· Private foundation
Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $72k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FOUNDATION OF THE OLD GUARD | $10,000 |
| BLUECOATS INC | $10,000 |
| US NAVAL ACADEMY | $7,661 |
| CAFE OF LIFE | $7,661 |
| SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN | $7,661 |
| CARMEL OF THE HOLY FAMILY | $7,661 |
| AMIGOS DE TEXAS | $7,645 |
| FRANCISCAN LIFE PROCESS CENTER | $7,645 |
| METRO ATLANTA RECOVER RESIDENCES | $7,645 |
| ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY | $6,555 |
| ROBERT TOMKO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $4,413 |
| ISLAND DOLPHIN CARE | $4,260 |
| K9S FOR WARRIORS | $2,935 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 59% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue 0% since the first grant, against -47% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- COCAFE OF LIFE INC5× · 2020–2024 · $41k · revenue +130%
- BIBLUECOATS INC4× · 2020–2024 · $39k · revenue +87%
K9S FOR WARRIORS INC4× · 2020–2024 · $26k · revenue +87%
Funded once
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $22k · revenue -47%
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.
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.
The mission of the corporation is to provide support for the war dogs of the united states military. the organization provides care packages to war dogs and their handlers serving overseas. the organization also provides support for…
The primary mission of the uso san diego is to strengthen america's military service members by keeping them connected to family, home and country, throughout their service to the nation.
The successful transition of u.s. military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support.
Research and advocacy for veterans with post-traumatic stress and the prevention of veteran suicide.
The corporation's mission is to improve the quality of life for people and dogs through training assistance dogs, pet therapy dogs, and owning and operating an off-leash dog park. the corporation also assists with enhancing the quality of…
Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…
The organizations mission is to rescue and train homeless dogs to become service dogs for united states veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), traumatic brain injury (tbi), and related challenges.
To promote health by engaging in the practice of medicine for patients of hospitals affiliated with the university of southern california keck school of medicine and elsewhere. to provide medical care to the sick and injured who may come…
The mission of the uso foundation (foundation) is to support uso inc.'s (uso) mission to strengthen the well-being of the people serving in america's military and their families.
To strengthen america's military service members by keeping them connected to family, home and country, throughout their service to the nation.
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
To improve the lives of injured and disabled law-enforcement officers through support, education, assistance and legislation
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 16 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CAFE OF LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds BLUECOATS INC ↗
- Who funds METRO ATLANTA RECOVERY RESIDENCES INC ↗
- Who funds AMIGOS DE TEXAS INC ↗
- Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds USO OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE INC ↗
- Who funds ISLAND DOLPHIN CARE INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION OF THE OLD GUARD 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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
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