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Roger J & Madeleine Traynor Foundation at a glance

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Roger J & Madeleine Traynor 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.

$108k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$18k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$338kAnimals$87kFood & Nutrition$74kArts & Culture$59kEnvironment$38kPhilanthropy$15kScience & Tech$11kEmployment$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $100k
$18,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Albany Schoolcare$18,000
Sylvestor Manor Educational Farm$18,000
Marin Symphony$18,000
University of California Santa Barb$18,000
San Diego Humane Society$18,000
Harvard University$10,000
International Fund Animal Welfare$8,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COALITION ON HOMLESSNESS: $5k → 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

NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
SC
DC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Roger J & Madeleine Traynor Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 13% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 18%.

Roger J & Madeleine Traynor Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$452k · 22 repeat orgs$165k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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23

Total granted

$452k
$147k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+47%

Still filing today

77%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentFood & 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

  • SM
    SYLVESTER MANOR EDUCATIONAL FARM INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $74k · revenue +46%
  • MS
    MARIN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2022–2025 · $28k · revenue +1%
  • INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $25k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +167%
  • SD
    SAN DIEGO STATECAMPANILE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • SD
    San Diego State University
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
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
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
2
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
3
Pitzer College

Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

Education
4
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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5
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
6
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

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7
Harvey Mudd College

HMC seeks to educate engineers, scientists, and mathematicians well versed in all of these areas and in the humanities, social sciences and the arts so that they may assume leadership in their fields with a clear understanding of the…

Education
8
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
9
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
10
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
11
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
12
California Ocean Science Trust

California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Nontraditional Employment for Women. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

30 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. 30 of the 48 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Albany Schoolcare: $63,000 · OtherAlbany SchoolcareFRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherFRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSAN DIEGO STATECAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO STATECAMPANILE FOUNDATIONIFAW - INT'L FUND ANIMAL WELFARE: $19,000 · OtherIFAW - INT'L FUND ANIMAL WELFAREUniversity of California Santa Barb: $18,000 · OtherUniversity of California Santa BarbSan Diego State University: $15,468 · OtherSan Diego State UniversityLAND STUDIO: $13,000 · OtherHIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL: $10,500 · OtherPRINCETON (TRAYNOR RESEARCH FUND): $10,000 · OtherPAAAF INC: $10,000 · OtherCODEX FOUNDATION - EXTRACTION ART PROJECT: $10,000 · OtherNONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN: $9,300 · Other+15 more: $30,150 · Other+15 moreCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $32,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERS…BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $32,000 · EducationBAKERSFIELD COLLEGE FOUN…BAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $26,500 · EducationBAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDU…UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDAT…THE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $10,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of…SYLVESTER MANOR EDUCATIONAL FARM INC: $74,404 · Food & NutritionSYLVESTER MAN…SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $33,468 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO …INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $25,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIO…THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $2,500 · Animals+1 more: $500 · AnimalsMARIN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $28,000 · Arts & CultureMARIN SYMP…MONTEREY COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOC INC: $13,000 · Arts & CultureMONTEREY C…FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM INC: $9,700 · Arts & CultureFLORENCE G…Heyday: $5,250 · Arts & CultureHeydayThe Aurora Theatre Company: $2,500 · Arts & CultureEARTHJUSTICE: $19,500 · EnvironmentEnvironmental Law Institute: $14,600 · EnvironmentSustainable Conservation: $3,500 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY: $15,468 · PhilanthropyBerkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund: $6,500 · Philanthropy
Other$248,418Education$140,500Food & Nutrition$74,404Animals$61,468Arts & Culture$58,450Environment$37,600Philanthropy$21,968

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 budgetSYLVESTER MANOR EDUCATIONAL FARM INC: $74,404 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $33,468 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBAKERSFIELD COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMARIN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $28,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $26,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $19,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY: $15,468 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEnvironmental Law Institute: $14,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTEREY COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOC INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM INC: $9,700 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN: $9,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLake Tahoe Wildlife Care Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBerkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund: $6,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHeyday: $5,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSustainable Conservation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Aurora Theatre Company: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLYME ART ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES: $250 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.

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.

The San Francisco Fou…Marin Community Found…California Community …Silicon Valley Commun…The California Endowm…The William & Flora H…East Bay Community Fo…National Philanthropi…The Ford FoundationThe Robert Wood Johns…Ibm International Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…
The San Francisco FoundationCA21.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The California Endowment · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ford Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Roger J & Madeleine Traynor Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roger J & Madeleine Traynor Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Florence Griswold Museum Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Lyme Art Association Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 48 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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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