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Perkins Hunter 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
73
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$1.8MPhilanthropy$767kEducation$708kYouth Development$455kHealth$421kHuman Services$260kPublic Benefit$239kEnvironment$193kOther$0
02FY2025 · 73 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k33 grants · $108k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $722k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $375k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$7.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOO$125,000
TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY$125,000
LA LUZ BILINGUAL CENTER$65,000
SAN FRANCISCO EDUCATIONAL FUND$60,000
TECHNOSERVE$40,000
POPULATION MEDIA CENTER$35,000
KQED NORTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIO$35,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA-BAY AREA$35,000
SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL$30,000
BELIEVE IN SF ACTION$30,000
BATTERY FOUNDATION$30,000
GREENLIGHT FUND$25,000
TURNOUT ACTIVISM$25,000
TIDES FOUNDATION$25,000
MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA$25,000
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 (FY19–25, $234k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CITY YOUTH NOW: $3k → 10%RESPOND NOW: $15k → 14%RESPOND NOW: $10k → 14%LA LUZ BILINGUAL CENTER: $65k → 9%FOSTER AMERICA: $10k → 16%FOSTER AMERICA: $10k → 16%LA LUZ BILINGUAL CENTER: $20k → 9%SAN FRANCISCO VILLAGE: $1k → 10%REMAKE: $75k → 10%REMAKE: $25k → 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

VT
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
MO
VA
MD
AR
NC
DC
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 39 repeat orgs$960k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 52 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
30

Total granted

$4.1M
$482k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+11%

Still filing today

74%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $478k 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 & CultureCivil RightsEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • FF
    Freedom FWD-DBA Freedom Forward
    4× · 2019–2023 · $375k · revenue +827%
  • C
    CAREMESSAGE
    6× · 2018–2025 · $145k · revenue +112%
  • SF
    San Francisco Education Fund
    2× · 2023–2025 · $110k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • DR
    DRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -2%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUN
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • SC
    SONOMA COUNTY VINTNERS
    one grant, 2018 · $35k · revenue -56%
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
SFMade Inc

Our mission is to help manufacturers thrive, innovate, and create good jobs, for a more diverse and sustainable Bay Area.

Community Improvement
3
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
4
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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5
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
6
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
7
Transformca dba Transform

Transform works to ensure that people of all incomes thrive in a world safe from climate chaos.

Community Improvement
8
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
9
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

—
10
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
11
Upturn Inc

Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology.

—
12
Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) connects people, ideas and resources to ensure equity and opportunity for all.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Francisco Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Asha Rising. 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

89 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 89 of the 126 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/89
Grantees still filing
41/89
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $1,710,000 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POINT COMMUNITYTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $400,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATIONTHE BATTERY FOUNDATION: $95,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $175,000 · Philanthropy+4 moreSAN FRANCISCO EDUCATIONAL FUND: $105,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO EDUCATIONAL FUN…YOUTH WELLNESS CENTER: $70,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO GIANTS COMMUNITY FUND: $55,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $55,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUN: $50,000 · OtherTECHNOSERVE INC: $50,000 · OtherSONOMA VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $50,000 · Other+74 more: $945,830 · Other+74 moreSAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $190,000 · EducationSAN FRANCISCO U…CAREMESSAGE: $145,000 · EducationCAREMESSAGESan Francisco Education Fund: $110,100 · EducationSan Francisco E…POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC: $90,000 · EducationPOPULATION MEDI…Teach for America Inc: $87,650 · EducationTeach for Ameri…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF C…+7 more: $110,000 · Education+7 moreFreedom FWD-DBA Freedom Forward: $375,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $10,000 · Crime & LegalRemake: $100,000 · Human ServicesLA LUZ CENTER: $85,000 · Human ServicesRESPOND NOW: $25,000 · Human ServicesChild Welfare Innovation Inc: $20,000 · Human Services+2 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesGREENBELT ALLIANCEPEOPLE FOR OPEN SPACE: $90,000 · EnvironmentACCOUNTABILITY COUNSEL: $25,000 · EnvironmentGREENLIGHT AMERICA: $20,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND: $15,000 · EnvironmentFeel Good Action: $15,000 · EnvironmentCalifornia Interfaith Power & Light: $8,000 · EnvironmentTen Strands: $7,000 · Environment+1 more: $5,000 · EnvironmentVOTEORG: $80,000 · Civil RightsTURNOUT ACTIVISM INC: $35,000 · Civil RightsTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $25,000 · Civil RightsACCELERATE CHANGE INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsAll Americans Vote: $7,000 · Civil Rights+3 more: $12,500 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$2,380,000Other$1,431,330Education$777,750Crime & Legal$385,000Human Services$233,500Environment$185,000Civil Rights$169,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $1,710,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFreedom FWD-DBA Freedom Forward: $375,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $190,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCAREMESSAGE: $145,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetSan Francisco Education Fund: $110,100 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetRemake: $100,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetTHE BATTERY FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetPOPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC: $90,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGREENBELT ALLIANCEPEOPLE FOR OPEN SPACE: $90,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $87,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLA LUZ CENTER: $85,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetVOTEORG: $80,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTECHNOSERVE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSONOMA VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURNOUT ACTIVISM INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVOTO LATINO INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY VINTNERS: $35,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $33,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBay Education Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetACCOUNTABILITY COUNSEL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRESPOND NOW: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREENLIGHT AMERICA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAFE & SOUND: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetENGENDERHEALTH INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Thacher School Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChild Welfare Innovation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSonoma Valley Authors Festival: $17,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL VOTER PROJECT INC: $17,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmerica Votes: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTCOAST CHILDREN'S CLINIC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BASIC FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSchools That Can: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHAMILTON FAMILIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Parent Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetIDEOORG: $10,000 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.

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 San Francisco Fou…Marin Community Found…Jewish Community Fede…Silicon Valley Commun…The Chicago Community…McNabb FoundationImpactassetsincGs Donor Advised Phil…Tides FoundationSonoma County Communi…Swig FoundationGordon E and Betty I …
The San Francisco FoundationCA51.8× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · McNabb Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Tides Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · Swig Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore 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 Perkins Hunter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Perkins Hunter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 126 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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