· Public charity
San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc
The SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS WISH BOOK FUND INC.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k34 grants · $853k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $375k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CCO - CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES | $60,000 |
| LOAVES AND FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN | $60,000 |
| FOSTERING PROMISE | $55,000 |
| THE RECORD CLEARANCE PROJECT AT SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| SAN JOSE DAY NURSERY | $50,000 |
| VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| CALIFORNIA CLUBHOUSE | $50,000 |
| HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION | $45,000 |
| BEYOND EMANCIPATION | $45,000 |
| SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES | $45,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS OF CONTRA COSTA | $45,000 |
| BAY AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH | $40,000 |
| SHINE TOGETHER | $35,000 |
| SHELTER INC | $35,000 |
| SOURCEWISE | $31,094 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $2.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
84 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 56 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $474k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JFJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY4× · 2018–2023 · $159k · revenue +763%
- FPFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH3× · 2022–2024 · $153k · revenue +26%
- HMHEARTS & MINDS ACTIVITY CENTER4× · 2017–2023 · $140k · revenue +69%
Funded once
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST BAY SILICON VALLEYgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +86%
- PCPIVOTAL CONNECTIONSone grant, 2021 · $95k · revenue -19%
- ESEASTER SEALS CENTRAL CALIFORNIAone grant, 2023 · $82k · revenue +10%
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.
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.
Improve the quality of life for individuals in Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Solano County, Monterey County, Sacramento County and the surrounding area in the State of California.
To provide dignity, respect and choice for persons with developmental disabilities
To partner with the community to eliminate poverty.
Address the homeless crisis in California.
HAC assists homeless and mentally ill clients in the long and difficult process of becoming eligible for SSI and MediCal benefits. HAC provides assistance with other public benefits that clients need in the interim to survive until their…
Homeward Bound is the main provider of emergency shelter, supportive housing and services for people overcoming a crisis of homelessness in Marin County, California. Our mission of "opening doors to safety, dignity, hope, and…
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…
BACS' mission is to uplift under-served individuals and their families by doing "whatever it takes." BACS helps people experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity, or behavioural health challenges while balancing other complications like…
We make it possible for people in marin to achieve well-being by providing the vital services they need. together, we break down the barriers that get in the way of fair and lasting change in service to better outcomes for all.
For more than 70 years, East Bay Agency for Children continues to improve the well-being of children, youth and families by reducing the impact of trauma and social inequalities.
Family supportive housing, inc. is committed to the entire family and encourages families to stay intact while addressing their needs for food, shelter, education, and employment. the organization provides shelter, housing opportunities…
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.
How this is measured
196 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. 196 of the 212 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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.
- Who funds LOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH ↗
- Who funds THE HEALTH TRUST ↗
- Who funds HEARTS & MINDS ACTIVITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds BEYOND EMANCIPATION ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S KITCHEN ↗
- Who funds SHINE TOGETHER INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LIFEMOVES ↗
- Who funds SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES VETERANS RIGHTS ORGANIZATION ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST BAY SILICON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS ↗
- Who funds SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds BAY AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH ↗
- Who funds HUNGER AT HOME ↗
- Who funds IMMIGRATION INSTITUTE OF THE BAY AREA ↗
- Who funds SUNNYVALE COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds Silicon Valley Independent Living Center ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY JUNCTION INC ↗
- Who funds EASTER SEALS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds HOMEFIRST SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Battle Tested Kids INC ↗
- Who funds Sourcewise ↗
- Who funds DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE ↗
- Who funds MBOLDEN CHANGE ↗
- Who funds YOUTH SCIENCE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS DIABLO REGION ↗
- Who funds SERVICE OPPORTUNITY FOR SENIORS ↗
- Who funds JACOBS HEART CHILDRENS CANCER SUPPORT SERVICES ↗
- Who funds Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa ↗
- Who funds CITYTEAM MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds LIVE IN PEACE ↗
- Who funds COASTAL KIDS HOME CARE ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
- Who funds SUNDAY FRIENDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING ↗
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: Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Destination Home SV co Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Sunlight Giving · East Bay Community Foundation · Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · The Health Trust · United Way of the Bay Area · Valley Health Foundation (Vhf) · Sutter Bay Hospitals · Heffernan Group Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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