Womens Sports Initiative: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Den Collective Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSan Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJoybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStephen J Wampler Foundation Camp WAMP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPollinator Partnership: $5,000 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.

Marin Community Found…Jewish Community Fede…Leonard & Beryl Buck …Bothin FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…East Bay Community Fo…Kaiser Foundation Hos…McNabb FoundationGordon E and Betty I …Hobsonlucas Family Fo…Shell USA Company Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…
Marin Community FoundationCA19.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · Bothin Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · McNabb Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Silicon Valley Community 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 Elizabeth E Bettelheim Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elizabeth E Bettelheim Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%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
    2get no government money at all
    14report 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 92 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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