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Sunlight Giving

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.

$23M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
332
Grants FY2024
294
Organizations funded FY2023
5%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$55,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$350,000
Organizations funded a year
222 to 294
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$502M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 5% of the organizations Sunlight Giving funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $415k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyCrime & LegalEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving289$23M1%
FY2023294$23M5%
FY2022286$26M11%
FY2021272$40M6%
FY2020261$31M6%
FY2019262$22M27%
FY2017222$23Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$48MHealth$39MFood & Nutrition$33MHousing & Shelter$27MCrime & Legal$12MCommunity Improvement$8.5MPhilanthropy$6.2MEducation$6.0MOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$3,490,00071%
Abode Services$3,225,00071%
Lifemoves$3,150,00072%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$2,700,00060%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$2,625,00070%
Food Bank for Monterey County$2,600,00072%
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County$2,430,00072%
Valley Health Foundation (Vhf)$2,350,00079%
First 5 Santa Clara$2,350,0007n/a
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$2,200,00070%
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All grantees of Sunlight Giving by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$3,490,00071%
Abode Services$3,225,00071%
Lifemoves$3,150,00072%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$2,700,00060%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$2,625,00070%
Food Bank for Monterey County$2,600,00072%
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County$2,430,00072%
Valley Health Foundation (Vhf)$2,350,00079%
First 5 Santa Clara$2,350,0007n/a
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$2,200,00070%
Sacred Heart Community Service$1,925,00071%
The Merced County Food Bank$1,884,00074%
Samaritan House$1,875,00072%
First 5 Alameda County$1,865,0007n/a
California Association of Food Banks$1,700,00072%
El Concilio California$1,690,00072%
Second Harvest of the Greater Valley$1,627,00071%
Community Food Bank of San Benito County$1,625,000711%
Kidango Inc$1,535,00071%
California Primary Care Association$1,530,00072%
Golden Valley Health Centers Foundation$1,460,000681%
Community Bridges$1,380,00072%
Faith in the Valley$1,380,000712%
California Rural Legal Assistance Inc$1,260,00071%
Homefirst Services of Santa Clara County$1,255,00071%
East Bay Agency for Children$1,224,00071%
Family Supportive Housing Inc$1,212,00079%
San Mateo County Health Foundation$1,210,000722%
La Clinica de la Raza Inc$1,210,00070%
Community Medical Centers Inc$1,195,00070%
Shelter Inc$1,185,00072%
Bay Area Legal Aid$1,165,00071%
South County Community Health Center Inc dba Ravenswood Family Health Center$1,142,00071%
Gardner Family Health Network Inc$1,115,00071%
SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES fka ST JOSEPHS FAMILY CENTER$1,087,00072%
Nourish California$1,065,000713%
Bay Area Community Health$1,005,00070%
Santa Cruz Community Health Centers$1,005,00071%
Lifelong Medical Care$1,000,00070%
Public Health Institute$1,000,00010%
K to College Dba Supplybankorg$1,000,000612%
St Mary's Community Services$987,50076%
Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley$970,00071%
Sunnyvale Community Services$955,00072%
Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen$955,00074%
West Valley Community Services of Santa Clara County Inc$940,00073%
Community Services Agency of Mountain View Los Altos and Los Altos Hills Inc$940,00073%
National Low Income Housing Coalition$940,00073%
The Davis Street Community Center Inc$925,00071%
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc$925,00075%
East Bay Community Law Center$915,00072%
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County$915,00070%
Salud Para la Gente$905,00070%
Peninsula Family Service$880,00071%
San Joaquin County Child Abuse Prevention Council$880,00071%
Asian Health Services$860,00070%
Institute for Human & Social Development$850,00071%
Feeding America$850,00070%
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center Inc$835,00070%
Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc$835,00070%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Stockton$835,00073%
Alameda Health Consortium$820,00073%
Young Men's Christian Association of Silicon Valley$820,00061%
Community Partnership for Families of San Joaquin$815,00076%
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley$815,00072%
Help a Mother Out$815,000610%
Community Health Partnership Inc$802,00076%
Central Valley Opportunity Center Inc$800,00072%
Community Homeless Solutions$795,00075%
Ecology Center$780,00071%
Community Action Board$775,00072%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey$775,0007n/a
Mandela Partners Prev Mandela Marketplace Inc$775,00074%
Community Housing & Shelter Services of Stanislaus$767,500712%
Centro Legal de la Raza$760,00061%
Ruby's Place Inc$760,00076%
Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc$760,00063%
Fresh Approach$755,00077%
Stand for Families Free of Violence$745,00074%
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County$745,00076%
Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland$740,00060%
Bill Wilson Center$740,00071%
California Coalition for Rural Housing Project$735,000710%
CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse$722,00072%
United Way of Merced County$720,000712%
School Health Clinics of Santa Clara County$715,00073%
Fremont Family Resource Center Corporation$705,000728%
Natividad Medical Foundation$700,00075%
Puente de la Costa Sur$700,00074%
