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Elkins Kate Felton Tua at a glance

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Elkins Kate Felton Tua

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.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$46kPhilanthropy$12kHousing & Shelter$12kHealth$10kEducation$10kYouth Development$8kPublic Benefit$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$241k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADEMY$5,000
SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION$5,000
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY NETWORK$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 (FY21–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HELPERS COMMUNITY INC: $5k → 10%HOMEMORE PROJECT INC: $3k → 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.
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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$43k · 4 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
9

Total granted

$43k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+73%

Still filing today

100%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthPublic BenefitOther
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

  • CM
    COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER
    3× · 2019–2023 · $17k · revenue +10%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $9k · revenue +17%
  • IS
    InterMusic SF
    2× · 2019–2020 · $7k · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • MH
    MERCY HOUSING CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2023 · $9k · revenue -8%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -24%
  • PF
    PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -2%
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
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
2
San Francisco Public Press

The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…

Education
3
Dev Mission

Train untapped young adults ages 16-24 for careers in the Tech industry so we can build wealth and prosperity in local diverse communities.

Youth Development
4
Ross Mckee Foundation for the Musical Arts
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5
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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6
Main Street Launch

Our mission is to create economic opportunity by empowering entrepreneurs.Through innovative partnerships we provide business owners with capital, education, and relationships that allow them to flourish. Our collaborative approach helps…

Community Improvement
7
Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco

PPS-SF's mission is to promote the fundamental value of public education and pursue the success of every public school by sharing knowledge, bridging communities, and informing policy.

—
8
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
9
SFMade Inc

Our mission is to help manufacturers thrive, innovate, and create good jobs, for a more diverse and sustainable Bay Area.

Community Improvement
10
San Francisco Rock Project

Our mission is to teach the fundamentals of music in an accessible way to all ages and backgrounds, and inspire creativity and collaboration in a dynamic and supportive environment through live performance.

Education
11
Homeownership San Francisco dba Home Sf

The Organization is a citywide collaborative of housing counseling agencies that helps diverse and underserved households achieve and sustain homeownership in San Francisco.

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12
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

The mission of San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is to transform San Francisco's streets and neighborhoods into more livable and safe places by promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Francisco Conservatory of Music; the most unlike its peers is Paws for Purple Hearts. 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

14 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. 14 of the 16 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER: $17,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTERInterMusic SF: $7,000 · Arts & CultureInterMusic SFMission Bit: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMission BitSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $9,000 · EducationSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVAT…Community Tech Network: $5,000 · EducationCommunity Tech NetworkREAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS: $5,000 · EducationREAL OPTIONS FOR CITY K…The Kids Co-op Inc DBA Mariposa Kids: $3,000 · EducationThe Kids Co-op Inc DBA …SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherSAVE THE MUSIC FOUND…IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADEMY: $5,000 · OtherIMMACULATE CONCEPTIO…Individual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant rec…UNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA: $12,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY O…MERCY HOUSING CALIFORNIA: $9,000 · Housing & ShelterMERCY HOU…Helpers Community Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesHOMEMORE PROJECT INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $5,000 · Public Benefit
Arts & Culture$27,000Education$22,000Other$19,000Philanthropy$12,000Housing & Shelter$9,000Human Services$8,000Health$5,000Public Benefit$5,000

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 budgetCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY HOUSING CALIFORNIA: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterMusic SF: $7,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHelpers Community Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMission Bit: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Kids Co-op Inc DBA Mariposa Kids: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHOMEMORE PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

Bothin FoundationMcNabb FoundationThe Henry Mayo Newhal…Silicon Valley Commun…The San Francisco Fou…Crankstart FoundationThe Yelp FoundationMarin Community Found…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…
Bothin FoundationCA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bothin Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Elkins Kate Felton Tua funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elkins Kate Felton Tua. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 16 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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