· Private foundation
Small World Foundation (Previously Known as Bright Star 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $144k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| INCLINE VILLAGE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION (IVCHF) | $24,500 |
| SHARKS FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| THE LUCIOUS BATEMAN FOUNDATION | $17,030 |
| NCGA FOUNDATION | $12,500 |
| YOUTH ON COURSE | $10,000 |
| THE BRITT GEORGE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| SAN JOSE SPORTS AUTHORITY | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF SUTRO TUNNEL CHARITY | $10,000 |
| TOSCA - THE ORESTIMBA SCHOLARSHIP COMM ASSN | $10,000 |
| STROKE AWARENESS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| BREAKTHROUGH T1D MOUNTAIN WEST | $10,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WESTERN NEVADA | $5,000 |
| SERVICES FOR SENIORS INC HEART OF THE VALLEY | $5,000 |
| ACHIEVE TAHOE | $5,000 |
| THE FIRST TEE OF THE TRI VALLEY | $2,500 |
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 (FY19–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.
33 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IVINCLINE VILLAGE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $112k · revenue +602%
- SJSAN JOSE CHILDRENS MUSICAL THEATER5× · 2020–2024 · $103k · revenue +3%
- SAStroke Awareness Foundation9× · 2017–2025 · $85k · revenue +88%
Funded once
- BSBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 55 SILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COUNCILgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +82%
- AVALMADEN VALLEY WOMANS CLUBone grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -94%
- CFCCIM FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $13k
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 mission of the scga junior golf foundation is to develop an inclusive golf community that enables kids to thrive on and beyond the course. we believe that every kid in southern california, no matter their circumstance, should have the…
The mission of the Club is to inspire and enable all youth, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe has been a cornerstone of the…
Youth sports
The Truckee Trails Foundation (TTF) is working towards a system of trails and bikeways in and around Truckee, California that will connect people and places, reduce our community's dependence on automobiles, and improve our physical,…
To benefit the university of california santa cruz.
Santa catalina school exists to develop in each student a striving for excellence, a maturing awareness of moral and spiritual values, a sense of responsible purpose, and a determination to serve the world with courage, grace, and…
It is the mission of srcysc to provide the youth of riverside county with equal opportunities for those of all genders and ages to engage and take active part in personal fitness, teamwork, athletic competition and self esteem building…
To inspire and empower all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring adults.
Our mission is to help make santa clara university athletics relevant by providing a first-class, "big time," division 1 experience.
The Solano Community Foundation strengthens Solano County by advancing equity, supporting nonprofit resilience, and expanding access to philanthropy. We serve as a community leader, responsive grantmaker, and trusted partner for donors who…
Who we are - silicon valley education foundation (svef) focuses on raising student performance in the critical areas of math and science across all 33 santa clara county school districts, and also adjoining san mateo and alameda counties.…
How this is measured
42 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. 42 of the 74 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.
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 INCLINE VILLAGE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAN JOSE CHILDRENS MUSICAL THEATER ↗
- Who funds Stroke Awareness Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE SHARKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVE TAHOE ↗
- Who funds LUCIOUS BATEMAN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE SAN JOSE SPORTS AUTHORITY ↗
- Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 55 SILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds ALMADEN VALLEY WOMANS CLUB ↗
- Who funds LOVE FOR KENYA ↗
- Who funds THE BEN HOGAN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF SUTRO TUNNEL CHARITY ↗
- Who funds TAHOE FOREST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NCGA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE BRITT GEORGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE BRANDENBURG FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEVADA COUNTY SHERIFFS SEARCH & RESCUE I ↗
- Who funds KROENKE SPORTS CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA 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: The Brandenburg Family Foundation · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · Robert V and Laraine M Sanford Charitable Foundation · The Kirkorian Family Foundation · Pebble Beach Company Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Small World Foundation (Previously Known as Bright Star Foundation) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Small World Foundation (Previously Known as Bright Star Foundation). Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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