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Kenneth Rainin 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.

$22M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
294
Grants FY2024
167
Organizations funded FY2023
42%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,300,000
Organizations funded a year
132 to 167
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$642M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Kenneth Rainin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCommunity 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving193$20M36%
FY2023167$15M42%
FY2022160$16M43%
FY2021132$13M51%
FY2020164$15Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$33MArts & Culture$28MHealth$13MPhilanthropy$3.4MScience & Tech$1.9MHuman Services$1.4MCommunity Improvement$901kSocial Science$801kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oakland Unified School District$6,490,5885n/a
San Francisco Film Society$4,725,000531%
Education for Change$4,491,00052%
Cares for Learning$4,069,131475%
Community Art Stabilization Trust$4,000,000327%
United States Artists Inc$2,961,750510%
Aspire Public Schools$1,610,00050%
Center for Cultural Innovation$1,450,000411%
University of California San Francisco$1,422,1414n/a
The Roxie Theater$1,325,000260%
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All grantees of Kenneth Rainin Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oakland Unified School District$6,490,5885n/a
San Francisco Film Society$4,725,000531%
Education for Change$4,491,00052%
Cares for Learning$4,069,131475%
Community Art Stabilization Trust$4,000,000327%
United States Artists Inc$2,961,750510%
Aspire Public Schools$1,610,00050%
Center for Cultural Innovation$1,450,000411%
University of California San Francisco$1,422,1414n/a
The Roxie Theater$1,325,000260%
Dancers Group$1,035,38558%
The Oakland Public Education Fund$990,40552%
Washington University$975,00050%
Oakland Literacy Coalition Inc$813,250531%
National Opinion Research Center$801,16540%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$775,00040%
CounterPulse$751,300439%
The Oakland REACH$725,000511%
The Teaching Well Inc$716,390321%
Cornell University$639,11130%
Lotus Bloom$610,000512%
The Rockefeller University$600,00030%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$550,00020%
Children's Hospital Corporation$545,00030%
University of Pittsburgh$513,03530%
Intersection for the Arts$512,69052%
Tandem Partners in Early Learning$511,00057%
Children's Hospital Medical Center$499,99950%
Lead Liberated$497,500423%
Californians for the Arts$488,500421%
Silicon Valley Creates$480,000310%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$450,0003n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan$450,0003n/a
Assoc of Black Gastroenterologists$431,028218%
Yale University$425,0003n/a
Center for the Collaborative Classroom$402,50021%
Springboard Collaborative$390,00052%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$350,0002n/a
The Center for Cultural Power$350,00042%
Yale University$350,0002n/a
The Bay Area Video Coalition Incorporated$330,00044%
Local Color$330,000413%
Lighthouse Community Public Schools$326,00030%
Families in Action for Quality Education$305,000213%
Reach University$300,00011%
California Institute of Technology$299,76830%
Lincoln$295,00030%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$283,92710%
Mindful Life Project$283,00046%
Northern California Grantmakers$252,25052%
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia$250,00010%
Oasis Arts Inc$250,000148%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$250,00020%
New York University$250,00020%
East Bay Agency for Children$238,00050%
The Friends of the Oakland Public Library$225,000423%
Yale University$225,0002n/a
Weill Cornell Imaging at Newyork-Presbyterian$225,00020%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$225,00020%
Theatre Bay Area$217,500511%
Dr Huey P Newton Foundation$217,000419%
Mujeres Unidas y Activas$212,50022%
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc$200,00010%
Alder Graduate School of Education$200,00011%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$200,00010%
Black Arts Movement Business District Development$200,000257%
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts$200,00021%
Shotgun Players$199,00045%
Eat Learn Play Foundation$190,00020%
Flyaway Productions$187,667337%
Board of the University of Alabama$185,0002n/a
