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Stephanie Kalman Foundation at a glance

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Stephanie Kalman Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$691k
Granted FY2022
15
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$651k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Philanthropy$651kArts & Culture$67kEducation$49kEnvironment$6kInternational$500Health$300
02FY2022 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k12 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $33k
  • $250k+1 grant · $651k
$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MS GIFT STEPHANIE GIFFEN DONOR ADVISED FUND$650,710
CAL STATE EAST BAY$20,000
SAN FRANCISCO PLAYHOUSE$12,500
SMUIN BALLET$2,500
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET$1,000
SAVE MOUNT DIABLO$1,000
JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST$1,000
WORKING BIKES$500
UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION$500
FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO$300
KQED$300
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$300
REDWOOD COAST MEDICAL SERVICES$300
GUALALA ARTS CENTER$300
SAN FRANCISCO HISTORICAL SOCIETY$100
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAVE MOUNT DIABLO: $1k → 9%CAL STATE EAST BAY: $20k → 10%FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $3k → 10%GUALALA ARTS CENTER: $300 → 18%MS GIFT STEPHANIE GIFFEN DONOR ADVISED FUND: $651k → 9%WORKING BIKES: $500 → 14%WALNUT CREEK LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%CAL STATE EAST BAY: $12k → 10%FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $300 → 10%REDWOOD COAST MEDICAL SERVICES: $300 → 18%SAVE MOUNT DIABLO: $1k → 9%CAL STATE EAST BAY: $10k → 10%FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $300 → 10%SAVE MOUNT DIABLO: $1k → 9%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%BAY SCHOLARS: $2k → 10%DIABLO REGIONAL ARTS ASSOCIATION: $1k → 9%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%BAY SCHOLARS: $2k → 10%JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST: $1k → 9%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%SMUIN BALLET: $10k → 10%JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST: $1k → 9%SMUIN BALLET: $5k → 10%JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST: $1k → 9%SMUIN BALLET: $3k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $2k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $300 → 10%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $300 → 10%SAN FRANCISCO PLAYHOUSE: $13k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO PLAYHOUSE: $13k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO PLAYHOUSE: $10k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO BALLET: $1k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO BALLET: $1k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO BALLET: $1k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $300 → 10%SAN FRANCISCO HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100 → 10%SAN FRANCISCO HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100 → 10%SAN FRANCISCO HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100 → 10%KQED: $2k → 10%KQED: $2k → 10%KQED: $300 → 10%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.

15%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$119k · 12 repeat orgs$654k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +58% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2022, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
3

Total granted

$119k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+58%

Still filing today

83%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $652k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalHealthRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • SF
    San Francisco Playhouse
    3× · 2020–2022 · $35k · revenue +112%
  • SB
    Smuin Ballet
    3× · 2020–2022 · $18k · revenue +8%
  • KI
    KQED INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $3k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • WC
    WALNUT CREEK LIBRARY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +76%
  • DR
    Diablo Regional Arts Associationgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +58%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
    one grant, 2020 · $300 · revenue +4%
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
Sonoma Botanical Garden
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2
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
3
San Francisco Performances Inc

SFP presents internationally acclaimed and emerging performing artists, introduces innovative programs, and builds new and diversified audiences for the arts through education and outreach activities.

Arts & Culture
4
Oakland Museum of California

The museum's mission is to inspire all californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities. through collections, exhibitions, education programs, and public dialogue, we inspire people of all ages and…

Arts & Culture
5
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company

Sfbatco unites artists and audiences through live theatre that is reflective of the authentic perspectives and history of the san francisco bay area.

Arts & Culture
6
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
7
California Bach Society Inc

Choral Music Performances: California Bach Society is a 30-voice chamber choir known for finely wrought interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque music, often accompanied by leading period instrumentalists. Each season, the choir performs…

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8
San Francisco Philharmonic Orchestra

Take world-class symphonic music off the pedestal and into the heart of our community. San Francisco Philharmonic is an orchestral group dedicated to cultural enrichment, music education and creating a performance platform for women and…

Arts & Culture
9
San Francisco Architectural Heritage

The Organizations primary impact is to preserve and enhance San Franciscos unique architectural and cultural identity.

Arts & Culture
10
San Francisco City Guides

Since 1978, our mission has been to preserve and perpetuate San Francisco's history and folklore and to celebrate its rich history of cultural diversity.

Human Services
11
San Francisco Association of Realtors Foundation
Philanthropy
12
San Francisco Basque Folkloric Groups
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Francisco Symphony; the most unlike its peers is Working Bikes. 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

15 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. 15 of the 19 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
15/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MS GIFT STEPHANIE GIFFEN DONOR ADVISED FUND: $650,710 · OtherMS GIFT STEPHANIE GIFFEN DONOR ADVISED FUNDCAL STATE EAST BAY: $42,000 · OtherCAL STATE EAST BAY+3 more: $3,100 · OtherSan Francisco Playhouse: $35,000 · Arts & CultureSan Franc…Smuin Ballet: $17,500 · Arts & CultureSmuin Bal…KQED INC: $3,300 · Arts & CultureCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $3,100 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $2,910 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,300 · Arts & CultureBAY SCHOLARS: $3,000 · EducationWALNUT CREEK LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationSAVE MOUNT DIABLO: $3,000 · Recreation & SportsJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust: $3,000 · EnvironmentWorking Bikes: $500 · InternationalREDWOOD COAST MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $300 · Health
Other$695,810Arts & Culture$66,110Education$4,000Recreation & Sports$3,000Environment$3,000International$500Health$300

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 budgetSan Francisco Playhouse: $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSmuin Ballet: $17,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKQED INC: $3,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $3,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBAY SCHOLARS: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE MOUNT DIABLO: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $2,910 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWALNUT CREEK LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDiablo Regional Arts Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorking Bikes: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Historical Society: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD COAST MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $300 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.

Marin Community Found…Moore Dry Dock Founda…William a Kerr Founda…Dean and Margaret Les…Jewish Community Fede…East Bay Community Fo…The San Francisco Fou…Shell USA Company Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…
Marin Community FoundationCA17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Moore Dry Dock Foundation · William a Kerr Foundation · Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · East Bay Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation

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 Stephanie Kalman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stephanie Kalman 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 19 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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