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San Francisco Rotary Foundation
Make charitable contributions on behalf of foundations donors
- $233k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $197k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $93,954
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations San Francisco Rotary Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $197k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $182k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $175k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $149k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $142k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $190k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $64k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $64k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotary Service Inc | $666,067 | 6 | 49% |
| Homeless Prenatal Program Inc | $68,333 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Cyo of the Archdiocese of San Francisco | $65,833 | 6 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Alliance for Smiles International Inc | $55,000 | 5 | 3% |
| San Francisco Food Bank | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Roots of Peace | $42,870 | 4 | 0% |
| Rotaplast International Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Institute on Aging | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotary Service Inc | $666,067 | 6 | 49% |
| Homeless Prenatal Program Inc | $68,333 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Cyo of the Archdiocese of San Francisco | $65,833 | 6 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Alliance for Smiles International Inc | $55,000 | 5 | 3% |
| San Francisco Food Bank | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Roots of Peace | $42,870 | 4 | 0% |
| Rotaplast International Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Institute on Aging | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rotary Club of Los Angeles | $27,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Rotacare Bay Area Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Dictionary Project | $15,372 | 3 | 0% |
| Bayorg | $14,333 | 1 | 0% |
| Building Education | $9,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Rotaplast | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ayuda International Inc | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Smuin Ballet | $6,333 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
San Francisco Rotary Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: McNabb Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About San Francisco Rotary Foundation
- How much does San Francisco Rotary Foundation give?
- San Francisco Rotary Foundation reported 10 itemized grants totaling $197,454, out of $233,102 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does San Francisco Rotary Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (55%), Health (24%), International (7%).
- Who are San Francisco Rotary Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rotary Service Inc ($666k), Homeless Prenatal Program Inc ($68k), Catholic Charities Cyo of the Archdiocese of San Francisco ($66k).
- Does San Francisco Rotary Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as San Francisco Rotary Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include McNabb Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
- Where is San Francisco Rotary Foundation based?
- San Francisco Rotary Foundation is based in CA.
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