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Freitas 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.

$116k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2024
19
Organizations funded FY2023
47%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 30
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$4.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 47% of the organizations Freitas Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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
FY2024still arriving16$116k13%
FY202319$157k47%
FY202216$123k50%
FY202119$134k21%
FY202027$181k44%
FY201927$162k48%
FY201830$143k70%
FY201719$118kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$254kEducation$244kFood & Nutrition$198kHealth$143kEnvironment$78kArts & Culture$77kPhilanthropy$38kYouth Development$20kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
San Geronimo Valley Community Center$132,12082%
Marin Waldorf School Association Inc$116,00071%
Community Institute for Psychotherapy$65,00062%
West Marin Senior Services$49,00061%
Pachamamas Path Inc$34,00069%
West Marin Community Services$32,00051%
Brighter Beginnings$19,00040%
Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training$16,00021%
Extrafood$15,00040%
San Francisco Food Bank$11,50020%
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All grantees of Freitas Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
San Geronimo Valley Community Center$132,12082%
Marin Waldorf School Association Inc$116,00071%
Community Institute for Psychotherapy$65,00062%
West Marin Senior Services$49,00061%
Pachamamas Path Inc$34,00069%
West Marin Community Services$32,00051%
Brighter Beginnings$19,00040%
Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training$16,00021%
Extrafood$15,00040%
San Francisco Food Bank$11,50020%
Marin History Museum$10,0001n/a
Giants Community Fund$10,00010%
Trips for Kids Marin$8,50050%
Monument Crisis Center$8,50020%
Saint Mary's College of California$8,00020%
Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties$6,50010%
The West Marin Fund$6,00020%
North Valley Animal Disaster Group$5,00010%
Petaluma People Services Center$5,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,00010%
Shiningcare Inc$5,00012%
Mesa Refuge a Nonprofit Corporation$5,00031%
Marin County Bar Association$5,00012%
Weaving Earth Inc$4,50021%
Center for Domestic Peace$4,50020%
Hayward Youth Academy$3,5001n/a
West Marin Scholarship Program$3,50020%
Shikabania Corporation$3,0001n/a
Awhs Falcon Foundation$3,00011%
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art$2,71310%
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles$2,50010%
Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club$2,50010%
Little Wishes$2,50010%
Barry a Murphy Fund$2,1001n/a
Abundant Beginnings Inc$2,0001n/a
Dance Palace$2,00020%
Friends of the Orinda Library Inc$1,50021%
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$1,00010%
Trevors Eagle Blanket Foundation$1,0001n/a
Play Marin$1,00010%
Legal Aid of Marin$1,00010%
Wolakota Waldorf Society$1,00010%
Okizu Foundation$1,00010%
Center for Independent Living$75010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($508k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSan Geronimo Valley Community Center: $132,120 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetMarin Waldorf School Association Inc: $116,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCommunity Institute for Psychotherapy: $65,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetWest Marin Senior Services: $49,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetPachamamas Path Inc: $34,000 over 6y, 8.9% of budgetWest Marin Community Services: $32,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBrighter Beginnings: $19,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training: $16,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetExtrafood: $15,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGiants Community Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrips for Kids Marin: $8,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMonument Crisis Center: $8,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSaint Mary's College of California: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe West Marin Fund: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNorth Valley Animal Disaster Group: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPetaluma People Services Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShiningcare Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMesa Refuge a Nonprofit Corporation: $5,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMarin County Bar Association: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWeaving Earth Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCenter for Domestic Peace: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWest Marin Scholarship Program: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAwhs Falcon Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMarin Museum of Contemporary Art: $2,713 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDon Moyer Boys & Girls Club: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLittle Wishes: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDance Palace: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Orinda Library Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFood Bank of Contra Costa and Solano: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlay Marin: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLegal Aid of Marin: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWolakota Waldorf Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOkizu Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Independent Living: $750 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 38.

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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.

Marin Community Found…Leonard & Beryl Buck …The West Marin FundHobsonlucas Family Fo…The San Francisco Fou…Kaiser Foundation Hos…McNabb FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Patty and Jack Wright…The Rock FoundationHeffernan Group Found…The Litchfield Founda…
Marin Community FoundationCA36.5× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · The West Marin Fund · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · McNabb Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Patty and Jack Wright Foundation · The Rock Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · The Litchfield 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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How do I get to Freitas Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Freitas 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.

About Freitas Foundation

How much does Freitas Foundation give?
Freitas Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $115,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Freitas Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (22%), Education (21%), Food & Nutrition (17%).
Who are Freitas Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: San Geronimo Valley Community Center ($132k), Marin Waldorf School Association Inc ($116k), Community Institute for Psychotherapy ($65k).
Does Freitas Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Freitas 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 Freitas Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation, The West Marin Fund.
Where is Freitas Foundation based?
Freitas 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 89 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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