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Four Pines Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Four Pines Charitable 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.

$875k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$695kArts & Culture$640kPhilanthropy$439kScience & Tech$300kCivil Rights$92kHuman Services$50kCrime & Legal$42kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $235k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $330k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$40,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC$300,000
IVEY FOUNDATION$60,000
TEACH FOR ALL INC$60,000
SCHOOLS MENTORING AND RESOURCING TEAM INC$60,000
CHAMBER OF MOTHERS INC$50,000
BAY AREA HYBRID COLLEGE INITIATIVE$50,000
THE BRIGID ALLIANCE$50,000
NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$40,000
CALMATTERS$40,000
KINGMAKERS OF OAKLAND$40,000
MARIN COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION$40,000
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$35,000
CORTE MADERA LARKSPUR SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$20,000
KIDDO MILL VALLEY SCHOOLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$20,000
PROTECT OUR WATER JACKSON HOLE$5,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

US giving: 84% of grant dollars ($1.9M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 16% that went abroad ($360k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $102k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%KENYA EDUCATION FUND: $2k → 17%CHAMBER OF MOTHERS INC: $50k → 20%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $50k → 17%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.

Beyond the US: 16% of all-years giving ($360k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$360k · 2 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 5 repeat orgs$745k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
8

Total granted

$1.5M
$390k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-10%
-6%

Still filing today

60%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $355k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsArts & CultureCrime & LegalHealthOther
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

  • AJ
    AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $640k · revenue -10%
  • IF
    IVEY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $360k
  • SM
    SCHOOLS MENTORING AND RESOURCING TEAM INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $202k

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $300k · revenue +59% · 94% of their budget
  • AF
    AVENUES FOR JUSTICE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $42k · revenue +13%
  • EI
    Edwell Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -49%
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
Teach for America Inc

Children growing up in historically marginalized and disenfranchised communities lack access to a broad spectrum of resources and opportunities, and attend schools that are not equipped to meet their needs. To address this, TFA's mission…

Education
2
New Teacher Center

New teacher center (ntc) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving outcomes for all students by accelerating teacher and school leader effectiveness. from preschool through high school, (continued on schedule o)

Education
3
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
4
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
5
Knowledgeworks Foundation

We help our partners in states and schools work together to align policy and practice, reimagining what education can do through personalized, competency-based learning - and what it must do to prepare students for a lifetime of learning.

Education
6
AI4ALL

Ai4all's mission is to ensure that the next generation of ai leaders reflects humanity. ai4all is transforming the pipeline of ai practitioners who will shape ai for the benefit of humanity.

Youth Development
7
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
8
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
9
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
10
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc

To create and inspire better ways to give every student an educational foundation for lifelong success. we imagine a world where every student attends a school that meets them where they are, adapts to the unique ways they learn, and…

Education
11
Compass Science Communication Inc

Compass champions, connects, and supports diverse scientist leaders to improve the well-being of people and nature.

Science & Tech
12
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Teach for All Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 27 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
11/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IVEY FOUNDATION: $360,000 · OtherIVEY FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO FOUNDATION INCSCHOOLS MENTORING AND RESOURCING TEAM INC: $202,000 · OtherSCHOOLS MENTORING AND RESOURCING TEAM INCMARIN COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION: $40,000 · Other+6 more: $39,500 · OtherAMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC: $640,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INCTEACH FOR ALL INC: $185,000 · EducationTEACH FOR ALL INCEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $102,500 · EducationEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREP…Bay Area Hybrid College Initiative DBA Rivet School: $50,000 · EducationBay Area Hybrid Colle…Kingmakers of Oakland: $40,000 · EducationKingmakers of OaklandEdwell Inc: $30,000 · EducationEdwell IncCORTE MADERA LARKSPUR SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Education+1 more: $4,000 · EducationChamber of Mothers Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $35,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $4,000 · PhilanthropyAVENUES FOR JUSTICE INC: $42,040 · Crime & LegalCalMatters: $40,000 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $2,000 · Civil Rights
Other$941,500Arts & Culture$640,000Education$431,500Human Services$102,000Philanthropy$79,000Crime & Legal$42,040Civil Rights$42,000

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 budgetAMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC: $640,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 1y, 94% of budgetTEACH FOR ALL INC: $185,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $102,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetChamber of Mothers Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBay Area Hybrid College Initiative DBA Rivet School: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAVENUES FOR JUSTICE INC: $42,040 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetKingmakers of Oakland: $40,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCalMatters: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEdwell Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCORTE MADERA LARKSPUR SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROTECT OUR WATER JACKSON HOLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTETON LITERACY CENTER: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENYA EDUCATION FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPostpartum Support Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Doug Coombs Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Marin Community Found…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …
Marin Community FoundationCA12.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Four Pines Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Four Pines Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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

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    How do I get to Four Pines Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Four Pines Charitable 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 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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