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Excellence in Investing for Childrens Causes
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- $265k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $255k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $85,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $85,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Excellence in Investing for Childrens Causes funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $255k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $275k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $255k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $105k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $165k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $128k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $209k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $205k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ira Sohn Conference Foundation Inc | $297,956 | 6 | 10% |
| Community Education Partnerships | $249,000 | 5 | 27% |
| Eat Learn Play Foundation | $220,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Schools Mentoring and Resources Team Inc (Smart) | $220,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Bridge the Gap College Prep | $197,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $160,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 826 Valencia | $139,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Life Learning Academy | $106,000 | 2 | 2% |
| New Door Ventures Fka Golden Gate Community Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Meritus College Fund | $33,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ira Sohn Conference Foundation Inc | $297,956 | 6 | 10% |
| Community Education Partnerships | $249,000 | 5 | 27% |
| Eat Learn Play Foundation | $220,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Schools Mentoring and Resources Team Inc (Smart) | $220,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Bridge the Gap College Prep | $197,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $160,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 826 Valencia | $139,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Life Learning Academy | $106,000 | 2 | 2% |
| New Door Ventures Fka Golden Gate Community Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Meritus College Fund | $33,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Alive and Free | $33,000 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Excellence in Investing for Childrens Causes supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Tipping Point Community · The James Irvine Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · American Endowment Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
Compare Excellence in Investing for Childrens Causes with peer funders
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About Excellence in Investing for Childrens Causes
- How much does Excellence in Investing for Childrens Causes give?
- Excellence in Investing for Childrens Causes reported 3 itemized grants totaling $255,000, out of $265,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Excellence in Investing for Childrens Causes fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Youth Development (26%), Health (17%).
- Who are Excellence in Investing for Childrens Causes's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ira Sohn Conference Foundation Inc ($298k), Community Education Partnerships ($249k), Eat Learn Play Foundation ($220k).
- Does Excellence in Investing for Childrens Causes fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Excellence in Investing for Childrens Causes?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, Tipping Point Community.
- Where is Excellence in Investing for Childrens Causes based?
- Excellence in Investing for Childrens Causes is based in CA.
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