Housing Matters$695,00063%
The Children's Partnership$685,00075%
Encompass Community Services$675,00061%
Urban Tilth$672,50077%
Greater Richmond Interfaith Program Grip$665,00076%
Young Men's Christian Association of San Francisco$655,00070%
Southern Monterey County Memorial Hospital$650,00070%
City of Redwood City$650,0006n/a
San Benito Health Foundation$645,00072%
Code for America Labs Inc$645,00071%
Lotus Bloom$640,00076%
Tri-Valley Haven For Women$637,50073%
Monterey County Children & Families Commission$635,0007n/a
Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence$635,00073%
Daly City Peninsula Partnership Collaborative$630,00076%
Monument Crisis Center$620,00073%
Go Kids Inc$620,00061%
Community Solutions for Children Families and Individuals$620,00070%
Coastside Hope$605,00076%
Berkeley Food Network$602,000620%
Pacifica Resource Center$600,00077%
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area$600,00072%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Oakland$600,00072%
Axis Community Health Inc$595,00070%
Safe Alternatives To Violent Environments$592,00076%
Prevail Ca$585,00072%
Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County$580,000711%
San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters$567,5007n/a
The West Oakland Health Council$565,00071%
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California$565,00075%
Friends of Educare California at Silicon Valley$545,00078%
California Wic Association$545,000712%
Central California Legal Services Inc$540,00071%
Tenants Together$527,500619%
Families in Transition Inc$525,00073%
New Haven Unified School District$525,0006n/a
California Immigrant Policy Center$522,50063%
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation$515,00060%
YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley$505,00071%
Monarch Services-Servicios Monarca$497,50073%
Human Investment Project Inc$495,00074%
Salinas Valley Health Foundation$492,50053%
Housing California Inc$490,00064%
Spur - San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association$490,00061%
San Jose Grail Family Services$485,00075%
Childrens Crisis Center of Stanislaus County$485,00072%
Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing Inc$484,50042%
Emergency Food Bank$481,00061%
Merced County Office of Education$480,0006n/a
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services$475,00079%
Veggielution$470,000711%
SOCIETY OF STVINCENT DE PAUL District Council of Alameda County$460,00072%
Children Now$460,00062%
Somos Mayfair Inc$460,00072%
Dientes Community Dental Care$455,00071%
Safe Passages$450,00071%
St Vincents Day Home$450,00072%
White Pony Express$440,00071%
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation$437,00052%
Healthy Alternatives to Violent Environm$435,00072%
Stockton Shelter For The Homeless$430,00067%
Parent Voices Oakland$425,000718%
United Samaritans Foundation$425,00075%
Family Promise of Greater Modesto Greater Modesto Interfaith Hospitality N$420,000727%
Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay$420,00072%
Housing Resource Center of Monterey Coun$410,00073%
Peninsula Food Runners Inc$410,00077%
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance$405,00075%
East Bay Housing Organizations$405,00076%
East Oakland Community Project$400,00071%
Pogo Park$395,00075%
Roots Community Health Center$395,00061%
Native American Health Center Inc$395,00050%
Lincoln$395,00070%
Building Opp for Self-Sufficiency$393,50071%
Ecumenical Hunger Program$390,00071%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fresno$390,00061%
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network$385,00061%
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation$385,00062%
Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc$385,00061%
Stanislaus Multi Cultural Community Health Coalition West Modesto King$375,000717%
Bananas Incorporated$375,00060%
Youth Alliance$372,50073%
First 5 San Benito$370,0006n/a
A Safe Place$365,00066%
Martha's Kitchen$360,00063%
CocoKids Inc$360,00060%
Alisal Union School District$360,0006n/a
Turlock Gospel Mission$355,00074%
Trybe Inc$345,00074%
Community Child Care Coordinating Council of Alameda County$342,50060%
Winter Nights Family Shelter Inc$340,000521%
McHenry House Tracy Family Shelter$340,00079%
Center for Community Advocacy$340,00076%
Rahima International Foundation$340,00072%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$335,00060%
Family Resource & Referral Center of San Joaquin$325,00060%
California Children and Families Foundation Inc$325,00064%
Sonrisas Dental Health Inc$324,50052%
Santa Clara County Asian Law Alliance$320,00063%
Village Community Resource Center$320,000616%
Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation$310,00046%
Shine Together Inc$310,00072%
Hively$310,00060%
Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County Inc$310,00050%
Healthier Kids Foundation$305,00062%
Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc$305,00060%
Alameda Family Services Inc$302,50071%
Hazel Hawkins Hospital Foundation$300,000420%
District Council of Contra Costa County Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese$300,00034%
Lodi House$295,00076%
Sv Home$285,00074%
Rotacare Bay Area Inc$280,00075%
The Salvation Army$280,0003n/a
The YWCA Monterey County$275,00072%
Maitri$270,00074%
Emmaus House$270,000723%
Earth Island Institute Inc$265,00060%
United Way of Santa Cruz County$256,00032%
San Joaquin County Clinics - a Calif Nonprofit Public Benefit Cor$255,0003n/a
Bay Area Crisis Nursery$255,00075%
San Jose Public Library Foundation$255,000415%
Aliados Health$255,00041%
The Asian Americans for Community Involvement of Santa Clara County Inc$250,00070%
Healthy House Within a Match Coalition$245,00078%
Tax-Aid$240,000612%
Center for Employment Training$235,00070%
Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative$235,00067%
United Way of Stanislaus County$235,00045%
