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GRIFFITH R HARSH IV AND MARGARET C Whitman Charitable Foundation at a glance

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GRIFFITH R HARSH IV AND MARGARET C Whitman Charitable 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.

$8.9M
Granted FY2022
27
Grants FY2022
13
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

51% of GRIFFITH R HARSH IV AND MARGARET C Whitman Charitable Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 16 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year GRIFFITH R HARSH IV AND MARGARET C Whitman Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 15 organizations, $9M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

0
’19
9
’20
0
’21
15
’22
10
’23
16
’24

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

01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$14MEducation$8.6MEnvironment$6.5MHuman Services$1.0MHealth$744kRecreation & Sports$611kHousing & Shelter$500kAnimals$165kOther$0
02FY2022 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k3 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $144k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $510k
  • $250k+9 grants · $8.3M
$50,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$159M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UC Davis Foundation$1,500,000
Teach for America Inc$1,000,000
YMCA of San Francisco$1,000,000
Teach for America$1,000,000
Teach for America Inc - Pupils Project Phase II$1,000,000
Environmental Defense Fund$1,000,000
Environmental Defense Fund$1,000,000
Warby Parker Impact Foundation$500,000
Robin Hood Foundation$250,000
University of California Los Angeles (Dr Ozcan)$180,000
Shining Hope For Communities Inc (Shofco)$80,000
Amigos of Costa Rica Inc$50,000
FC Cincinnati Foundation$50,000
US Soccer Federation$50,000
National Science Teaching Association$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 (FY22–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%The Bridge Project Inc: $40k → 10%YMCA of San Francisco: $1.0M → 10%Res Publica Inc: $50k → 17%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

NH
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
KS
NC
DC
AL
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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.1M · 14 repeat orgs$9.8M to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2022, 4 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, 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

14
13

Total granted

$7.1M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+43%

Still filing today

64%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    3× · 2020–2024 · $4.5M · revenue +121%
  • RH
    ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +40%
  • SH
    SHINING HOPE FOR COMMUNITIES INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $188k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • PS
    Power Station Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue -87%
  • TM
    THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue -89%
  • AG
    ALDER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $150k · revenue +81%
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
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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2
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
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
5
Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Inc

Our mission is to support the naval postgraduate school by providing funding and programmatic support for education, research, technology development, institutional initiatives, and community programs that advance national security and…

Education
6
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
9
The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

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10
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
11
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
12
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Philanthropic Trust; the most unlike its peers is Power Station 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

40 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. 40 of the 64 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
29/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $12,391,260 · PhilanthropyGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANA…ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDATIONTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES: $500,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $140,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,000,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES O…Teach for America Inc: $2,000,000 · EducationTeach for America IncTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATIONINDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL: $530,000 · EducationINDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL+9 more: $858,000 · Education+9 moreENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $4,500,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DE…+2 more: $105,000 · EnvironmentTeach for America Inc - Pupils Project Phase II: $1,000,000 · OtherTeach for Americ…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,000,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSE…Power Station Foundation: $1,000,000 · OtherPower Station Fo…Harvard University MD PhD: $231,740 · OtherHarvard College: $200,000 · OtherUniversity of California Los Angeles (Dr Ozcan): $180,000 · Other+26 more: $1,000,000 · Other+26 moreYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesRES PUBLICA US INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesBridge Project: $40,000 · Human ServicesWARBY PARKER IMPACT FOUNDATION: $500,000 · Health+2 more: $11,000 · HealthUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $154,000 · Recreation & SportsFC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES SOCCER FEDERATION: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$14,531,260Education$6,888,000Environment$4,605,000Other$4,611,740Human Services$1,090,000Health$511,000Recreation & Sports$329,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $12,391,260 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $4,500,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,000,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $2,000,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL: $530,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES: $500,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWARBY PARKER IMPACT FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetSHINING HOPE FOR COMMUNITIES INC: $188,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $180,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $154,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetALDER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $150,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHING ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFC CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLENADA CASINO FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 over 2y, 47% of budgetMCPHERSON COLLEGE: $90,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO GRAND INC: $55,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetRES PUBLICA US INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED STATES SOCCER FEDERATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST WOODS SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBridge Project: $40,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMART WITH A HEART: $30,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHORDOMA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDaraja Education Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF TJ FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE NORTH SHORE LAND ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPAN-AFRICAN ACADEMY OF CHRISTIAN SURGEONS: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TELLURIDE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…The Bessemer Giving F…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNatl Christian Charit…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA13× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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 GRIFFITH R HARSH IV AND MARGARET C Whitman Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from GRIFFITH R HARSH IV AND MARGARET C Whitman Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to GRIFFITH R HARSH IV AND MARGARET C Whitman Charitable 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 64 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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