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Forster Family Foundation Inc

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.

$455k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$129k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.2MHealth$756kArts & Culture$672kPhilanthropy$40kReligion$19kCrime & Legal$12kFood & Nutrition$10kYouth Development$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $126k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $329k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS$129,000
GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$100,000
PRESERVE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$100,000
FRIENDS OF NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS INC$40,000
J PAUL GETTY TRUST$25,000
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$25,000
ALBERTINE FOUNDATION$16,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 7% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE: $25k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $10k → 10%J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $25k → 14%ALBERTINE FOUNDATION: $16k → 17%TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $12k → 11%FRIENDS OF NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS INC: $40k → 10%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $200k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MONTEREY COUNTY: $10k → 12%J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $25k → 14%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $20k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $78k → 10%J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $25k → 14%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $10k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $70k → 10%J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $25k → 14%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $57k → 10%J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $25k → 14%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $50k → 10%J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $25k → 14%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $50k → 10%J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $25k → 14%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $50k → 10%J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $15k → 14%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $25k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $25k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $25k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $21k → 10%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $231k → 10%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $225k → 10%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $200k → 10%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $200k → 10%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $129k → 10%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $128k → 10%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $31k → 10%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $24k → 10%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $22k → 10%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $15k → 10%HAMLIN SCHOOL: $12k → 10%HAMLIN SCHOOL: $12k → 10%GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $81k → 10%GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $75k → 10%GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $60k → 10%GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF CA: $11k → 10%SLS: $12k → 10%GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $100k → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 12 repeat orgs$134k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
7

Total granted

$3.0M
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+4%

Still filing today

75%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k 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 & CultureEducationHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • CC
    CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +33%
  • GR
    GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $571k · revenue +127%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
    9× · 2017–2025 · $455k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • Public Health Institutegraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +114%
  • PE
    PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF CA
    one grant, 2022 · $21k
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -18%
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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
2
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
3
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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4
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
5
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
6
Mills College

Mills college is an independent liberal arts college for women and gender nonbinary students, with graduate programs for all genders. the college educates students to think critically and communicate responsibly and effectively, to accept…

—
7
Harvey Mudd College

HMC seeks to educate engineers, scientists, and mathematicians well versed in all of these areas and in the humanities, social sciences and the arts so that they may assume leadership in their fields with a clear understanding of the…

Education
8
University of the Pacific

To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.

Education
9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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10
Pitzer College

Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

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
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Monterey Museum of Art; the most unlike its peers is The J Paul Getty Trust. 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

19 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. 19 of the 23 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $1,435,220 · EducationCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTSPRESERVE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $390,000 · EducationPRESERVE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $260,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $140,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION+1 more: $5,000 · EducationGLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $571,155 · HealthGLAUCOMA RESEARCH …Public Health Institute: $25,000 · Health+1 more: $20,000 · HealthSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $454,600 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO …+4 more: $27,500 · Arts & Culture+4 moreTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $190,325 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyTHE HAMLIN SCHOOL: $74,000 · OtherSLS: $40,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · OtherPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF CALI: $36,000 · OtherPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF CA: $20,502 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $10,000 · OtherBoys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentPollinator Partnership: $2,500 · Environment
Education$2,230,220Health$616,155Arts & Culture$482,100Philanthropy$230,325Other$220,502Youth Development$10,000Environment$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $1,435,220 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetGLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $571,155 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $454,600 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPRESERVE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $390,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $260,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $190,325 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $140,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAMLIN SCHOOL: $74,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPublic Health Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKQED INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPollinator Partnership: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMonterey Jazz Festival: $2,500 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.

The Bessemer Giving F…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bessemer Giving FundNJ13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bessemer Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Forster Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Forster Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Forster Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Forster Family Foundation Inc 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 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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