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Robert K & Barbara J Straus Family Foundation Inc

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.

$170k
Granted FY2024still arriving
59
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0174% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$140kFood & Nutrition$134kHealth$132kEducation$126kAnimals$93kHuman Services$93kCivil Rights$44kInternational$44kHousing & Shelter$30kOther$406k
02FY2024 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k55 grants · $117k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $53k
$2,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$20,000
SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$12,500
PARS EQUALITY CENTER$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
SANTA BARBARA ZOO$8,000
ROQUE VALLEY MANOR FOUNDATION$7,500
FINE ARTS MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO$5,000
WHALES OF GUERRERO$5,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$5,000
COLGATE UNIVERSITY$5,000
WORLD DREAM FOUNDATION$5,000
SURF HAPPENS FOUNDATION$5,000
SANTA BARBARA CARRIAGE & WESTERN MUSEUM$3,000
AMERICA FIRST LEGAL FOUNDATION$3,000
NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES$3,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $93k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%US FUND FOR THE GLOBAL FUND: $2k → 10%CHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 12%CHILD FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%CHILD FOUNDATION: $2k → 12%CHILD FOUNDATION: $2k → 12%CHILD FOUNDATION: $2k → 12%CHILD FOUNDATION: $2k → 12%SURF HAPPENS FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%ROQUE VALLEY MANOR FOUNDATION: $8k → 13%ROQUE VALLEY MANOR FOUNDATION: $4k → 13%ROQUE VALLEY MANOR FOUNDATION: $1k → 13%UNITY SHOPPE: $7k → 14%GIRLS WHO CODE INC: $1k → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE INC: $1k → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE INC: $500 → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE INC: $500 → 17%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $1k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $1k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF MARIN: $3k → 8%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF MARIN: $3k → 8%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF MARIN: $3k → 8%RITTER CENTER: $2k → 8%CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $10k → 17%CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $5k → 17%RITTER CENTER: $2k → 8%CHARITY WATER: $2k → 17%RITTER CENTER: $2k → 8%CHARITY WATER: $1k → 17%RITTER CENTER: $1k → 8%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF MARIN: $1k → 8%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $4k → 10%VIVALON: $1k → 8%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $3k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF MARIN: $1k → 8%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $2k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.1M · 98 repeat orgs$163k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +50% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

98 repeat relationships — 37 still active in FY2024, 61 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

98
49

Total granted

$1.1M
$92k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+14%

Still filing today

72%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k 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
HealthArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CS
    CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND
    7× · 2017–2023 · $128k · revenue +96%
  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $48k · revenue +87%
  • PE
    PARS EQUALITY CENTER
    4× · 2021–2024 · $44k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • US
    UNITY SHOPPE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue +49%
  • TF
    THE FAIRFAX COUNTY PARK FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +133%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
4
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
5
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
6
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
7
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
8
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
9
San Francisco Friends School

At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…

Education
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Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
11
The California Medical Innovations Institute Inc

The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance the understanding of human disease and the improvement of human health. The Institute fosters an innovative research environment…

Education
12
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Girls Who Code Inc and the most unlike its peers is Navy League of the United States National Headquarters. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyLocal History MuseumsImmigrant Worker SupportFood Banks and PantriesWomen & Girls Leadership De…Independent K-12 SchoolsEnvironmental Conservation …Affordable Housing Developm…Senior Support ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Community College Foundatio…Community Arts CentersCommunity FoundationsCancer Support ServicesHealth Access Advocacy and …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%1%<5yr15%4%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr17%29%20–35yr11%26%35–55yr13%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%2%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr17%18%20–35yr11%35%35–55yr13%31%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.8% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.8%1/129
the rest of the field
14%
26,002/186,849

