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Murad Family 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.

$8k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
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.

Education$110kHuman Services$110kHealth$48kYouth Development$37kEnvironment$33kArts & Culture$30kHousing & Shelter$20kCrime & Legal$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OCEANOGRAPHIC TEACHING STATIONS$7,500
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–18, $148k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $20k → 14%GOLDEN HEART RANCH: $5k → 14%REDISCOVER CENTER: $3k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $90k → 14%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.

19%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$79k · 4 repeat orgs$340k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +96% since the first grant, against +49% for the ones you funded once.

4 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
33

Total granted

$79k
$332k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+96%
+49%

Still filing today

75%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther

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

  • WN
    WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $29k · revenue +117%
  • VS
    VISTAMAR SCHOOL
    3× · 2021–2023 · $26k · revenue -2%
  • S
    SOSMENTOR
    2× · 2017–2018 · $13k · revenue -78%

Funded once

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO
    one grant, 2017 · $90k · revenue -2%
  • ES
    EL SEGUNDO EDUCATION FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +33%
  • EC
    EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +14%

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
All About Kids La
Philanthropy
2
Terra Marin School

Our mission is to spark wonder and intellectual curiosity in each child. We achieve this through a purposeful blend of:Engaging academics custom-tailored to each child's abilities, strengths and interests;An unparalleled social-emotional…

Education
3
Institute for Applied Tinkering

Institute for Applied Tinkering IAT develops, practices and shares educational methods that challenge and support all children to engage deeply in their learning via real interests and real tools.

Youth Development
4
Hollywood Schoolhouse Inc

Hollywood Schoolhouse knows, values, and encourages fearless curiosity. Through a blended program of innovative academics and structured learning, our diverse community inspires students to be academically strong, artistically proud,…

Education
5
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences

Crossroads is an independent school for approximately 1,200 students.

Education
6
The Santa Ynez Valley Family School

The family school is dedicated to providing a superior environment of child centered academic and creative programs which inspire a joy of learning and support critical thinking. we strive to prepare students to be compassionate,…

Education
7
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
8
The Mirman School for Gifted Children

We cultivate the boundless potential of highly gifted children, nurture their passions and talents, and develop a diverse community of creative and constructive lifelong learners.

Education
9
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
10
Inner-City Arts

Inner-city arts believes that the arts and creativity are transformational, and we envision a society that honors the human capacity for creativity, and values its cultivation in the education of young people. inner-city arts uses arts…

Arts & Culture
11
Yuba River Charter School

Yuba River Charter School provides K-8 public Waldorf education that nurtures the physical, emotional and intellectual capacities of the child through a developmentally appropriate curriculum. YRCS brings forth the academic, social,…

Education
12
La Scuola International School

Inspire brave learners to shape the future.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Center of San Francisco and the most unlike its peers is Saturday Night Bath Concert Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent K-12 SchoolsPerforming Arts Organizatio…Affordable Housing & Suppor…Christian Churches and Miss…University Support Organiza…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr17%43%20–35yr10%21%35–55yr12%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr17%44%20–35yr10%27%35–55yr12%18%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/30
the rest of the field
16%
7,867/49,786

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

29 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. 29 of the 38 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO — $90,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISC…EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $30,000 · Human ServicesEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONTHE PEOPLE CONCERN — $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE CONCERNGOLDEN HEART RANCH — $5,000 · Human Services+1 more — $2,500 · Human ServicesEL SEGUNDO EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $40,000 · OtherEL SEGUNDO EDUCATION FOUNDATIONSOSMENTOR — $12,500 · OtherSOSMENTORBOYS & GIRLS CLUB — $10,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS — $8,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERSJEWISH BIG BROTHER AND BIG SISTER — $5,000 · OtherROUNDHOUSE AQUARIUM — $5,000 · OtherMAR VISTA FAMILY CENTER — $5,000 · OtherCounsel for Justice — $5,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF LA — $5,000 · OtherPS I Love You Foundation — $7,500 · OtherPS I Love You FoundationVIP COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC — $5,000 · Other+5 more — $9,250 · Other+5 moreWESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL — $28,500 · EducationWESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOO…VISTAMAR SCHOOL — $26,000 · EducationVISTAMAR SCHOOLMANHATTAN BEACH EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationMANHATTAN BEACH EDUC…Oceanographic Teaching Stations Inc — $7,500 · EducationOceanographic Teachi…ACCESS BOOKS — $3,000 · Education+1 more — $2,500 · EducationVENICE ARTS — $12,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH BAY ARTIST COLLECTIVE — $10,000 · Arts & CultureFree Arts dba Free Arts for Abused Children — $5,000 · Arts & CultureSATURDAY NIGHT BATH CONCERT FUND — $2,500 · Arts & CultureGRADES OF GREEN INC — $10,000 · EnvironmentHEAL THE BAY — $10,000 · EnvironmentSTUDENTS RUN AMERICA — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH JUSTICE COALITION INC — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP TAMARACK — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentKIDS ENJOY EXERCISE NOW LOS ANGELES CO DENTONS — $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentHumane World for Animals Inc — $10,000 · Animals
Human Services$147,500Other$117,250Education$77,500Arts & Culture$29,500Environment$20,000Youth Development$17,000Animals$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO — $90,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEL SEGUNDO EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL — $28,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVISTAMAR SCHOOL — $26,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOSMENTOR — $12,500 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetVENICE ARTS — $12,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGRADES OF GREEN INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHEAL THE BAY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMANHATTAN BEACH EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH BAY ARTIST COLLECTIVE — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetOceanographic Teaching Stations Inc — $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPS I Love You Foundation — $7,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetGOLDEN HEART RANCH — $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMAR VISTA FAMILY CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTUDENTS RUN AMERICA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVIP COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCounsel for Justice — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP TAMARACK — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFree Arts dba Free Arts for Abused Children — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetACCESS BOOKS — $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGROWINGGREAT — $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPROJECT ECHO — $2,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetREDISCOVER CENTER INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

California Community …The Annenberg Foundat…The Ahmanson Foundati…The Ralph M Parsons F…Image Solutions Gives…Pipkin Charitable Fou…Robert a Waller Found…The Rose Hills Founda…Elbridge Stuart Found…The J Paul Getty TrustLiberty Hill Foundati…The Northrop Grumman …
California Community FoundationCA34.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Image Solutions Gives Back · Pipkin Charitable Foundation · Robert a Waller Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · Liberty Hill Foundation · The Northrop Grumman 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 Murad Family 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 · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 38 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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