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Marin Community Foundation

Mobilizing the power of community and the resources of philanthropy to advance equity for people, places and the planet.

$239M
Granted FY2025still arriving
1,573
Grants FY2025still arriving
49
States reached
$10M
Largest
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 2025.

Philanthropy$453MEducation$254MHealth$111MArts & Culture$97MEnvironment$93MHuman Services$63MInternational$43MCivil Rights$33MOther$0
02FY2025 · 1573 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1,573 grants below total $186,064,091, the rows itemized in this filing. The $238,833,857 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $52,769,766 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k159 grants · $1.1M
  • $10k–50k815 grants · $16M
  • $50k–250k452 grants · $46M
  • $250k+147 grants · $123M
$25,000
Median grant
49
States reached
$1.3B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAGMAR DOLBY FUND$10,000,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY INC$4,437,166
10000 DEGREES$4,403,422
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION$3,393,185
STANFORD UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERS$3,352,200
THE WEST MARIN FUND$3,348,254
YALE UNIVERSITY$3,110,500
EQUATION CAMPAIGN AND GLOBAL CLIMATE LEGAL DEFENSE$2,780,085
AMERICAN PRAIRIE$2,730,000
FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO$2,682,700
POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE ASSOCIATION$2,535,647
THE CONSERVATION FUND$2,072,000
SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE$2,068,500
THE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES$2,047,500
ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH MUSIC$1,999,150
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 (FY17–25, $31.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $453k → 22%THE IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE (IFSI-USA): $413k → 16%Ocean Park Community Center: $250k → 14%THE IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE (IFSI-USA): $402k → 16%WEST MARIN SENIOR SERVICES: $471k → 8%NEXT GEN PERSONAL FINANCE: $250k → 7%INSTITUTE ON AGING: $500k → 10%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $450k → 10%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $383k → 10%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $347k → 10%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $343k → 10%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $343k → 10%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $260k → 10%FII - NATIONAL: $1.2M → 10%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $1.1M → 10%THORN: $250k → 14%THORN: $250k → 14%THORN: $250k → 14%THORN: $250k → 14%THORN: $250k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION MARIN: $1.1M → 8%MARIN CHILD CARE COUNCIL: $757k → 8%COMMUNITY ACTION MARIN: $707k → 8%COMMUNITY ACTION MARIN: $613k → 8%MARIN CHILD CARE COUNCIL: $535k → 8%YWCA OF SAN FRANCISCO: $355k → 8%COMMUNITY ACTION MARIN: $281k → 8%VOW FOR GIRLS: $305k → 17%YWCA of San Francisco: $334k → 10%HIP HOP PUBLIC HEALTH: $1.3M → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $1.0M → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $504k → 17%JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $300k → 17%TIDES CENTER: $424k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $275k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $462k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $439k → 10%FAIRFAX-SAN ANSELMO CHILDREN'S CENTER: $500k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $385k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $385k → 10%COMMONWEAL: $487k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $248k → 10%COMMONWEAL: $272k → 8%PARENT SERVICES PROJECT INC: $658k → 8%MARIN SENIOR COORDINATING COUNCIL INCORPORATED: $554k → 8%VIVALON: $395k → 8%VIVALON: $374k → 8%VIVALON: $308k → 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

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AR
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DC
HI
OK
LA
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AL
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $54M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 5 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

South America$26M · 48% · 21 grants

Stated purpose: PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT · SUPPORT PUNTA DE LOBOS PARK PROGRAMS · PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE SEA IN THE MAGALLANES REGION

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$26M · 48% · 11 grants

Stated purpose: PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT · PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS IN ITALY · SUPPORT FOR THE SOLAR GEOENGINEERING NON-USE AGREEMENT INITIATIVE

North America (Canada and Mexico)$1.4M · 3% · 19 grants

Stated purpose: PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT · SUPPORT THE ESCUELA DE AGRICULTURA ECOLGICA U YITS KA'AN · SUPPORT THE LIVING DYING PROJECT

East Asia and the Pacific$565k · 1% · 10 grants

Stated purpose: PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE PROTECT OUR OCEANS CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE SANCTUARY AND MARINE PARK PROTECTION IN AUSTRALIA'S WATERS · PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT · SUPPORT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDO-PACIFIC BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN PROTECTED AREA IN JEJU, SOUTH KOREA

Middle East and North Africa$6k · 0% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: SUPPORT RESEARCH STUDY ASSESSING THE LEVEL AND QUALITY OF EVALUATION DATA USAGE ON POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMMES

