· Private foundation
Ronald Philip Saturno 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| PROJECT OPEN HAND | $2,000 |
| ST VINCENT DE PAUL | $2,000 |
| KQED | $2,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE FOUNTAIN | $1,000 |
| ALAMEDA CO COMM FOOD BANK | $1,000 |
| AMIGOS DE LAS AMERICANS | $1,000 |
| NATL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRES | $1,000 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FD | $1,000 |
| MONO LAKE COMMITTEE | $1,000 |
| THE TM CENTER MFUSA | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- POProject Open Hand9× · 2017–2025 · $15k · revenue +139%
- BHBERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ4× · 2019–2023 · $9k · revenue +18%
- HRHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC4× · 2022–2025 · $7k · revenue +29%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $3k
- SFSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCEone grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
- 1C1ST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIone grant, 2024 · $2k
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.
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.
The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
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.
As california state parks' statutory non-profit partner, we have a clear mission - to help strengthen parks and inspire all people to experience these extraordinary places.
Our mission is to advance and protect the rights, dignity, and health of people living with hiv/aids in the bay area. continued on schedule owe accomplish this through direct legal representation by one of our staff attorneys, by careful…
The sequoia parks conservancy funds and enables projects and programs that protect, preserve, and provide access to the natural and cultural resources of sequoia and kings canyon national parks.
A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…
To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.
The Center works to create a region where all LGBTQ+ people thrive; we support health and wellness,advocate for equity and justice, and work to uplift our diverse and culturally rich LGBTQ+ community.
The Berkeley Public Library Foundation (BPLF) amplifies the public investment to make a great public library extraordinary. To that end, we provide vital funds and ongoing advocacy to advance the Library's mission, vision, and strategic…
Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 36 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 KQED INC ↗
- Who funds Project Open Hand ↗
- Who funds BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ↗
- Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC ↗
- Who funds Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Inc ↗
- Who funds Berkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund ↗
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds COASTSIDE STATE PARKS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds YOSEMITE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC ↗
- Who funds GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC ↗
- Who funds UNDERDOG ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
- Who funds THE MONO LAKE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE ISABEL ALLENDE FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ronald Philip Saturno Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ronald Philip Saturno Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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