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Joe and Kim Boswell Foundation Inc at a glance

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Joe and Kim Boswell Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$67k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$156kReligion$51kPublic Safety & Disaster$40kEnvironment$29kCrime & Legal$13kHealth$12kHousing & Shelter$11kRecreation & Sports$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $44k
$1,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$417k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JOHN'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$21,000
MARIN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$13,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION$10,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$7,500
BLUE RIDGE HUMANE SOCIETY$3,800
STANFORD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS$2,500
HAMILTON FAMILIES$2,500
THE OUTDOOR ART CLUB INC$1,500
ADOPT A FAMILY OF MARIN$1,500
SPECIAL OPERATIONS - FINDING KIDS$1,000
TAMALPAIS HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTERS CLUB$1,000
MARIN ART & GARDEN$500
THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$500
CENTRAL HUMANE SOCIETY$500
HERO HUNT$250
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 (FY25–25, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, 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%HERO HUNT: $250 → 8%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

NY
PA
CA
MO
WV
TN
NC
TX
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$242k · 11 repeat orgs$79k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
20

Total granted

$242k
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+11%

Still filing today

82%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
EducationCrime & LegalArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MC
    MARIN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    7× · 2018–2025 · $95k · revenue +26%
  • GI
    GEOHAZARDS INTERNATIONAL
    4× · 2018–2023 · $40k · revenue +57%
  • TH
    TAM HIGH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • HV
    HOMESTEAD VALLEY LAND TRUST INC
    one grant, 2022 · $28k · revenue -4% · 29% of their budget
  • MC
    MARIN COUNTY DAY SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • SF
    San Francisco CASAgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue +91%
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
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
2
Stem Advantage

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…

Youth Development
3
Terra Marin School

Our mission is to spark wonder and intellectual curiosity in each child. We achieve this through a purposeful blend of:Engaging academics custom-tailored to each child's abilities, strengths and interests;An unparalleled social-emotional…

Education
4
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
5
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
6
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
7
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
8
Dominican University of California

Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.

Education
9
Friends of the Children - San Francisco Bay Area

Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what.

Education
10
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
11
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
12
San Francisco High School of the Arts

San Francisco Arts and Science Academy (ASA) provides TK5 grade students with a strong foundation in the arts, language, math, and science, fostering creativity, curiosity, and character development. Our bilingual, hands-on curriculum…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adopt a Family of Marin; the most unlike its peers is Build On 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

32 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. 32 of the 44 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
15/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARIN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $94,675 · EducationMARIN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLTAM HIGH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationTAM HIGH FOUNDATIONDUKE UNIVERSITY: $10,400 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATIONSLS PRESCHOOL: $8,075 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $5,250 · Education+3 more: $6,750 · EducationST JOHN'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $49,500 · OtherST JOHN'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHGEOHAZARDS INTERNATIONAL: $40,000 · OtherGEOHAZARDS INTERNATIONALMARIN COUNTY DAY SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND: $10,355 · OtherMARIN COUNTY DAY SCHOOL ANNUAL FUNDHARLEM JUNIOR TENNIS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM INC: $5,000 · Other+24 more: $15,779 · Other+24 moreHOMESTEAD VALLEY LAND TRUST INC: $27,810 · EnvironmentHOMESTEAD…+1 more: $250 · EnvironmentHAMILTON FAMILIES: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterCALLISTO: $6,000 · Crime & LegalSpecial Operations - Finding Kids: $1,000 · Crime & LegalSan Francisco CASA: $6,235 · Civil RightsBlue Ridge Humane Society Inc: $3,800 · Animals
Education$155,150Other$120,634Environment$28,060Housing & Shelter$7,500Crime & Legal$7,000Civil Rights$6,235Animals$3,800

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 budgetMARIN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $94,675 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGEOHAZARDS INTERNATIONAL: $40,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHOMESTEAD VALLEY LAND TRUST INC: $27,810 over 1y, 29% of budgetTAM HIGH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $10,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSLS PRESCHOOL: $8,075 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHAMILTON FAMILIES: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco CASA: $6,235 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCALLISTO: $6,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $5,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM JUNIOR TENNIS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Ridge Humane Society Inc: $3,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADOPT A FAMILY OF MARIN: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OUTDOOR ART CLUB INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEI FONG AND ASSOCIATES AWS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER PREVENTION PARTNERS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Operations - Finding Kids: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTAMALPAIS HIGH BOOSTER CLUB: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTENNESSEE VALLEY STABLES FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLET THERE BE LIGHT INTERNATIONAL LTBLI at dig: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAccess Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY GRAZING: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MILL VALLEY LIBRARY: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren of Shelters: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHERO HUNT INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $149 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.

Marin Community Found…Silicon Valley Commun…McNabb FoundationSalesforce FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…The San Francisco Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…
Marin Community FoundationCA17.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Salesforce Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Joe and Kim Boswell Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joe and Kim Boswell Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%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
    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 · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Joe and Kim Boswell Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Joe and Kim Boswell Foundation Inc 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 44 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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