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Sarlo Foundation at a glance

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Sarlo Foundation

The foundation operates exclusively for charitable, educational, or religious purposes by conducting or supporting activities for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of, the jewish community federation of san francisco, the peninsula, marin and sonoma counties.

$12M
Granted FY2018
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Grants FY2018
1
States reached
$11M
Largest
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02The needRead
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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 2018.

Philanthropy$12MHealth$225kCommunity Improvement$215kInternational$135kHuman Services$75kEducation$15kArts & Culture$10kReligion$3k
02FY2018 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $10,768,549, the rows itemized in this filing. The $12,239,490 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,470,941 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.
$10,768,549
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGE SARLO FOUNDATION$10,768,549
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 (FY17–17, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES (JFCS): $25k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES (JFCS): $10k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES (JFCS): $10k → 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 7% of Sarlo Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 9% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 6%.

Sarlo Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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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The California Medical Innovations Institute Inc

The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance the understanding of human disease and the improvement of human health. The Institute fosters an innovative research environment…

Education
2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
3
University of California San Francisco Foundation

Organization's mission ====================== the university of california, san francisco(ucsf) is among the world's leading universities dedicated to advancing health worldwide through biomedical research, graduate-level education in the…

Education
4
Sandler Foundation

The foundation operates exclusively for charitable, educational or religious purposes by conducting or supporting activities for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of the jewish community federation of san francisco, the…

Philanthropy
5
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
6
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
7
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
8
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
9
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
10
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
11
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
12
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Francisco Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Sarlo Family Foundation. 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

19 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. 19 of the 20 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SARLO FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10,768,549 · OtherSARLO FAMILY FOUNDATION+4 more: $140,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $802,500 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $50,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $57,967 · PhilanthropyTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $200,000 · Community ImprovementUSONA INSTITUTE INC: $75,000 · HealthMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $15,000 · HealthAddiction Is A Dis-ease: $15,000 · HealthThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $75,000 · InternationalNew York University: $25,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES: $15,000 · EducationSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $10,000 · EducationJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $45,000 · Human Services
Other$10,908,549Philanthropy$910,467Community Improvement$200,000Health$105,000International$75,000Education$50,000Human Services$45,000

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 budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $802,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUSONA INSTITUTE INC: $75,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBAYVIEW FUTURES FKA CENTER FOR YOUTH WELLNESS: $75,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $45,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE & SOUND: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNew York University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHeffter Research Institute Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKARUNA-SHECHEN USA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $10,000 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…Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Francisco FoundationCA12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Sarlo Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sarlo Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.
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How do I get to Sarlo Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Sarlo 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 20 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home