Destiny Arts Center$183,50024%
Parent Voices Oakland$180,000321%
Chinatown Community Development Center$172,50011%
Dance Brigade$156,00045%
Johns Hopkins University$150,00010%
Northwestern University$150,00010%
Community Vision Capital & Consulting$150,00020%
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation$150,00010%
Seattle Children's Hospital$150,00010%
Rush University Medical Center$150,00010%
University of Chicago$144,99920%
Brava for Women in the Arts dba Brava Theater Center$135,30042%
Jess Curtisgravity Inc$133,000424%
Reading Partners$130,00030%
Oakland Promise$130,00020%
Headlands Center for the Arts$125,00022%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$124,00040%
500 Capp Street Foundation$122,733321%
Shipyard Trust for the Arts$120,833218%
Oakland Museum of California$120,50011%
Circo Zero$120,000516%
Edvance College$115,00021%
Oakland Theater Project$112,16738%
Project Bandaloop$109,00025%
Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County Inc$105,00020%
Bananas Incorporated$100,90020%
Marcus a Foster Educational Institute$100,6972n/a
Inevitable Foundation$100,000111%
University of California Davis$100,0001n/a
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation$100,00010%
Northern California Land Trust$100,00013%
Women Make Movies Inc$100,00011%
Partnership for Children & Youth$100,00025%
Emerald Cities Collaborative Inc$100,00011%
Wild Projects$96,092134%
Magic Theatre Inc$96,00033%
University of Washington Foundation$95,00010%
Council on Foundations Inc$93,50050%
Cubacaribe$93,000315%
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center$93,00035%
Independent Arts & Media$92,50031%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$91,00010%
Push Dance Company$90,000517%
Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology$90,00020%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$89,17051%
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco$89,00024%
Housing Is Your Right Inc$83,100152%
The Z Space Studio$80,00052%
Bridge Live Arts Prev Hope Mohr Dance$79,000312%
Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park$79,000213%
The Mount Sinai Hospital$75,00010%
Community Environmental Council$75,00012%
Cutting Ball Theater$72,00027%
Here for Now$71,5002n/a
Shakespeare-San Francisco$70,00024%
Shawl-Anderson Modern Dance Center$62,00033%
Dimensions Dance Theater Incorporated$62,000215%
Chapter 510 Ink$61,50028%
New Performance Traditions$60,50024%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$60,00031%
GO Public Schools$60,00021%
Family Engagement Lab$60,00013%
Oakland Fund for Public Innovation$60,00019%
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company$55,00023%
Kulintang Arts Inc$54,00027%
Crowded Fire Theater Company$54,00024%
Art of the Matter Performance Foundation$54,000223%
EastSide Arts Alliance$53,00023%
Yerba Buena Arts & Events dba Yerba Buena Gardens Festival$51,00022%
Aviva Arts$51,000240%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Scripps Health$50,00010%
Movement Generation$50,00012%
Book Trust$50,00011%
Create CA$50,00012%
Western States Arts Federation$50,00011%
Vital Arts Inc$50,000135%
Big Smiles$50,0002n/a
Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream$50,00022%
Yu Ming Charter School$50,00010%
Epiphany Dance Theater$48,00029%
Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc$48,00031%
Fractured Atlas Inc$45,85030%
Accion Latina$45,00025%
Inkboat Inc$45,000241%
Literacy Lab$45,00019%
Oaklash$44,500212%
509 Cultural Center$42,500411%
North of MarketTenderloin Community Benefit Corporation$42,00021%
Diamano Coura West African Dance Co$41,985210%
Grantmakers in the Arts$40,66051%
Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections Inc$40,00041%
Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network PLAN$40,00022%
East Bay School for Boys$40,00011%
The Good Energy Project Inc$40,00014%
Reach Out and Read Inc$40,00010%
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$40,00030%
Cultural Alliance of Medfield Dba Bellforge Arts Center$36,00031%
Joe Goode Performance Group$35,50044%
Planting Justice$35,00030%
Fresh Meat Productions$35,00022%
University of San Francisco$35,00030%
Summer Search$35,00030%
AXIS Dance Company$35,00026%
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc$35,00010%
Ndn Collective Inc$35,00010%
The Philanthropy Workshop Inc Dba Forward Global$32,00020%
QCC The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture$31,50012%
