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San Francisco Education Fund

The San Francisco Education Fund advances equitable education by providing quality learning programs, community support, and transformative financial resources to teachers, students, and schools.

$1.1M
Granted FY2023
10
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$225k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$2.5MRecreation & Sports$1.7MYouth Development$1.7MArts & Culture$678kEnvironment$631kHealth$450kCommunity Improvement$155kPublic Benefit$25kOther$0
02FY2023 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $1,034,010, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,135,410 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $101,400 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 · FY2023

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $93k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $941k
$72,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN FRANCISCO SEALS$225,000
RENEGADE GIRLS$220,000
KID STOCK PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS$156,240
GIRLS LEADING GIRLS SUMMER CAMP$86,900
GOLDEN GATE SOCCER CAMP$72,500
SAN FRANCISCO VIKINGS SOCCER CLUB$66,500
SF GLENS SUMMER SOCCER CAMP$63,350
SF HAWKS YOUTH FIELD HOCKEY CAMP$50,400
TREE FROG TREKS LLC$48,870
SAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GARDEN$44,250
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 (FY17–17, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT YMCA: $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.
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 17 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2023, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
34

Total granted

$5.5M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-13%
+32%

Still filing today

53%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $474k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEnvironmentCivil RightsOther
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
    San Francisco United Soccer Club
    3× · 2021–2023 · $608k · revenue +25%
  • KS
    KID STOCK INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $281k · revenue +69%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO VIKINGS SOCCER CLUB INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $189k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • BI
    BRAINVYNE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $450k
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
    one grant, 2021 · $235k · revenue -13%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO SOCCER CAMP
    one grant, 2021 · $224k
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
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

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2
San Francisco Schoolhouse

An intentionally small community where young people are valued as individuals. A compassionate team of educators approach academic & social-emotional development with the aim of cultivating justice-seeking humans empowered to transform…

Education
3
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
4
Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco

PPS-SF's mission is to promote the fundamental value of public education and pursue the success of every public school by sharing knowledge, bridging communities, and informing policy.

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5
San Francisco Elite Academy

To develop, promote and administer elite soccer training for san francisco youth (boys and girls).

Youth Development
6
Kiddie Kampus Cooperative Play School Inc

Kiddie Kampus is a cooperative, play-based preschool located in Alameda for children ages 2 years 9 months to 5 years old. We work together to create a nurturing, engaging preschool environment that prepares our children for kindergarten…

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7
Sls Preschool

The school was organized to provide a pre-school educational experience and opportunities for young children in the greater san francisco bay area.

Education
8
Cypress School of San Francisco F/K/a Cow Hollow Preschool

Cypress school of san francisco is a play based full day program, serving children aged 2-5.9 years old. we are a parent participation school with a low teacher to child ratio and licensed master teachers on staff.

Education
9
San Francisco Youth Soccer

The purpose of this Association shall be to develop, promote and administer the game of soccer among youth (boys and girls under nineteen (19) years of age), regardless of race, color religion, age, sex, or national origin within territory…

Recreation & Sports
10
The Dahlia School of San Francisco Elementary

The Montessori Method helps all children become truly capable and productive individuals by focusing on their moral, behavioral, emotional, and intellectual development. Our Montessori Guides are Association of Montessori Internationale…

Education
11
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
12
The Santa Ynez Valley Family School

The family school is dedicated to providing a superior environment of child centered academic and creative programs which inspire a joy of learning and support critical thinking. we strive to prepare students to be compassionate,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Francisco School; the most unlike its peers is The Parents & Teachers of Buena Vista Horace Mann. 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 57 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUTHSF: $630,000 · OtherYOUTHSFSan Francisco United Soccer Club: $607,500 · OtherSan Francisco United Soccer ClubBRAINVYNE INC: $450,000 · OtherBRAINVYNE INCBOOKNOOK INC: $319,825 · OtherBOOKNOOK INCCELSIUS AND BEYOND LLC: $300,500 · OtherCELSIUS AND BEYOND LLCSAN FRANCISCO SOCCER CAMP: $224,250 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO VIKINGS SOCCER CLUB INC: $189,250 · OtherKID STOCK PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS: $156,240 · Other+35 more: $1,452,680 · Other+35 moreSan Francisco High School of the Arts: $1,515,600 · EducationSan Francisco High School…PRESIDIO KNOLLS SCHOOL INC: $167,470 · EducationPRESIDIO KNOLLS SCHOOL IN…Harvey Milk Parent Faculty Club: $88,941 · EducationRENEGADE GIRLS: $660,500 · Youth DevelopmentRENEGADE G…Institute for Applied Tinkering: $102,400 · Youth DevelopmentInstitute …+1 more: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentKID STOCK INC: $280,740 · Arts & CultureKID STOCK…ALLIANCE FRANCAISE: $235,000 · Arts & CultureALLIANCE …BAYORG: $142,500 · Arts & CultureBAYORGGIRLS LEADING GIRLS: $178,100 · Recreation & SportsSAN FRANCISCO JUNIOR GLENS SOCCER ASSOCIATION: $108,350 · Recreation & SportsSAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY AT STRYBING ARBORETUM: $143,580 · EnvironmentAsian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs - Community Education Foundation: $25,000 · Civil RightsYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $5,052 · Human Services
Other$4,330,245Education$1,772,011Youth Development$770,400Arts & Culture$658,240Recreation & Sports$286,450Environment$143,580Civil Rights$25,000Human Services$5,052

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 budgetRENEGADE GIRLS: $660,500 over 3y, 76% of budgetSan Francisco United Soccer Club: $607,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetKID STOCK INC: $280,740 over 2y, 21% of budgetALLIANCE FRANCAISE: $235,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO VIKINGS SOCCER CLUB INC: $189,250 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetGIRLS LEADING GIRLS: $178,100 over 2y, 12% of budgetPRESIDIO KNOLLS SCHOOL INC: $167,470 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY AT STRYBING ARBORETUM: $143,580 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBAYORG: $142,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL INC: $131,580 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO JUNIOR GLENS SOCCER ASSOCIATION: $108,350 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetInstitute for Applied Tinkering: $102,400 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHarvey Milk Parent Faculty Club: $88,941 over 2y, 21% of budgetMISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $76,200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAsian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs - Community Education Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE PARENTS & TEACHERS OF BUENA VISTA HORACE MANN: $12,472 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Playaz: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $5,052 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.

  • Who funds RENEGADE GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco United Soccer Club ↗
  • Who funds KID STOCK INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FRANCAISE ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO VIKINGS SOCCER CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS LEADING GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds PRESIDIO KNOLLS SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY AT STRYBING ARBORETUM ↗
  • Who funds BAYORG ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO JUNIOR GLENS SOCCER ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Institute for Applied Tinkering ↗
  • Who funds Harvey Milk Parent Faculty Club ↗
  • Who funds MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs - Community Education 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.

The San Francisco Fou…Salesforce FoundationCrankstart FoundationThe Keith Campbell Fo…Daffy Charitable FundThe Yelp FoundationKaiser Foundation Hos…Silicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…The Blackbaud Giving …
The San Francisco FoundationCA17.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Salesforce Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · Daffy Charitable Fund · The Yelp Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 San Francisco Education Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from San Francisco Education Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 57 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 2023, released 2023. 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 $761k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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