California · Private foundation
So Inclined Philanthropic 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.
- $332k
- Granted FY2023
- 8
- Grants FY2023
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
85% of So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $332k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Total assets, FY2023
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $87k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 8 | $332k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $586k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ | $2,577,000 | 5 | 4% |
| San Mateo County Health Foundation | $962,000 | 5 | 56% |
| Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society | $100,000 | 4 | 1% |
| American Friends of Libi Inc | $27,370 | 1 | 0% |
| Computer History Museum | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Jcc Krakow Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Charidy Global Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nova Ukraine | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evangelical Baptist Ukrainian Church of Sacramento | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Archaeology Abroad Inc | $9,600 | 1 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ | $2,577,000 | 5 | 4% |
| San Mateo County Health Foundation | $962,000 | 5 | 56% |
| Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society | $100,000 | 4 | 1% |
| American Friends of Libi Inc | $27,370 | 1 | 0% |
| Computer History Museum | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Jcc Krakow Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Charidy Global Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nova Ukraine | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evangelical Baptist Ukrainian Church of Sacramento | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Archaeology Abroad Inc | $9,600 | 1 | 5% |
| Friends of Ir David Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forestry Crab Feed | $5,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
Compare So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation with peer funders
About So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation
- How much does So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation give?
- So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $331,870 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (55%), Health (39%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ ($2.6M), San Mateo County Health Foundation ($962k), Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society ($100k).
- Does So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does So Inclined Philanthropic 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 So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation based?
- So Inclined Philanthropic Foundation is based in CA.
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