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

126 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 126 of the 170 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
125/126
Grantees still filing
86/126
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART — $50,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF MODERN ARTSTRAUS FAMILY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $33,000 · OtherSTRAUS FAMILY HISTORICAL SOCIETYIndividual grant recipient — $29,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPARS EQUALITY CENTER — $44,000 · OtherPARS EQUALITY CENTERWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $18,000 · Other+92 more — $349,000 · Other+92 moreCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS — $40,000 · Arts & CultureCORPORATION …SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART — $31,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISC…THE EXPLORATORIUM — $25,500 · Arts & CultureTHE EXPLORAT…SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM — $12,500 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBAR…From The Heart Productions — $10,000 · Arts & CultureFrom The Hea…+12 more — $21,450 · Arts & Culture+12 moreCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND — $127,500 · Food & NutritionCHRONICLE SE…+3 more — $6,500 · Food & NutritionCouncil on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse — $29,000 · HealthCouncil on A…Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation — $28,500 · HealthSanta Barbar…Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital — $25,550 · HealthSanta Barbar…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $9,110 · HealthALZHEIMER'S …WORLDBEING INC — $8,000 · HealthWORLDBEING I…MARIN COMMUNITY CLINIC — $8,000 · HealthMARIN COMMUN…+11 more — $23,500 · Health+11 moreCOLGATE UNIVERSITY — $35,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNI…10000 DEGREES — $22,000 · Education10000 DEGRE…Bowdoin College — $16,000 · EducationBowdoin Col…PREP FOR PREP — $15,500 · EducationPREP FOR PR…MARIN ACADEMY — $8,000 · EducationMARIN ACADE…SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE — $7,500 · EducationSARAH LAWRE…New York University — $6,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $5,000 · Education+9 more — $10,500 · Education+9 moreSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $48,450 · AnimalsFRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC — $20,000 · AnimalsPANTHERA CORPORATION — $7,000 · AnimalsGIRAFFE PROJECT INC — $7,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $6,000 · AnimalsWHALES OF GUERRERO — $5,000 · AnimalsCHARITY GLOBAL INC — $18,200 · Human ServicesChild Foundation — $17,140 · Human ServicesROGUE VALLEY MANOR FOUNDATION INC — $12,500 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MARIN COUNTY — $9,500 · Human ServicesRAPHAEL HOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC — $8,000 · Human ServicesRITTER CENTER — $7,000 · Human ServicesUNITY SHOPPE INC — $6,500 · Human ServicesSURF HAPPENS FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Human Services+4 more — $9,000 · Human Services
Other$523,000Arts & Culture$140,450Food & Nutrition$134,000Health$131,660Education$125,500Animals$93,450Human Services$92,840

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND — $127,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $48,450 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPARS EQUALITY CENTER — $44,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS — $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY — $35,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART — $31,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse — $29,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation — $28,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital — $25,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EXPLORATORIUM — $25,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budget10000 DEGREES — $22,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC — $18,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $18,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChild Foundation — $17,140 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBowdoin College — $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPREP FOR PREP — $15,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHomeward Bound of Marin — $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHAMILTON FAMILIES — $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH — $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK — $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM — $12,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetROGUE VALLEY MANOR FOUNDATION INC — $12,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GANGAJI FOUNDATION — $11,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFrom The Heart Productions — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MARIN COUNTY — $9,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $9,110 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY — $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLDBEING INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMARIN COMMUNITY CLINIC — $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN ACADEMY — $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE — $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRITTER CENTER — $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPANTHERA CORPORATION — $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGIRAFFE PROJECT INC — $7,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCANAL ALLIANCE — $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITY SHOPPE INC — $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York University — $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC — $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $6,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetONE805 INC — $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $5,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetADOPT A FAMILY OF MARIN — $5,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWHALES OF GUERRERO — $5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTHE FAIRFAX COUNTY PARK FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSURF HAPPENS FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARS EQUALITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS ↗
  • Who funds COLGATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ↗
  • Who funds Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse ↗
  • Who funds Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital ↗
  • Who funds THE EXPLORATORIUM ↗
  • Who funds 10000 DEGREES ↗
  • Who funds FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARITY GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Child Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Bowdoin College ↗
  • Who funds PREP FOR PREP ↗
  • Who funds Homeward Bound of Marin ↗
  • Who funds HAMILTON FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds SUMMER SEARCH ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ROGUE VALLEY MANOR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GANGAJI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds From The Heart Productions ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MARIN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds WORLDBEING INC ↗
  • Who funds MARIN COMMUNITY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds MARIN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds RAPHAEL HOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC ↗
  • Who funds SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Marin Community Found…Leonard & Beryl Buck …Hobsonlucas Family Fo…Jewish Community Fede…Ann Jackson Family Fo…Santa Barbara Foundat…Hutton Foundation Dba…Alice Tweed Tuohy Fou…Mosher FoundationUnited Way of the Bay…Heffernan Group Found…California Community …
Marin Community FoundationCA34.6× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · Mosher Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · Heffernan Group Foundation · California Community Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Robert K & Barbara J Straus Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Maslow Project — 22% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank — 21% of income from government
  • Rogue Retreat — 12% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Robert K & Barbara J Straus Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Robert K & Barbara J Straus Family Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 170 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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