The Watsonville Law Center$235,00058%
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation$230,00070%
Alameda Point Collaborative$225,00041%
Livingston Community Health$225,00030%
YWCA of Watsonville$225,00075%
Asian Pacific Self-Development$222,50066%
Womens Daytime Drop-In Center$222,00077%
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network$220,00041%
Bay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement Inc$215,00074%
Nihonmachi Legal Outreach Dba Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach$215,00071%
Alliance for Community Transformations$215,00071%
Fathers and Families of San Joaquin$212,50043%
Contra Costa Cnty Flood Control & Water$210,0002n/a
Community Agroecology Network$201,00058%
Golden Valley Health Centers$200,00010%
Asian Law Caucus$195,00041%
The Friends of the Oakland Public Library$195,000361%
The Alliance for Community Wellness DBA La Familia Counseling Services$195,00030%
Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks$195,000313%
St Francis Center of Redwood City$190,00032%
Santa Cruz County Office of Education$190,0004n/a
Peninsula Family Connections$180,00034%
St Mary's Center$180,00071%
Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits$167,50073%
National Wic Association$165,00061%
Northern California Grantmakers$164,25061%
Communities For A New California Education Fund$150,00034%
Through the Looking Glass$150,00051%
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management$150,00010%
California Housing Partner Corporation$150,00031%
Thrive Alliance Thrive - The Alliance of Nonprofits$147,500710%
Oakland Elizabeth House$140,00076%
Tides Inc$140,00022%
Foundation for San Mateo County Libraries$140,000343%
Community Initiatives$140,00050%
Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County$135,00064%
Home and Hope$135,00054%
Mayview Community Health Center Inc$135,00021%
Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries Inc$135,00027%
Cacfp Roundtable$135,000413%
Faith In Action East Bay$125,00046%
San Joaquin Valley Housing Collaborative$120,000614%
North East Medical Services$120,00010%
Golden State Opportunity$120,00031%
Catholic Charities Cyo of the Archdiocese of San Francisco$115,00030%
People Acting in Community Together$110,000412%
Immigrant Legal Defense$110,00041%
Mujeres Unidas y Activas$110,00040%
Faith In Action Bay Area$110,00042%
Family Emergency Shelter Coalition$107,50024%
Amigos de Guadalupe Center for Justice and Enpowerment$105,00021%
One Degree$100,0002n/a
Community Kitchens Inc$100,00034%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc$100,00020%
Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center$100,00042%
Public Policy Institute of California$100,00020%
Urban Habitat Program$100,00022%
Bay Area Rescue Mission$100,00011%
COPA Communities Organized for Ralational Power in Action in Action$100,00047%
United Way of Monterey County$90,00031%
The Parenting Connection of Monterey Co$85,000317%
Seneca Family of Agencies$85,00040%
Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust$80,00034%
Family Promise of San Joaquin County$80,00038%
Chanticleer Park Neighbors Association$75,0001n/a
South San Francisco Public Library Foundation$75,0001n/a
Friends of the Salinas Public Libraries$75,000154%
East Bay Alliance For A Sustainable Economy$75,00031%
Housing Trust Silicon Valley$75,00030%
Friends of the Modesto Library$75,000110%
Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project$75,00032%
FIERCE Advocates Families & Individuals Equitably Rooted in Collective Empowerme$75,00023%
ACCE Institute$75,00031%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$74,25071%
Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno$70,00021%
Pangea Legal Services$70,00022%
Alas Ayudando Latinos a Sonar$65,00021%
South County Compassion Center$60,00023%
Child Care Law Center$60,00021%
Insight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project$60,0001n/a
Learning & Loving Education Center$60,000210%
Covenant House California$57,50030%
New Creation Home Ministries$57,50037%
Elevate Community Center$57,50034%
Nuestra Casa de East Palo Alto$55,00022%
Step Forward Foundation$52,50021%
Community Partners$50,00020%
The Center to Promote Healthcare Access Inc$50,00010%
Reach San Benito Foundation$50,0001n/a
Redwood City Library Foundation$50,000115%
All Five$50,00021%
San Francisco Food Bank$50,00010%
Eden I & R Inc$50,00021%
The Justice and Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco$50,00011%
Alternatives in Action$50,00011%
Community Human Services$45,00020%
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy$45,00060%
Esperanza Community Farms Inc$45,00025%
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees$45,00050%
New Way Homes Inc$42,50032%
El Concilio of San Mateo County$40,00012%
City of Salinas-Sprung Shelter Services Program$40,0001n/a
Legal Link$40,00023%
Services Immigrant Rights and Education Network (Siren)$40,00013%
Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County$35,0001n/a
Gospel Center Rescue Mission Inc$30,0001n/a
Community Financial Resources$30,00017%
Del Monte Manor Inc$30,0001n/a
Alameda County Library Foundation$25,00018%
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Inc$25,00010%
Friends of Seaside Parks Association$25,0001n/a
Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes Inc$20,00012%
Daly City Public Library Associates$15,000115%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$9,37540%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$7,50010%
