Skip to content
Rappaport Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Rappaport Family 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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.0M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$3.6MCivil Rights$728kPhilanthropy$500kPublic Benefit$367kCrime & Legal$250kFood & Nutrition$100kEducation$61kEnvironment$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MINNESOTA STREET PROJECT FOUNDATION$1,000,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP: $50k → 11%FRIENDS OF MVYRadio: $20k → 8%HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $238k → 8%FREEDOM FOR IMMIGRANTS: $150k → 10%Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco: $300k → 10%FRANKLIN & ELEANOR ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $250k → 17%PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%PERLMAN HOUSE - ISLAND HOUSING: $6k → 8%SAN FRANCISCO DANCE FILM FESTIVAL INC: $50k → 10%PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%ISLAND HOUSING TRUST HANOVER HOUSE: $3k → 8%MINNESOTA STREET PROJECT FOUNDATION: $1.1M → 10%PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%FRIENDS OF MVYRADIO INC: $100k → 8%MINNESOTA STREET PROJECT FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 10%GENERATION PROGRESS: $45k → 14%ISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $100k → 8%Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco: $525k → 10%POWER SHIFT NETWORK: $50k → 14%FRIENDS OF MVYRADIO INC: $50k → 8%MINNESOTA STREET PROJECT FOUNDATION: $150k → 10%PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $50k → 10%ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING DBA MOVE SAN ANTONIO: $150k → 14%MINNESOTA STREET PROJECT FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%ENGAGE MIAMI CIVIC FUND: $67k → 14%CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $11k → 10%ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING DBA MOVE SAN ANTONIO: $50k → 14%TIDES FOUNDATION: $250k → 10%LEADERS IGINITING TRANSFORMATION EDUCATION FUND: $50k → 14%NEW VENTURE FUND: $250k → 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.
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.0M · 6 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
13

Total granted

$4.0M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+152%

Still filing today

83%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationCivil RightsPhilanthropyFood & NutritionPublic 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

  • MS
    MINNESOTA STREET PROJECT FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +542% · 76% of their budget
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF MVYRADIO INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $170k · revenue +16%
  • CC
    CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
    2× · 2020–2021 · $61k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue +127%
  • TA
    Texas Access to Justice Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue +764%
  • HC
    HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $238k · revenue +33%
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
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…

—
2
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

—
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
4
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…

—
5
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
6
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego

to advance regional contemporary art and artists while fostering cultural equity through access to meaningful art experiences

Arts & Culture
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
8
International Women's Forum Inc

The mission of the international women's forum is to advance women's leadership worldwide. iwf takes direct action to achieve our mission in three important ways. connect: our convenings provide networking and cutting-edge content…

Education
9
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

—
10
Advance Sf

Advance SF is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco through education, advocacy, and research. The…

Human Services
11
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
12
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Venture Fund; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Mvyradio Inc. 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

16 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. 16 of the 21 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
14/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MINNESOTA STREET PROJECT FOUNDATION: $2,315,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA STREET PROJECT FOUNDATIONINSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN FRANCISCO: $825,000 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN FRANCISCOHEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $237,500 · Arts & CultureHEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS+1 more: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTexas Access to Justice Foundation: $250,000 · OtherTexas Access …ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZING DBA MOVE SAN ANTONIO: $200,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOR …ENGAGE MIAMI INC: $67,000 · OtherENGAGE MIAMI …POWER SHIFT NETWORK: $50,000 · OtherPOWER SHIFT N…LEADERS IGINITING TRANSFORMATION EDUCATION FUND: $50,000 · OtherLEADERS IGINI…Individual grant recipient: $45,000 · OtherIndividual gr…+2 more: $8,677 · OtherPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $380,000 · Civil RightsPEOPLE FOR…Freedom for Immigrants: $150,000 · Civil RightsFreedom fo…TIDES FOUNDATION: $250,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF MVYRADIO INC: $170,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $250,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $60,960 · EducationNEW VENTURE FUND: $250,000 · EnvironmentISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $100,000 · Food & NutritionPoder in Action: $50,000 · Public Benefit
Arts & Culture$3,427,500Other$670,677Civil Rights$530,000Philanthropy$420,000Education$310,960Environment$250,000Food & Nutrition$100,000Public Benefit$50,000

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 budgetMINNESOTA STREET PROJECT FOUNDATION: $2,315,000 over 4y, 76% of budgetINSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN FRANCISCO: $825,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $380,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $237,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetFRIENDS OF MVYRADIO INC: $170,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetFreedom for Immigrants: $150,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetENGAGE MIAMI INC: $67,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $60,960 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDance Film SF Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 17% 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.

Jewish Community Fede…The San Francisco Fou…ImpactassetsincTides FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The San Francisco Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Rappaport Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rappaport Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Friends of Mvyradio Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 0% of 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 · 0–15%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Rappaport Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Rappaport Family 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 21 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Rappaport Family’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home