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Oberndorf Family Foundation at a glance

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Oberndorf Family 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.

$21M
Granted FY2025still arriving
52
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$7.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$43MHealth$38MYouth Development$17MPhilanthropy$9.2MEnvironment$7.9MInternational$4.5MPublic Benefit$2.1MRecreation & Sports$2.1MOther$0
02FY2025 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $355k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+13 grants · $20M
$50,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$64M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND$7,508,000
UCSF (CHANCELLOR CIRCLE CHALLENGE)$5,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SF FOUNDATION (DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY)$1,700,000
ENVIROMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$1,000,000
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$1,000,000
EDGEWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES$1,000,000
NEIGHBORS FOR A BETTER SAN FRANCISCO$500,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY (DEPT OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY )$500,000
ST BENEDICTS PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC$500,000
BALANCED BUDGET NOW$250,000
DISH SF (DELIVERING INNOVATION IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING)$250,000
EDUCATION REFORM NOW$250,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$250,000
SPARK SF PUBLIC SCHOOLS$175,000
TIPPING POINT$100,000
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 (FY18–25, $312k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WILDFIRE FOUNDATION: $25k → 12%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM: $5k → 9%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM: $5k → 9%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM: $5k → 9%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM: $5k → 9%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF IDF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS ORGANIZATION: $5k → 17%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM: $5k → 9%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $5k → 9%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $25k → 17%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $1k → 17%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $1k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 10%GERALD HUFF FUND FOR HUMANITY: $100k → 10%GERALD HUFF FUND FOR HUMANITY: $100k → 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

ID
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
SC
DC
HI
LA
GA
TX
FL
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$90M · 87 repeat orgs$27M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

87 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 56 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

87
141

Total granted

$90M
$20M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+8%

Still filing today

61%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $17M · revenue +3%
  • DR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $5.3M · revenue +342% · 47% of their budget
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    2× · 2020–2022 · $2.6M · revenue +121%

Funded once

  • US
    UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OBERNDORF MERIT SCHOLARSHIP)
    one grant, 2022 · $5.0M
  • US
    UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $5.0M
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SF FOUNDATION - DEP OF PSYCHIATRY
    one grant, 2021 · $2.0M
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
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
2
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.

—
3
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
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
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
6
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.

—
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
8
San Francisco University High School

At san franicisco university high school, we engage our community of diverse voices in a transformational experience that embraces the spirited pursuit of learning and empowers purpose larger than self.

Education
9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
10
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
11
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
12
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Drexel Fund. 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

119 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. 119 of the 250 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/119
Grantees still filing
70/119
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC: $16,536,000 · EducationAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INCUNIVERSITY SCHOOL: $15,200,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $14,112,827 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATIONDR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INC: $5,300,000 · EducationDR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INCTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $3,165,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIO…+28 more: $3,499,462 · Education+28 moreUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SF FOUNDATION - DR EDWARD CHANG: $6,000,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SF FOUNDATION - DR …UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OBERNDORF MERIT SCHOLARSHIP): $5,000,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OBERNDORF MERIT SCHOLARSHI…UNIVERSITY SCHOOL: $5,000,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY SCHOOLUCSF (CHANCELLOR CIRCLE CHALLENGE): $5,000,000 · OtherUCSF (CHANCELLOR CIRCLE CHALLENGE)UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SF FOUNDATION - DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY: $4,000,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SF FOUNDATION - DEP…ENVIROMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $3,700,000 · OtherENVIROMENTAL DEFENSE FUNDUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SF FOUNDATION (DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY): $3,300,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SF FOUNDATION (DEPA…CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $2,140,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SF FOUNDATION - DEP OF PSYCHIATRY: $2,000,000 · OtherAMERICAN FEDERATION CHILDREN GROWTH FUND: $1,750,000 · Other+127 more: $12,161,785 · Other+127 moreNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $7,880,000 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $1,400,000 · PhilanthropyDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $700,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100,000 · PhilanthropyENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,650,000 · EnvironmentGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $2,025,000 · Environment+3 more: $72,500 · EnvironmentSave The Children Federation Inc: $2,510,000 · InternationalPLOUGHSHARES FUND INC: $300,000 · International+1 more: $25,000 · InternationalBIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC: $1,000,000 · Public BenefitNeighbors for a Better San Francisco: $700,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $50,000 · Public BenefitCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $1,070,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $170,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $132,500 · Arts & CultureTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $55,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $210,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$57,813,289Other$50,051,785Philanthropy$10,080,000Environment$4,747,500International$2,835,000Public Benefit$1,750,000Arts & Culture$1,637,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC: $16,536,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetUNIVERSITY SCHOOL: $15,200,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $14,112,827 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $7,880,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INC: $5,300,000 over 3y, 47% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $3,165,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,650,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $2,510,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $2,025,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $1,400,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetEDGEWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $1,075,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $1,070,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN INC: $750,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $700,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetNeighbors for a Better San Francisco: $700,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $625,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetWilliams College: $610,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $450,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC: $350,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetPLOUGHSHARES FUND INC: $300,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetNEW CALIFORNIA COALITION FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetHATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL: $250,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Thacher School Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGERALD HUFF FUND FOR HUMANITY INC: $200,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPARK SF PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $175,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $170,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $132,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Education Fund: $125,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW SCHOOLS FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $90,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $79,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE & SOUND: $70,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPASSAGES AMERICA ISRAEL INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $55,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMONWEALTH CLUB - WORLD AFFAIRS OF CALIFORNIA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMOTHERS2MOTHERS UNITED STATES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHIDDEN WINGS: $50,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBAY SCHOLARS: $40,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FREE CLINIC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTen Strands: $35,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSCHOLARMATCH INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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 AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds DR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds EDGEWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds DRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Neighbors for a Better San Francisco ↗
  • Who funds CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND ↗
  • Who funds Williams College ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLOUGHSHARES FUND INC ↗

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.

Jewish Community Fede…Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Robert and Dana Emery…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Beth and Ravenel Curr…National Philanthropi…Rosenberg Ach Foundat…Lisa Stone Pritzker F…Crescent Porter Hale …Golden State Communit…
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA44× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Robert and Dana Emery Family Foundation Rockefeller Trust Company · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Rosenberg Ach Foundation · Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Fund · Crescent Porter Hale Foundation · Golden State 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 Oberndorf Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Oberndorf Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
27report 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 250 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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The unnamed billions
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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