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Room to Breathe Project at a glance

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Room to Breathe Project

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$2.4MPhilanthropy$2.3MHealth$1.7MHuman Services$1.3MInternational$758kArts & Culture$601kYouth Development$459kHousing & Shelter$270kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $202k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $935k
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.7M
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$114M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLE$1,000,000
US FOUNDATION FOR QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF KINGSTON$732,000
ILLUMINATE THE ARTS$500,000
STANFORD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - GSB$250,000
SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL$250,000
SAN FRANCISCO EDUCATION FUND$235,480
INSEAD MANAGEMENT EDUCATION FOUNDATION$200,000
SAN FRANCISCO EDUCATION FUND$101,810
TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY$100,000
SCHWAB CHARITABLE$75,000
HEALTH CAREER CONNECTION$72,000
SENECA FAMILY OF AGENCIES$50,428
MISSION GRADUATES$50,000
THE PRIMARY SCHOOL - BRIDGE TO PRESCHOOL$50,000
HEALTH CAREER CONNECTION$28,800
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 (FY21–21, $62) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%STREET SOCCER USA: $62 → 17%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

IL
MI
NY
NV
CA
CO
VA
DC
HI
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 7% of Room to Breathe Project’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Room to Breathe Projectlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 14% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.7M · 13 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
28

Total granted

$5.7M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
-9%

Still filing today

92%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $874k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SF
    SENECA FAMILY OF AGENCIES
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +44%
  • UF
    US Foundation for Queen's University at Kingston
    2× · 2023–2024 · $757k · revenue +255%
  • TP
    TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $350k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • TN
    TENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2020 · $265k · revenue +0%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue -51%
  • CC
    CHINATOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
4
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
5
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
6
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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7
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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8
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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9
International Federation of Accountants

Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…

Education
10
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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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
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Francisco University High School; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

33 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. 33 of the 55 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
17/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SENECA FAMILY OF AGENCIES: $1,299,178 · OtherSENECA FAMILY OF AGENCIESUS Foundation for Queen's University at Kingston: $757,000 · OtherUS Foundation for Queen's University at Kingst…MISSION GRADUATES: $322,550 · OtherMISSION GRADUATESSTANFORD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - GSB: $250,000 · OtherSTANFORD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - GSBCHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL INC: $237,550 · OtherCHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL INCUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY: $200,000 · OtherCHINATOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER (CCDC): $200,000 · Other+29 more: $934,074 · Other+29 moreDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $2,075,000 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVI…TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $350,000 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POINT COMMUNITYTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NOR…+5 more: $72,912 · PhilanthropyPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $1,225,050 · Youth DevelopmentPEER HEALTH E…+1 more: $26,750 · Youth DevelopmentSan Francisco Education Fund: $637,769 · EducationSan Franci…SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $335,000 · EducationSAN FRANCI…ILLUMINATE THE ARTS: $500,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE INSEAD MANAGEMENT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $203,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $200,000 · International+2 more: $39 · InternationalTENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $265,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$4,200,352Philanthropy$2,647,912Youth Development$1,251,800Education$972,769Arts & Culture$600,000International$403,039Housing & Shelter$265,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $2,075,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSENECA FAMILY OF AGENCIES: $1,299,178 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $1,225,050 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetUS Foundation for Queen's University at Kingston: $757,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSan Francisco Education Fund: $637,769 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetILLUMINATE THE ARTS: $500,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $350,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $335,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMISSION GRADUATES: $322,550 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetTENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $265,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL INC: $237,550 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE INSEAD MANAGEMENT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $203,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH CAREER CONNECTION INC: $138,400 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PRIMARY SCHOOL LAB: $45,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO ELITE ACADEMY: $26,750 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $16,880 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA COCINA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWELLNESS TOGETHER: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $5,032 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $5,032 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAHOE FOOD HUB: $1,556 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC: $159 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTREET SOCCER USA INC: $62 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $38 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $38 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $21 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $18 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…The San Francisco Fou…Gs Donor Advised Phil…East Bay Community Fo…Salesforce FoundationJewish Community Fede…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Mimi and Peter Haas F…Quest FoundationCrankstart FoundationMcNabb FoundationThe Chicago Community…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA18.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · East Bay Community Foundation · Salesforce Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Mimi and Peter Haas Fund · Quest Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust

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 Room to Breathe Project funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Room to Breathe Project. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 55 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.

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