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Franklin Legacy Fund

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$24k
Granted FY2020
7
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0175% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Education$160kCrime & Legal$43kYouth Development$34kPhilanthropy$21kHousing & Shelter$20kArts & Culture$20kEnvironment$9kHealth$5kOther$0
02FY2020 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k6 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$300
Median grant
1
States reached
$11k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONTEREY CO$15,000
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM$300
Individual grant recipient$252
ACTION COUNCIL$120
Individual grant recipient$100
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 (FY18–18, $50) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICES: $50 → 8%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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$319k · 14 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2020, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
28

Total granted

$319k
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+89%

Still filing today

36%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesArts & CultureCrime & LegalPhilanthropyAnimalsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • RJ
    RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PARTNERS INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $43k · revenue +17%
  • KS
    KITCHEN SISTERS
    2× · 2017–2018 · $13k · revenue +58%
  • MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $3k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $9k
  • M
    MEARTH
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +18%
  • IF
    INST FOR NON-PROFIT NEWS VOICES
    one grant, 2018 · $6k
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
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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2
Sonoma Botanical Garden
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3
Sonoma Mountain Institute
Environment
4
The Sea Ranch Thespians
Arts & Culture
5
Terra Marin School

Our mission is to spark wonder and intellectual curiosity in each child. We achieve this through a purposeful blend of:Engaging academics custom-tailored to each child's abilities, strengths and interests;An unparalleled social-emotional…

Education
6
Monterey County Interfaith Alliance
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7
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
8
Jean Will Presents
Arts & Culture
9
Transportation Alternatives for Marin
Public Benefit
10
Fairewinds Energy Education Corp

Fairewinds Energy Education shines a spotlight on the inequities and Environmental Justice Issues facing communities worldwide. Community-volunteer citizen-scientists and our scientific colleagues conduct research, analyze…

Public Benefit
11
Schmidt Ocean Institute
Science & Tech
12
The Hearst Foundation
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hamilton Families; the most unlike its peers is Spirit of the Earth 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

14 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. 14 of the 42 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY: $155,285 · OtherCAL STATE MONTEREY BAYDRESS FOR SUCCESS: $33,569 · OtherDRESS FOR SUCCESSIndividual grant recipient: $26,512 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONTEREY CO: $15,750 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONTEREY CO+30 more: $50,137 · Other+30 moreRESTORATIVE JUSTICE PARTNERS INC: $43,428 · Crime & LegalRESTORATIVE J…GATHERING FOR WOMEN - MONTEREY: $18,875 · Human Services+1 more: $50 · Human ServicesKITCHEN SISTERS: $13,050 · Arts & CultureSPECTORDANCE: $980 · Arts & CultureMEARTH: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentTOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN FOUNDATIO: $5,000 · PhilanthropyMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $3,266 · Animals
Other$281,253Crime & Legal$43,428Human Services$18,925Arts & Culture$14,030Youth Development$5,500Philanthropy$5,000Animals$3,266

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 budgetRESTORATIVE JUSTICE PARTNERS INC: $43,428 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetGATHERING FOR WOMEN - MONTEREY: $18,875 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKITCHEN SISTERS: $13,050 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetMEARTH: $5,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN FOUNDATIO: $5,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $3,266 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAMILTON FAMILIES: $1,013 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHIRE HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPECTORDANCE: $980 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREAD TO ME PROJECT: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPACIFIC REPERTORY THEATRE: $111 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $50 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.

  • Who funds RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds GATHERING FOR WOMEN - MONTEREY ↗
  • Who funds KITCHEN SISTERS ↗
  • Who funds MEARTH ↗
  • Who funds TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN FOUNDATIO ↗
  • Who funds MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds HAMILTON FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds SHIRE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECTORDANCE ↗
  • Who funds SPIRIT OF THE EARTH INC ↗
  • Who funds READ TO ME PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC REPERTORY THEATRE ↗

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.

Nancy Buck Ransom Fou…Monterey Peninsula Fo…Alexander F Victor Fo…Barnet Segal Charitab…Silicon Valley Commun…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Nancy Buck Ransom FoundationCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Alexander F Victor Foundation · Barnet Segal Charitable Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Franklin Legacy Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Franklin Legacy Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s 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 · 0–40%
    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 42 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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