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Mission City Community Fund

Enriching the quality of life to our community residents.

$246k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Public Benefit$160kHealth$155kHuman Services$110kEducation$67kFood & Nutrition$43kAnimals$32kArts & Culture$29kYouth Development$28kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 9 grants below total $73,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $245,830 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $172,830 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
$6,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$176k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BILL WILSON CENTER$15,000
JW HOUSE$10,000
SANTA CLARA POLICE ACTIVITY LEAGUE$10,000
BAY AREA WOMEN'S SPORTS INITIATIVE$8,500
THE CREEKSIDE SCHOOL$6,500
PINK RIBBON GOOD$6,500
SANTA CLARA LIBRARY FOUNDATION$6,000
SENTINELS OF FREEDOM$5,250
HOME FIRST SERVICES$5,250
02The need
03

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.

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Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $163k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES: $7k → 8%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES: $7k → 8%PARENTS HELPING PARENTS: $7k → 8%PARENTS HELPING PARENTS: $6k → 8%OPEN DOOR TO FUTURE POSSIBILITIES: $5k → 8%HUNGER AT HOME: $31k → 8%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $12k → 8%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS: $10k → 8%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS: $8k → 8%SUNDAY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $7k → 8%NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $6k → 8%BILL WILSON CENTER: $15k → 8%BILL WILSON CENTER: $11k → 8%BILL WILSON CENTER: $6k → 8%SUNNYVALE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $7k → 8%LIVE OAK ADULT DAY SERVICES: $10k → 8%LIVE OAK ADULT DAY SERVICES: $8k → 8%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 edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$292k · 12 repeat orgs$376k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +18% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

12 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
20

Total granted

$292k
$339k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+15%

Still filing today

92%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JH
    JW HOUSE
    3× · 2019–2024 · $54k · revenue +11%
  • NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
    4× · 2018–2023 · $35k · revenue +73%
  • BW
    BILL WILSON CENTER
    3× · 2018–2024 · $32k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF SANTA CLARA
    one grant, 2020 · $160k
  • HA
    HUNGER AT HOME
    one grant, 2020 · $31k · revenue -35%
  • SM
    SEAN M WALSH K-9 MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $12k · revenue +6%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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
Sv Home

Driving the creation of affordable housing for a more vibrant and equitable silicon valley.

Housing & Shelter
2
Destination Home Sv co Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Destination: home's mission is to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring in santa clara county.

Housing & Shelter
3
Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley

Housing rehabilitation and repairs

Education
4
Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits

To advance the role, voice, and capacity of the nonprofit community so it can be a force for positive social change and support the creation of equitable, vibrant, and thriving communities.

Education
5
Housing Choices Coalition for Persons With Developmental Disabilities Inc

To enhance the lives of people with developmental and other disabilities by creating quality, affordable housing options.

Housing & Shelter
6
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

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7
Silicon Valley Independent Living Center

SVILC builds disability identity, culture, pride, creating opportunities for personal and community transformation, and partnering with others to ensure that civil and human rights are protected.

Human Services
8
Senior Adults Legal Assistance

Support older persons in their efforts to live safely, independently, non-institutionalized, and with dignity.

Crime & Legal
9
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
10
Hearing and Speech Center of Northern California

To provide life long professional services to support all people with hearing or communication challenges in achieving their goals.

—
11
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
12
Serra Residential Center Inc

To provide dignity, respect and choice for persons with developmental disabilities

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sunnyvale Community Services and the most unlike its peers is Awo. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%7%<5yr15%3%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr15%32%20–35yr16%26%35–55yr9%16%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%12%<5yr15%1%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr15%34%20–35yr16%24%35–55yr9%13%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 12% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/36
the rest of the field
11%
1,112/10,441

