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Mydar Foundation at a glance

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Mydar Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$330k
Granted FY2023
12
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$115k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Youth Development$250kHuman Services$175kHealth$139kArts & Culture$115kEnvironment$113kAnimals$94kEmployment$59kPhilanthropy$49kOther$0
02FY2023 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $115k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$18k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jewish Educational and Cultural Cen$115,000
A Home Within$35,000
Girl Scouts of Northern California$30,000
Portland Animal Welfare$25,000
Monkey Tail Ranch$25,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue$20,000
Girls Garage$15,000
Manassehs Children$15,000
Students Rising Above$10,000
Planet Bee Foundation$10,000
Angling for Relief$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Monkey Tail Ranch: $25k → 7%A Home Within: $20k → 10%Monkey Tail Ranch: $10k → 7%Monkey Tail Ranch: $10k → 7%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $10k → 7%A Home Within: $35k → 10%A Home Within: $20k → 10%A HOME WITHIN INC: $20k → 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.
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$919k · 18 repeat orgs$254k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2023, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
10

Total granted

$919k
$119k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+34%

Still filing today

72%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
EducationYouth DevelopmentAnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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

  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
    3× · 2021–2023 · $195k · revenue +23%
  • AH
    A HOME WITHIN INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $95k · revenue +347%
  • PA
    PORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM
    5× · 2019–2023 · $74k · revenue +215%

Funded once

  • LL
    LA LGBT Center
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • JE
    JEWISH EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTERMAKOR INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -75%
  • TM
    The Monarch School Monarch Institute for Neurological Diffgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue +34%
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
Girlventures

GirlVentures provides outdoor programs during the summer and afterschool year round for Bay Area girls age 11-17. Our mission is to inspire girls to lead through outdoor adventure, inner discovery and collective action.

Human Services
2
Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast

To inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold and to respect themselves and the world around them.Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast offers a constellation of programs that deliver innovative, multi-faceted activities designed to…

Youth Development
3
San Francisco Girls' School

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

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4
Prospect Sierra School

To educate children in grades transitional kindergarten - 8th. prospect sierra combines impactful academic experiences with a keen understanding of human emotions to help shape the world's compassionate future leaders. prospect sierra…

Unclassified
5
Santa Catalina School

Santa catalina school exists to develop in each student a striving for excellence, a maturing awareness of moral and spiritual values, a sense of responsible purpose, and a determination to serve the world with courage, grace, and…

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.

—
7
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
8
Mindful Schools

Mindful school's mission is to empower educators to spark change from the inside out by cultivating awareness, resilience, and compassionate action.

Education
9
Millennium School of San Francisco

See schedule oto realize the transformative potential of middle school. millennium school believes in developing each student to their fullest potential, this involves providing both a rigorous academic program and a science-based…

Education
10
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
11
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
12
Alliance for Girls

to prepare today's girls to be the leaders, agents of change, and thriving women of tomorrow. We mobilize girls' champions to address barriers facing girls, create conditions for their success, and advance systemic change to achieve equity.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Operations Warrior Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Manasseh's Children Dba Ujamaa-Africa. 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

22 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. 22 of the 30 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
18/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Jewish Educational and Cultural Cen: $115,000 · OtherJewish Educational and Cultural CenIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientECOTRUST: $50,000 · OtherECOTRUSTIndividual grant recipient: $45,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $40,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTERANGLING FOR RELIEF: $36,000 · OtherANGLING FOR RELIEFWest Valley Community Services of S: $25,000 · OtherLA LGBT Center: $20,000 · OtherSustainable Conservation: $40,000 · OtherSustainable ConservationTREVOR PROJECT INC: $25,000 · OtherMANASSEH'S CHILDREN DBA UJAMAA-AFRICA: $25,000 · OtherPLANET BEE FOUNDATION: $23,000 · OtherJEWISH EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTERMAKOR INC: $20,000 · Other+7 more: $69,000 · Other+7 moreGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $195,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF NORT…GIRLS BUILD: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentA HOME WITHIN INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesA HOME WITHIN …The Monkey Tail Ranch Inc: $55,000 · Human ServicesThe Monkey Tai…PORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM: $74,000 · AnimalsPORTLAND …MARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC: $20,000 · AnimalsMARLEY'S …FOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE: $39,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Merced County: $10,000 · PhilanthropySUMMER SEARCH: $47,000 · EmploymentGIRLS GARAGE: $45,000 · International
Other$583,000Youth Development$205,000Human Services$150,000Animals$94,000Philanthropy$49,000Employment$47,000International$45,000

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 budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $195,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetA HOME WITHIN INC: $95,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetPORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM: $74,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetThe Monkey Tail Ranch Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetECOTRUST: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $47,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS GARAGE: $45,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSustainable Conservation: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE: $39,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMANASSEH'S CHILDREN DBA UJAMAA-AFRICA: $25,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetPLANET BEE FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetMARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetJEWISH EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTERMAKOR INC: $20,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetThe Monarch School Monarch Institute for Neurological Diff: $13,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Merced County: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGIRLS BUILD: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetKIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $9,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…The Joseph and Vera L…Silicon Valley Commun…United Way WorldwideJewish Community Fede…East Bay Community Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …AbbVie FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…
Marin Community FoundationCA16.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · East Bay Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · AbbVie Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Ecotrust: 14% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 30 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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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