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Palo Alto Rotary Club Annual Charities Inc

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$171k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$49kHealth$36kHousing & Shelter$28kHuman Services$23kEmployment$23kEnvironment$13kRecreation & Sports$8kYouth Development$7k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $55,700, the rows itemized in this filing. The $171,395 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $115,695 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$7,300
Median grant
1
States reached
$209k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DREAM CATCHERS$10,000
ADOLESCENT COUNSELING SERVICES$10,000
HEART AND HOME COLLABORATIVE$10,000
EAST PALO ALTO SENIOR CENTER$7,300
COUNSELING & SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN$6,400
JOB TRAIN$6,000
ENVIRONMENTAL VOLUNTEERS$6,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–24, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%NUESTRA CASA: $6k → 8%PALO ALTO COMMUNITY CHILD CARE: $10k → 8%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 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
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
2
Bay Area Community Services Housing Corp

Improve the quality of life for individuals in Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Solano County, Monterey County, Sacramento County and the surrounding area in the State of California.

Housing & Shelter
3
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc

To provide transformative legal services that enable diverse communities in East Palo Alto and beyond to achieve a secure and thriving future.

Crime & Legal
4
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
5
Alameda County Homeless Action Center

HAC assists homeless and mentally ill clients in the long and difficult process of becoming eligible for SSI and MediCal benefits. HAC provides assistance with other public benefits that clients need in the interim to survive until their…

Housing & Shelter
6
Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco

PPS-SF's mission is to promote the fundamental value of public education and pursue the success of every public school by sharing knowledge, bridging communities, and informing policy.

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7
Alzheimers Services of the East Bay

The mission of Alzheimer's Services of the East Bay is to provide services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementia; provide support for their caregivers; and educate and inform the general community about issues…

Health
8
Working Partnerships Usa

Working Partnerships USA is a community organization bringing together the power of grassroots organizing and public policy innovation to drive the movement for a just economy. We build the capacity of workers, low-income neighborhoods and…

Health
9
Challenge Success

Challenge Success partners with schools, families, and communities to embrace a broad definition of success and implement research-based strategies that promote student well-being and engagement with learning.

Education
10
Partnership for Children & Youth

By strategically linking people, practice and policy, we make sure that children and youth in the most under-resourced communities receive quality expanded learning opportunities and that all their learning environments school, afterschool…

Community Improvement
11
Peninsula Family Connections

Family Connections is a nonprofit organization founded in 1993 that strengthens families and builds resilient communities in San Mateo County. The organization provides evidence-based, family-centered programs that support parents and…

Health
12
California School-Age Consortium Inc

The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Youth Community Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Heart and Home Collaborative. 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

18 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. 18 of the 20 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
9/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VISTA CENTER FOR BLIND: $10,000 · OtherVISTA CENTER FOR BLINDRAVENSWOOD CLASSROOM PARTNERS: $10,000 · OtherRAVENSWOOD CLASSROOM PARTNERSIndividual grant recipient: $7,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEAST PALO ALTO SENIOR CENTER: $7,300 · OtherEAST PALO ALTO SENIOR CENTERCanopy: $6,500 · OtherCanopyEnvironmental Volunteers Inc: $6,000 · OtherEnvironmental Volunteers IncHEART AND HOME COLLABORATIVE: $10,000 · OtherHEART AND HOME COLLABORATIVEPENINSULA HEALTHCARE CONNECTION INC: $10,000 · HealthPENINSULA HEALTH…ADOLESCENT COUNSELING SERVICES: $10,000 · HealthADOLESCENT COUNS…COUNSELING AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR YOUTH: $6,400 · HealthCOUNSELING AND S…WEHOPE: $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentWEHOPEYOUTH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH COMMUNIT…Ada's Cafe: $10,000 · EmploymentAda's CafeDowntown Streets Inc: $6,500 · EmploymentDowntown Stre…JOBTRAIN INC: $6,000 · EmploymentJOBTRAIN INCEAST PALO ALTO KIDS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyEAST PALO AL…Dream Catchers Inc: $10,000 · EducationDream Catch…Silicon Valley Urban Debate League: $9,000 · EducationSilicon Val…PALO ALTO COMMUNITY CHILD CARE: $10,000 · Human ServicesPALO ALTO…Nuestra Casa de East Palo Alto: $6,000 · Human ServicesNuestra C…
Other$57,300Health$26,400Youth Development$24,500Employment$22,500Philanthropy$20,000Education$19,000Human Services$16,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEAST PALO ALTO KIDS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetWEHOPE: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHEART AND HOME COLLABORATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetDream Catchers Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPENINSULA HEALTHCARE CONNECTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPALO ALTO COMMUNITY CHILD CARE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAda's Cafe: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetADOLESCENT COUNSELING SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSilicon Valley Urban Debate League: $9,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEAST PALO ALTO SENIOR CENTER: $7,300 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetYOUTH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCanopy: $6,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDowntown Streets Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNSELING AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR YOUTH: $6,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNuestra Casa de East Palo Alto: $6,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetJOBTRAIN INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Volunteers Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

The Palo Alto Communi…Embarcadero Media Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Philanthropic Venture…Atkinson FoundationGordon E and Betty I …The David and Lucile …Sand Hill FoundationLos Altos Mountain Vi…The Sobrato Family Fo…Jacob L and Lillian H…Robert & Elizabeth Fe…
The Palo Alto Community FundCA38.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Palo Alto Community Fund · Embarcadero Media Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Atkinson Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Sand Hill Foundation · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Jacob L and Lillian Holtzmann Foundation · Robert & Elizabeth Fergus 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 Palo Alto Rotary Club Annual Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Palo Alto Rotary Club Annual Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Palo Alto Rotary Club Annual Charities 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 20 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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