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Mitchell Kapor Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
69
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$12MEducation$12MPhilanthropy$5.7MYouth Development$5.0MScience & Tech$3.6MCivil Rights$3.1MCommunity Improvement$1.4MArts & Culture$982kOther$0
02FY2024 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $482k
  • $50k–250k24 grants · $2.6M
  • $250k+8 grants · $3.3M
$25,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$116M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION$1,050,000
CODE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY INC$500,000
NEW VENTURE FUND$350,000
SMASH (LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE)$340,000
OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND$277,839
YALE UNIVERSITY$250,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$250,000
TECH EQUITY COLLABORATIVE$250,000
FOOTSTEPS INC$200,000
EAST OAKLAND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER$200,000
GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC$175,000
IMPACTASSETS$150,000
DETROIT FUTURE CITY$150,000
AI FOR THE PEOPLE INC$150,000
FREE PRESS INC (DISINFO DEFENSE LEAGUE)$150,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $557k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HUMANE BORDERS: $3k → 15%CENTER OF HOPE HAITI: $500 → 12%ADOPT-A-NATIVE-ELDER: $900 → 8%NATIONAL BLACK JUSTICE COLLECTIVE INSTITUTE: $40k → 14%COURAGE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%GEORGIA LATINO ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $315 → 14%I AM MY BROTHER'S KEEPER UNITY DAY: $50 → 14%BLACK ORGANIZING PROJECT: $20k → 10%CALVIN HILL DAY CARE CENTER INC: $50k → 12%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $215k → 10%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLES AGENDA: $25k → 13%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%SMYAL: $750 → 14%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA: $10k → 13%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $11k → 10%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $20k → 17%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $50 → 10%TIDES CENTER: $25k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $5k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $250 → 10%K TO COLLEGE: $15 → 10%WOMEN'S DAYTIME DROP-IN CENTER: $2k → 10%ONE DEGREE: $5k → 10%ONE DEGREE: $5k → 10%ONE DEGREE: $1k → 10%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $40k → 10%GRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $6k → 10%COURAGEOUS WOMEN ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%GIRLS WHO CODE: $60 → 10%OMNI COMMONS: $150 → 10%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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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Mitchell Kapor Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 41% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 39%.

Mitchell Kapor Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.3% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$30M · 93 repeat orgs$9.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

93 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 64 since wound down; 35 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

93
302

Total granted

$30M
$8.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+36%

Still filing today

80%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M 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
EducationCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2023 · $10M · revenue +48%
  • CF
    CODE FOR SCIENCE & SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +78%
  • MC
    MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
    2× · 2019–2020 · $2.0M · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • UB
    UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $850k
  • SW
    SAY WHAT MEDIA LLC
    one grant, 2023 · $765k
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.

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California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
2
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
3
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
4
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
5
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
6
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
7
Upturn Inc

Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology.

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8
Public Advocates Inc

For more than five decades, public advocates has challenged the systemic causes of poverty and racial discrimination by strengthening community voices in public policy and achieving tangible legal victories advancing education, housing,…

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9
Partnership On Ai to Benefit People and Society

Bringing diverse voices together across global sectors, disciplines, and demographics so developments in ai advance positive outcomes for people and society.

Science & Tech
10
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
11
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
12
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California

The american civil liberties union of northern california (aclu nc union) defends and advances the principles of freedom, equality and justice contained in the united states constitution. aclu nc union, a california mutual benefit…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Links Foundation Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Xr Safety Initiative. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

