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Rotary Club of SC Sunrise Foundation

The primary mission of the Rotary Club of SC Sunrise Foundation is to provide funds for community non-profit organizations and youth programs in Santa Cruz County (California).

$268k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$75k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$308kFood & Nutrition$198kYouth Development$172kHuman Services$151kInternational$73kPhilanthropy$56kEducation$36kArts & Culture$34kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $169,600, the rows itemized in this filing. The $267,930 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $98,330 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $87k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$263k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
County Park Friends$75,000
Boys & Girls Club Santa Cruz$25,000
Skills of Life Cafe$25,000
Teen Kitchen Project$25,000
Veterans Surf Alliance$12,000
Rotary District 5170$7,600
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 (FY23–23, $151k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%Monarch Services: $151k → 13%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.
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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$528k · 7 repeat orgs$464k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +87% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
11

Total granted

$528k
$352k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+87%
+3%

Still filing today

71%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $112k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationEnvironmentEmploymentOther
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

  • TK
    TEEN KITCHEN PROJECT
    4× · 2018–2025 · $143k · revenue +737%
  • FI
    FoodWhat Incorporated
    2× · 2023–2024 · $35k · revenue +148%
  • GI
    GIRLS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $22k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • MONARCH SERVICES-SERVICIOS MONARCAgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $151k · revenue +27%
  • SC
    Santa Cruz Childrens Museum of Discovery
    one grant, 2022 · $34k · revenue 0%
  • JH
    JACOBS HEART CHILDRENS CANCER SUPPORT SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +193%
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
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

—
2
Santa Cruz Community Farmers Market

To serve our community by providing direct access to sustainable sources of fresh produce and other unique foods, and provide education about food issues, both local and beyond.

—
3
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
4
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc

CASA recruits, trains, and supports community volunteers who advocate for chidren and youth throughout their journey in foster care.

Crime & Legal
5
Casa of San Mateo County

The Organization recruits, trains and supports adult community volunteers who are assigned to advocate for youth, ages 0 through 21, who are in the child welfare or juvenile justice system. These volunteers are often the only consistent…

Crime & Legal
6
Big Brothersbig Sisters Agency of Santa Cruz County Inc

Create and support mentoring matches that ignite the power and promise of youth.

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7
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

The mission of San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is to transform San Francisco's streets and neighborhoods into more livable and safe places by promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation.

Environment
8
City Surf Project

To ensure equitable access to the coastline and improve the health and well-being of Bay Area youth, through surf instruction. We use surfing as a vehicle to foster respect for nature, healthy living, personal growth, diversity, equity and…

Recreation & Sports
9
Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence & character, who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
10
Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast

To inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold and to respect themselves and the world around them.Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast offers a constellation of programs that deliver innovative, multi-faceted activities designed to…

Youth Development
11
Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks

Friends of santa cruz state parks is a vital partner to california state parks, creatively working to ensure parks and beaches throughout santa cruz county and coastal san mateo county are thriving and available to all.

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12
Ventures

Creating compassionate and equitable local economies that contribute to the well-being of our communities.Ventures partners with rural, working-class families in Californias Central Coast to ensure a shared and equitable economic future…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County; the most unlike its peers is Veteran Surf Alliance. 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

19 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. 19 of the 23 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEEN KITCHEN PROJECT: $142,842 · Youth DevelopmentTEEN KITCHEN PROJECTBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA CRUZ …FoodWhat Incorporated: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentFoodWhat IncorporatedDIGITAL NEST INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentDIGITAL NEST INCMOUNTAINS 2 SEA: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentMOUNTAINS 2 SEAGIRLS INC: $22,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCLeos Haven SC Playground: $196,120 · OtherLeos Haven SC PlaygroundFRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PARKS: $75,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PARKSCity of Santa Cruz: $25,000 · OtherCity of Santa CruzPROJECT BIKE TECH: $25,000 · OtherPROJECT BIKE TECHSKILLS OF LIFE CAFE: $25,000 · OtherSKILLS OF LIFE CAFESECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $20,000 · Other+6 more: $60,672 · Other+6 moreMONARCH SERVICES-SERVICIOS MONARCA: $151,000 · Human ServicesMONARCH SERVICE…THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $72,914 · InternationalRotary District 5170 Foundation: $55,835 · Community ImprovementSanta Cruz Childrens Museum of Discovery: $34,000 · Arts & CultureJACOBS HEART CHILDRENS CANCER SUPPORT SERVICES: $30,000 · Health
Youth Development$349,842Other$426,792Human Services$151,000International$72,914Community Improvement$55,835Arts & Culture$34,000Health$30,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMONARCH SERVICES-SERVICIOS MONARCA: $151,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTEEN KITCHEN PROJECT: $142,842 over 4y, 10% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $100,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PARKS: $75,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $72,914 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRotary District 5170 Foundation: $55,835 over 4y, 11% of budgetFoodWhat Incorporated: $35,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSanta Cruz Childrens Museum of Discovery: $34,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetJACOBS HEART CHILDRENS CANCER SUPPORT SERVICES: $30,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPROJECT BIKE TECH: $25,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetDIGITAL NEST INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOUNTAINS 2 SEA: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSKILLS OF LIFE CAFE: $25,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetGIRLS INC: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVeteran Surf Alliance: $12,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Cruz County: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF LAHAINA SUNSET FOUNDATION: $8,700 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHOUSING MATTERS: $7,316 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.

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.

Community Foundation …Monterey Peninsula Fo…East Bay Community Fo…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Volunteer Centers of …Caroline's Nonprofit …Newman's Own Foundati…The David and Lucile …Pajaro Valley Communi…Dignity HealthSilicon Valley Commun…The Nicholson Family …
Community Foundation Santa Cruz CountyCA30.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County · Caroline's Nonprofit Thrift Shop · Newman's Own Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust · Dignity Health · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Nicholson Family Foundation

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 Rotary Club of SC Sunrise Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rotary Club of SC Sunrise Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%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 · 0–30%
    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 23 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 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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