Circuit Network$31,000214%
Community School for Creative Education$30,00021%
Runway for Recovery Inc$30,00032%
Kara$30,00021%
Alternative Theater Ensemble$30,000136%
Central Stage$30,000137%
Uptown Tenderloin Inc$30,00015%
Career Girls$30,00033%
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$30,00030%
Life Learning Academy$30,00020%
Galeria Studio 24$30,00025%
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$30,00030%
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project$30,00022%
Parangal Dance Company$30,000124%
Sharp and Fine$30,000125%
Detour Productions$30,0001n/a
Mighty Moose Foundation Inc$30,00034%
Teatro Vision$30,00014%
SOMArts$29,00021%
ScholarCHIPS Inc$28,50045%
Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio Inc$28,00022%
Immersive Arts Alliance$27,500321%
Safehouse for the Performing Arts$27,500213%
ARTogether$27,00022%
Fictional Artists' Contemporary Theatresan Francisco$26,150233%
Community Kitchens Inc$26,00022%
Robert Moses Kin$26,0001n/a
Creative Visions Foundation$25,00010%
Menlo-Atherton High School Foundation for the Future$25,00030%
Middle East Children's Alliance$25,00010%
Jewish Film Institute$25,00021%
Charlotte Maxwell Clinic$25,00031%
The Unquiet Professional$25,000317%
Community Initiatives$25,00020%
Bindlestiff Studio$25,00016%
Japanese American Citizens League San Jose Chapter$24,000112%
Lower Bottom Playaz Inc$24,00014%
CAPACITOR Performance CAPACITOR$24,000112%
Auco Vietnamese Cultural Center$23,500111%
First Voice Inc$23,00032%
Sew Productions Inc$23,00016%
Anne Bluethenthal & Dancers$23,00017%
Mosaic America$23,00013%
Mixed Bag Productions$22,50022%
Rawdance$22,50017%
The Lab Sf$21,00015%
World Arts West$21,00014%
Zaccho Sf$21,00015%
Marin Shakespeare Company$21,0001n/a
Montalvo Association$21,00010%
Presidio Theatre$21,00011%
Theatre of Yugen$21,000111%
Solutions Project Inc$20,00010%
Berkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund$20,00012%
M3 Musicians Inc$20,000110%
Urban Alchemy$20,00020%
Pangeaseed Foundation$20,00013%
Golden Thread Productions$20,00015%
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center$20,00010%
Opencollective Foundation$20,00010%
Village-Connect Inc$20,00023%
Rising Sun Center for Opportunity fka RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER$20,00010%
The Mahea Uchiyama Center for International Dance$20,00015%
Sambafunk Inc$20,000123%
Young Veterans Inc$20,000119%
Education Resource Strategies Inc$20,00010%
The Bread Project$20,00022%
Red Ladder Theatre Company$20,00012%
Imprint City$18,0001n/a
One World Childrens Fund$16,70011%
Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Hula Halau$16,00022%
Surge Institute$15,00010%
Roots Community Health Center$15,00010%
Fundacion Hogar Ninito Jesus Inc$15,00021%
Disability Power Bloc$15,00011%
Girls Who Invest Inc$15,00010%
Sogorea Te Land Trust$15,00020%
Learning Tree and Educational$15,00011%
Internet Archive$15,00020%
Women's Foundation of California$15,00010%
Cityside Journalism Initiative$15,00010%
Nursing Heart Inc$15,00025%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$15,00010%
Three Girls Theatre Company Inc$14,70017%
Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation$13,00022%
Urban Ed Academy$12,00011%
Pine Street Inn Inc$12,00010%
Boon Philanthropy Inc$12,00012%
Clausen House$10,50020%
Swell Foundation$10,00019%
Bay Area Community Resources Inc$10,00010%
San Francisco Study Center Inc$10,00010%
Stanford Jazz Workshop$10,00010%
The June L Mazer Lesbian Archives$10,00012%
Melanin Children Matter Inc$10,000159%
Whyy Inc$10,00010%
Oakland Police-Community Activities League$10,00012%
National Public Education Support Fund$10,00020%
Ira Sohn Conference Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Motivating Inspiring Supporting and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth$10,00010%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$10,00010%
Bay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement Inc$10,00011%
StoryCenter$10,00011%
San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation$10,00010%
School of Arts and Culture at Mhp$10,00010%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$10,00010%
Sarah Webster Fabio Center for Social Justice$10,000128%
Newfilmmakers Los Angeles$10,00011%
18 Reasons$10,00010%
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society$10,00010%
Give One Dollar a Day$10,00018%
Children's Hospital Foundation$10,00010%
Rubys Clay Studio & Gallery$10,00022%
