· Community foundation
Golden State Community Foundation
To support programs of charitable organizations, organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 as amended, that promote education, teamwork, and self-esteem among underserved youth throughout the oakland, san francisco, and san jose areas.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k28 grants · $970k
- $50k–250k51 grants · $3.9M
- $250k+1 grant · $386k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SELF-ESTEM | $385,750 |
| SPARK SF PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $200,000 |
| OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT | $200,000 |
| TECHBRIDGE GIRLS | $192,875 |
| MISSION BIT | $192,875 |
| THE OAKLAND PROMISE | $160,000 |
| ASPIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $140,000 |
| THE BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE | $100,000 |
| WE LEAD OURS | $79,000 |
| EAST OAKLAND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER | $79,000 |
| HACK THE HOOD | $79,000 |
| MINDFUL LIFE PROJECT | $79,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF OAKLAND | $79,000 |
| PLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED | $79,000 |
| STREETCODE ACADEMY | $79,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $670k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
80 repeat relationships: 55 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $478k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SSSPARK SF PUBLIC SCHOOLS9× · 2017–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +128%
- SSELF-ESTEM6× · 2020–2025 · $883k · revenue +313% · 79% of their budget
- OPOAKLAND PROMISE9× · 2017–2025 · $830k · revenue +185%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $156k · revenue +5%
- NENATIONAL EQUITY PROJECTone grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -55%
- BRBEATS RHYMES AND LIFEone grant, 2024 · $76k · revenue -27%
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.
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.
Berkeley Community Scholars empowers Berkeley youth who face racial, economic, and other barriers to achieving their college dreams by providing a unique experience of scholarships, advising, mentoring, and a community of support.
Institute for Applied Tinkering IAT develops, practices and shares educational methods that challenge and support all children to engage deeply in their learning via real interests and real tools.
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…
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…
Who we are - silicon valley education foundation (svef) focuses on raising student performance in the critical areas of math and science across all 33 santa clara county school districts, and also adjoining san mateo and alameda counties.…
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…
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…
California education partners seeds and grows collaborations among california's school systems, so that they innovate, improve, and build internal capacity as learning organizations in order to close gaps and lead high performing,…
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.
Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…
To prepare its students for admission to and success in college and career,and to become happy and productive members of society.
Build a community investment fund that catalyzes local movements and transforms district capacity by bringing together families,communities, teachers, district leaders, and philanthropy to co-design a vision for students and implement…
How this is measured
123 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. 123 of the 130 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SPARK SF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds SELF-ESTEM ↗
- Who funds OAKLAND PROMISE ↗
- Who funds ENVISION EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds Techbridge Girls ↗
- Who funds Urban Ed Academy ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
- Who funds THE OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE TRACK ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF OAKLAND ↗
- Who funds East Oakland Youth Development Center ↗
- Who funds KIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds ASPIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE ↗
- Who funds READING PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds FIRST GRADUATE ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENTS DAY HOME ↗
- Who funds 826 Valencia ↗
- Who funds Mission Bit ↗
- Who funds PLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED ↗
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SUMMER SEARCH ↗
- Who funds LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds SPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND ↗
- Who funds LEADERSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds AIM HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds HIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT ↗
- Who funds THE BASIC FUND ↗
- Who funds LITERACY LAB ↗
- Who funds UASPIRE INC ↗
- Who funds Scientific Adventures dba Scientific Adventures for Girls ↗
- Who funds REAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS ↗
- Who funds JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds Oakland Kids First ↗
- Who funds San Francisco Achievers ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Quest Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Morris Stulsaft Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Ross Stores Foundation · Stupski Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Oakland Public Education Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Golden State Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Golden State Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Blueprint Schools Network Inc: 10% of income from government
- The Marion Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
- Uaspire Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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