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North Beach Foundation Inc

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.

$3k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$14kEducation$2kInternational$2kHealth$1kFood & Nutrition$1kPublic Benefit$757Community Improvement$600Recreation & Sports$400Other$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
2
States reached
$203k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Waconda Cultural Assoc$3,104
Individual grant recipient$100
SPOSF Institute$80
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Djerassi Resident Artists Program: $2k → 7%Olive Seed: $2k → 8%Theoakhillschoolorg: $100 → 8%Planned Parenthood: $50 → 9%Beirut Relief Fund: $76 → 10%Bay Area Book Festival: $4k → 10%San Francisco USD: $500 → 10%San Antonio Area Foundation: $300 → 16%American Red Cross Overseas Associa: $200 → 14%Waconda Cultural Assoc: $3k → 12%UNCP Baseball: $100 → 26%Whole Woman's Health Alliance: $1k → 8%Deep Springs College: $200 → 15%The Rotary Club of Woodside: $100 → 7%Olive Seed Foundation: $2k → 8%Bay Area Book Festival: $1k → 10%Sing for America Foundation: $300 → 10%Olive Seed: $1k → 8%Foundation for the Future of Litera: $750 → 10%SPOSF Institute: $150 → 10%Foundation for the Future of Litera: $689 → 10%Meals on Wheels of San Francisco: $1k → 10%San Franciscans for Sports Recreati: $100 → 10%Wikimedia Foundation: $100 → 10%San Francisco Achievers: $500 → 10%Roxie Theatre: $500 → 10%Muttville: $100 → 10%Roxie Theatre: $50 → 10%Roxie Theatre: $50 → 10%San Francisco Playhouse: $480 → 10%San Francisco Playhouse: $440 → 10%San Francisco Playhouse: $440 → 10%Friends of the San Francisco Public: $157 → 10%Equal Rights Advocates: $100 → 10%Knick Knack Events: $109 → 10%Guardsmen: $167 → 10%Touch Inc: $200 → 10%Various: $5k → 10%Various: $1k → 10%Various: $609 → 10%Youth Tennis Advantage Inc: $300 → 10%Various: $101 → 10%Nancy McGee: $100 → 10%Commonwealth Club: $600 → 10%Wikimedia Foundation: $500 → 10%Make-A-Wish Foundation: $200 → 10%Wikimedia Foundation: $104 → 10%SPOSF Institute: $80 → 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

IL
NY
NV
CA
VA
KS
NC
DC
TX
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20k · 9 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +109% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
28

Total granted

$20k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+109%
+41%

Still filing today

33%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureAnimalsYouth DevelopmentHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • SF
    San Francisco Playhouse
    3× · 2020–2023 · $1k · revenue +112%
  • WF
    WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $704 · revenue +73%
  • M
    MUTTVILLE
    2× · 2019–2020 · $175 · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • OF
    OLIVESEED FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +130%
  • DR
    DJERASSI RESIDENT ARTISTS PROGRAM
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue +19%
  • WW
    WHOLE WOMAN'S HEALTH ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue -22%
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 San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
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
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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4
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
5
Advance Sf

Advance SF is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco through education, advocacy, and research. The…

Human Services
6
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
7
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company

Sfbatco unites artists and audiences through live theatre that is reflective of the authentic perspectives and history of the san francisco bay area.

Arts & Culture
8
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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9
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
10
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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11
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Antonio Area Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Touch 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

16 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. 16 of the 41 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Various: $7,477 · OtherVariousBay Area Book Festival: $5,180 · OtherBay Area Book FestivalWACONDA CULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $3,104 · OtherWACONDA CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDJERASSI RESIDENT ARTISTS PROGRAM: $1,500 · OtherDJERASSI RESIDENT ARTISTS PROGRAMFoundation for the Future of Litera: $1,439 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $1,000 · Other+24 more: $4,863 · Other+24 moreOLIVESEED FOUNDATION: $1,554 · EducationOLIVESEED…WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $704 · EducationWIKIMEDIA…San Francisco Achievers: $500 · EducationSan Franc…TOUCH INC: $200 · EducationTOUCH INCSan Francisco Playhouse: $1,360 · Arts & CultureSING FOR AMERICA FOUNDATION: $300 · Arts & CultureWHOLE WOMAN'S HEALTH ALLIANCE: $1,100 · HealthYOUTH TENNIS ADVANTAGE: $300 · Recreation & SportsSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $300 · PhilanthropyMUTTVILLE: $175 · Animals
Other$27,563Education$2,958Arts & Culture$1,660Health$1,100Recreation & Sports$300Philanthropy$300Animals$175

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 budgetOLIVESEED FOUNDATION: $1,554 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDJERASSI RESIDENT ARTISTS PROGRAM: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSan Francisco Playhouse: $1,360 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWHOLE WOMAN'S HEALTH ALLIANCE: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $704 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Achievers: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH TENNIS ADVANTAGE: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSING FOR AMERICA FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEEP SPRINGS CORPORATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOUCH INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUTTVILLE: $175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Guardsmen: $167 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES: $100 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.

  • Who funds OLIVESEED FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DJERASSI RESIDENT ARTISTS PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Playhouse ↗
  • Who funds WHOLE WOMAN'S HEALTH ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO INC ↗
  • Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Achievers ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH TENNIS ADVANTAGE ↗
  • Who funds SING FOR AMERICA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DEEP SPRINGS CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds TOUCH INC ↗
  • Who funds MUTTVILLE ↗
  • Who funds The Guardsmen ↗
  • Who funds THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES ↗

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…Silicon Valley Commun…Jewish Community Fede…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …
Marin Community FoundationCA20.7× affinity8 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 · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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 North Beach Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from North Beach Foundation Inc. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–10%
    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 North Beach Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to North Beach Foundation Inc 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 41 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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