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New Breath Foundation

NEW BREATH FOUNDATION provides pivotal grassroots organizations the sustainable resources they need to give new beginnings to aanhpis harmed by incarceration, deportation, and systems of violence in the u.s.

$101k
Granted FY2020
5
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

95% of New Breath Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to East Bay Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year New Breath Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $75k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’19
5
’20
4
’21
6
’22
10
’23
4
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$5.8MCommunity Improvement$130kCivil Rights$101kHuman Services$68kCrime & Legal$60kEmployment$45kArts & Culture$33kEnvironment$25kOther$0
02FY2020 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $75,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $101,458 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $26,458 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SURVIVED & PUNISHED$20,000
CENTER FOR EMPOWERING REFUGEES AND$15,000
COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER OF SAN FRANC$15,000
KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES$15,000
INTERFAITH MOVEMENT FOR HUMAN INTEG$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $208k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%INSTITUTO LAB: $20k → 11%ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP: $20k → 16%TRANSFORMING GENERATIONS: $20k → 14%KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 14%MEKONG INC: $15k → 28%FIGHT: $15k → 9%MN8: $18k → 14%TIDES CENTER (V): $20k → 10%TIDES CENTER (V): $20k → 10%CENTER FOR EMPOWERING REFUGEES AND: $15k → 10%AAPI Women Lead: $30k → 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

WA
MN
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
CA
AZ
NC
HI
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 99% of New Breath Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 96% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 1%.

New Breath Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$112k · 3 repeat orgs$460k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2020, 1 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
3

Total granted

$112k
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+947%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalPhilanthropyArts & CultureCivil 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

  • ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $48k · revenue +58%
  • Chinese for Affirmative Action
    2× · 2019–2024 · $34k · revenue +235%
  • IM
    Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
    2× · 2020–2021 · $31k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • MA
    MONSOON ASIANS & PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN SOLIDARITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue +947%
  • VO
    VILLAGE OF HOPE
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue -78%
  • CL
    Central Law Group
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
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
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc

AAPIP expands and mobilizes resources for AAPI communities to build a more just and equitable society.

Philanthropy
2
Aapi Equity Alliance

Aapi equity alliance is a coalition of community-based organizations that advocates for the rights and needs of the asian and pacific islander (api) community in the greater los angeles area, with particular focus on low-income, immigrant,…

Human Services
3
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
4
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Inc

Asian Immigrant Women Advocates empowers low-income, limited English speaking immigrant women and youth through education, leadership development and civic participation programs.

Human Services
5
Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence Inc

CAAAV was founded in 1986 as one of the first groups in the United States to respond to racially motivated violence against Asians. Since then, CAAAV has broaden its focus to address a wide array of needs and challenges facing the Asian…

Civil Rights
6
National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development

National CAPACD advances equity and creates vibrant, healthy neighborhoods by mobilizing and strengthening a powerful coalition of community-based organizations working in low-income Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander…

Community Improvement
7
Asian Pacific Environmental Network

APEN builds immigrant and refugee power for a just transition with local roots and statewide impact so all people can live, work, learn, play and thrive in a clean and healthy environment.

Environment
8
Alliance for Asian American Justice Inc

Coordinate pro bono legal aid for victims of anti-Asian violence.

Civil Rights
9
Asians for Collective Action

Asians for Collective Action (ACA) harnesses the strenghts of Asians and Asian Americans to drive systemic change to create a just, healthy, and thriving community for all.

Public Benefit
10
Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote

It is the mission of APIAVote to encourage and promote civic participation of Asian Pacific Islander Americans in the electoral and public processes at the national, state, and local levels. APIAVote also aims to educate and inform Asian…

Civil Rights
11
Asian American Advocacy Alliance
Community Improvement
12
Vietnamese American Roundtable

The Vietnamese American Roundtable (VAR) envisions a strong and unified Vietnamese American community that works towards improving our quality of life. To this end, VAR focuses our mission to organize, advocate, and educate our community.…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity; the most unlike its peers is Instituto Lab. 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

30 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. 30 of the 34 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
20/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,710,000 · PhilanthropyEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+3 more: $75,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES CENTER: $40,000 · Human ServicesMONSOON ASIANS & PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN SOLIDARITY: $30,008 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE'S FUND: $20,367 · Human ServicesInstituto Lab: $20,000 · Human ServicesTRANSFORMING GENERATIONS TG: $20,000 · Human ServicesASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesMN8: $17,574 · Human ServicesVILLAGE OF HOPE: $15,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR EMPOWERING REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS: $15,000 · Human ServicesKOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesMekong Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: $21,885 · OtherPROJECT-RESPECTT INC: $20,000 · OtherURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $15,000 · OtherCentral Law Group: $15,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15,000 · OtherAPI RISE: $8,075 · OtherOPIN: $6,300 · OtherAsian Law Caucus: $15,625 · OtherFOU MOVEMENT INC: $15,000 · OtherSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $25,282 · OtherASIAN HEALTH SERVICES: $20,000 · OtherUnited Playaz: $10,000 · OtherFISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIES INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementPILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN: $15,000 · Community ImprovementANAMATANGI POLYNESIAN VOICES: $10,000 · Community ImprovementSAMOAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10,000 · Community ImprovementALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $47,707 · Arts & CultureChinese for Affirmative Action: $34,008 · Civil RightsInterfaith Movement for Human Integrity: $30,625 · Employment
Philanthropy$5,785,000Human Services$227,949Other$187,167Community Improvement$55,000Arts & Culture$47,707Civil Rights$34,008Employment$30,625

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,710,000 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $47,707 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action: $34,008 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetInterfaith Movement for Human Integrity: $30,625 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $25,282 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: $21,885 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE PEOPLE'S FUND: $20,367 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetInstituto Lab: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTRANSFORMING GENERATIONS TG: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE WORKSHOP INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetASIAN HEALTH SERVICES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMN8: $17,574 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAsian Law Caucus: $15,625 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPOWERING REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetKOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMekong Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSAMOAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Playaz: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSolidaire Network Inc: $10,000 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.

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.

Amalgamated Charitabl…East Bay Community Fo…Tides FoundationGofundmeorgThe San Francisco Fou…Asian Law CaucusThe Asian American Fo…Asian Pacific FundPhilanthropic Venture…Proteus Fund IncThe California Endowm…Silicon Valley Commun…
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC23.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · East Bay Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Gofundmeorg · The San Francisco Foundation · Asian Law Caucus · The Asian American Foundation · Asian Pacific Fund · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Proteus Fund Inc · The California Endowment · Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Asian American Resource Workshop Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
11report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to New Breath Foundation?

Find your warmest path to New Breath Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 34 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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