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Mason and Anna Morfit Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9.0M
Granted FY2017
23
Grants FY2017
4
States reached
$6.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

72% of Mason and Anna Morfit Foundation’s FY2017 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2017 names 19 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

01What you fund
01FY2017 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k13 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $53k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $284k
  • $250k+4 grants · $8.7M
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$6,507,408
THE HAMLIN SCHOOL$1,023,200
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO$875,000
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$250,000
TOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS$181,666
TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY$102,353
KIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS$22,500
MISSION DOLORES ACADEMY$10,000
THE POSSE FOUNDATION$10,000
SMART$10,000
THE EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD PROJECT$5,000
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADEMY$5,000
ARRUPE COLLEGE OF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO$5,000
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL$1,000
GIRLS LEADERSHIP$1,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 28% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $6.5M → 7%BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $1k → 8%CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL: $1k → 10%GIRLS LEADERSHIP: $1k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO: $875k → 10%THE POSSE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%ARRUPE COLLEGE OF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO: $5k → 14%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $250k → 11%THE EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD PROJECT: $5k → 10%HAMILTON FAMILY CENTER: $1k → 10%KIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS: $23k → 10%CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $828 → 10%EDGEWOOD: $700 → 10%TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $102k → 10%SMART: $10k → 10%MISSION DOLORES ACADEMY: $10k → 10%THE HAMLIN SCHOOL: $1.0M → 10%TOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $182k → 10%UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $875 → 10%ACLU OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1k → 10%IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADEMY: $5k → 10%FAMILY HOUSE: $1k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
2
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

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3
Marin Academy

Marin academy asks every individual to think, question, and create in an environment of encouragement and compassion, and challenges each person to accept the responsibilities posed by education in a democratic society.

Education
4
San Francisco University High School

At san franicisco university high school, we engage our community of diverse voices in a transformational experience that embraces the spirited pursuit of learning and empowers purpose larger than self.

Education
5
The Seven Hills School

The institution provides educational instruction and activities to students ranging from preschool through 8th grade.

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6
Presidio Hill School

Presidio hill school is a co-ed k-8 independent, progressive school. learning is collaborative and an active experience with an emphasis on inquiry. students are engaged in their own learning and guided by an expert faculty through a…

Education
7
San Francisco Friends School

At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…

Education
8
The College Preparatory School

At college prep we believe in the foundational importance of scholarship, the value of dialogue, and the need for academically curious young people to belong to a kind, creative, diverse and joyful community. we challenge our students to…

Education
9
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

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10
The Bay School of San Francisco

At the bay school, we balance challenging academics and innovative thinking with a mindful approach to learning and life. our goal is to see students unlock their individual and collective potential so they begin to realize their roles in…

Education
11
Mark Day School

Innovative and full of heart, mark day school nurtures each child to pursue their curiosity, think critically, embrace challenge with courage and joy, and work in partnership with others to build more caring and inclusive communities.

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12
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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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kipp Bay Area Schools and the most unlike its peers is California Highway Patrol. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST — $6,507,408 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST+1 more — $102,353 · PhilanthropyUniversity of San Francisco — $875,000 · EducationUniversity of San…The Trustees of Princeton University — $250,000 · EducationThe Trustees of P…TOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS — $181,666 · EducationTOWN SCHOOL FOR B…+5 more — $48,375 · EducationTHE HAMLIN SCHOOL — $1,023,200 · OtherTHE HAMLIN SC…+7 more — $23,700 · OtherBAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM — $1,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $828 · Arts & CultureSan Francisco CASA — $1,000 · Civil RightsFAMILY HOUSE INC — $1,000 · HealthHAMILTON FAMILIES — $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$6,609,761Education$1,355,041Other$1,046,900Arts & Culture$1,828Civil Rights$1,000Health$1,000Housing & Shelter$1,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST — $6,507,408 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HAMLIN SCHOOL — $1,023,200 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetUniversity of San Francisco — $875,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University — $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS — $181,666 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY — $102,353 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS — $22,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSan Francisco CASA — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY HOUSE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirls Leadership Institute Inc dba Girls Leadership — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $828 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The San Francisco Fou…Jewish Community Fede…Marin Community Found…Silicon Valley Commun…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Wendell Family Founda…The Bessemer Giving F…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Robert and Dana Emery…The Stanley S Langend…
The San Francisco FoundationCA20.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Wendell Family Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Robert and Dana Emery Family Foundation Rockefeller Trust Company · The Stanley S Langendorf Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Mason and Anna Morfit Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University — 11% of 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 · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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