Skip to content

California · Private foundation

Shoresh Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$726k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2024
38
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2024
$3,600
Largest grant, FY2024
$104,400
Organizations funded a year
32 to 40
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$15M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Shoresh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
InternationalHealthEducationAnimalsHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving40$691k28%
FY202338$814k24%
FY202237$612k41%
FY202140$549k33%
FY202032$597k56%
FY201735$355kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$968kEducation$915kReligion$658kInternational$434kPhilanthropy$175kCrime & Legal$144kArts & Culture$112kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MI
NY
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
WV
MD
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 80 grantees
All grantees of Shoresh Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oakland Hebrew Day School$628,20062%
Ikar$505,2166n/a
San Francisco Food Bank$255,00060%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$250,00050%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$218,00030%
Jewish Commmunity High School of the Bay$150,00061%
The Shalem Foundation$127,50040%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$120,00020%
Direct Relief$118,00060%
Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay$111,50012%
Beth Jacob Congregation of Oakland$100,9606n/a
Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc$100,00050%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$90,70050%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$85,00030%
YES Nature to Neighborhoods$60,00061%
Art Center College of Design$53,00040%
Share Our Strength$50,00050%
Hias Inc$45,86060%
Anti-Defamation League$30,00020%
American Jewish University$21,00040%
Meals on Wheels of Alameda County$18,50060%
The Oakland Public Education Fund$18,00010%
Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco$17,20030%
International Rescue Committee INC$15,00020%
Worldwide Friends Foundation$15,00010%
Lehrhaus Judaica dba HAMAQOM The Place$12,00011%
Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay$10,80050%
Isralight South Florida Inc$10,80030%
Hope for Haiti Inc$10,00010%
Congregation Torat Emet$8,7005n/a
Brentwood School$8,33310%
Augusta Levy Learning Center Inc$7,50030%
Museum of Northern California Art$5,00013%
Community Partners$5,00010%
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation$5,00010%
Chabad of the East Bay$5,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena$5,00050%
American Friends of Darche Noam Inc - David Shapell College of Jewish Studies$3,60020%
Center For Gender And Refugee Studies- California Inc$3,15020%
California College of the Arts$3,00020%
Mighty Writers$2,50050%
American Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc$1,80010%
Bimbam$1,50010%
Creative Growth Art Center$1,00010%
Getting Out and Staying Out Inc$1,00010%
Community Legal Services Inc$72020%
Malaria No More Fund$72010%
National Institute for Jewish Hospice$72011%
Orthopaedic Institute for Children Foundation$50010%
San Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc$50010%
Smile Train Inc$50010%
Southern California Public Radio$50010%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$50010%
The Life You Can Save$36010%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation$36010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$36010%
Hand in Hand American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Isra$36010%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$36010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$36010%
All Seated in a Barn$36010%
Equus Foundation Inc$36010%
Seven Locks Jewish Community Inc Aka Congregation Har Shalom$3601n/a
Internet Archive$36010%
Bethesda Project$36010%
Water for South Sudan Inc$36010%
Finger Lakes Spca Inc$36010%
Philabundance$36010%
Federation Day Care Services D/B/A Federation Early Learning Services$36010%
Northeast Treatment Centers Inc$36010%
Project Home$36010%
Givedirectly Inc$36010%
The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty To$36010%
Kind Inc$36010%
Women Against Abuse Inc$36010%
Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc$36010%
Building Futures Inc$2501n/a
Center For Youth Development Through Law$2501n/a
Prison Pet Partnership Program$18010%
Ali Forney Center Inc$18010%
Bard College$18010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($289k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shoresh Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOakland Hebrew Day School: $628,200 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $255,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $218,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Commmunity High School of the Bay: $150,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetThe Shalem Foundation: $127,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Leket Israel Inc: $120,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDirect Relief: $118,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay: $111,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetIsraaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $90,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYES Nature to Neighborhoods: $60,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetArt Center College of Design: $53,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $45,860 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish University: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Alameda County: $18,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Oakland Public Education Fund: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco: $17,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorldwide Friends Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLehrhaus Judaica dba HAMAQOM The Place: $12,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJewish Family and Community Services East Bay: $10,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIsralight South Florida Inc: $10,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHope for Haiti Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrentwood School: $8,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAugusta Levy Learning Center Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMuseum of Northern California Art: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCommunity Partners: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUc Santa Barbara Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Pasadena: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Darche Noam Inc - David Shapell College of Jewish Studies: $3,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter For Gender And Refugee Studies- California Inc: $3,150 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCalifornia College of the Arts: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMighty Writers: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBimbam: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCreative Growth Art Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGetting Out and Staying Out Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Legal Services Inc: $720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMalaria No More Fund: $720 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Institute for Jewish Hospice: $720 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOrthopaedic Institute for Children Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern California Public Radio: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 73.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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 Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA26.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Jewish Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Koret Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · California Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Impactassetsinc

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.

Compare Shoresh Foundation with peer funders

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Shoresh Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Shoresh 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.

About Shoresh Foundation

How much does Shoresh Foundation give?
Shoresh Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $725,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Shoresh Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (26%), Education (25%), Religion (18%).
Who are Shoresh Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Oakland Hebrew Day School ($628k), Ikar ($505k), San Francisco Food Bank ($255k).
Does Shoresh Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Shoresh Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Shoresh Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, The Jewish Community Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay.
Where is Shoresh Foundation based?
Shoresh Foundation is based in CA.

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 106 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Shoresh’s filings →

More from the funding graph