Technology Association of Grantmakers Inc$1,63020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Sunlight Giving supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPlanned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc: $3,490,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetAbode Services: $3,225,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetLifemoves: $3,150,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetSecond Harvest of Silicon Valley: $2,700,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $2,625,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetFood Bank for Monterey County: $2,600,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County: $2,430,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetValley Health Foundation (Vhf): $2,350,000 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetFood Bank of Contra Costa and Solano: $2,200,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSacred Heart Community Service: $1,925,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetThe Merced County Food Bank: $1,884,000 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetSamaritan House: $1,875,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetCalifornia Association of Food Banks: $1,700,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetEl Concilio California: $1,690,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetSecond Harvest of the Greater Valley: $1,627,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Food Bank of San Benito County: $1,625,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetKidango Inc: $1,535,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCalifornia Primary Care Association: $1,530,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetGolden Valley Health Centers Foundation: $1,460,000 over 6y, 81% of budgetCommunity Bridges: $1,380,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetFaith in the Valley: $1,380,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetCalifornia Rural Legal Assistance Inc: $1,260,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetHomefirst Services of Santa Clara County: $1,255,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetEast Bay Agency for Children: $1,224,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetFamily Supportive Housing Inc: $1,212,000 over 7y, 9.4% of budgetSan Mateo County Health Foundation: $1,210,000 over 7y, 22% of budgetLa Clinica de la Raza Inc: $1,210,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Medical Centers Inc: $1,195,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetShelter Inc: $1,185,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetBay Area Legal Aid: $1,165,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetSouth County Community Health Center Inc dba Ravenswood Family Health Center: $1,142,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetGardner Family Health Network Inc: $1,115,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetSOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES fka ST JOSEPHS FAMILY CENTER: $1,087,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetNourish California: $1,065,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetBay Area Community Health: $1,005,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSanta Cruz Community Health Centers: $1,005,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetLifelong Medical Care: $1,000,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPublic Health Institute: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetK to College Dba Supplybankorg: $1,000,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetSt Mary's Community Services: $987,500 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetIndian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley: $970,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetSunnyvale Community Services: $955,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetLoaves & Fishes Family Kitchen: $955,000 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetWest Valley Community Services of Santa Clara County Inc: $940,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetCommunity Services Agency of Mountain View Los Altos and Los Altos Hills Inc: $940,000 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetNational Low Income Housing Coalition: $940,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetThe Davis Street Community Center Inc: $925,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetCommunity Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc: $925,000 over 7y, 4.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Kaiser Foundation HospitalsCA137.9× affinity165 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · East Bay Community Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · The Sobrato Family Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Sutter Bay Hospitals · California Physicians' Service Fdn Dba Blue Shield of California Fdn · The California Wellness Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The California Endowment · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc

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.

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How do I get to Sunlight Giving?

Find your warmest path to Sunlight Giving 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.

About Sunlight Giving

How much does Sunlight Giving give?
Sunlight Giving reported 332 grants totaling $23,013,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 222 and 294 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Sunlight Giving fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Health (20%), Food & Nutrition (17%).
Who are Sunlight Giving's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc ($3.5M), Abode Services ($3.2M), Lifemoves ($3.1M).
Does Sunlight Giving fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sunlight Giving 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 Sunlight Giving?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, East Bay Community Foundation, United Way of the Bay Area.
Where is Sunlight Giving based?
Sunlight Giving is based in CA.

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 384 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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