Community Music Center$10,00010%
Carlos Albizu University Inc$10,00010%
Balletx$10,00010%
Center for Accessible Technology$10,00011%
La Pea Cultural Center Inc$10,00011%
Center for New Music San Francisco Inc$10,00010%
Urban Association of Forestry and Fire Professionals Inc$10,00011%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$10,00020%
The Peoples Conservatory$9,5003n/a
Norcal Crew$9,00020%
Idris Ackamoor and Cultural Odyssey$9,00021%
Creativity Explored Inc$8,50020%
Kqed Inc$8,00010%
The African American Art and Culture Complex$7,70010%
Mission Cultural Center For Latino Arts$7,50011%
Five Keys Schools and Programs$7,50010%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$7,50010%
The Millay Colony for the Arts Inc$7,00012%
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights$7,00010%
Filipino-American Development Foundation$6,00021%
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice Dba Curyj$6,00020%
Museum of Craft and Design$5,00010%
Genesis Community Development Corporation$5,0001n/a
The Tanzania School Foundation Inc$5,00014%
Community Development Finance$5,00010%
Friends of Oakland Animal Services$5,00010%
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center$5,00010%
San Francisco Institute of Possibility$5,00016%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$5,00010%
Amy Seiwert's Imagery$5,00012%
My Other Brother Mob$5,00011%
San Francisco Parks Alliance$5,00010%
Iniciativa Comunitaria de Investigacion Inc$5,00010%
Gordon Research Conferences Inc$5,00010%
Levydance Inc$5,00012%
AnnieCannons Inc$5,00010%
Envision Education Inc$5,00010%
Southern New Hampshire University$5,00010%
Futures Without Violence$5,00010%
Kala Art Institute$5,0001n/a
Spur - San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association$5,00010%
Butterfly Collective$5,0001n/a
Affect Real Change Inc$5,0001n/a
Southern Exposure$5,00011%
Young Musicians Choral Orchestra$4,00021%
West Contra Costa Public Education Fund$4,00010%
Kinetech Arts$3,5002n/a
Las Trampas School Inc$3,50040%
Zero1 The Art & Technology Network$3,10020%
Guardian Training$3,00031%
Sozo Impact Inc$3,00012%
The Crucible$3,00010%
Mills College$3,00010%
Agnes McCarthy Charitable Foundation Inc$3,00031%
Embodiment Project$3,0001n/a
Common Future$3,00010%
The Custom Made Theatre Company Inc$3,00012%
The Black Organizing Project Inc$2,50010%
Bayview Opera House$2,50010%
Friends of CCHS Men's Soccer Inc$2,50011%
Dance Elixir$2,50012%
Drag Story Hour$2,50011%
HIV Education & Prevention Project Of Alameda County$2,50010%
Safer DIY Spaces Inc$2,50011%
Playwrights Foundation Inc$2,10011%
The Aurora Theatre Company$2,00010%
Proctor Elementary PTA$2,00021%
Oakland School for the Arts$2,00020%
Love Conquers All$2,0001n/a
We the Protesters Inc$1,75010%
Youth Speaks Inc$1,50010%
Berkeley Community Health Project DBA Berkeley Free Clinic$1,40010%
St James Infirmary$1,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,00010%
Berkeley Repertory Theatre$1,00010%
Overseas Volunteer for a Better India Inc$1,00010%
Friends of Sausal Creek$1,00010%
Immaculate Heart Media Inc$1,0001n/a
Castle of Our Skins Inc$1,0001n/a
Boston Raising Powerful Musicians$1,00011%
PTA California Congress of PT&S Inc$1,0001n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties$1,00010%
Willie Jones Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast$1,00010%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$70010%
Young Storytellers$58010%
The Communications Network$52510%
The Bail Project Inc$50010%
Cast Inc$50010%
Playground$50010%
Oakland Leaf Foundation$50010%
Perkins School for the Blind$37510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Kenneth Rainin Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 19 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSan Francisco Film Society: $4,725,000 over 5y, 31% of budgetEducation for Change: $4,491,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetCares for Learning: $4,069,131 over 4y, 75% of budgetCommunity Art Stabilization Trust: $4,000,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetUnited States Artists Inc: $2,961,750 over 5y, 10% of budgetAspire Public Schools: $1,610,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Cultural Innovation: $1,450,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetThe Roxie Theater: $1,325,000 over 2y, 60% of budgetDancers Group: $1,035,385 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetThe Oakland Public