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Jacob & Maria Elena Ratinoff Foundation at a glance

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Jacob & Maria Elena Ratinoff Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$70k
Granted FY2019
17
Grants FY2019
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

97% of Jacob & Maria Elena Ratinoff Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Jacob & Maria Elena Ratinoff Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $70k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

8
’17
4
’18
9
’19
1
’20

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

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 2020.

Philanthropy$101kHealth$93kArts & Culture$40kEducation$14kYouth Development$2kReligion$2kEnvironment$1kHuman Services$450Other$0
02FY2019 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k14 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $56k
$250
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MILLS PENINSULA HOSPITAL FDN$25,000
MISSION HOSPICE AND HOME CARE$21,000
GPMC FUNDRAISING FDN (DR GOODSON)$10,000
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHANY$5,000
CORP OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO$2,500
EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL$2,000
AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER$2,000
ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO$1,000
EASTER SEALS$250
PENINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY$200
YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY$200
KDFC (SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL)$200
SAMARITAN HOUSE$200
GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONV$100
SIERRA CLUB$100
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 (FY19–19, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MISSION HOSPICE AND HOME CARE: $21k → 7%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.

30%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$46k · 4 repeat orgs$107k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2019, 2 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, 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

4
8

Total granted

$46k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-10%
+39%

Still filing today

75%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsHealthEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $16k · revenue -10%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    2× · 2017–2018 · $11k · revenue +25%
  • CC
    CENTRO CHILENO LAUTARO
    3× · 2017–2020 · $10k

Funded once

  • MH
    MILLS-PENINSULA HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +29%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • EC
    EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +205%
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
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
2
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
3
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
4
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
5
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
6
Sempervirens Fund

To ensure coast redwood forests in the santa cruz mountains thrive for generations to come. since 1900, sempervirens has protected more than 36,000 acres. learn more about our mission, vision, and strategic plan through 2030 at:…

Environment
7
San Francisco Jazz Organization

The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…

Arts & Culture
8
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
9
Nature Collective

Nature collective's mission is to drive a passion for nature for all. we think inclusively and diversely when serving those devoid of nature those who remember nature and want to connect back to it and those who have an affinity with…

Environment
10
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
11
San Jose Museum of Art Association

Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art

Arts & Culture
12
Ucsf Health Community Hospitals Fka Saint Francis Memorial Hospital

Ucsf health community hospital's mission statement is caring, healing, teaching, and discovering.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Francisco Symphony; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 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

15 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. 15 of the 30 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $100,919 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INCMILLS PENINSULA HOSPITAL FDN: $25,000 · OtherMILLS PENINSULA HOSPITAL FDNCENTRO CHILENO LAUTARO: $10,000 · OtherCENTRO CHILENO LAUTAROGPMC FUNDRAISING FDN (DR GOODSON): $10,000 · OtherGPMC FUNDRAISING FDN (DR GOOD…Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCORP OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2,500 · Other+15 more: $8,950 · Other+15 moreSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $16,081 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO SY…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $11,000 · Arts & CultureThe United State…AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $9,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN CONSERV…+1 more: $1,200 · Arts & CultureMILLS-PENINSULA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthMILLS-PENIN…MISSION HOSPICE & HOME CARE INC: $21,000 · Human ServicesMISSION H…EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $2,000 · EducationHILLSBOROUGH BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $200 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$100,919Other$66,450Arts & Culture$37,281Health$25,000Human Services$21,000Education$2,000Environment$1,000Recreation & Sports$200

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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $100,919 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILLS-PENINSULA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $16,081 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSBOROUGH BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN HOUSE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $100 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.

American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
American Endowment FoundationOH10.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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 Jacob & Maria Elena Ratinoff Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jacob & Maria Elena Ratinoff Foundation. 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%13%25%38%50%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 · 0–50%
    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 30 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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