· Public charity
San Francisco Forty Niners Foundation
The 49ers foundation harnesses football to educate and empower bay area youth and beyond through collective and innovative community-focused strategies.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k6 grants · $152k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $480k
- $250k+6 grants · $2.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $1,200,621 |
| LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES | $271,000 |
| SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION | $271,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO | $271,000 |
| STEPHEN J WAMPLER FOUNDATION | $271,000 |
| YEAR UP INC | $271,000 |
| 826 VALENCIA INC | $102,500 |
| FRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC | $100,000 |
| OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND | $100,000 |
| THE GOLDEN HEART FUND | $63,819 |
| TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS | $62,832 |
| Individual grant recipient | $51,000 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $48,974 |
| Individual grant recipient | $40,000 |
| FORTY NINERS FOOTBALL COMPANY LLC | $30,000 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
36 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $979k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SVSILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION6× · 2019–2025 · $4.8M
- SFSAN FRANCISCO 49ERS ACADEMY4× · 2021–2024 · $867k
- IGIndividual grant recipient2× · 2019–2020 · $825k
Funded once
- LNLOVE NEVER FAILS INCone grant, 2024 · $291k
- SFSAN FRANCISCO SAFE HOUSEone grant, 2024 · $291k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $213k
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.
0 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2019–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2019 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 0 of the 106 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.
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