Education Fund: $990,405 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetWashington University: $975,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOakland Literacy Coalition Inc: $813,250 over 5y, 31% of budgetNational Opinion Research Center: $801,165 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $775,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCounterPulse: $751,300 over 4y, 39% of budgetThe Oakland REACH: $725,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetThe Teaching Well Inc: $716,390 over 3y, 21% of budgetCornell University: $639,111 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLotus Bloom: $610,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetThe Rockefeller University: $600,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: $550,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $545,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $513,035 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIntersection for the Arts: $512,690 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetTandem Partners in Early Learning: $511,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetChildren's Hospital Medical Center: $499,999 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLead Liberated: $497,500 over 4y, 23% of budgetCalifornians for the Arts: $488,500 over 4y, 21% of budgetSilicon Valley Creates: $480,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetAssoc of Black Gastroenterologists: $431,028 over 2y, 18% of budgetCenter for the Collaborative Classroom: $402,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSpringboard Collaborative: $390,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetThe Center for Cultural Power: $350,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetThe Bay Area Video Coalition Incorporated: $330,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetLocal Color: $330,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetLighthouse Community Public Schools: $326,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFamilies in Action for Quality Education: $305,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetReach University: $300,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCalifornia Institute of Technology: $299,768 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln: $295,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $283,927 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMindful Life Project: $283,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetNorthern California Grantmakers: $252,250 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetBenaroya Research Institute at Virginia: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOasis Arts Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEast Bay Agency for Children: $238,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

The Zellerbach Family FoundationCA170.1× affinity92 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Zellerbach Family Foundation · Phyllis C Wattis Foundation · Walter and Elise Haas Fund · Fleishhacker Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Center for Cultural Innovation · Gerbode Foundation · The Sam Mazza Foundation · The Map Fund Inc · The Oakland Public Education 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.

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About Kenneth Rainin Foundation

How much does Kenneth Rainin Foundation give?
Kenneth Rainin Foundation reported 294 grants totaling $21,886,455 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 132 and 167 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Kenneth Rainin Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (39%), Arts & Culture (33%), Health (15%).
Who are Kenneth Rainin Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Oakland Unified School District ($6.5M), San Francisco Film Society ($4.7M), Education for Change ($4.5M).
Does Kenneth Rainin Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kenneth Rainin Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kenneth Rainin Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Zellerbach Family Foundation, Phyllis C Wattis Foundation, Walter and Elise Haas Fund.
Where is Kenneth Rainin Foundation based?
Kenneth Rainin Foundation is based in CA.

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 451 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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