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Sand Hill Angels Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Sand Hill Angels Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30k
Granted FY2023
10
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through 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, FY2020 to 2023.

Education$32kYouth Development$22kEnvironment$11kHousing & Shelter$10kCommunity Improvement$10kFood & Nutrition$9kArts & Culture$8kHuman Services$8kOther$0
02FY2023 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,900
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Digital Nest$5,000
Mission Bit$5,000
Future of Reading$4,500
Venture Free Foundaton$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,900
INSIGHTS Science Discovery$2,350
Latino Outdoors$2,200
Individual grant recipient$2,100
Post Carbon Institute$1,900
Propel$1,200
02The need
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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 (FY22–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Youth Art Exchange: $3k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of Sand Hill Angels Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 87% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 73%.

Sand Hill Angels Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 14% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its 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.

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Ffwd

FFWD accelerates the growth of technology nonprofits by providing financial and human capital to help scale technology solutions for education, environmental, health, and human rights issues.

Philanthropy
2
Bay Nature Institute dba Bay Nature Bay Nature Magazine

Bay Nature connects the people of the San Francisco Bay Area to our natural world and motivates people to solve problems with nature in mind. Our vision is that all people have a close relationship with theirnatural world.

Environment
3
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
4
Fossil Free California

Fossil Free California works to end financial support for climate-damaging fossil fuels and promotes the transition to a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.

Environment
5
Hack the Hood Inc

Hack the Hood provides youth and communities of color with tech skill-building programs and career navigation support that are grounded in justice and ensure economic mobility.

Arts & Culture
6
Nuestra Casa de East Palo Alto

Nuestra Casa exists to uplift Latino families in East Palo Alto and the mid-peninsula through community education, leadership and advocacy

Human Services
7
SFMade Inc

Our mission is to help manufacturers thrive, innovate, and create good jobs, for a more diverse and sustainable Bay Area.

Community Improvement
8
Bay Area Disruptor and Startup Support Labs

Lab rental spaces

Science & Tech
9
Project Include

Project Include's mission is to give everyone a fair chance to succeed in tech. We are a non-profit that uses data and advocacy to accelerate diversity and inclusion solutions in the tech industry.

Employment
10
Colorwave Project Inc

The Colorwave Project, Inc. dba Colorwave is organized and operated for educational purposes for underrepresented professionals in the startup and high-growth business sector. Our organization leads an eight-week leadership program to help…

Education
11
Pasadena Bio Collaborative Incubator

Pasadena bio collaborative incubator is a nonprofit organization focused on economic development and job creation in southern california. we encourage the growth of an innovative biotechnology industry by providing educational/training…

Science & Tech
12
Green Foothills Foundation dba Green Foothills

Our mission is to protect local nature and farmland to ensure a healthy environment for everyone.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Digital Nest Inc; the most unlike its peers is Harmonious Home Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FUTURE OF READING: $17,600 · EducationFUTURE OF READINGSTTE Foundation: $7,750 · EducationSTTE FoundationFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $3,350 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE I…Propl: $1,200 · EducationFIRST GRADUATE: $13,600 · Youth DevelopmentFIRST GRADUATEWEHOPE: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentWEHOPEDIGITAL NEST INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentDIGITAL NEST INCVENTURE FREE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentVENTURE FREE FOUNDATIONTruckee Elementary School PTO: $4,025 · OtherTruckee Elementary School PTOHARMONIOUS HOME INC: $4,000 · OtherHARMONIOUS HOME INCIndividual grant recipient: $3,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $2,900 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSanta Cruz Mtn Trail Stewardship: $2,700 · OtherSanta Cruz Mtn Trail Stewardsh…Healthy Kids: $2,700 · OtherHealthy KidsIndividual grant recipient: $2,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPABLOVE FOUNDATION INC: $3,250 · OtherPABLOVE FOUNDATION INCCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $2,200 · OtherCOMMUNITY INITIATIVESKits Cubed Inc: $4,500 · OtherKits Cubed IncNine Lives Foundation: $2,200 · OtherNine Lives FoundationMAITRI: $7,525 · Human ServicesMAITRITIDES CENTER: $2,700 · Human ServicesTIDES CEN…Environmental Volunteers Inc: $3,650 · EnvironmentCanopy: $2,700 · EnvironmentMETAFOUNDATION DBA POST CARBON INSTITUTE: $1,900 · EnvironmentMission Bit: $5,000 · Arts & CultureInsights-El Paso Science Center Inc: $2,350 · Arts & CultureCulinary Angels: $4,000 · Food & NutritionLOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN: $2,600 · Food & Nutrition
Education$29,900Youth Development$27,600Other$33,825Human Services$10,225Environment$8,250Arts & Culture$7,350Food & Nutrition$6,600

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFUTURE OF READING: $17,600 over 3y, 17% of budgetFIRST GRADUATE: $13,600 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSTTE Foundation: $7,750 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetMAITRI: $7,525 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWEHOPE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDIGITAL NEST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMission Bit: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKits Cubed Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHARMONIOUS HOME INC: $4,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetCulinary Angels: $4,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEnvironmental Volunteers Inc: $3,650 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $3,350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPABLOVE FOUNDATION INC: $3,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVENTURE FREE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $2,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCanopy: $2,700 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInsights-El Paso Science Center Inc: $2,350 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNine Lives Foundation: $2,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETAFOUNDATION DBA POST CARBON INSTITUTE: $1,900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPropl: $1,200 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Tides FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…Atkinson FoundationThe David and Lucile …Jewish Community Fede…The Palo Alto Communi…Los Altos Mountain Vi…The Sobrato Family Fo…Philanthropic Venture…Gordon E and Betty I …Bright Funds Foundati…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA19.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Atkinson Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Palo Alto Community Fund · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Bright Funds 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 Sand Hill Angels Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sand Hill Angels Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Sand Hill Angels Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Sand Hill Angels Charitable 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 28 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-PF 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 (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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