311 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. 311 of the 449 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
78
Early backer (in before they grew)
294/311
Grantees still filing
186/311
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SMASH (MK LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE): $4,692,809 · OtherSMASH (MK LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE)UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATIONYALE UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient: $850,000 · OtherSAY WHAT MEDIA LLC: $764,827 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATION - GIFT SERVICES UDAR: $596,150 · OtherMK LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE: $732,686 · OtherNEW VENTURE FUND: $600,000 · Other+94 more: $6,682,028 · Other+94 moreTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $10,000,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION+7 more: $1,156,210 · Arts & Culture+7 moreUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $2,596,596 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORN…MOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $2,000,000 · EducationMOREHOUSE COLLEGEBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 · EducationBRANDEIS UNIVERSITYTHE OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $567,508 · EducationTHE OAKLAND PUBLIC EDU…UCLA FOUNDATION: $550,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $475,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $400,000 · Education+30 more: $1,462,499 · Education+30 moreEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,315,000 · PhilanthropyEAST BAY …IMPACTASSETSINC: $500,000 · PhilanthropyIMPACTASS…TIDES FOUNDATION: $406,250 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOU…Silicon Valley Community Foundation: $255,000 · PhilanthropySilicon V…+7 more: $328,389 · Philanthropy+7 moreCODE FOR SCIENCE & SOCIETY INC: $2,149,999 · Science & Tech+1 more: $7,500 · Science & TechAI FOR THE PEOPLE INC: $300,000 · Civil RightsVOTO LATINO FOUNDATION INC: $230,000 · Civil RightsCOLOR OF CHANGEORG EDUCATION FUND: $150,000 · Civil RightsCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · Civil RightsNAACP FOUNDATION: $130,000 · Civil RightsBVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC: $95,000 · Civil RightsPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Civil Rights+14 more: $320,425 · Civil RightsNPOWER INC: $209,500 · Community ImprovementHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $150,025 · Community ImprovementDetroit Future City: $150,000 · Community ImprovementGoodie Nation Inc: $125,000 · Community ImprovementMILESTONE GROWTH CAPITAL INSTITUTE: $125,000 · Community ImprovementMOSES (METROPOLITAN ORGANIZING STRATEGY ENABLING STRENGTH): $100,000 · Community ImprovementRUSSELL INNOVATION CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURS INC: $75,000 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL SKILLS COALITION: $75,000 · Community ImprovementPOWER CALIFORNIA: $45,000 · Community Improvement+10 more: $201,000 · Community Improvement
Other$16,918,500Arts & Culture$11,156,210Education$9,051,603Philanthropy$3,804,639Science & Tech$2,157,499Civil Rights$1,450,425Community Improvement$1,255,525

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $10,000,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $2,596,596 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,315,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetCODE FOR SCIENCE & SOCIETY INC: $2,149,999 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $2,000,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMK LEVEL PLAYING FIELD INSTITUTE: $732,686 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $600,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $567,508 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $550,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $500,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $475,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTECHEQUITY COLLABORATIVE: $430,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $406,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM: $350,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $320,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFREE PRESS: $300,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetAI FOR THE PEOPLE INC: $300,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetSTATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT: $300,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetFOOTSTEPS INC: $300,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetLATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $269,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $255,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOTO LATINO FOUNDATION INC: $230,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetNational Coalition on Black Civic Partic: $225,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetNPOWER INC: $209,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetEast Oakland Youth Development Center: $200,030 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCONSUMER REPORTS INC: $190,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAUBIN PICTURES INC: $175,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $163,800 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $150,025 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDetroit Future City: $150,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $150,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetEQUIS INSTITUTE: $150,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPOWER RISING: $145,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetNAACP FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetClark Atlanta University Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGoodie Nation Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetMILESTONE GROWTH CAPITAL INSTITUTE: $125,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetHack the Hood Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBYTE BACK: $110,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetThe Knowledge House Fellowship Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 4.3% 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.

East Bay Community Fo…The San Francisco Fou…The California Wellne…The James Irvine Foun…The California Endowm…Tides FoundationCrankstart FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…Stupski FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…The William & Flora H…New Venture Fund
East Bay Community FoundationCA68× affinity58 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · The California Endowment · Tides Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Stupski Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · New Venture Fund

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 Mitchell Kapor Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mitchell Kapor Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%4%15%34%60%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
  • Baltimore Corps Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Calvin Hill Day Care Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Code for Science & Society Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
56report 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 449 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home