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Pazala Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$424k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$213k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.2MEnvironment$930kReligion$52kEducation$49kHealth$18kInternational$17kHuman Services$13kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $339k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERSECTION FOR THE ARTS$213,200
DANCERS GROUP (D'NAGA) GIRL PROJECT$75,000
MISSION EDGE (INDIGENIZED ENERGY INITIATIVE)$51,061
CAL POLY HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION$20,000
UC DAVIS FOUNDATION$20,000
Individual grant recipient$17,600
FRACTURED ATLAS$17,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
SF JAZZ$1,545
AS YOU SOW$1,000
INTERMUSIC SF$1,000
HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT$1,000
CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL$744
SAN GERONIMO COMMUNITY CENTER$500
HUMANIST GLOBAL CHARITY$500
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 (FY20–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GIVE POWER FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT: $6k → 8%GIVE POWER FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT: $5k → 8%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT: $1k → 8%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT: $1k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%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
WI
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
MO
MD
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 46 repeat orgs$590k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
30

Total granted

$1.7M
$529k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+23%

Still filing today

63%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalEducationHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • DG
    DANCERS GROUP
    3× · 2020–2022 · $155k · revenue +25%
  • FRACTURED ATLAS INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $77k · revenue +63%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $20k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • IF
    INTERSECTION FOR THE ARTS (PAZALAWOODWORK)
    one grant, 2023 · $358k
  • HI
    HUUKUIKO INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -92%
  • IF
    INTERSECTION FOR THE ARTS (RC HOWELL MUSIC)
    one grant, 2023 · $24k
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
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
3
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
4
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
5
Climate Imperative Foundation

Climate imperative foundation's mission is to employ science and economics to cut global carbon emissions to secure a better future for all.

Environment
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
10
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
11
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
12
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environment California Research and Policy Center; the most unlike its peers is San Francisco Jazz Organization. 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

44 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. 44 of the 83 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
31/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EARTH ISLAND: $450,000 · OtherEARTH ISLANDINTERSECTION FOR THE ARTS (PAZALAWOODWORK): $357,500 · OtherINTERSECTION FOR THE ARTS (PAZALAWOODWORK)MISSION EDGE (INDIGENIZED ENERGY INITIATIVE): $301,561 · OtherMISSION EDGE (INDIGENIZED ENERGY INITIATIVE)DANCERS GROUP (D'NAGA) GIRL PROJECT: $135,000 · OtherDANCERS GROUP (D'NAGA) GIRL PROJECTHSU SCHATZ ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER: $60,000 · Other+46 more: $218,789 · Other+46 moreIntersection for the Arts: $360,000 · Arts & CultureIntersection for the ArtsDANCERS GROUP: $155,000 · Arts & CultureDANCERS GROUPFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $77,325 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INC+7 more: $28,665 · Arts & CultureHUUKUIKO INC: $50,000 · ReligionTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationCAL POLY HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $3,500 · Education+2 more: $2,500 · EducationHuman Needs Project Inc: $13,000 · Human ServicesGIVEPOWER FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesVote Solar: $9,370 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER: $2,000 · EnvironmentMARIN CONSERVATION LEAGUE: $1,500 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $1,500 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENT AMERICA RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentChildren International: $8,170 · InternationalBUILDON INC: $6,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $2,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,650 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · International
Other$1,522,850Arts & Culture$620,990Religion$50,000Education$46,000Human Services$20,600Environment$20,370International$18,820

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 budgetIntersection for the Arts: $360,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetDANCERS GROUP: $155,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $77,325 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHUUKUIKO INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION: $20,105 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAL POLY HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Needs Project Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetVote Solar: $9,370 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAS YOU SOW: $9,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChildren International: $8,170 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEPOWER FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBUILDON INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSWEET RELIEF MUSICIANS FUND: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumanist Mutual Aid Network: $5,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInterMusic SF: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetForWords Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFriends of China Camp Inc: $3,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE: $2,360 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,796 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN CONSERVATION LEAGUE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENT AMERICA RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWEETWATER MUSIC HALL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNutritionfactsorg Inc: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $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 Intersection for the Arts ↗
  • Who funds DANCERS GROUP ↗
  • Who funds FRACTURED ATLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds HUUKUIKO INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAL POLY HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Human Needs Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds Vote Solar ↗
  • Who funds AS YOU SOW ↗
  • Who funds Children International ↗
  • Who funds GIVEPOWER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BUILDON INC ↗
  • Who funds SWEET RELIEF MUSICIANS FUND ↗
  • Who funds MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Humanist Mutual Aid Network ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds InterMusic SF ↗
  • Who funds ForWords Inc ↗
  • Who funds Friends of China Camp Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE ↗

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…Silicon Valley Commun…The San Francisco Fou…The William & Flora H…Jewish Community Fede…The Yelp FoundationNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Chicago Community…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…
Marin Community FoundationCA23.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Yelp Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Pazala Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pazala Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    9report 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.

    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 83 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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