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Freidenrich Family Foundation at a glance

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Freidenrich Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$125k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$2.0MHuman Services$508kEducation$503kYouth Development$301kPhilanthropy$172kArts & Culture$162kRecreation & Sports$100kFood & Nutrition$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EPACENTER ARTS$100,000
San Mateo County Historical Association$25,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $508k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS: $2k → 7%Avenidas: $105k → 8%Avenidas: $101k → 8%AVENIDAS: $100k → 8%Avenidas: $100k → 8%AVENIDAS: $100k → 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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 11 repeat orgs$543k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +3% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
12

Total granted

$3.1M
$518k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
-4%

Still filing today

64%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • E
    EPACENTER
    4× · 2021–2025 · $275k · revenue +248%
  • TP
    THE PALO ALTO COMMUNITY FUND
    7× · 2017–2024 · $151k · revenue +275%
  • MF
    Marwen Foundation Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $75k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • PC
    POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue -18%
  • CC
    COACHING CORPS
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -42%
  • KS
    KENT SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -4%
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
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
2
Presidio Hill School

Presidio hill school is a co-ed k-8 independent, progressive school. learning is collaborative and an active experience with an emphasis on inquiry. students are engaged in their own learning and guided by an expert faculty through a…

Education
3
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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4
Marin Academy

Marin academy asks every individual to think, question, and create in an environment of encouragement and compassion, and challenges each person to accept the responsibilities posed by education in a democratic society.

Education
5
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
6
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
7
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
8
Public Advocates Inc

For more than five decades, public advocates has challenged the systemic causes of poverty and racial discrimination by strengthening community voices in public policy and achieving tangible legal victories advancing education, housing,…

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9
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
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
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
12
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Epacenter; the most unlike its peers is Grace Science Foundation. 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 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
10/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS: $1,525,000 · HealthBAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS+1 more: $5,000 · HealthRavenswood Family Health Center: $400,000 · OtherRavenswood Family Hea…COACHING CORPS: $100,000 · OtherCOACHING CORPSSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $60,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD B…Planned Parenthood: $52,500 · OtherPlanned ParenthoodSAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · OtherAchieve Foundation: $25,000 · Other+4 more: $45,950 · Other+4 moreAVENIDAS: $506,000 · Human ServicesAVENIDAS+1 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $250,000 · EducationPOSITIVE COACH…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $135,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF T…KENT SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationKENT SCHOOL+1 more: $12,500 · EducationEPACENTER: $275,000 · Arts & CultureEPACENTERMarwen Foundation Inc: $75,000 · Arts & CultureMarwen Foun…KQED INC: $42,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INCTHE PALO ALTO COMMUNITY FUND: $151,000 · PhilanthropyPHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST: $5,000 · EnvironmentThe Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation: $5,000 · EnvironmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $1,000 · Youth Development
Health$1,530,000Other$708,450Human Services$507,500Education$497,500Arts & Culture$392,000Philanthropy$172,000Environment$10,000Youth Development$1,000

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 budgetBAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS: $1,525,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetAVENIDAS: $506,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetEPACENTER: $275,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $250,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE PALO ALTO COMMUNITY FUND: $151,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $135,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOACHING CORPS: $100,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetKENT SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMarwen Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetKQED INC: $42,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE SCIENCE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPENINSULA VOLUNTEERS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSilicon Valley Community 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.

Jewish Community Fede…The George and Judy M…Silicon Valley Commun…Marin Community Found…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…The George and Judy M…John and Marcia Goldm…Gordon E and Betty I …The William & Flora H…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA19.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation II · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation · John and Marcia Goldman Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Freidenrich Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Freidenrich 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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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