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Malaney Family 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.

$250k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Education$335kInternational$278kYouth Development$226kCrime & Legal$213kEnvironment$183kFood & Nutrition$65kMembership Benefit$7kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $240k
$80,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAGIC BUS USA$80,000
MK LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE AKA SMASH ACADEMY$80,000
PACIFIC FOREST TRUST$80,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 39% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW: $10k → 8%THE CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $7k → 10%MK LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE AKA SMASH ACADEMY: $80k → 10%SF museum of modern art: $100 → 10%GIRL UP INITIATIVE UGANDA: $5k → 14%CENTRAL VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $250 → 19%MAGIC BUS USA: $88k → 16%EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $93k → 18%national psoriasis fdn: $1k → 8%MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW: $10k → 8%SMASH ACADEMY: $80k → 10%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO: $65k → 10%MAGIC BUS USA: $80k → 16%EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $75k → 18%MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW: $10k → 8%SMASH ACADEMY: $75k → 10%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO: $50k → 10%MAGIC BUS USA: $60k → 16%EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $45k → 18%SMASH ACADEMY: $50k → 10%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO: $50k → 10%MAGIC BUS USA: $25k → 16%LOST SIERRA FOOD PROJECT: $15k → 18%MK LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE AKA SMASH ACADEMY: $50k → 10%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO: $30k → 10%MAGIC BUS: $20k → 16%SAN FRANCISCO - MARIN FOOD BANK: $50k → 10%PACIFIC FOREST TRUST: $80k → 10%PACIFIC FOREST TRUST: $40k → 10%PACIFIC FOREST TRUST: $38k → 10%PACIFIC FOREST TRUST: $25k → 10%HAIRTOSTAY: $1k → 10%JUMA VENTURES: $1k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 35% of Malaney Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 61% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 30%.

Malaney Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 35% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 7 repeat orgs$100k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
9

Total granted

$1.2M
$100k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+37%

Still filing today

57%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthFood & NutritionCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentMembership BenefitOther
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

  • MB
    MAGIC BUS USA
    4× · 2021–2024 · $253k · revenue +76%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO
    4× · 2020–2023 · $195k · revenue +15%
  • TP
    The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated
    4× · 2021–2024 · $183k · revenue +443%

Funded once

  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +10%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • LS
    LOST SIERRA FOOD PROJECTgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +190%
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
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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2
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
4
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
5
Extrafood

Food Rescue - The Organization rescues excess fresh food from Bay Area businesses, schools and non-profits and immediately delivers the food to safety net partners - such as senior housing centers, after-school programs, and homeless…

Food & Nutrition
6
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
7
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation

To benefit the university of california santa cruz.

Education
8
San Francisco Public Press

The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…

Education
9
California Association of Food Banks

California association of food banks (cafb) is a non-profit public benefit corporation located in oakland, california. together with its 41-member foodbanks, cafb is the largest charitable hunger-relief and anti-hunger leader in the state.…

Food & Nutrition
10
California Donor Table

California Donor Table anchors a hub of donors, foundations, and community leaders. We pool together our resources to shape California into a truly democratic state that works for the people, not the powerful. Rooted in our commitment to…

Civil Rights
11
California Farmland Trust

The mission of the California Farmland Trust is to help farmers protect the best farmland in the world.

Environment
12
San Francisco Green Film Festival

San Francisco Green Film Festival's (SFGFF) mission is to educate and connect communities through forward thinking programs of environmental films, dialogues, and action opportunities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco; the most unlike its peers is San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

13 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. 13 of the 17 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SMASH ACADEMY: $205,000 · OtherSMASH ACADEMYThe Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated: $183,000 · OtherThe Pacific Forest Trust IncorporatedMK LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE AKA SMASH ACADEMY: $130,000 · OtherMK LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE AKA SMASH ACADEMYSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $50,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANKIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · Other+4 more: $21,350 · OtherMAGIC BUS USA: $253,000 · InternationalMAGIC BUS USA+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $213,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INIT…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $195,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLU…LOST SIERRA FOOD PROJECT: $15,000 · Food & NutritionCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $6,500 · Membership BenefitHAIRTOSTAY: $1,000 · HealthNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Health
Other$619,350International$258,000Civil Rights$213,000Youth Development$195,000Food & Nutrition$15,000Membership Benefit$6,500Health$2,000

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 budgetMAGIC BUS USA: $253,000 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $213,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $195,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated: $183,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOST SIERRA FOOD PROJECT: $15,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetHAIRTOSTAY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUMA VENTURES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Valley Community Foundation A Corporation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $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.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Malaney Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Malaney Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Malaney Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Malaney Family 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 17 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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