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SF New Deal

SF New Deal (the Organization) is a California nonprofit organization operating in the city and county of San Francisco.

$5.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
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, FY2023 to 2024.

Community Improvement$869kArts & Culture$120kYouth Development$50kEducation$40kRecreation & Sports$40kPhilanthropy$29kHousing & Shelter$26kHuman Services$10k
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $429,329, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,467,214 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,037,885 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

  • $10k–50k13 grants · $329k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Oasis Arts$50,000
Devils Teeth$50,000
The Stud$30,600
Downtown Community Benefit Di$28,992
United Way Bay Area$28,737
St Anthonys Foundation$26,000
Chuu Chuu Meat$25,000
Taylor Jay Collection$25,000
Da Chang Yuan$25,000
Fatasilima Llc$25,000
Top Therapy Academy$25,000
Sohunan$25,000
Chinese Historical Society$25,000
Mid-Market Foundation$20,000
The East Cut Community Benefi$20,000
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 (FY23–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Clecha: $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.
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.

1
San Francisco City Guides

Since 1978, our mission has been to preserve and perpetuate San Francisco's history and folklore and to celebrate its rich history of cultural diversity.

Human Services
2
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
3
San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center
Arts & Culture
4
San Francisco Art Studio Foundation
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5
San Francisco Camerawork Inc

SF Camerawork provokes discovery, experimentation, and exchange through exhibitions and experiences for all who value new ideas in photography.

Arts & Culture
6
Chinatown Media and Arts Collaborative

Own and operate a collaborative platform anchored in san francisco chinatown that celebrates, explores, and supports leading and pioneering creative experessions at the intersection of community, culture, art and media.

Human Services
7
Intersection for the Arts

consulting and presenting opportunities to artists. We promote creative expression as a means for reflection, for celebration, for economic growth and for finding solutions to the challenges that confront our communities.

Arts & Culture
8
Soma West Community Benefit District

SOMA West Community Benefit Districts primary exempt purpose is to advance the common good, general welfare, and quality of life of all San Franciscans and visitors to San Francisco by enhancing environmental quality and beauty in the…

Community Improvement
9
San Francisco Association of Realtors Foundation
Philanthropy
10
San Francisco Green Film Festival

San Francisco Green Film Festival's (SFGFF) mission is to educate and connect communities through forward thinking programs of environmental films, dialogues, and action opportunities.

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11
San Francisco Architectural Heritage

The Organizations primary impact is to preserve and enhance San Franciscos unique architectural and cultural identity.

Arts & Culture
12
South of Market Foundation dba Urban Solutions

South of Market Foundation (Urban Solutions) was incorporated on May 9, 1992 in the State of California. South of Market Foundation's (Urban Solutions) mission is to foster the well-being of disadvantaged communities by helping to increase…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Francisco Parks Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Holy Stitch Factory Fellowship. 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

16 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. 16 of the 36 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
6/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

710 SF INC: $65,000 · Other710 SF INCBROTHERS FOR CHANGE INC: $57,500 · OtherBROTHERS FOR CHANGE INCLe Petit Paris 75: $50,000 · OtherLe Petit Paris 75Osha Thai Bbq: $50,000 · OtherOsha Thai BbqDevils Teeth: $50,000 · OtherDevils TeethVIP GROOMING SF: $50,000 · OtherVIP GROOMING SFMEANINGFUL BEGINNINGS: $50,000 · OtherMEANINGFUL BEGINNINGSLA VICTORIA SF: $50,000 · OtherLA VICTORIA SFThe Academy SF: $50,000 · OtherThe Academy SFTunnel Records Inc: $50,000 · OtherTunnel Records IncLuxFit SF: $50,000 · OtherLuxFit SFWAH MEI SCHOOL: $40,000 · OtherThe Stud: $30,600 · OtherValencia Corridor Merchants A: $30,000 · Other+7 more: $176,000 · Other+7 moreOASIS ARTS INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureOASIS ARTS…CHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCHINESE HI…SOMArts: $17,300 · Arts & CultureSOMArtsMusic City Artist Development: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMusic City…KALW PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureKALW PUBLI…EXCELSIOR ACTION GROUP: $42,000 · Community ImprovementMid-Market Foundation: $20,000 · Community ImprovementKULTIVATE LABS: $17,000 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT: $28,992 · EnvironmentTHE EAST CUT COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT: $20,000 · EnvironmentSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA: $28,737 · PhilanthropySAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC PRESS: $9,860 · EducationHOLY STITCH FACTORY FELLOWSHIP: $8,000 · EducationCLECHA: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$849,100Arts & Culture$110,300Community Improvement$79,000Environment$48,992Recreation & Sports$40,000Philanthropy$28,737Education$17,860Human Services$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOASIS ARTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetEXCELSIOR ACTION GROUP: $42,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetWAH MEI SCHOOL: $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT: $28,992 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA: $28,737 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE EAST CUT COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMid-Market Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOMArts: $17,300 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKULTIVATE LABS: $17,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCLECHA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMusic City Artist Development: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC PRESS: $9,860 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetKALW PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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…Civic Space FoundationThe Zellerbach Family…California HumanitiesMcNabb FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Francisco FoundationCA16.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Civic Space Foundation · The Zellerbach Family Foundation · California Humanities · McNabb Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 SF New Deal funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from SF New Deal. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 SF New Deal?

    Find your warmest path to SF New Deal 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 36 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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