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Morris & Dorothy Rubinoff Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$36kCrime & Legal$19kArts & Culture$5kFood & Nutrition$5kHealth$4kReligion$2kEnvironment$2kYouth Development$500
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$168k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANET CENTRIC MEDIA$4,800
CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND$2,500
MENDOCINO COAST BOTANICAL GARDENS$1,700
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 (FY17–22, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $4k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $3k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $3k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $3k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $3k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $3k → 17%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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$58k · 8 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
4

Total granted

$58k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+28%

Still filing today

63%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEnvironmentInternationalReligionOther
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

  • TI
    THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $19k · revenue +135%
  • CS
    CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND
    2× · 2023–2024 · $5k · revenue +15%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $4k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • PC
    PACIFIC COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue +23%
  • BE
    BETH EL RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $500
  • S
    SQUASHDRIVEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +28%
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
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
Irvine Hebrew Day School

Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…

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3
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
4
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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5
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
6
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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7
Pacific Coast University School of Law

With its long history of education, affordable tuition, flexible schedule, and small class sizes, pacific coast university school of law is the perfect law school choice for working professionals who seek a law degree program.

Education
8
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
9
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
10
San Francisco Girls' School

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

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11
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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12
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Golden Gate University; the most unlike its peers is The Innocence Project Inc. 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

8 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. 8 of the 14 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
7/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PDK SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $10,000 · OtherPDK SCHOLARSHIP FUNDPLANET CENTRIC MEDIA: $4,800 · OtherPLANET CENTRIC MEDIALEFFEL SCHOOL: $4,000 · OtherLEFFEL SCHOOLSOLOMON SCHECHTER SCHOOL: $2,000 · OtherSOLOMON SCHECHTER SCHOOL+2 more: $1,000 · OtherGOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY: $13,000 · EducationGOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITYPACIFIC COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $5,500 · EducationPACIFIC COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHO…+1 more: $500 · EducationTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $18,500 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INCCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $4,500 · Food & NutritionAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $4,000 · InternationalJEWISH LEARNING VENTURE: $2,250 · ReligionMendocino Coast Botanical Gardens: $1,700 · Environment
Other$21,800Education$19,000Human Services$18,500Food & Nutrition$4,500International$4,000Religion$2,250Environment$1,700

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $18,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY: $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $5,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH LEARNING VENTURE: $2,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMendocino Coast Botanical Gardens: $1,700 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH LEARNING VENTURE ↗
  • Who funds Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens ↗
  • Who funds SQUASHDRIVE ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Morris & Dorothy Rubinoff Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morris & Dorothy Rubinoff Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 14 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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