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

34 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. 34 of the 37 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
22/34
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CITY OF SANTA CLARA — $160,132 · OtherCITY OF SANTA CLARAWILDLIFE CENTER OF SILICON VALLEY — $19,350 · OtherWILDLIFE CENTER OF SILICON VALLEYHEART2HEART-TEENS — $10,000 · OtherSEAN M WALSH K-9 MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $12,200 · OtherLOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN — $12,000 · OtherHOPE SERVICES — $10,000 · Other+5 more — $31,750 · Other+5 moreNEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — $35,375 · Human ServicesNEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOME…BILL WILSON CENTER — $31,500 · Human ServicesBILL WILSON CENTERHUNGER AT HOME — $31,375 · Human ServicesHUNGER AT HOMELIVE OAK ADULT DAY SERVICES — $18,000 · Human ServicesLIVE OAK ADULT DAY SERVICESLIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES INC — $14,300 · Human ServicesLIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES …PARENTS HELPING PARENTS INC — $13,000 · Human ServicesPARENTS HELPING PARENTS INCSUNDAY FRIENDS FOUNDATION — $7,200 · Human ServicesSUNNYVALE COMMUNITY SERVICES — $6,850 · Human Services+1 more — $5,250 · Human ServicesJW HOUSE — $54,175 · HealthJW HOUSETHE HEALTH TRUST — $46,675 · HealthTHE HEALTH TRUSTVIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC — $13,000 · HealthVIA REHABILITATION SER…INDIAN HEALTH CENTER OF SANTA CLARA VALLEY — $10,000 · HealthINDIAN HEALTH CENTER O…PINK RIBBON GOOD INC — $6,500 · HealthSanta Clara City Library Foundation and Friends — $21,000 · EducationSanta Clar…SACRED HEART NATIVITY SCHOOL — $15,000 · EducationSACRED HEA…Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation — $10,500 · EducationSentinels …SANTA CLARA ROTARY FOUNDATION — $8,500 · EducationSANTA CLAR…THE CREEKSIDE SCHOOL — $6,500 · EducationTHE CREEKS…SAN JOSE CHILDRENS MUSICAL THEATER — $9,000 · Arts & CultureCITY LIGHTS THEATER CO OF SAN JOSE INC — $6,980 · Arts & CultureContemporary Asian Theatre Scene Inc — $6,000 · Arts & CultureMAGICAL BRIDGE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsBay Area Womens Sports Initiative — $8,500 · Recreation & SportsSanta Clara Police Activities League Inc — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentSHINE TOGETHER INC — $7,500 · Youth Development
Other$255,432Human Services$162,850Health$130,350Education$61,500Arts & Culture$21,980Recreation & Sports$18,500Youth Development$17,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJW HOUSE — $54,175 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetTHE HEALTH TRUST — $46,675 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — $35,375 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBILL WILSON CENTER — $31,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHUNGER AT HOME — $31,375 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSanta Clara City Library Foundation and Friends — $21,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetWILDLIFE CENTER OF SILICON VALLEY — $19,350 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES INC — $14,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC — $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARENTS HELPING PARENTS INC — $13,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSEAN M WALSH K-9 MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $12,200 over 1y, 13% of budgetLOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN — $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation — $10,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSanta Clara Police Activities League Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetMAGICAL BRIDGE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHOPE SERVICES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN HEALTH CENTER OF SANTA CLARA VALLEY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN JOSE CHILDRENS MUSICAL THEATER — $9,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBay Area Womens Sports Initiative — $8,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSANTA CLARA ROTARY FOUNDATION — $8,500 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetHOUSING TRUST SILICON VALLEY — $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHINE TOGETHER INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAWO — $7,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetSUNDAY FRIENDS FOUNDATION — $7,200 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCITY LIGHTS THEATER CO OF SAN JOSE INC — $6,980 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSUNNYVALE COMMUNITY SERVICES — $6,850 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPINK RIBBON GOOD INC — $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CREEKSIDE SCHOOL — $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES OF SILICON VALLEY INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetContemporary Asian Theatre Scene Inc — $6,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetHOMEFIRST SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY — $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOORS TO FUTURE POSSIBILITIES INC — $5,250 over 1y, 2.5% 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.

San Jose Mercury News…Silicon Valley Commun…The Sobrato Family Fo…Los Altos Mountain Vi…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Bright Funds Foundati…Second Harvest of Sil…Sosj Knights Hospital…Destination Home SV c…The Applied Materials…The David and Lucile …Star One Credit Union
San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund IncCA40.7× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Bright Funds Foundation · Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · Sosj Knights Hospitaller Priory of the Western USA · Destination Home SV co Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Star One Credit Union

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 Mission City Community Fund 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%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 37 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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