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Fullerton Family Foundation

FULLERTON FAMILY FOUNDATION ("fff") is a california nonprofit public benefit corporation organized as a supporting organization of the marin community foundation ("mcf").

$2.5M
Granted FY2018
45
Grants FY2018
4
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

91% of Fullerton Family Foundation’s FY2019 grant dollars went to Cerity Partners Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2019 names 30 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Fullerton Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 43 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

42
’17
43
’18
30
’19

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Philanthropy$24MEducation$5.2MArts & Culture$597kAnimals$445kYouth Development$285kHuman Services$217kHealth$199kEnvironment$55kOther$0
02FY2018 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k8 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $377k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAKING WAVES ACADEMY$1,000,000
POINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY$115,036
HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC$110,000
10000 DEGREES$110,000
NEXT GENERATION SCHOLARS INC$100,000
EAST BAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$100,000
AIM HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOL$75,000
SUMMER SEARCH FOUNDATION$60,000
WILDCARE$54,000
JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES$50,000
ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH MUSIC$50,000
GO PUBLIC SCHOOLS$50,000
PARENT SERVICES PROJECT INC$50,000
NEW LEADERS FOR NEW SCHOOLS$50,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA INC$50,000
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 (FY17–19, $512k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FEED THE HUNGRY INC: $15k → 6%Feed the Hungry Inc: $20k → 7%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $110k → 10%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $60k → 10%Huckleberry Youth Programs Inc: $10k → 10%MARIN LINK INC: $12k → 8%MARIN LINK INC: $10k → 8%CANAL WELCOME CENTER INC: $10k → 8%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $5k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $50k → 10%CANAL WELCOME CENTER INC: $10k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $50k → 10%PARENT SERVICES PROJECT INC: $50k → 8%PARENT SERVICES PROJECT INC: $50k → 8%Parent Services Project Inc: $50k → 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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.7M · 36 repeat orgs$350k to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
11

Total granted

$6.7M
$235k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+60%

Still filing today

89%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • MW
    MAKING WAVES ACADEMY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $3.0M · revenue +76%
  • 1D
    10000 DEGREES
    3× · 2017–2019 · $388k · revenue +175%
  • EB
    East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
    3× · 2017–2019 · $350k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • CC
    CONSERVATION CORPS NORTH BAY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $35k · revenue +155%
  • BA
    BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue -19%
  • AD
    AMIGOS DE LAS AMERICAS - EAST BAY
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -19%
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
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
2
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
3
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
4
The College Preparatory School

At college prep we believe in the foundational importance of scholarship, the value of dialogue, and the need for academically curious young people to belong to a kind, creative, diverse and joyful community. we challenge our students to…

Education
5
Mark Day School

Innovative and full of heart, mark day school nurtures each child to pursue their curiosity, think critically, embrace challenge with courage and joy, and work in partnership with others to build more caring and inclusive communities.

—
6
Millennium School of San Francisco

See schedule oto realize the transformative potential of middle school. millennium school believes in developing each student to their fullest potential, this involves providing both a rigorous academic program and a science-based…

Education
7
Montessori De Terra Linda

Montessori de terra linda is a diverse community of teachers, parents and children working together for the education of the child, utilizing the methods of maria montessori. we serve children ages 2-12, providing a rich learning…

Education
8
California School-Age Consortium Inc

The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…

—
9
Leadership Public Schools

Our mission is to create inclusive, empowering, and college-preparatory experiences that equip students to succeed in college, career, and as leaders in their communities.

Education
10
Enterprise for Youth

Enterprise for youth empowers under-resourced san francisco youths to reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences supported by a community of employers, caring adults, and peers.

