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Frankel Family Foundation

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.

$313k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
49
Grants FY2025
43
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
43 to 65
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$5.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Frankel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k 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
Civil RightsHuman ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving46$280k9%
FY202443$276k7%
FY202350$233k16%
FY202249$206k8%
FY202151$234k14%
FY202044$166k11%
FY201965$192k26%
FY201854$173kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$478kRecreation & Sports$283kPublic Benefit$193kPhilanthropy$157kReligion$119kHuman Services$112kCivil Rights$92kYouth Development$83kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
ID
MN
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 69 grantees
All grantees of Frankel Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation$278,00081%
Kqed Inc$95,00070%
The American Independent Foundation$85,00020%
Congregation Emanu-El$78,5008n/a
Smuin Ballet$74,00080%
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund$70,00080%
Our American Future Foundation$55,00010%
KIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International$54,00082%
San Francisco Opera Association$45,00070%
San Francisco Ballet Association$42,50070%
Voteorg$35,00021%
Voter Registration Project$30,00010%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$30,00080%
Sun Valley Summer Symphony Inc$30,00080%
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation$23,00080%
J Street Education Fund Inc$22,00080%
San Francisco Food Bank$21,00080%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$21,00080%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$19,00080%
The Contemporary Jewish Museum$17,10080%
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco$16,00080%
Sierra Club Foundation$16,00080%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$15,00080%
Compass Family Services$15,00060%
Equal Justice Initiative$15,00080%
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc$14,00040%
The Arc San Francisco$13,00080%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$13,00070%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area$13,00050%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$12,00080%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$12,00040%
Friends of the Urban Forest$12,00070%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$11,00070%
San Francisco Architectural Heritage$10,50080%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$10,00080%
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc$10,00040%
Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc$7,00020%
Larkin Street Youth Services$6,00040%
Shelburne Farms$6,00050%
California Academy of Sciences$5,00050%
Turnout Activism Inc$5,00010%
Mission Graduates$5,00010%
The Exploratorium$5,00050%
Food Runners$5,00030%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$5,00010%
Sun Valley Film Festival Inc$4,00020%
Living With Wolves Ltd$4,00030%
Sun Valley Center for the Arts Inc$3,00030%
Children's Council of San Francisco$2,50010%
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc$2,00020%
School of Leadership-Afghanistan Inc$2,00010%
Family House Inc$2,00020%
Sacramento Country Day School$2,00020%
Congregation Bnai Israel$1,5001n/a
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco$1,00010%
Pacific Center for Human Growth$1,00010%
University of San Francisco$1,00010%
Bay Area Jewish Healing Center$1,00010%
Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera$1,0001n/a
Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program$1,00010%
Berkeley Playhouse Inc$1,00010%
Amigos de las Americas$1,00010%
Berkeley East Bay Humane Society Inc dba Berkeley Humane$1,00010%
Wonderwork Inc$1,0001n/a
What If Foundation$1,00010%
Park Day School Corporation$1,00010%
Flourish Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Monument Crisis Center$50010%
Cycles of Change$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($342k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frankel Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTawonga Jewish Community Corporation: $278,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetKqed Inc: $95,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Independent Foundation: $85,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSmuin Ballet: $74,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetChronicle Season of Sharing Fund: $70,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOur American Future Foundation: $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International: $54,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetSan Francisco Opera Association: $45,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Ballet Association: $42,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVoteorg: $35,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetVoter Registration Project: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCorporation of the Fine Arts Museums: $30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSun Valley Summer Symphony Inc: $30,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Pacific Medical Center Foundation: $23,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJ Street Education Fund Inc: $22,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $19,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Contemporary Jewish Museum: $17,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Community Center of San Francisco: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $15,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCompass Family Services: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $15,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc San Francisco: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $13,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $12,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Urban Forest: $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Architectural Heritage: $10,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $10,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFlorence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetShelburne Farms: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Academy of Sciences: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTurnout Activism Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMission Graduates: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Exploratorium: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFood Runners: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSun Valley Film Festival Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLiving With Wolves Ltd: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSun Valley Center for the Arts Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Council of San Francisco: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 64.

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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 FoundationCA28.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Swig Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Impactassetsinc · Salesforce Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett 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.

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About Frankel Family Foundation

How much does Frankel Family Foundation give?
Frankel Family Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $313,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 65 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Frankel Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Recreation & Sports (15%), Public Benefit (10%).
Who are Frankel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation ($278k), Kqed Inc ($95k), The American Independent Foundation ($85k).
Does Frankel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Frankel Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Frankel Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Marin Community Foundation.
Where is Frankel Family Foundation based?
Frankel Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 106 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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