· Public charity
Sing for America Foundation
Raising funds to support arts groups and other charities
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k2 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MARINES MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION | $12,000 |
| OKIZU | $6,000 |
| CENTER FOR DOMESTIC PEACE | $5,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–19, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MMMARINES' MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION3× · 2017–2019 · $32k · revenue -22%
- DHDAVID'S HARP FOUNDATION2× · 2017–2018 · $21k · revenue +725%
Center for Domestic Peace2× · 2018–2019 · $12k · revenue +37%
Funded once
- ELEnriching Lives Through Musicgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $7k · revenue ×12
- TDTHE DAWN REDWOODS CHARITABLE TRUSTgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +247%
- MRMonte Rio School Foundationone grant, 2018 · $6k
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.
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.
The David Z Foundation is a non-profit organization created in memory of DavidZablidowsky and dedicated to transforming lives through the magic of music. Our goal is to nurture that creative musical spark that a child has and help turn it…
InterMusic SF is dedicated to sustaining and nourishing the Bay Area creative environment by offering dynamic programming and vital resources for music creators and audience members.
The Foundation works throughout the year to provide educational arts and culture workshops, mentorship for rising community leaders, grants for independent artists, and award honoree ceremony.
The mission of Muffin Music is to empower and inspire youth through transformative music education and performance experiences. By providing access to world-class musicians and educators we support young artists from diverse backgrounds in…
Provide outstanding music programs for students aged 5 to 22 that can create a positive impact on their lives.
The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…
The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
Infinite Music is 501c3 nonprofit that provides underserved youth on California's Central Coast the opportunity to experience the transformative power of music through education, appreciation, and performance. Our goal is a future where…
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts engages youth and young adults in imagining and creating new worlds for themselves and new visions for their communities through the inspiration and discipline of rigorous training in world…
Menlo school's mission is to empower students to explore and expand their interests, reach their fullest potential, develop the skills necessary for success in college, and become ethical, responsible, and engaged members of ever wider…
How this is measured
8 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.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds MARINES' MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds DAVID'S HARP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Center for Domestic Peace ↗
- Who funds Enriching Lives Through Music ↗
- Who funds THE DAWN REDWOODS CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
- Who funds Monte Rio School Foundation ↗
- Who funds OKIZU FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sing for America Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sing for America Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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