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Ewcy 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.

$75k
Granted FY2022
10
Grants FY2022
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

96% of Ewcy Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to University Impact, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Ewcy Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $75k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

10
’17
11
’18
11
’19
8
’20
3
’21
8
’22
2
’23
6
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
0193% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$922kPublic Benefit$366kArts & Culture$145kCommunity Improvement$64kPhilanthropy$57kEnvironment$37kScience & Tech$31kInternational$11kOther$0
02FY2022 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k8 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACCION OPPORTUNITY FUND$50,000
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC$10,000
CUPERTINO EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT$5,159
PAYPAL GIVING FUND$5,000
FOUNDATION CENTER-FDOL$2,500
NOVA UKRAINE$1,000
KMS FRIENDS OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC$500
CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS$299
PATTYS HOPE$100
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$50
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 18% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DEBATE SPACES: $5k → 8%CABRILLO EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $29k → 7%POST (PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST): $10k → 8%COMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $10k → 10%CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: $10k → 10%NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9k → 18%HAWAI'I COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%OCEAN CLEANUP NORTH PACIFIC FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%FORMOSAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS (FAPA): $10k → 14%FEEDING TAMPA BAY: $5k → 13%UNIVERSITY IMPACT: $525k → 8%NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 7%ZIDISHA: $10k → 4%JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $5k → 19%CABRILLO EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $12k → 7%POST (PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST): $10k → 8%CATTICUS CORP: $50k → 10%CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: $10k → 10%CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%AMNESTY USA: $10k → 17%PAYPAL GIVING FUND: $13k → 14%UNIVERSITY IMPACT: $201k → 8%UNITED CHARITABLE: $5k → 4%POST (PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST): $10k → 8%CATTICUS CORPORATION: $50k → 10%CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: $10k → 10%ASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY FUND: $5k → 14%PAYPAL GIVING FUND: $5k → 14%UNIVERSITY IMPACT: $100k → 8%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%DE YOUNG MUSEUM: $5k → 10%STEVENS CREEK PTO: $21k → 8%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%NETWORK FOR GOOD: $5k → 14%STEVENS CREEK PTO: $17k → 8%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%CUPERTINO EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT: $5k → 8%WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%SF MOMA: $5k → 10%CHILDREN'S CREATIVITY MUSEUM: $5k → 10%CHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $20k → 10%OPPORTUNITY FUND: $258k → 8%FOUNDATION CENTER-FDOL: $3k → 10%OPPORTUNITY FUND: $52k → 8%ACCION OPPORTUNITY FUND: $50k → 8%OPPORTUNITY FUND: $35k → 8%OPPORTUNITY FUND: $20k → 8%HAKONE FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
HI
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$648k · 14 repeat orgs$184k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +17% since the first grant, against +4% for the ones you funded once.

14 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2022, 11 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
29

Total granted

$648k
$113k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+4%

Still filing today

64%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TC
    THE CATTICUS CORPORATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $100k · revenue +352%
  • CE
    CABRILLO EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $41k · revenue +24%
  • PO
    PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST
    4× · 2017–2020 · $31k · revenue +164%

Funded once

  • CH
    CHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue -35%
  • ZI
    ZIDISHA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • COMMUNITY INITIATIVESgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +158%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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 Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
3
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
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
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
6
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
7
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
8
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
9
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
10
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
11
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
12
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Zidisha Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPublic University Foundatio…Small Business Development …Native Hawaiian Community D…Public School District Foun…Food Pantries & AssistanceEnvironmental Advocacy Orga…Community FoundationsLegal Aid & Immigration Ser…Independent K-8 SchoolsCancer Support OrganizationsGovernment Accountability R…Urban Agriculture & Food Ac…Asian American Advocacy & H…Community Arts OrganizationsChristian Missionary Organi…Land Conservation Organizat…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%7%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%52%5–10yr19%5%10–20yr16%4%20–35yr13%36%35–55yr16%4%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/49
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,516

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

48 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 48 of the 62 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/48
Grantees still filing
26/48
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

University Impact — $825,500 · EducationUniversity Impact+5 more — $26,013 · EducationTHE OPPORTUNITY FUND — $364,834 · OtherTHE OPPORTUNITY FUNDTHE CATTICUS CORPORATION — $100,000 · OtherTHE CATTICUS CORPORATIONCABRILLO EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $40,500 · OtherCABRILLO EDUCATION FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient — $39,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUC BERKELEY FOUNDATION — $30,000 · Other+31 more — $76,270 · Other+31 moreCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $30,299 · Arts & CultureCHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA — $20,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART — $5,000 · Arts & CultureChildrens Creativity Museum — $5,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $1,378 · Arts & CulturePAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND — $17,700 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $10,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · PhilanthropyNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $9,100 · PhilanthropyUNITED CHARITABLE — $5,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $2,500 · Philanthropy+2 more — $1,190 · PhilanthropyACCION OPPORTUNITY FUND INC — $50,000 · Community Improvement+1 more — $1,000 · Community ImprovementPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST — $31,000 · Environment+1 more — $522 · EnvironmentFormosan Association for Public Affairs — $10,000 · Youth Development
Education$851,513Other$650,804Arts & Culture$61,677Philanthropy$55,490Community Improvement$51,000Environment$31,522Youth Development$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUniversity Impact — $825,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE OPPORTUNITY FUND — $364,834 over 4y, 36% of budgetTHE CATTICUS CORPORATION — $100,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetACCION OPPORTUNITY FUND INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCABRILLO EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $40,500 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST — $31,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $30,299 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA — $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND — $17,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetZIDISHA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFormosan Association for Public Affairs — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCUPERTINO EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION — $5,799 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD — $5,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC — $5,179 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION — $5,020 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY FUND OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHakone Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED CHARITABLE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildrens Creativity Museum — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $1,070 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNeighbors for a Better San Francisco — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA COCINA — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC — $680 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $665 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS — $598 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAVORY INSTITUTEORG INC — $522 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FREEBSD FOUNDATION — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHIME INSTITUTE — $214 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC — $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATTYS HOPE — $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetC'EST BON MUSIC INC — $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLava Mae — $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES — $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The San Francisco Fou…Marin Community Found…United Way WorldwideAbbVie FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…The Pfizer Foundation…Donor Advised Charita…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA18.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · United Way Worldwide · AbbVie Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Ewcy Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc — 2% of 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Ewcy Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ewcy Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 62 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines