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Mario Ghilotti Family Foundation at a glance

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Mario Ghilotti Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$69k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$138kEducation$80kEmployment$38kHealth$18kReligion$8kHuman Services$6kArts & Culture$2kPublic Benefit$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $4k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$53k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND$35,000
BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING$15,000
MARIN BUILDERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND$15,000
THE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION AT SACRAMENTO STATE$4,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ST VINCENT SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $3k → 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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$241k · 7 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
11

Total granted

$241k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+42%

Still filing today

71%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureSocial ScienceHealthAnimalsOther
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
    MARIN BUILDERS ASSOC SCHOLARSHIP & WORKFORCE TRAINING FUND
    7× · 2018–2025 · $53k · revenue +106%
  • MA
    MARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $48k · revenue +25%
  • CT
    Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County
    2× · 2021–2022 · $32k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • CT
    CAREER TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $7k
  • TU
    THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +6%
  • CC
    Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -23%
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
Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay

To further the scientific, literary, educational and charitable purposes of california state university, monterey bay, including fundraising, development, endowment management, financial assistance, public relations and other support.

Education
2
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
3
California State University Alumni Association

Connect, engage and celebrate alumni, students and friends of sacramento state while building lifelong relationships that support the future of our university.

Education
4
California State University Foundation

Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…

Philanthropy
5
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc

Csu east bay foundation is an auxiliary organization of california state university east bay and the california state university system. the organization's mission is to provide services that aid, supplement, and advance the educational…

Education
6
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
7
San Jose State University Research Foundation

As an integral member of the san jose state university community, the san jose state university research foundation provides an entrepreneurial framework through which local, state and federal agencies, businesses and private foundations…

Education
8
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
9
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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10
California State University San Marcos Foundation

The csusm foundation supports and promotes the university's mission by cultivating and maximizing private charitable investment, stewarding resources carefully, creating and nurturing meaningful regional relationships and partnerships,…

Health
11
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
12
California State University Los Angeles Foundation

To advance the educational, cultural, scholarly, and creative activities and the role of community service of csula by increasing private funding, responsibly managing donated resources and supporting the university and its diverse and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The University Foundation At Sacramento State; the most unlike its peers is Sonoma County Horse Council. 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

14 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. 14 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARIN BUILDERS ASSOC SCHOLARSHIP & WORKFORCE TRAINING FUND: $53,384 · EducationMARIN BUILDERS ASSOC SCHOLARSHIP & WORKFORCE TRAINING FUNDMARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $47,500 · EducationMARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONCareer Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County: $31,662 · EducationCareer Technical Education Foundation Sonoma CountyCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Education+3 more: $11,000 · Education+3 moreMARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $90,000 · OtherMARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FUNDDOMINICAN SISTERS: $7,500 · OtherDOMINICAN SISTERSCAREER TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $6,600 · OtherCAREER TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION+6 more: $13,500 · Other+6 moreBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $15,000 · Social ScienceAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,000 · HealthCATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2,500 · Human ServicesADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSONOMA COUNTY HORSE COUNCIL: $1,000 · Animals
Education$151,546Other$117,600Social Science$15,000Health$3,000Human Services$2,500Arts & Culture$1,000Animals$1,000

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 budgetMARIN BUILDERS ASSOC SCHOLARSHIP & WORKFORCE TRAINING FUND: $53,384 over 7y, 17% of budgetMARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $47,500 over 3y, 16% of budgetCareer Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County: $31,662 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION AT SACRAMENTO STATE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarin History Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY HORSE COUNCIL: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

Sonoma County Communi…Marin Community Found…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Sonoma County Community FoundationCA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Mario Ghilotti Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mario Ghilotti Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 21 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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