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Steven L Hallgrimson Foundation Inc at a glance

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Steven L Hallgrimson Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$313k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$744kRecreation & Sports$105kHealth$99kArts & Culture$40kHuman Services$32kCommunity Improvement$30kFood & Nutrition$25kPhilanthropy$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k27 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $83k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $160k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$7.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE$160,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS NOTHERN CALIFORNIA$25,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
SAN JOSE SPORTS HALL OF FAME$12,500
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY$10,000
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
SANTA CLARA COUNTY LAW LIBRARY$10,000
CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL$7,000
SCRIPPS COLLEGE$5,000
REACH FOUNDATION$5,000
SAN FRANCISCO CAMPUS FOR JEWISH LIVING$5,000
ICELANDIC ROOTS$5,000
MIDORI-KAI$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
EASTSIDE COLLEGE PROPARATORY SCHOOL$5,000
02The need
03

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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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MIDORI-KAI: $5k → 10%MIDORI-KAI: $5k → 10%MIDORI KAI INC: $5k → 10%MIDORI-KAI: $5k → 10%MIDORI-KAI: $5k → 10%MIDORI KAI INC: $3k → 10%MIDORI KAI INC: $2k → 10%HUNGER AT HOME: $3k → 8%HUNGER AT HOME: $3k → 8%HUNGER AT HOME: $3k → 8%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 50 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
44

Total granted

$1.0M
$72k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+38%

Still filing today

58%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CM
    Claremont McKenna College
    8× · 2017–2024 · $315k · revenue +89%
  • PO
    PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $192k · revenue +39%
  • MI
    MIDORI-KAI INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $30k · revenue +723%

Funded once

  • CH
    COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF MONTEREY PENINSULA
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • MP
    MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue -29%
  • TS
    THE SAN JOSE SPORTS AUTHORITYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +115%
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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
2
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
3
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
4
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
5
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
6
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
7
University of the Pacific

To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.

Education
8
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

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9
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
10
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
11
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation

To benefit the university of california santa cruz.

Education
12
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Basic Fund; the most unlike its peers is The Reach Foundation. 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

40 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. 40 of the 103 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
30/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Claremont McKenna College: $314,500 · OtherClaremont McKenna CollegeSAN JOSE SPORTS HALL OF FAME: $72,500 · OtherSAN JOSE SPORTS HALL OF FAMECRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $33,000 · OtherSAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY: $28,500 · OtherSANTA CLARA COUNTY LAW LIBRARY: $26,313 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · Other+70 more: $222,100 · Other+70 morePRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $192,300 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $32,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SA…EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $11,900 · EducationScripps College: $11,000 · EducationREACH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education+7 more: $18,500 · Education+7 moreMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthStroke Awareness Foundation: $16,250 · HealthCSNK2A1 FOUNDATION: $7,000 · HealthIcelandic Roots: $20,000 · Arts & CultureNational Nordic Museum: $5,500 · Arts & CultureKuumbwa Jazz Society: $4,500 · Arts & CultureItalian American Heritage Foundation Inc: $3,500 · Arts & CultureKQED INC: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureMIDORI-KAI INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesHUNGER AT HOME: $7,500 · Human ServicesSPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE REACH FOUNDATION: $7,500 · PhilanthropyMONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $6,250 · Philanthropy
Other$721,913Education$275,700Health$43,250Arts & Culture$38,500Human Services$37,500Recreation & Sports$25,000Philanthropy$13,750

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 budgetClaremont McKenna College: $314,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $192,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIDORI-KAI INC: $30,000 over 7y, 9.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIcelandic Roots: $20,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES: $17,500 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetStroke Awareness Foundation: $16,250 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetCatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: $15,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $11,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLaw Foundation of Silicon Valley: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetScripps College: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREACH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHUNGER AT HOME: $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE REACH FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetCSNK2A1 FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $6,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Nordic Museum: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPOMONA COLLEGE: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN JOSE SPORTS AUTHORITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKuumbwa Jazz Society: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSACRED HEART NATIVITY SCHOOL: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetItalian American Heritage Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKQED INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Bay: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN FLYER FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBay Area Ridge Trail Council: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDEL MONTE FOREST CONSERVANCY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Sur Land Trust: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BASIC FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarmel Bach Festival Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAMILY GIVING TREE: $500 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.

  • Who funds Claremont McKenna College ↗
  • Who funds PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MIDORI-KAI INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Icelandic Roots ↗
  • Who funds LOAVES AND FISHES ↗
  • Who funds Stroke Awareness Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties ↗
  • Who funds EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Law Foundation of Silicon Valley ↗
  • Who funds Scripps College ↗
  • Who funds REACH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUNGER AT HOME ↗
  • Who funds THE REACH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CSNK2A1 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds National Nordic Museum ↗
  • Who funds POMONA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN JOSE SPORTS AUTHORITY ↗
  • Who funds Kuumbwa Jazz Society ↗
  • Who funds SACRED HEART NATIVITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL ↗

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.

Olander Family Founda…Silicon Valley Commun…The Catholic Communit…The Roberts FoundationThe Sobrato Family Fo…The San Francisco Fou…The Ayco Charitable F…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Tyler FoundationMarchese Family Found…Stephen C & Patricia …
Olander Family Foundation IncCA41.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Olander Family Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Catholic Community Foundation · The Roberts Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Tyler Foundation · Marchese Family Foundation · Stephen C & Patricia A Schott 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 Steven L Hallgrimson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steven L Hallgrimson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Steven L Hallgrimson Foundation Inc 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.

    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 103 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.

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