Youth Development
11
Kipp Bay Area Schools

Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose college, career, and beyond so they can lead fulfilling lives and…

Education
12
San Francisco Friends School

At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Making Waves Academy; the most unlike its peers is Beyond Differences. 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

51 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. 51 of the 58 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/51
Grantees still filing
36/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CERITY PARTNERS FOUNDATION: $24,397,837 · PhilanthropyCERITY PARTNERS FOUNDATION+1 more: $21,000 · PhilanthropyMAKING WAVES ACADEMY: $3,000,000 · EducationMAKING WAVES ACA…10000 DEGREES: $387,500 · Education10000 DEGREESNext Generation Scholars Inc: $250,000 · EducationNext Generation …AIM HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOL: $225,000 · Education+9 more: $640,000 · Education+9 moreEast Bay Center for the Performing Arts: $350,000 · Arts & CultureEnriching Lives Through Music: $130,000 · Arts & CultureMARIN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $40,000 · Arts & CultureRichmond Art Center: $35,000 · Arts & CultureBAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $12,000 · Arts & CultureHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $180,000 · Human ServicesPARENT SERVICES PROJECT: $150,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $100,000 · Human ServicesAMBASSADORS OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY: $43,000 · Human ServicesFEED THE HUNGRY INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesEDUCATE THE CHILDREN INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesMARIN LINK INC: $22,000 · Human ServicesThe Multicultural Center of Marin: $20,000 · Human Services+2 more: $15,000 · Human ServicesWILDCARE: $179,000 · OtherNOVATO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $45,000 · OtherWEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $45,000 · OtherSUMMER SEARCH: $180,000 · OtherCONSERVATION CORPS NORTH BAY INC: $35,000 · OtherBridge the Gap College Prep: $118,500 · OtherMindful Life Project: $50,000 · OtherAUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC: $55,000 · Other+14 more: $250,000 · OtherPOINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY: $240,000 · AnimalsPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $100,000 · HealthSQUARE PEG FOUNDATION: $80,000 · HealthVISION TO LEARN: $30,000 · HealthBAY AREA COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $25,000 · Health
Philanthropy$24,418,837Education$4,502,500Arts & Culture$597,000Human Services$595,000Other$957,500Animals$240,000Health$235,000

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 budgetMAKING WAVES ACADEMY: $3,000,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budget10000 DEGREES: $387,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetEast Bay Center for the Performing Arts: $350,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetNext Generation Scholars Inc: $250,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetPOINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY: $240,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAIM HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOL: $225,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $180,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $180,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetWILDCARE: $179,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetNEW LEADERS INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPARENT SERVICES PROJECT: $150,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEnriching Lives Through Music: $130,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetBridge the Gap College Prep: $118,500 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $100,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGO Public Schools: $100,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH BRIDGE ACADEMY: $60,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetAUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMindful Life Project: $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHE OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMBASSADORS OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY: $43,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetMARIN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $40,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCONSERVATION CORPS NORTH BAY INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFEED THE HUNGRY INC: $35,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetRichmond Art Center: $35,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATE THE CHILDREN INC: $30,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetBAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBAY AREA COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDVENTUREMORE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMIGOS DE LAS AMERICAS MARIN CHAPTER: $25,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetMARIN LINK INC: $22,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Multicultural Center of Marin: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWORLDREADERORG: $18,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEPAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPTA CALIFORNIA CONGRESS OF PTA ALVARADO SCHOOL: $15,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHomeward Bound of Marin: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANAL ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond Differences: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Marin Community Found…Leonard & Beryl Buck …The San Francisco Fou…Bothin FoundationJewish Community Fede…Chamberlin Education …Silicon Valley Commun…Fenwick FoundationPeter E Haas Jr Famil…The Morris Stulsaft F…United Way of the Bay…The California Endowm…
Marin Community FoundationCA61.6× affinity33 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 San Francisco Foundation · Bothin Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Chamberlin Education Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Fenwick Foundation · Peter E Haas Jr Family Fund · The Morris Stulsaft Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · The California Endowment

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 Fullerton Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fullerton Family Foundation. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 Fullerton Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Fullerton 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 58 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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