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Shoreline 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.

$158k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through 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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.2MHuman Services$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$35kFood & Nutrition$20kRecreation & Sports$20kYouth Development$20kCrime & Legal$15kEmployment$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PENINSULA BRIDGE PROGRAM$60,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$30,000
EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION$20,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$20,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE PENINSULA$10,000
ASIAN PACIFIC FUND$5,000
MALALA FUND$2,100
KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO$1,000
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 (FY20–25, $61k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SUNDAY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $15k → 8%SUNDAY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%SUNDAY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $1k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $5k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $25k → 8%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$789k · 11 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
11

Total granted

$789k
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+3%

Still filing today

100%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsInternationalPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • University of Chicago
    6× · 2018–2023 · $260k · revenue +52%
  • TP
    THE PENINSULA BRIDGE PROGRAM
    8× · 2017–2025 · $223k · revenue +59%
  • CS
    COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • EH
    ECUMENICAL HUNGER PROGRAM
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +3%
  • ND
    NOTRE DAME MEN'S TENNIS
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • DW
    DAY WORKER CENTER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -19%
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
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
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
San Francisco University High School

At san franicisco university high school, we engage our community of diverse voices in a transformational experience that embraces the spirited pursuit of learning and empowers purpose larger than self.

Education
6
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
7
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
8
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
9
Dominican University of California

Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.

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
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Naacp Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Malala Fund. 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

26 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. 26 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $560,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYUniversity of Chicago: $260,000 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoEAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $115,000 · EducationEAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION+4 more: $14,100 · EducationTHE PENINSULA BRIDGE PROGRAM: $223,150 · OtherTHE PENINSULA BRIDGE PROG…MENLO SCHOOL: $27,000 · OtherMENLO SCHOOLEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $12,500 · Other+9 more: $57,500 · Other+9 moreCOMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesSUNDAY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $35,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE INC: $3,000 · InternationalLOS ALTOS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyASIAN PACIFIC FUND: $5,000 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentECUMENICAL HUNGER PROGRAM: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$949,100Other$320,150Human Services$61,000International$38,000Philanthropy$35,000Youth Development$20,000Food & Nutrition$15,000

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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $560,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $260,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PENINSULA BRIDGE PROGRAM: $223,150 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetEAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $115,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSUNDAY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLOS ALTOS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMENLO SCHOOL: $27,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetECUMENICAL HUNGER PROGRAM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAY WORKER CENTER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStandUp for Kids: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDEFY VENTURES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK LIVES MATTER FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WEBB SCHOOLS: $1,000 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…The David and Lucile …Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Gordon E and Betty I …Bright Funds Foundati…Morgan Stanley Global…AbbVie FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…United Way WorldwideEmbarcadero Media Fou…Second Harvest of Sil…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA21.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · AbbVie Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Embarcadero Media Foundation · Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    0get no government money at all
    7report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Shoreline Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Shoreline Family 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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