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2B · 1540 repeat orgs$61M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

1540 repeat relationships: 1045 still active in FY2025, 495 since wound down; 150 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1540
222

Total granted

$1.2B
$29M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+3%

Still filing today

92%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthInternationalOther
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

  • TA
    THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER COLLEGE INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $24M · revenue ×31 · 65% of their budget
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $22M · revenue +189%
  • 1D
    10000 DEGREES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $21M · revenue +175%

Funded once

  • F5
    FIRST 5 SANTA CLARA
    one grant, 2024 · $2.5M
  • TS
    TOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1.4M · revenue +70%
  • TP
    The Peoples Land Fund
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue -64%
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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

the organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the UCSF Foundation.

Education
2
California Forward

California forward (ca fwd) brings people together across regions to improve government and create resilient growth statewide.

Public Benefit
3
California Water Data Consortium

The California Water Data Consortium is an independent, nonprofit organization created by a partnership of state agencies and others to ensure that Californians have access to the best possible water and ecological information to make…

Science & Tech
4
California Coastkeeper

California Coastkeeper Alliance coordinates, supports & enhances the work of the local California Waterkeeper programs to provide a statewide voice for safeguarding California's waters, and its world renowned coast & ocean, for the benefit…

Environment
5
California Changelawyers

California changelawyers is a statewide foundation whose mission is to build a better justice system for all californians. changelawyers empowers the next generation of lawyers, judges, and activists to create a more diverse legal…

Social Science
6
California Competes

California Competes: Higher Education for a Strong Economy is a nonpartisan policy and research organization focused on identifying solutions to the states most critical challenges at the intersection of higher education, equity, and the…

Education
7
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory uses science to conserve birds and habitats. Our avian monitoring and habitat restoration activities provide critical data that we use to educate land managers and the public, and contribute to…

Environment
8
The American Institute of Architects

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

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9
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

Support the launch of excellent new schools and innovative practices that improve education.

Education
10
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund mission is to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada. We rely on the principles of science, stewardship, environmental justice, and policy advocacy to promote headwater resiliency for the…

Environment
11
Transformca

Transform works to ensure that people of all incomes thrive in a world safe from climate chaos.

Community Improvement
12
CarbonPlan

We work collaboratively to build open tools and resources for the evaluation and deployment of robust climate programs. We share analyses through public communication and collaboration with journalists in order to foster effective climate…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Accountableus; the most unlike its peers is 42ND Street Moon. 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

1858 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. 1858 of the 2,000 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.

151
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
427
Early backer (in before they grew)
1834/1858
Grantees still filing
1229/1858
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAYTON FOUNDATION PLUS INC: $391,146,878 · PhilanthropyDAYTON FOUNDATION PLUS INC+16 more: $69,066,912 · Philanthropy+16 moreTHE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER COLLEGE INC: $23,800,000 · EducationTHE AMERICAN FRIENDS O…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $22,094,425 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORN…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $21,129,480 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORN…10000 DEGREES: $20,656,532 · Education10000 DEGREESTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $17,119,808 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES …Yale University: $10,556,408 · EducationPurdue Research Foundation: $10,091,250 · EducationCornell University: $9,459,533 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $7,516,907 · Education+32 more: $63,438,369 · Education+32 moreCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $8,746,910 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA JAZZ CONSERVATORY INC: $6,581,513 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $6,122,950 · Arts & CultureEnriching Lives Through Music: $5,860,462 · Arts & CultureHaight Street Art Center: $5,427,452 · Arts & CultureMARIN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $4,156,117 · Arts & CultureJAPANESE CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $3,903,320 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $2,989,850 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE: $2,845,150 · Arts & CultureBAY AREA CREATIVE FOUNDATION: $2,650,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $2,341,725 · Arts & CultureEast Bay Center for the Performing Arts: $2,202,986 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $7,102,908 · Arts & CultureALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $7,302,203 · HealthTHE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $5,770,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $5,131,093 · HealthMARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $4,917,884 · HealthNAMI National: $4,404,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,852,954 · HealthPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $3,552,704 · HealthSONOMA VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,446,280 · HealthMARIN COMMUNITY CLINIC: $2,199,171 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,005,250 · Health+10 more: $14,016,376 · HealthSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $9,479,502 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO FO…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $7,458,416 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $5,493,000 · OtherCANAL ALLIANCE: $5,252,444 · Other+63 more: $122,978,584 · Other+63 moreCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $14,309,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION MARIN: $3,130,736 · Human ServicesFII - NATIONAL: $2,440,000 · Human ServicesHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $2,321,722 · Human ServicesVivalon: $2,271,297 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $2,219,020 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $1,718,750 · Human ServicesMarin Child Care Council: $1,604,000 · Human ServicesSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $1,600,000 · Human ServicesTHORN: $1,550,000 · Human Services+9 more: $10,894,527 · Human ServicesGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $5,087,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND: $3,577,231 · EnvironmentAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $3,449,000 · EnvironmentPoint Reyes National Seashore Association: $3,108,281 · EnvironmentSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $2,693,500 · EnvironmentAGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF MARIN: $2,667,993 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $2,357,612 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR ECOLITERACY: $2,203,500 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $2,177,096 · EnvironmentRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $2,130,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,072,000 · EnvironmentINT'L UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE & NATURAL RESOURCES - US: $1,979,600 · EnvironmentWIND RIVER TRIBAL BUFFALO INITIATIVE: $1,800,000 · Environment+5 more: $5,689,353 · Environment
Philanthropy$460,213,790Education$205,862,712Arts & Culture$60,931,343Health$55,597,915Other$150,661,946Human Services$44,059,552Environment$40,992,166

