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Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$2.1MEducation$308kArts & Culture$225kCivil Rights$100kSocial Science$100kHousing & Shelter$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$60kHuman Services$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $250k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION$1,000,000
NORTH OAKLAND SOUTH OAKLAND LITTLE LEAGUE$100,000
BENTLEY SCHOOL$100,000
OAKLAND BASEBALL FOUNDATION$50,000
TRANSOM STORY LAB INC$25,000
LIPSTICK ANGELS$25,000
UCSF Foundation$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
SRI AUROBINDO SOCIETY$2,500
DIPTI TRUST$2,500
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 (FY17–22, $108k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%CIRCLE OF HEARTS FOUNDATION: $25k → 7%POVERTY ALLEVIATION CHICAGO: $10k → 14%OPEN BOOKS LTD: $50k → 14%CIRCLE OF HEARTS FOUNDATION: $13k → 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

IL
MA
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
NM
DC
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.7M · 11 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
21

Total granted

$5.7M
$2.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+42%

Still filing today

82%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $215k 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthCivil RightsSocial ScienceOther
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

  • BS
    BENTLEY SCHOOL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $298k · revenue +7%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
    2× · 2019–2021 · $85k · revenue +17%
  • BS
    Berkwood School
    3× · 2018–2020 · $50k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • BI
    BMORE INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue -87% · 53% of their budget
  • HR
    Heffter Research Institute Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $750k · revenue -100% · 26% of their budget
  • P
    PSFCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $150k · revenue +183%
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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
2
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
3
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
4
Berkeley Public Library Foundation

The Berkeley Public Library Foundation (BPLF) amplifies the public investment to make a great public library extraordinary. To that end, we provide vital funds and ongoing advocacy to advance the Library's mission, vision, and strategic…

Philanthropy
5
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
6
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

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7
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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8
Uc Riverside Foundation

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

Education
9
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc

Csu east bay foundation is an auxiliary organization of california state university east bay and the california state university system. the organization's mission is to provide services that aid, supplement, and advance the educational…

Education
10
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
11
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
12
Berkeley Lab Foundation

To support the scientific and educational purposes of the regents of the university of california (the "university"), in its specific capacity as manager and operator of the lawrence berkeley national laboratory and to carry on other…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is East Bay Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Circle of Hearts 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

30 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. 30 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
19/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATIONHeffter Research Institute Inc: $750,000 · OtherHeffter Research Institute IncBENTLEY SCHOOL: $297,500 · Other+21 more: $547,050 · Other+21 moreBMORE INCORPORATED: $1,000,000 · HealthBMORE INCORPORA…PSFC: $150,000 · HealthPSFCSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $85,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EducationBerkwood School: $50,000 · EducationMontessori Childrens House of the West Coast: $25,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $20,000 · EducationUC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $100,000 · Civil RightsTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $55,000 · Civil RightsKALW PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureHenry Miller Memorial Library: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSundance Institute: $5,000 · Arts & CultureOPEN BOOKS: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE CIRCLE OF HEARTS FOUNDATION: $37,500 · Human ServicesLETTERS CHARITY: $10,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesESALEN INSTITUTE: $100,000 · Social Science
Other$6,594,550Health$1,150,000Education$260,000Civil Rights$155,000Arts & Culture$110,000Human Services$107,500Social Science$100,000

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 budgetBMORE INCORPORATED: $1,000,000 over 1y, 53% of budgetHeffter Research Institute Inc: $750,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetBENTLEY SCHOOL: $297,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPSFC: $150,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetESALEN INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetKALW PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNORTH OAKLAND SOUTH OAKLAND LITTLE LEAGUE: $100,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $55,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBerkwood School: $50,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE CIRCLE OF HEARTS FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetCOMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF BIG SUR: $35,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontessori Childrens House of the West Coast: $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDIGNITYMOVES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIPSTICK ANGELS: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEXTGEN CLIMATE AMERICA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSundance Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $5,000 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.

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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…The San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…ImpactassetsincThe William G Irwin C…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY18.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The William G Irwin Charity Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home