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Paul & Nancy Pelosi Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Paul & Nancy Pelosi Charitable 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.

$201k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$53k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% 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$667kEducation$410kHealth$80kYouth Development$25kCrime & Legal$13kPublic Benefit$10kReligion$8kPhilanthropy$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $53k
$7,198
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$53,400
NAPA VALLEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION$35,000
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA$30,000
SF MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$20,000
SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETY$10,000
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET$9,520
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS$7,198
MEALS ON WHEELS OF ALAMEDA COUNTY$5,000
SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES$5,000
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY$5,000
UCSF FOUNDATION$5,000
FONDAZIONE ITALIA$2,884
VOW FOR GIRLS$2,000
SAINT IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY$1,000
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 (FY25–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%VOW FOR GIRLS: $2k → 17%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 29 repeat orgs$157k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
26

Total granted

$1.1M
$127k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+14%

Still filing today

52%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalHealthOther
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

  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $206k · revenue +47%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
    8× · 2017–2025 · $187k · revenue +37%
  • TC
    TRINITY COLLEGE
    3× · 2017–2020 · $120k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUN
    one grant, 2023 · $43k
  • CP
    CROWN PRINCE EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $17k
  • PUBLIC COUNSEL
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -8%
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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
2
San Francisco Performances Inc

SFP presents internationally acclaimed and emerging performing artists, introduces innovative programs, and builds new and diversified audiences for the arts through education and outreach activities.

Arts & Culture
3
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
4
University of the Pacific

To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.

Education
5
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
6
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
7
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
8
San Francisco Conservatory of Music

The san francisco conservatory of music (sfcm) educates exceptionally talented musicians from around the world to become artists of the highest caliber, as well as musical citizens prepared for the challenges of the twenty-first century.

Education
9
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

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 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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12
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of San Francisco; the most unlike its peers is Enterprise High Sch Music Booster. 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

31 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. 31 of the 61 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
20/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $187,350 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $161,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATIONFIRE MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureFIRE MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INCSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $56,845 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATIONNAPA VALLEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $45,000 · Arts & CultureNAPA VALLEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION+4 more: $28,055 · Arts & CultureGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $205,605 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYTRINITY COLLEGE: $120,000 · EducationTRINITY COLLEGECALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $24,198 · EducationCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS+5 more: $26,884 · Education+5 moreIndividual grant recipient: $63,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipie…SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUN: $42,500 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HO…CROWN PRINCE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $16,945 · OtherCROWN PRINCE EDUCATION F…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCI: $15,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA…SAN FRANCISCO FREE CLINIC: $12,000 · OtherJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR PERFOMING: $12,000 · OtherSan Francisco Film Society: $10,000 · OtherCREATIVE VISIONS: $10,000 · OtherINSTITUTE OF NOTRE DAME: $10,000 · Other+27 more: $79,236 · Other+27 morePUBLIC COUNSEL: $10,000 · Crime & LegalSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthREDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC: $4,500 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $2,500 · PhilanthropyGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyHouston Marathon Foundation: $527 · PhilanthropyJohn Burton Advocates for Youth: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentUnited Playaz: $1,000 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$553,250Education$376,687Other$270,681Crime & Legal$10,000Health$10,000Philanthropy$9,527Youth Development$6,000

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 budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $205,605 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $187,350 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $161,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE: $120,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFIRE MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC: $75,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $56,845 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNAPA VALLEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $24,198 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $15,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FREE CLINIC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC COUNSEL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget42ND STREET MOON: $5,305 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of San Francisco: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFairfield University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Burton Advocates for Youth: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENTERPRISE HIGH SCH MUSIC BOOSTER: $4,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION RAINBOW INC: $1,044 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Playaz: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF GEORGETOWN WATERFRONT PA: $1,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHouston Marathon Foundation: $527 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.

  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds FIRE MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NAPA VALLEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FREE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Film Society ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC COUNSEL ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 42ND STREET MOON ↗
  • Who funds University of San Francisco ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF ALAMEDA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Fairfield University ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS ↗
  • Who funds John Burton Advocates for Youth ↗
  • Who funds REDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ENTERPRISE HIGH SCH MUSIC BOOSTER ↗
  • Who funds FONDAZIONE ITALIA ↗

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…Jewish Community Fede…The Bessemer Giving F…Silicon Valley Commun…The US Charitable Gif…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
Marin Community FoundationCA20.3× 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 · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Paul & Nancy Pelosi Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul & Nancy Pelosi Charitable 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 61 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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