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetDAYTON FOUNDATION PLUS INC: $391,146,878 over 2y, 98% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER COLLEGE INC: $23,800,000 over 3y, 65% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $22,094,425 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $21,129,480 over 9y, 1.7% of budget10000 DEGREES: $20,656,532 over 9y, 22% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $17,119,808 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $14,309,500 over 8y, 26% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $12,039,383 over 9y, 6.8% of budgetYale University: $10,556,408 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $10,091,250 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetDAGMAR DOLBY FUND: $10,000,000 over 1y, 85% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $9,479,502 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetCornell University: $9,459,533 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $8,746,910 over 9y, 5.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $7,516,907 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $7,458,416 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $7,302,203 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WEST MARIN FUND: $6,988,282 over 9y, 99% of budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $6,953,002 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA JAZZ CONSERVATORY INC: $6,581,513 over 9y, 96% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $6,122,950 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetEnriching Lives Through Music: $5,860,462 over 9y, 65% of budgetMAKING WAVES ACADEMY: $5,812,500 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetTHE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $5,770,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $5,493,000 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetHaight Street Art Center: $5,427,452 over 8y, 85% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $5,334,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCANAL ALLIANCE: $5,252,444 over 9y, 15% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $5,131,093 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $5,087,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetMARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $4,917,884 over 9y, 10% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $4,839,850 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetHomeward Bound of Marin: $4,748,811 over 9y, 10% of budgetNAMI National: $4,404,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $4,333,332 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetAIM HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOL: $4,272,968 over 9y, 11% of budgetMARIN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $4,156,117 over 9y, 65% of budgetTHE KING'S TRUST USA INC: $4,000,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetJAPANESE CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $3,903,320 over 8y, 84% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,852,954 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetNext Generation Scholars Inc: $3,756,445 over 9y, 45% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $3,751,100 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $3,577,231 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $3,552,704 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetTrustees of Hamilton College: $3,455,700 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $3,449,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,233,798 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Marin Community Services: $3,164,409 over 9y, 8.9% 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.

  • Who funds DAYTON FOUNDATION PLUS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF WINCHESTER COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 10000 DEGREES ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds Yale University ↗
  • Who funds Purdue Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DAGMAR DOLBY FUND ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WEST MARIN FUND ↗
  • Who funds IMPACTASSETSINC ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA JAZZ CONSERVATORY INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Enriching Lives Through Music ↗
  • Who funds MAKING WAVES ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Haight Street Art Center ↗
  • Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CANAL ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Homeward Bound of Marin ↗
  • Who funds NAMI National ↗
  • Who funds DRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AIM HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MARIN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds THE KING'S TRUST USA INC ↗
  • Who funds JAPANESE CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗

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.

Leonard & Beryl Buck FoundationMO138.1× affinity135 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · Bothin Foundation · Peter E Haas Jr Family Fund · McNabb Foundation · The Stanley S Langendorf Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · The William G Irwin Charity Foundation · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · Tipping Point Community · The Springcreek Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Morris Stulsaft 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 Marin Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marin Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
62report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 2000 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 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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