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San Francisco Tavern Guild Foundation at a glance

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San Francisco Tavern Guild Foundation

To provide a source of funds for local charitable organizations.

$553k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Human Services$381kHealth$326kAnimals$257kFood & Nutrition$139kYouth Development$94kHousing & Shelter$83kCrime & Legal$37kCivil Rights$26kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 29 grants below total $280,908, the rows itemized in this filing. The $553,454 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $272,546 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $121k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $160k
$6,824
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LA CASA DE LAS MADRES$29,719
MUTTVILLE SENIOR DOG RESCUE$19,666
SFSPCA$18,209
ASIAN WOMENS SHELTER$15,443
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$14,770
HOMELESS PRENATAL PROGRAM$13,605
PROJECT OPEN HAND$13,537
SF AIDS FOUNDATION$12,966
SF WOMENS CENTER INC$11,409
THE SF FOOD BANK$10,950
SF BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$9,489
COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS$8,704
SF WOMEN AGAINST RAPE$8,400
LYRIC$8,169
COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER$6,824
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 (FY17–24, $124k) 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%HOSPICE BY THE BAY: $5k → 8%HOMELESS CHILDRENS NETWORK: $7k → 10%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $6k → 10%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $6k → 10%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $6k → 10%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $5k → 10%COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS: $11k → 10%COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS: $9k → 10%COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS: $9k → 10%COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS: $7k → 10%COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS: $6k → 10%COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS: $6k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SV: $5k → 10%PAWS FOR PAWS: $6k → 10%PAWS FOR PAWS: $6k → 10%PAWS FOR PAWS: $6k → 10%PAWS FOR PAWS: $6k → 10%PAWS FOR PAWS: $5k → 10%PAWS FOR PAWS: $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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 24 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
6

Total granted

$1.3M
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+25%

Still filing today

88%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionCivil 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

  • La Casa de las Madres
    8× · 2017–2024 · $216k · revenue +75%
  • PP
    Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $123k · revenue +38%
  • TS
    THE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $120k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • AE
    AIDS EMERGENCY FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • P
    PRCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $9k · revenue +84%
  • HC
    Homeless Childrens Networkgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +25%
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
Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center Inc

Our core belief at San Francisco Community Health Center is that everyone deserves to be healthy and needs access to the highest quality health care. Our mission is to transform lives by advancing health, wellness and equality.

Health
2
Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco Inc

The Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco is dedicated to combating the displacement crisis gripping our city by building the power of working-class tenants of color to take on the real estate industry and win housing justice for all.…

Education
3
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
4
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
5
San Francisco Public Press

The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…

Education
6
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
7
San Francisco Network Ministries Housing Corporation

San Francisco Network Ministries Housing Corporation works to empower and support women who are experiencing housing instability and sexual exploitation or trafficking, by creating survivor-centered spaces, services advocacy and community…

Unclassified
8
Westside Community Mental Health Center Westside Community Services Inc

The mission of Westside Community Services is to provide high quality, family-centered, culturally competent behavioral health and human services for the residents of the city and county of San Francisco.

Health
9
San Francisco Senior and Disability Action Dba Senior & Disability Action

Senior & Disability Action educates and mobilizes seniors and people with disabilities to secure individual rights and social justice. We work together to create a city and world in which seniors and people with disabilities can live well…

Unclassified
10
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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11
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
12
Community Forward Sf Inc

Community Forward SF's support services create pathways from crisis to long-term stability through our Women's Wellness Pathway, a proven continuum linking a 24/7 drop-in center, shelter, transitional housing, behavioral health care, and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Francisco Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Prisoners Literature Project. 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

34 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. 34 of the 38 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)
33/34
Grantees still filing
27/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

La Casa de las Madres: $215,639 · OtherLa Casa de las MadresSAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $87,849 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATIONSF WOMENS CENTER INC: $73,824 · OtherSF WOMENS CENTER INCSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $62,078 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANKMEI FONG AND ASSOCIATES AWS: $55,994 · OtherMEI FONG AND ASSOCIATES AWS+16 more: $167,602 · Other+16 moreTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $120,185 · AnimalsTHE SAN FRANCISCO SO…MUTTVILLE: $112,489 · AnimalsMUTTVILLEROCKETDOGRESCUE: $18,025 · AnimalsROCKETDOGRESCUE+1 more: $6,308 · AnimalsPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $122,851 · HealthPlanned Parentho…Homeless Prenatal Program Inc: $65,289 · HealthHomeless Prenata…National AIDS Memorial Inc: $15,190 · HealthNational AIDS Me…Coalition On Homelessness: $47,966 · Human ServicesCoalition…RAPHAEL HOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $34,985 · Human ServicesRAPHAEL H…LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR ST LOUIS RESIDENCE: $23,477 · Human ServicesLITTLE SI…Homeless Childrens Network: $7,399 · Human ServicesHomeless …BY THE BAY HEALTH: $5,103 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $5,007 · Human ServicesProject Open Hand: $71,590 · Food & NutritionLAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC: $27,293 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $20,159 · Youth DevelopmentTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $46,569 · Philanthropy
Other$662,986Animals$257,007Health$203,330Human Services$123,937Food & Nutrition$71,590Youth Development$47,452Philanthropy$46,569

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 budgetLa Casa de las Madres: $215,639 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $122,851 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $120,185 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMUTTVILLE: $112,489 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $87,849 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetProject Open Hand: $71,590 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $65,289 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $62,078 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEI FONG AND ASSOCIATES AWS: $55,994 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCoalition On Homelessness: $47,966 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $46,569 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $34,985 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC: $27,293 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR ST LOUIS RESIDENCE: $23,477 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $20,159 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $19,594 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO WOMEN AGAINST RAPE: $19,003 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetROCKETDOGRESCUE: $18,025 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetPrisoners Literature Project: $17,734 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER: $15,777 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational AIDS Memorial Inc: $15,190 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetNative American Health Center Inc: $10,588 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAIDS EMERGENCY FUND: $9,836 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHomeless Childrens Network: $7,399 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER: $6,824 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFreedom for Immigrants: $6,339 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of San Francisco Animal Care and Control: $6,308 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSan Francisco Bicycle Coalition Education Fund Inc: $5,455 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST: $5,277 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAITHFUL FOOLS STREET MINISTRY: $5,244 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBY THE BAY HEALTH: $5,103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $5,007 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $5,004 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.

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…McNabb FoundationThe Yelp FoundationJewish Community Fede…ImpactassetsincHorizons FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Tides FoundationSalesforce FoundationBothin FoundationThe William & Flora H…Marin Community Found…
The San Francisco FoundationCA32× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Impactassetsinc · Horizons Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Salesforce Foundation · Bothin Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Marin Community 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 San Francisco Tavern Guild Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from San Francisco Tavern Guild Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to San Francisco Tavern Guild Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to San Francisco Tavern Guild Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 38 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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