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I-Rise Foundation at a glance

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I-Rise 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.

$191k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$572kYouth Development$474kHuman Services$260kInternational$177kPhilanthropy$159kHealth$125kEmployment$50kCommunity Improvement$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $41k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
$25,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IMPACT AFRICA NETWORK$150,000
DISCOVERY CUBE ORANGE COUNTY$25,500
FAITHS FOOTSIES$15,000
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 (FY21–23, $250k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%LAURA'S HOUSE: $100k → 10%LAURA'S HOUSE: $100k → 10%LAURA'S HOUSE: $50k → 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.
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 7 repeat orgs$633k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
16

Total granted

$1.3M
$468k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+36%

Still filing today

43%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $165k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyCrime & LegalInternationalHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2022–2023 · $300k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    5× · 2018–2023 · $300k
  • LH
    LAURA'S HOUSE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $250k · revenue -5%

Funded once

  • SA
    SAMUELI ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue +67%
  • UI
    UDACITY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • UF
    UNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -44%
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
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
2
Aim High for High School

To increase educational equity by providing joyful, enriching learning experiences for middle school students, aspiring teachers, and experienced educators.

Education
3
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
4
Oak Hill School of California

To offer special education (k-12) based on the latest research for children facing significant challenges in communication, sensory processing and social relations for the benefit of individuals and the public on a non- discriminatory…

Education
5
The Oliverian School Inc

Oliverian is a non-profit, alternative, college-prep boarding school for adolescents who have not thrived in traditional settings. we fill the gap between traditional and therapeutic schools, providing the right mix of support and guided…

Education
6
Alliant Educational Foundation

The alliant educational foundation builds bridges between under-resourced communities, universities, and other organizations to create a more equitable, healthy, and just society.

Education
7
Open Avenues Foundation

Our mission is to build pathways for global talent to contribute to the united states' innovation economy and educate the future stem workforce. we bring industry-driven projects to universities to provide students with career-development…

Community Improvement
8
Sage Hill School

We inspire in our students a love of knowledge and the ability to use that knowledge creatively, compassionately and courageously throughout their lives.sage hill school's commitment to academic excellence and our outstanding college…

Education
9
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
10
Anu Foundation Usa

To promote education

Education
11
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
12
League of California Community Foundations

The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orangewood Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Faiths Footsies Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 25 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $300,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $300,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUDACITY INC: $100,000 · OtherUDACITY INCDISCOVERY CUBE ORANGE COUNTY: $80,500 · OtherDISCOVERY CUBE ORANGE COUNTYIndividual grant recipient: $66,766 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+12 more: $93,155 · Other+12 moreLAURA'S HOUSE: $250,000 · Human ServicesLAURA'S HOUSESAMUELI ACADEMY: $250,000 · EducationSAMUELI ACADEMYROOSTERS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $151,290 · PhilanthropyROOSTERS …ERIK WEIHENMAYER REACH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyERIK WEIH…+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyImpact Africa Network INC: $150,000 · EmploymentImpact Af…ORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $103,400 · Crime & LegalUNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · International
Other$940,421Human Services$250,000Education$250,000Philanthropy$166,290Employment$150,000Crime & Legal$103,400International$25,000

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 budgetLAURA'S HOUSE: $250,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSAMUELI ACADEMY: $250,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetROOSTERS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $151,290 over 3y, 43% of budgetImpact Africa Network INC: $150,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $103,400 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVITAL LINK EDUCATION- BUSINESS CONSORTIUM: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMIND EDUCATION: $22,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetERIK WEIHENMAYER REACH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSHADY CANYON GOLF CLUB CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL OF ARTS AND CULTURE AT MHP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $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.

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.

Orange County Communi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 I-Rise Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from I-Rise Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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