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Glasser Family Fund

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$805
Granted FY2026still arriving
1
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$805
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Philanthropy$926kArts & Culture$522kHealth$267kEducation$160kScience & Tech$74kEnvironment$47kYouth Development$40kInternational$29kOther$0
02FY2026 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$805
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST (DAF)$805
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 (FY17–23, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $10k → 10%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $5k → 10%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $5k → 10%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $5k → 10%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $5k → 10%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $5k → 10%ORCAS FAMILY CONNECTIONS-ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $2k → 10%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $4k → 10%ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $2k → 10%ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER-ORCAS FAMILY CONNECTIONS: $1k → 10%ORCAS FAMILY CONNECTIONS-ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $1k → 10%ORCAS FAMMILY CONNECTIONS-ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $500 → 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

WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
CA
VA
TN
DC
FL
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.
$1.8M · 46 repeat orgs$325k to everyone else

46 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2026, 45 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
38

Total granted

$1.8M
$325k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+50%

Still filing today

70%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’26
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TE
    THE EXPLORATORIUM
    5× · 2018–2023 · $46k · revenue +24%
  • GI
    GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $39k · revenue +52%
  • 4S
    42ND STREET MOON
    5× · 2017–2021 · $26k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF OLGA STORE BUILDING
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSO
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • University of Chicago
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +22%
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
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
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
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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4
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
5
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
6
California Ocean Science Trust

California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…

Environment
7
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to promote sustainability in the Bay Area and beyond by engaging communities in avian science, habitat restoration, and education.

Environment
8
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
9
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
10
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
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 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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orange County Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is San Francisco Opera Association. 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 51 of the 86 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/51
Grantees still filing
36/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST (DAF): $870,214 · OtherMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST (DAF)FRIENDS OF OLGA STORE BUILDING: $200,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF OLGA STORE BUILDINGCPMC FOUNDATION- SUTTER HEALTH: $192,000 · OtherCPMC FOUNDATION- SUTTER HEALTHDE MARILLAC ACADEMY: $77,000 · OtherSF OPERA ASSOCIATION: $60,000 · Other+51 more: $296,142 · Other+51 moreOrcas Island Chamber Music Festival: $60,000 · Arts & CultureOrcas Island …SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $55,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO…THE EXPLORATORIUM: $46,000 · Arts & CultureTHE EXPLORATO…AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN CONS…42ND STREET MOON: $26,000 · Arts & Culture42ND STREET M…ORCAS CENTER: $9,500 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $13,500 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUNDATION OF THE CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO: $36,500 · EducationUniversity of Chicago: $15,000 · EducationVILLAGE ACADEMIES NETWORK INC: $14,000 · Education10000 DEGREES: $3,000 · Education+2 more: $2,250 · EducationGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $39,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $5,500 · Human ServicesSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $22,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 · HealthALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,500 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthHospital De La Familia Foundation: $22,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,500 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $1,000 · InternationalORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyPALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,695,356Arts & Culture$255,000Education$70,750Human Services$50,000Health$32,500International$29,000Philanthropy$27,000

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 budgetOrcas Island Chamber Music Festival: $60,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $46,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $39,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO: $36,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST: $30,500 over 5y, 6.8% of budget42ND STREET MOON: $26,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHospital De La Familia Foundation: $22,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGE ACADEMIES NETWORK INC: $14,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetORCAS CENTER: $9,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $7,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetACHIEVEMENT REWARDS FOR COLLEGE SCIENTISTS FOUNDATION INC NO CA CHAP: $6,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOPAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWILD SALMON CENTER: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $5,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetARCTIC ICE PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAlive and Free: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE: $4,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetRONALD C WORNICK JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $3,040 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget10000 DEGREES: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDIO GRADUATE SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATUREBRIDGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST FRANCIS SAILING FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetORCAS OPEN ARTS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetENVISION EDUCATION INC: $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.

  • Who funds Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE EXPLORATORIUM ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION OF THE CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds 42ND STREET MOON ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Hospital De La Familia Foundation ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE ACADEMIES NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA SHAKESPEARE THEATER ↗
  • Who funds CHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ORCAS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVEMENT REWARDS FOR COLLEGE SCIENTISTS FOUNDATION INC NO CA CHAP ↗
  • Who funds OPAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS ↗
  • Who funds WILD SALMON CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ↗

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…Silicon Valley Commun…The San Francisco Fou…Orcas Island Communit…Jewish Community Fede…Daniel and Margaret C…Sos FoundationDonald Family Foundat…Www FoundationSeattle FoundationEast Bay Community Fo…Orcas Bay Foundation
Marin Community FoundationCA21.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Orcas Island Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation · Sos Foundation · Donald Family Foundation · Www Foundation · Seattle Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Orcas Bay 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Glasser Family Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Glasser Family Fund. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 49%
  • Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 86 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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