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Fred Craves Family 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.

$980k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$1.4MEducation$1.0MReligion$200kHousing & Shelter$192kArts & Culture$183kPhilanthropy$140kScience & Tech$105kEnvironment$23kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $143k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $400k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES$400,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$100,000
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT ONCY BIOETHICS$100,000
MARIN HEALTH FOUNDATION$100,000
ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO$100,000
THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL$30,000
ROOT DIVISION$30,000
HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS$22,500
RESCAPE$10,000
BRAIN & BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL COUNCIL$10,000
KOPERNIK$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
THE TREVOR PROJECT$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $125k → 8%HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%HUTCHKISS FUND: $10k → 9%BRAIN & BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $15k → 17%KOPERNIK: $15k → 20%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $150k → 14%HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY: $75k → 11%THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $30k → 9%SUSTAINABLE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD: $145k → 12%THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE: $20k → 17%OMPOMPANOOSUC COMMUNITY TRUST INC: $51k → 10%MARIN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%LOYOLA MARYMOUNT ONCY BIOETHICS: $100k → 14%HUTCHKISS FUND: $10k → 9%BRAIN & BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $100k → 14%HUDSON ALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY: $25k → 11%MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%ROOT DIVISION: $35k → 10%LOYOLA MARYMOUNT ONCY BIOETHICS: $100k → 14%HUTCHKISS FUND: $10k → 9%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $100k → 14%MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $100k → 8%ROOT DIVISION: $30k → 10%LOYOLA MARYMOUNT ONCY BIOETHICS: $100k → 14%HUTCHKISS FUND: $10k → 9%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $100k → 14%MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $75k → 8%BAY AREA RIDGE TRAIL COUNCIL: $10k → 10%ROOT DIVISION: $10k → 10%LOYOLA MARYMOUNT ONCY BIOETHICS: $75k → 14%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $100k → 14%MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $50k → 8%ROOT DIVISION: $10k → 10%LOYOLA MARYMOUNT: $75k → 14%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $100k → 14%MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50k → 8%THE TREVOR PROJECT: $15k → 14%MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%OKLAND SUSTAINABLE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD: $141k → 10%LOYOLA MARYMOUNT ONCY BIOETHICS: $50k → 14%MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $25k → 8%LOYOLA MARYMOUNT ONCY BIOETHICS: $50k → 14%HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $23k → 8%J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $400k → 10%J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $100k → 10%ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO: $100k → 10%ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
CO
MO
DC
HI
AL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 26 repeat orgs$522k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
14

Total granted

$3.0M
$465k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+47%

Still filing today

54%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentScience & TechCivil RightsOther
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

  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $650k · revenue +35%
  • MG
    MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $400k · revenue +243%
  • RD
    Root Division
    7× · 2018–2024 · $110k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $145k
  • OS
    OKLAND SUSTAINABLE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD
    one grant, 2021 · $141k
  • LM
    LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $75k · revenue +47%
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
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

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
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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5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
The California Medical Innovations Institute Inc

The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance the understanding of human disease and the improvement of human health. The Institute fosters an innovative research environment…

Education
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
12
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wikimedia Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The 5 Gyres Institute. 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

24 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. 24 of the 47 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT ONCY BIOETHICS: $475,000 · OtherLOYOLA MARYMOUNT ONCY BIOETHICSMARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $250,000 · OtherMARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO: $200,000 · OtherROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCOIndividual grant recipient: $145,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOKLAND SUSTAINABLE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD: $141,122 · OtherOKLAND SUSTAINABLE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD+25 more: $328,500 · Other+25 moreTHE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $500,000 · HealthTHE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTIT…MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $400,000 · HealthMARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUND…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $650,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · EducationLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERS…THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $30,000 · Education+3 more: $15,000 · EducationRoot Division: $110,000 · Arts & CultureHEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $57,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $7,500 · Arts & CultureHUDSON-ALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY: $100,000 · Science & TechCenter for Humane Technology: $5,000 · Science & TechHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyTREVOR PROJECT INC: $20,000 · Civil Rights
Other$1,539,622Health$905,000Education$770,000Arts & Culture$175,000Science & Tech$105,000Philanthropy$100,000Civil Rights$20,000

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 budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $650,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $500,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetRoot Division: $110,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON-ALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $57,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBay Area Ridge Trail Council: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGREENBELT ALLIANCEPEOPLE FOR OPEN SPACE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Humane Technology: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CRUCIBLE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOR-SITE Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL BIPOLAR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe 5 Gyres Institute: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA (MOAD): $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.

  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES ↗
  • Who funds MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Root Division ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUDSON-ALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Bay Area Ridge Trail Council ↗
  • Who funds GREENBELT ALLIANCEPEOPLE FOR OPEN SPACE ↗
  • Who funds CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND ↗
  • Who funds Center for Humane Technology ↗
  • Who funds THE CRUCIBLE ↗
  • Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOR-SITE Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL BIPOLAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗

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 San Francisco Fou…Jewish Community Fede…Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…Koret FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…The William & Flora H…National Philanthropi…East Bay Community Fo…The Rock FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…
Marin Community FoundationCA26.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Koret Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · East Bay Community Foundation · The Rock Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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 Fred Craves Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fred Craves Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    5report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Fred Craves Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Fred Craves Family 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 47 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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