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Shiff Family Foundation at a glance

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Shiff Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$797k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$327k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Religion$682kHuman Services$261kEducation$187kFood & Nutrition$155kHealth$105kArts & Culture$55kInternational$45kRecreation & Sports$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $357k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $327k
$22,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHABAD OF GREATER SOUTH BAY$327,000
PARKER INSTITUTE FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY$100,000
THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND$45,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$40,000
SEPHARDI VOICES INC$35,000
CONGREGATION CHABAD LOFT$31,000
CHABAD OF GREATER SOUTH BAY$30,000
KAINOS HOME & TRAINING CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTA$30,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION$25,000
MIDDLE EAST MEDIA AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC$22,500
KAINOS HOME & TRAINING CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTA$22,500
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$20,000
CONGREGATION BETH JACOB AND IRVING LEVIN JEWISH CE$18,000
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION LTD$15,000
TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY$12,500
02The need
03

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 (FY24–25, $238k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOSPICE GIVING FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE MONTREAL JEWISH COMMUNITY: $150k → 14%KAINOS HOME & TRAINING CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTA: $30k → 7%KAINOS HOME & TRAINING CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTA: $30k → 7%KAINOS HOME & TRAINING CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTA: $23k → 7%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
NJ
CA
CO
DC
LA
TX
FL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$726k · 6 repeat orgs$709k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
13

Total granted

$726k
$474k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
0%

Still filing today

50%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyEducationPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CO
    CHABAD OF GREATER SOUTH BAY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $477k
  • KH
    Kainos Home and Training Center for the Developmentally Disabled
    2× · 2024–2025 · $83k · revenue +23%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $52k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS MONTREAL JEWISH COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2024 · $150k · revenue -25% · 79% of their budget
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF DUVDEVAN
    one grant, 2024 · $143k · revenue 0%
  • CO
    CHABAD OF LAJOLLA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $82k
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.

04Its 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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
2
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
3
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
4
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
5
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
6
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
7
Northern California Institute for Research and Education Inc

To improve the health and well-being of veterans and the general public by supporting a world-class biomedical research program conducted by ucsf faculty at the san francisco veterans affairs health care system.

Health
8
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
9
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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10
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
11
University of the Pacific

To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.

Education
12
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation

To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tipping Point Community; the most unlike its peers is Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc. 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

21 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. 21 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
5/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHABAD OF GREATER SOUTH BAY: $476,800 · OtherCHABAD OF GREATER SOUTH BAYCHABAD OF LAJOLLA INC: $82,000 · OtherCHABAD OF LAJOLLA INCCONGREGATION CHABAD LOFT: $49,000 · OtherCONGREGATION CHABAD LOFTCONGREGATION BETH JACOB AND IRVING LEVIN JEWISH CENTER: $41,000 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH JACOB AND IRVING LEVIN JEWISH CENTERTHE SALVATION ARMY: $30,000 · OtherUNITED STATES OF AMERICA RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION LTD: $25,000 · Other+6 more: $43,500 · Other+6 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS MONTREAL JEWISH COMMUNITY: $150,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS …Kainos Home and Training Center for the Developmentally Disabled: $82,500 · Human ServicesKainos Home and T…+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $90,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF …UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $51,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $45,000 · EducationTHE ADMINISTR…FRIENDS OF DUVDEVAN: $143,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF …TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $12,500 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POI…PARKER INSTITUTE FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY: $100,000 · HealthSEPHARDI VOICES USA INC: $35,000 · Arts & CulturePENINSULA ARTS GUILD: $10,000 · Arts & CultureDISTRIKT: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMIDDLE EAST MEDIA AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $22,500 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF ST BARTHOLOMEW'S ANGLICAN CHURCH: $5,000 · InternationalHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $5,000 · Public Benefit
Other$747,300Human Services$237,500Education$186,500Philanthropy$155,500Health$100,000Arts & Culture$55,000International$37,500Public Benefit$5,000

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 budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS MONTREAL JEWISH COMMUNITY: $150,000 over 1y, 79% of budgetFRIENDS OF DUVDEVAN: $143,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetPARKER INSTITUTE FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKainos Home and Training Center for the Developmentally Disabled: $82,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $51,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEPHARDI VOICES USA INC: $35,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetUNITED STATES OF AMERICA RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION LTD: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMIDDLE EAST MEDIA AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENINSULA ARTS GUILD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE GIVING FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNCGA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ST BARTHOLOMEW'S ANGLICAN CHURCH: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEL NIDO FAMILY CENTERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAWN REDWOODS CHARITABLE TRUST: $500 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.

Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…Silicon Valley Commun…Jewish Community Fede…Marin Community Found…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Jewish Communal FundNY15.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Shiff Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shiff Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%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
    2get no government money at all
    2report 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.

    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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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