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Scandling Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$258k
Granted FY2017
27
Grants FY2017
1
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Scandling Family Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Silicon Valley Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year Scandling Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 16 organizations, $258k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2022.

Philanthropy$6.1MEducation$72kYouth Development$41kArts & Culture$31kEnvironment$21kCrime & Legal$10kEmployment$10kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0
02FY2017 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k4 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $237k
$10,250
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$12,000
BREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY$10,250
GIRLS ON THE RUN$10,250
SPARK$10,250
826 VALENCIA$10,250
JOBTRAIN (FORMERLY OICW)$10,250
FRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH (FLY)$10,250
GIRLS INC OF THE CENTRAL COAST$10,250
MUSIC IN SCHOOLS TODAY$10,250
EAST PALO ALTO KIDS FDN$10,250
SAN MATEO COUNTY SHERIFFS ACTIVITITIES LEAGUE$10,250
MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE$10,250
REDWOOD CITY FRIENDS OF LITERACY$10,250
CONSERVATION EARTH INC$10,250
MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (MIS)$10,250
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 1% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%REDWOOD CITY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%BREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY: $10k → 8%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE PENINSULA: $10k → 10%GIRLS INC OF THE CENTRAL COAST: $10k → 12%SACRAMENTO REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%ST ANTHONY PADUA CHURCH DINING ROOM: $5k → 12%MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE: $10k → 7%MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (MIS): $10k → 8%MUSIC IN SCHOOLS TODAY: $10k → 10%REDWOOD CITY FRIENDS OF LITERACY: $10k → 7%ENVIRONMENTAL VOLUNTEERS INC: $10k → 8%SPARK: $10k → 10%SAN MATEO COUNTY SHERIFFS ACTIVITITIES LEAGUE: $10k → 7%EAST PALO ALTO KIDS FDN: $10k → 8%GIRLS ON THE RUN: $10k → 10%CONSERVATION EARTH INC: $10k → 7%FRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH (FLY): $10k → 8%826 VALENCIA: $10k → 10%JOBTRAIN (FORMERLY OICW): $10k → 7%SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5.0M → 8%BUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING & DEVELOPMENT (BUILD): $10k → 7%SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $296k → 8%PENINSULA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $5k → 7%SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $289k → 8%NATIONAL CENTER FOR EQUINE: $5k → 7%SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $280k → 8%SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $230k → 8%SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12k → 8%SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $5k → 8%JOSE VALDEZ MATH FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Silicon Valley Education Foundation

Who we are - silicon valley education foundation (svef) focuses on raising student performance in the critical areas of math and science across all 33 santa clara county school districts, and also adjoining san mateo and alameda counties.…

Community Improvement
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San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

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Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco

PPS-SF's mission is to promote the fundamental value of public education and pursue the success of every public school by sharing knowledge, bridging communities, and informing policy.

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4
Community Resources for Science

CRS empowers teachers and STEM professionals serving schools in historically marginalized communities to activate TK-8 students curiosity about the world, foster critical thinking, and inspire children to imagine future career pathways.…

Education
5
Bay Education Fund

Build a community investment fund that catalyzes local movements and transforms district capacity by bringing together families,communities, teachers, district leaders, and philanthropy to co-design a vision for students and implement…

Education
6
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation

The Sonoma Valley Education Foundation exists to improve education by enriching teaching, inspiring learning, and advancing innovative programs that enable every student to succeed.

Philanthropy
7
California School-Age Consortium Inc

The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…

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8
San Francisco High School of the Arts

San Francisco Arts and Science Academy (ASA) provides TK5 grade students with a strong foundation in the arts, language, math, and science, fostering creativity, curiosity, and character development. Our bilingual, hands-on curriculum…

Education
9
Santa Barbara Education Foundation

Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Education
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City Surf Project

To ensure equitable access to the coastline and improve the health and well-being of Bay Area youth, through surf instruction. We use surfing as a vehicle to foster respect for nature, healthy living, personal growth, diversity, equity and…

Recreation & Sports
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San Leandro Education Foundation

SLED partners with the community and San Leandro public schools to provide students with robust educational experiences and innovative programming.

Unclassified
12
Girlventures

GirlVentures provides outdoor programs during the summer and afterschool year round for Bay Area girls age 11-17. Our mission is to inspire girls to lead through outdoor adventure, inner discovery and collective action.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Breakthrough Silicon Valley and the most unlike its peers is Spark. 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Silicon Valley Community Foundation — $6,117,413 · PhilanthropySilicon Valley Community Foundation+2 more — $20,250 · PhilanthropyREDWOOD CITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $10,250 · OtherMUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (MIS) — $10,250 · OtherSPARK — $10,250 · OtherJOSE VALDEZ MATH FOUNDATION — $10,250 · OtherBUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING & DEVELOPMENT (BUILD) — $10,250 · OtherMarine Science Institute — $10,250 · OtherGIRLS ON THE RUN — $10,250 · OtherMOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION — $10,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK — $5,125 · OtherNATIONAL CENTER FOR EQUINE — $5,125 · OtherPENINSULA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $5,125 · OtherST ANTHONY PADUA CHURCH DINING ROOM — $5,125 · OtherSAN MATEO COUNTY SHERIFFS ACTIVITIES LEAGUE — $10,250 · Youth DevelopmentFRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC — $10,250 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA — $10,250 · Youth DevelopmentGirls Incorporated of the Central Coast — $10,250 · Youth Development826 Valencia — $10,250 · EducationREDWOOD CITY FRIENDS OF LITERACY — $10,250 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY — $10,250 · EducationREDWOOD CITY LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $10,250 · EducationCONSERVATION EARTH INC — $10,250 · AnimalsEnvironmental Volunteers Inc — $10,250 · EnvironmentJOBTRAIN INC — $10,250 · EmploymentMusic In Schools Today — $10,250 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$6,137,663Other$102,250Youth Development$41,000Education$41,000Animals$10,250Environment$10,250Employment$10,250Arts & Culture$10,250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation — $6,117,413 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetREDWOOD CITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $10,250 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSAN MATEO COUNTY SHERIFFS ACTIVITIES LEAGUE — $10,250 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEAST PALO ALTO KIDS FOUNDATION — $10,250 over 1y, 3.5% of budget826 Valencia — $10,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCONSERVATION EARTH INC — $10,250 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSPARK — $10,250 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetREDWOOD CITY FRIENDS OF LITERACY — $10,250 over 1y, 15% of budgetEnvironmental Volunteers Inc — $10,250 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA — $10,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY — $10,250 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMarine Science Institute — $10,250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGirls Incorporated of the Central Coast — $10,250 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetREDWOOD CITY LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $10,250 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetJOBTRAIN INC — $10,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMusic In Schools Today — $10,250 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSacramento Region Community Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Silicon Valley Commun…Atkinson FoundationGordon E and Betty I …The San Francisco Fou…The Heising-Simons Fo…Tides FoundationThe Doering Family Fo…Quest FoundationBothin FoundationPhilanthropic Venture…The David and Lucile …Morgan Stanley Global…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA24.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Atkinson Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Heising-Simons Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Doering Family Foundation · Quest Foundation · Bothin Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Scandling Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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