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Sammut Family Foundation at a glance

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Sammut Family 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.

$40k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
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 2024.

Health$1.1MPublic Benefit$965kEducation$121kPublic Safety & Disaster$112kHuman Services$66kYouth Development$51kRecreation & Sports$47kCrime & Legal$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED SERVICES ORGANIZATION$15,000
FRIENDS OF THE SAN BRUNO PUBLIC LIBRARY$10,000
CORA$10,000
MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%POMEROY RECREATION & REHABILITATION CENTER: $350k → 10%POMEROY RECREATION & REHABILITATION CENTER: $320k → 10%POMEROY RECREATION & REHABILITATION CENTER: $250k → 10%POMEROY RECREATION & REHABILITATION CENTER: $135k → 10%MISSION HOSPICE & HOME CARE: $5k → 7%MISSION HOSPICE & HOME CARE: $5k → 7%MISSION HOSPICE & HOME CARE: $1k → 7%CATHOLIC WORKER HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $1k → 7%SEQUOIA YMCA: $10k → 7%SEQUOIA YMCA: $5k → 7%SEQUOIA YMCA: $5k → 7%SEQUOIA YMCA: $5k → 7%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 24 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against -29% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
17

Total granted

$2.4M
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
-29%

Still filing today

46%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyEducationCrime & LegalInternationalOther
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

  • PR
    Pomeroy Recreation and Rehabilitation Center
    4× · 2019–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +42%
  • SB
    SAN BRUNO EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $68k · revenue +42%
  • CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse
    5× · 2019–2024 · $40k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • SB
    SAN BRUNO POLICE ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • SB
    SAN BRUNO YOUTH BASEBALL
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +2%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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
Usa Softball of Southern California Santee
Recreation & Sports
2
So Cal Aces Baseball Club

Youth sports

Religion
3
Sfba

Sfba's main mission is to "bring baseball back to the city" by providing opportunities for youth in sports through competitive team play. our mission facilitieates the opportunity for ballplayers of all skill levels to reach their full…

Recreation & Sports
4
Santa Barbara Soccer Club

Provides youth soccer development and amateur athletic competition through coaching, training and competition.

Recreation & Sports
5
San Francisco Police Activities League

The organization supervises amateur athletes as well as other recreational activities for children, serving approximately 1,200 participants.

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6
City Fields Foundation
Recreation & Sports
7
South San Francisco Youth Baseball Managers Association

The purpose of the tax-exempt SSF Youth Baseball is to organize and supervise the playing of youth baseball (Ages 4 to 14) in the City of South San Francisco, CA., as well as providing tournament opportunities in other cities. This…

Unclassified
8
San Francisco United Soccer Club

San Francisco United Soccer Club teaches girls and boys to play the game of soccer with skills well-honed through hard work and patient coaching. The Club fosters collaboration and teamwork bolstered by warm on- and off-the-field…

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9
South Bay Athletic Club
Recreation & Sports
10
Silicon Valley Community Sports Association

We believe that sports have the power to unite individuals from diverse backgrounds, promote physical fitness and well-being, and cultivate a spirit of camaraderie and sportsmanship.

Youth Development
11
Silicon Valley Baseball Association Svba

To provide baseball instruction and tournaments for youth.

Recreation & Sports
12
Southern California Youth Cricket Academy

Provide access to youth cricket

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Bruno Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Catholic Worker Hospitality House. 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

20 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. 20 of the 44 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN MATEO COUNTY SERVICE LEAGUE: $750,000 · OtherSAN MATEO COUNTY SERVICE LEAGUEIndividual grant recipient: $115,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSAN BRUNO POLICE EXPLORER PROGRAM: $65,000 · OtherSAN BRUNO PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS: $47,000 · Other+27 more: $306,025 · Other+27 morePomeroy Recreation and Rehabilitation Center: $1,055,000 · Human ServicesPomeroy Recreation and Rehabilitation Center+3 more: $37,000 · Human ServicesSAN BRUNO EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $68,000 · EducationCAPUCHINO HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · EducationMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $30,000 · Crime & LegalSAN BRUNO YOUTH BASEBALL: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsSAN MATEO YOUTH SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsTHE SAN BRUNO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropySAN FRANCISCO FIRST TEE: $1,000 · PhilanthropyFOSTER CITY LIONS CHARITIES INC: $500 · PhilanthropyCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Membership Benefit
Other$1,283,025Human Services$1,092,000Education$74,000Crime & Legal$30,000Recreation & Sports$22,500Philanthropy$11,500Membership Benefit$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPomeroy Recreation and Rehabilitation Center: $1,055,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetSAN BRUNO EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $68,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetCORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse: $40,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPACIFIC SKYLINE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $30,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAN BRUNO YOUTH BASEBALL: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHE SAN BRUNO GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE: $18,700 over 3y, 14% of budgetMISSION HOSPICE & HOME CARE INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN BRUNO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCAPUCHINO HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF DALY CITY: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSAN MATEO YOUTH SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCATHOLIC WORKER HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCake4kids: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOSTER CITY LIONS CHARITIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

  • Who funds Pomeroy Recreation and Rehabilitation Center ↗
  • Who funds SAN BRUNO EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC SKYLINE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING ↗
  • Who funds SAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SAN BRUNO YOUTH BASEBALL ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN BRUNO GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds MISSION HOSPICE & HOME CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN BRUNO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAPUCHINO HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF DALY CITY ↗
  • Who funds SAN MATEO YOUTH SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FIRST TEE ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC WORKER HOSPITALITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Cake4kids ↗

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 Bruno Communi…Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
The San Bruno Community FoundationCA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Bruno Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Sammut Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sammut Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 44 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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