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Que-Lue Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Que-Lue 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.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$25kArts & Culture$23kHuman Services$20kPhilanthropy$15kFood & Nutrition$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kInternational$7kEnvironment$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Santa Clara University$10,000
World Central Kitchen$10,000
Silicon Valley Allied for the Common Good$10,000
The Nature Conservancy$5,000
Mercury News Wish Book Foundation$5,000
Second Harvest Food Bank$5,000
KQED$5,000
Future Church$5,000
UC Berkeley Foundation$4,000
Diocese of San Jose$3,000
The Sisters Of The Holy Names$3,000
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley$2,000
Jesuits West$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Sacred Heart Community Service$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 (FY23–25, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Silicon Valley Sponsoring Committee: $15k → 8%Silicon Valley Allied for the Common Good: $10k → 8%Silicon Valley Sponsoring Committee: $5k → 8%Sacred Heart Community Service: $1k → 8%Sunnyvale Community Services: $1k → 8%Sunnyvale Community Services: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
VA
NM
DC
HI
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$158k · 14 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
13

Total granted

$158k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+7%

Still filing today

57%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionHuman ServicesEducationInternationalArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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

  • KI
    KQED INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $17k · revenue +17%
  • PO
    PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE
    2× · 2023–2025 · $11k · revenue +17%
  • F
    FUTURECHURCH
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • SS
    St Simon Church
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • MN
    Mercury News Wish Book
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • MS
    MULTIFAITH STORYTELLING INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
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
3
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California

The american civil liberties union of northern california (aclu nc union) defends and advances the principles of freedom, equality and justice contained in the united states constitution. aclu nc union, a california mutual benefit…

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4
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
5
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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6
Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits

To advance the role, voice, and capacity of the nonprofit community so it can be a force for positive social change and support the creation of equitable, vibrant, and thriving communities.

Education
7
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
8
Silicon Valley Defense Working Group Co

Silicon Valley Defense Group convenes experts in technology, investment, and government for discussions on how to better collaborate between the various groups. The comments and topics are then published on our website to help educate and…

Education
9
Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of California

The unitarian universalist legislative ministry, ca is a statewide justice ministry that cultivates and connects leaders and communites to empower the public voice of those who share uu values and principles

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10
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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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
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Vision Inc; the most unlike its peers is Berkeley Repertory Theatre. 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

22 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. 22 of the 38 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
10/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Second Harvest Food Bank: $16,500 · OtherSecond Harvest Food BankMercury News Wish Book Foundation: $13,000 · OtherMercury News Wish Book FoundationUC Berkeley Foundation: $12,000 · OtherUC Berkeley FoundationTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $11,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYHOLY FAMILY: $10,000 · OtherHOLY FAMILYIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNotre Dame San Jose: $6,000 · OtherNotre Dame San JoseSt Simon Church: $5,000 · Other+13 more: $20,573 · Other+13 moreSilicon Valley Allied for the Common Good: $30,000 · Human ServicesSilicon Valley Al…SUNNYVALE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2,000 · Human ServicesSUNNYVALE COMMUNI…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL K…WORLD VISION INC: $5,639 · InternationalWORLD VISION IN…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,000 · InternationalKQED INC: $17,101 · Arts & CultureKQED INCBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $1,120 · Arts & CultureBERKELEY …FUTURECHURCH: $10,000 · ReligionASSOCIATION OF US CATHOLIC PRIESTS: $1,500 · ReligionDiscerning Deacons: $1,000 · ReligionVOICE OF THE FAITHFUL INC: $500 · ReligionPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $11,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $70 · EducationSERVANT PARTNERS INC: $2,000 · Public Benefit
Other$102,073Human Services$33,000International$27,639Arts & Culture$18,221Religion$13,000Education$12,070Public Benefit$2,000

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 budgetSilicon Valley Allied for the Common Good: $30,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $17,101 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFUTURECHURCH: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $5,639 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBay Area Organizing Committee: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSERVANT PARTNERS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUNNYVALE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLaw Foundation of Silicon Valley: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION OF US CATHOLIC PRIESTS: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $1,120 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOICE OF THE FAITHFUL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA15.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Que-Lue Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Que-Lue Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Que-Lue Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Que-Lue Charitable Foundation 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 38 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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