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Richard Grand Foundation at a glance

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Richard Grand Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$32k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$32k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Education$5.1MEnvironment$943kArts & Culture$742kAnimals$735kFood & Nutrition$560kHealth$360kPublic Benefit$320kScience & Tech$150kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$31,700
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUDUBON SOCIETY TUCSON$31,700
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 (FY17–20, $203k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MARIN LINK: $3k → 8%MAITRI: $10k → 10%MAITRI: $10k → 10%MAITRI: $10k → 10%MAITRI: $10k → 10%HOSPICE BY THE BAY: $50k → 10%HOSPICE BY THE BAY: $50k → 10%HOSPICE BY THE BAY: $30k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 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

AK
ID
WI
NY
MA
CA
AZ
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.8M · 52 repeat orgs$917k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

52 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 51 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
19

Total granted

$8.8M
$917k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+16%

Still filing today

54%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • B
    Baykeeper
    4× · 2017–2020 · $272k · revenue +151%
  • SF
    SEMPERVIRENS FUND
    4× · 2017–2020 · $166k · revenue +180%
  • ST
    SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $145k · revenue +267%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $263k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $101k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
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 Estuary Institute

Provide scientific support and tools for decision making and communication through collaborative efforts.

Environment
2
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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3
Sonoma Botanical Garden
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4
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
5
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
6
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,…

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7
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
8
California Institute for Biodiversity

Create and publish educational materials, conduct professional development, promote awareness, and sponsor research on the spectacular biological diversity of the State of CA.

Education
9
Transportation Alternatives for Marin
Public Benefit
10
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
11
Environmental Defense Center

The organization protects and enhances the local environment through education, advocacy and legal action.

Crime & Legal
12
Sonoma Mountain Institute
Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is By the Bay Health; the most unlike its peers is Woman Kraft. 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

36 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. 36 of the 72 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
26/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UA FDTNLAW SCHOOL: $4,952,641 · OtherUA FDTNLAW SCHOOLAUDUBON SOCIETYTUCSON: $392,684 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $262,752 · Other+43 more: $2,212,628 · Other+43 moreBaykeeper: $271,951 · EnvironmentBaykeeperSEMPERVIRENS FUND: $165,895 · EnvironmentSEMPERVIR…SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $145,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE …Save The Bay: $100,000 · EnvironmentSave The …EARTHJUSTICE: $100,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUST…+2 more: $25,000 · EnvironmentWOMAN KRAFT: $180,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INC: $130,000 · Arts & CultureBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $50,000 · Arts & CultureARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM: $38,500 · Arts & CultureSmuin Ballet: $28,500 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCommunity Food Bank Inc: $130,000 · Food & NutritionProject Open Hand: $110,000 · Food & NutritionBY THE BAY HEALTH: $130,000 · Human ServicesMAITRI: $40,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesLarkin Street Youth Services: $30,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $190,000 · EducationPOINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY: $135,000 · AnimalsMUTTVILLE: $50,000 · Animals
Other$7,820,705Environment$807,846Arts & Culture$477,000Food & Nutrition$240,000Human Services$232,500Education$190,000Animals$185,000

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 budgetBaykeeper: $271,951 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $190,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPERVIRENS FUND: $165,895 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $145,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPOINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY: $135,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetKQED INC: $130,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $130,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBY THE BAY HEALTH: $130,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetProject Open Hand: $110,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR SCIENCE AND LAW: $100,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetSave The Bay: $100,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHANTI PROJECT: $85,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MONO LAKE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetFOOD RUNNERS: $75,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetPoint Lobos Foundation: $75,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Arizona AIDS Foundation: $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMUTTVILLE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAITRI: $40,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM: $38,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSmuin Ballet: $28,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRAWDANCE: $15,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTUCSON YOUTH MUSIC CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetMARIN LINK INC: $2,500 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.

  • Who funds Baykeeper ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WOMAN KRAFT ↗
  • Who funds SEMPERVIRENS FUND ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds POINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds BY THE BAY HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds Project Open Hand ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND LAW ↗
  • Who funds Save The Bay ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds SHANTI PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds THE MONO LAKE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOOD RUNNERS ↗
  • Who funds Point Lobos Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MUTTVILLE ↗
  • Who funds BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds MAITRI ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM ↗

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…McNabb FoundationMarin Community Found…Silicon Valley Commun…The William G Gilmore…Hobsonlucas Family Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Yelp FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Shell USA Company Fou…Impactassetsinc
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA20.8× affinity8 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 · McNabb Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The William G Gilmore Foundation · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Yelp Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Impactassetsinc

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 Richard Grand Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard Grand 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 72 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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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