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Rankin Family 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.

$144k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$43k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$106kReligion$100kPhilanthropy$77kInternational$47kHealth$36kEnvironment$31kRecreation & Sports$23kAnimals$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $112k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TGR FOUNDATION$42,500
THE ROCK CHURCH$30,000
MONTE VISTA ACADEMIC BOOSTERS$28,216
TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$11,000
PATH INTERNATIONAL$5,000
UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
WORLD VISION$3,780
GREAT PLAINS FOUNDATION$3,000
EAST BAY SPCA$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
MOVEMBER FOUNDATION$2,000
SOCIAL GOOD FUND$2,000
THE SCHOOL FUND$1,150
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE SCHOOL FUND: $1k → 8%THE ROCK CHURCH: $40k → 9%TGR FOUNDATION: $43k → 10%UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $11k → 11%MONTE VISTA WOMEN'S TENNIS: $5k → 11%YOUTH ON COURSE: $5k → 12%GREAT PLAINS FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%THE ROCK FOUNDATION: $40k → 15%PATH INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 10%RENO-TAHOE OPEN FOUNDATION: $13k → 10%SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $2k → 8%THE ROCK CHURCH: $30k → 9%UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%MONTE VISTA HIGH SCHOOL: $3k → 11%GREAT PLAINS FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%THE ROCK FOUNDATION: $20k → 15%PATH INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 10%SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $2k → 8%THE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%GREAT PLAINS FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%PATH INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 10%SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $2k → 8%THE ROCK CHURCH: $30k → 9%UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%GREAT PLAINS FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%PATH INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 10%THE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%UCSF BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%MONTE VISTA ACADEMIC BOOSTERS: $28k → 9%EAST BAY SPCA: $3k → 10%MONTE VISTA ACADEMIC BOOSTERS: $14k → 9%EAST BAY SPCA: $3k → 10%MONTE VISTA CHOIR: $5k → 9%EAST BAY SPCA: $3k → 10%MONTE VISTA WOMEN'S TENNIS: $5k → 9%EAST BAY SPCA: $3k → 10%LOS CERROS MIDDLE SCHOOL: $3k → 9%LOS CERROS MIDDLE SCHOOL: $3k → 9%SOCIAL GOOD FUND: $2k → 9%MONTE VISTA ACADEMIC BOOSTERS: $2k → 9%SOCIAL GOOD FUND: $2k → 9%LOS CERROS MIDDLE SCHOOL: $2k → 9%SOCIAL GOOD FUND: $2k → 9%MONTE VISTA ACADEMIC BOOSTERS: $2k → 9%MEALS ON WHEELS OF CONTRA COSTA INC: $2k → 9%MEALS ON WHEELS OF CONTRA COSTA INC: $2k → 9%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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$346k · 14 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
3

Total granted

$346k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+98%

Still filing today

57%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthAnimalsFood & NutritionEducationPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • TR
    THE ROCK FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $60k · revenue ×18
  • MV
    Monte Vista Academic Boosters
    4× · 2022–2025 · $46k · revenue +7%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN
    5× · 2021–2025 · $25k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • RO
    RENO-TAHOE OPEN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $13k · revenue 0%
  • NF
    NCGA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +98%
  • MV
    MONTE VISTA HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
2
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
3
Sacramento Region Community Foundation

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation leads, serves, and inspires enduring philanthropy for a just and vibrant Sacramento region.

Philanthropy
4
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
5
University of California San Francisco Foundation

Organization's mission ====================== the university of california, san francisco(ucsf) is among the world's leading universities dedicated to advancing health worldwide through biomedical research, graduate-level education in the…

Education
6
The Scga Foundation

The mission of the scga junior golf foundation is to develop an inclusive golf community that enables kids to thrive on and beyond the course. we believe that every kid in southern california, no matter their circumstance, should have the…

Recreation & Sports
7
California Wildlife Foundation

The foundation works with diverse groups representing many interests to acquire and restore critical wildlife habitat and protecting species

Animals
8
Global Greengrants Fund

Global greengrants fund seeds grassroots environmental action and social justice through small grants. we support change from the ground up by channeling donations to local projects and grassroots campaigns for environmental justice around…

Environment
9
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
10
The California Endowment
Philanthropy
11
Marin Community Foundation

Mobilizing the power of community and the resources of philanthropy to advance equity for people, places and the planet.

Philanthropy
12
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tiger Woods Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Rock Foundation. 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

15 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. 15 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
6/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ROCK CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherTHE ROCK CHURCHPATH INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 · OtherPATH INTERNATIONALIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMONTE VISTA WOMEN'S TENNIS: $10,000 · OtherMONTE VISTA WOMEN'S TENNISLOS CERROS MIDDLE SCHOOL: $8,560 · Other+4 more: $18,125 · Other+4 moreMonte Vista Academic Boosters: $45,864 · EducationMonte Vista Academic Bo…TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $42,500 · EducationTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION …SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $6,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INCTHE ROCK FOUNDATION: $60,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ROCK FOUNDATI…TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $11,000 · PhilanthropyTAHOE TRUCKEE COM…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN: $25,000 · HealthMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $6,000 · HealthGREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $16,000 · AnimalsEAST BAY SPCA: $13,000 · AnimalsWORLD VISION INC: $17,120 · InternationalSCHOOL FUND: $1,150 · InternationalRENO-TAHOE OPEN FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Recreation & SportsSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $6,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS CONTRA COSTA INC: $5,400 · Food & Nutrition
Other$181,685Education$94,364Philanthropy$71,000Health$31,000Animals$29,000International$18,270Recreation & Sports$12,500Food & Nutrition$11,400

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 budgetTHE ROCK FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMonte Vista Academic Boosters: $45,864 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $42,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $17,120 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEAST BAY SPCA: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRENO-TAHOE OPEN FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS CONTRA COSTA INC: $5,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNCGA FOUNDATION: $5,000 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 THE ROCK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Monte Vista Academic Boosters ↗
  • Who funds TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EAST BAY SPCA ↗
  • Who funds RENO-TAHOE OPEN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds MOVEMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS CONTRA COSTA INC ↗
  • Who funds NCGA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL FUND ↗

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.

Shell USA Company Fou…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Shell USA Company FoundationTX11.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Rankin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rankin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%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
    2get 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 · 0–15%
    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.

    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 23 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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