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Fairview 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.

$930k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$320k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.0MCivil Rights$877kYouth Development$605kEnvironment$370kInternational$320kHealth$300kEmployment$300kHuman Services$200kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $515k
  • $250k+1 grant · $320k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN FOR THE BALKANS MOVEMENT$320,000
GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN FOR CHAMPIONS FOR CLIMATE JUSTIC$200,000
JUSTICE OUTSIDE$115,000
HOMELESS PRENATAL PROGRAM$50,000
WILDMIND$50,000
SUMMER SEARCH$50,000
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY$50,000
CAMP PHOENIX$40,000
PROJECT AVARY$25,000
GIRLVENTURES$20,000
TAHOE FUND$10,000
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 (FY19–24, $440k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%GIRLVENTURES: $20k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 10%GIRLVENTURES: $20k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 10%GIRLVENTURES: $20k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 10%GIRLVENTURES: $20k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 10%GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $50k → 10%GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $50k → 10%GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $50k → 10%GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $40k → 10%GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $40k → 10%GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $40k → 10%GIRLVENTURES: $20k → 10%GIRLVENTURES: $20k → 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.
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 16 repeat orgs$625k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
4

Total granted

$2.6M
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+26%

Still filing today

81%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $580k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • JO
    JUSTICE OUTSIDE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $345k · revenue +125%
  • Homeless Prenatal Program Inc
    6× · 2019–2024 · $300k · revenue +63%
  • PA
    PROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE VENTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH
    6× · 2019–2024 · $135k · revenue +162%

Funded once

  • GC
    Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -2%
  • SP
    SAFE PLACE INTERNATIONAL DREAM ACADEMY
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • TT
    The Thacher School Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +26%
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.

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LandPaths

LandPaths' mission is to foster a love of the land in Sonoma County. LandPaths creates ways for people to experience the beauty, understand the value, and assist in healing the land in their local communities.

Environment
2
Ten Strands

We strengthen the partnerships, strategies, and systems that advance environmental literacy, ensuring all California TK12 students thrive in sustainable, resilient schools and engage in meaningful environmental learning experiences, both…

Environment
3
City Surf Project

To ensure equitable access to the coastline and improve the health and well-being of Bay Area youth, through surf instruction. We use surfing as a vehicle to foster respect for nature, healthy living, personal growth, diversity, equity and…

Recreation & Sports
4
California School-Age Consortium Inc

The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…

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5
East Bay Agency for Children

For more than 70 years, East Bay Agency for Children continues to improve the well-being of children, youth and families by reducing the impact of trauma and social inequalities.

Health
6
Community Resources for Science

CRS empowers teachers and STEM professionals serving schools in historically marginalized communities to activate TK-8 students curiosity about the world, foster critical thinking, and inspire children to imagine future career pathways.…

Education
7
The Junior Center of Art and Science

An annual exhibit program for elementary school students, after school and summer art and science courses for children and teens, and drop-in activities for visitors of all ages are offered throughout the year.

Education
8
Institute for Applied Tinkering

Institute for Applied Tinkering IAT develops, practices and shares educational methods that challenge and support all children to engage deeply in their learning via real interests and real tools.

Youth Development
9
Davis Forest School

Davis Forest School (DFS) is an outdoor education and nature play organization building community through land-based programming.

Youth Development
10
Soar for Youth

In community partnership with UC Berkeley, SOAR helps Bay Area foster youth aged 11-21 move through adolescence and into their adult lives with independence. We teach, coach, and counsel our young people in academics, leadership, life…

Human Services
11
San Francisco High School of the Arts

San Francisco Arts and Science Academy (ASA) provides TK5 grade students with a strong foundation in the arts, language, math, and science, fostering creativity, curiosity, and character development. Our bilingual, hands-on curriculum…

Education
12
Camp Ten Trees

Camp Ten Trees was one of the first of its kind in the world and still offers the Pacific Northwest's only residential summer camp programming for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth and their allies…

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Justice Outside; the most unlike its peers is Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education. 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

18 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. 18 of the 25 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $1,033,512 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATIONJUSTICE OUTSIDE: $345,000 · PhilanthropyJUSTICE OUTSIDEGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN FOR THE BALKANS MOVEMENT: $320,000 · OtherGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN FOR THE …GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN FOR CHAMPIONS FOR CLIMATE JUSTIC: $200,000 · OtherGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN FOR CHAM…WILDLIFE ASSOCIATES: $120,000 · OtherWILDLIFE ASSOCIATESIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCATHOLIC CHARITITES OF THE EAST BAY: $80,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITITES OF THE EAS…WILDMIND: $50,000 · OtherPROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE VENTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH: $135,000 · OtherPROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE …Destiny Arts Center: $60,000 · Other+7 more: $110,000 · Other+7 moreGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $522,071 · InternationalGLOBAL FUND F…GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $270,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS INCOR…GIRLVENTURES: $120,000 · Human ServicesGIRLVENTURE…Larkin Street Youth Services: $50,000 · Human ServicesLarkin Stre…Homeless Prenatal Program Inc: $300,000 · HealthSUMMER SEARCH: $300,000 · EmploymentCAMP PHOENIX: $125,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOUL SHOPPE PROGRAMS: $65,000 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$1,378,512Other$1,175,000International$522,071Human Services$440,000Health$300,000Employment$300,000Youth Development$190,000

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 budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $1,033,512 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $522,071 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetJUSTICE OUTSIDE: $345,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $300,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $300,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $270,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetPROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE VENTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH: $135,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCAMP PHOENIX: $125,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetGIRLVENTURES: $120,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetSOUL SHOPPE PROGRAMS: $65,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetDestiny Arts Center: $60,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPrescott Circus Theatre: $20,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetGolestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTAHOE FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Thacher School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds JUSTICE OUTSIDE ↗
  • Who funds Homeless Prenatal Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds SUMMER SEARCH ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE VENTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds CAMP PHOENIX ↗
  • Who funds GIRLVENTURES ↗
  • Who funds SOUL SHOPPE PROGRAMS ↗
  • Who funds Destiny Arts Center ↗
  • Who funds Larkin Street Youth Services ↗
  • Who funds HIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Prescott Circus Theatre ↗
  • Who funds Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education ↗
  • Who funds TAHOE FUND ↗
  • Who funds The Thacher School Inc ↗
  • Who funds John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust ↗

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 San Francisco Fou…Clif Family FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…East Bay Community Fo…The Barrios TrustBernard E & Alba Witk…The Joseph and Vera L…The David and Lucile …Kaiser Foundation Hos…American Online Givin…Network for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…
The San Francisco FoundationCA20.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The Barrios Trust · Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation · The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Fairview Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fairview Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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