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The Akin Family Foundation at a glance

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The Akin Family 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.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$1.5MScience & Tech$200kHuman Services$150kArts & Culture$100kEnvironment$85kRecreation & Sports$65kHealth$60kInternational$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARIN ALANO CLUB INC$10,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RANCHO FELIZ: $5k → 11%MINDS MATTER: $10k → 11%YMCA: $50k → 8%SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $10k → 9%AMERICAONE: $50k → 10%EXPLORATORIUM: $100k → 10%JOHN PEARSE FUND - UCSC: $480k → 13%NINE DOTS: $45k → 14%GENO'S YOUTH CENTER: $500 → 15%SUCCESS FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%MINDS MATTER TWIN CITIES: $5k → 11%MARIN HEALTH: $50k → 8%SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $10k → 9%EXPLORATORIUM: $100k → 10%UC SANTA CRUZ FDN: $100k → 13%9 DOTS: $10k → 14%MINDS MATTER TWIN CITIES: $5k → 11%BELVEDERE TIBURON LIBRARY: $25k → 8%SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CA: $10k → 9%UC SANTA CRUZ FDN: $100k → 13%9 DOTS: $10k → 14%BELVEDERE TIBURON LIBRARY: $25k → 8%SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $10k → 9%UC SANTA CRUZ FDN: $100k → 13%UCLA FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%BELVEDERE TIBURON LIBRARY: $25k → 8%SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $10k → 9%UC SANTA CRUZ FDN: $75k → 13%UCLA FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%BELVEDERE TIBURON LIBRARY: $3k → 8%UC SANTA CRUZ FDN: $75k → 13%UCLA FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%BELVEDERE TIBMAN LIBRARY FDN: $1k → 8%UC SANTA CRUZ: $50k → 13%UCLA FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $100k → 8%UCSC - JOHN PEARCE MEMORIAL FUND: $50k → 13%UCLA FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%BRIDGE THE GAP: $10k → 8%SEYMOUR CENTER: $100k → 13%BRIDGE THE GAP: $10k → 8%SEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER: $50k → 13%BRIDGE THE GAP: $10k → 8%SEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER: $25k → 13%BRIDGE THE GAP COLLEGE PREP: $5k → 8%SEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER: $10k → 13%MARIN ALANO CLUB INC: $10k → 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.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$938k · 10 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
15

Total granted

$938k
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
0%

Still filing today

50%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • US
    UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2022 · $450k · revenue +17%
  • BT
    Bridge the Gap College Prep
    4× · 2018–2022 · $35k · revenue +182%
  • MM
    MINDS MATTER OF THE TWIN CITIES INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +177%

Funded once

  • JP
    JOHN PEARSE FUND - UCSC
    one grant, 2024 · $480k
  • BA
    BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • TS
    The Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
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
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
2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
3
Uc Riverside Foundation

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

Education
4
Berkeley Public Library Foundation

The Berkeley Public Library Foundation (BPLF) amplifies the public investment to make a great public library extraordinary. To that end, we provide vital funds and ongoing advocacy to advance the Library's mission, vision, and strategic…

Philanthropy
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
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
7
Marin Academy

Marin academy asks every individual to think, question, and create in an environment of encouragement and compassion, and challenges each person to accept the responsibilities posed by education in a democratic society.

Education
8
Santa Barbara Education Foundation

Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Education
9
Berkeley Lab Foundation

To support the scientific and educational purposes of the regents of the university of california (the "university"), in its specific capacity as manager and operator of the lawrence berkeley national laboratory and to carry on other…

Education
10
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation

The Sonoma Valley Education Foundation exists to improve education by enriching teaching, inspiring learning, and advancing innovative programs that enable every student to succeed.

Philanthropy
11
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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12
Alameda Education Foundation

AEF serves as a critical bridge toward equitable and inclusive educational outcomes for Alameda TK-12 public school students.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bay Area Discovery Museum; the most unlike its peers is Marin Alano Club. 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

11 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. 11 of the 27 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOHN PEARSE FUND - UCSC: $480,000 · OtherJOHN PEARSE FUND - UCSCSEYMOUR CENTER: $100,000 · OtherSEYMOUR CENTERSEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER: $85,000 · OtherSEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTERBELVEDERE TIBURON LIBRARY: $77,500 · OtherBELVEDERE TIBURON LIBRARYUC SANTA CRUZ: $50,000 · OtherAMERICAONE: $50,000 · OtherMARIN HEALTH: $50,000 · OtherYMCA: $50,000 · OtherUCSC - JOHN PEARCE MEMORIAL FUND: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $45,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS: $40,000 · Other+6 more: $55,500 · OtherUC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $450,000 · EducationUC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATIONUCLA FOUNDATION: $260,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONThe Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools Inc: $100,000 · EducationThe Success Foundation Serving Greeley-…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $200,000 · Arts & CultureTHE EXPLORATOR…BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $100,000 · Arts & CultureBAY AREA DISCO…Bridge the Gap College Prep: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentMINDS MATTER OF THE TWIN CITIES INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentSPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsMarin Alano Club: $10,000 · Health
Other$1,133,000Education$811,000Arts & Culture$300,000Youth Development$45,000Recreation & Sports$10,000Health$10,000

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 budgetUC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $450,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $260,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetBridge the Gap College Prep: $35,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BELVEDERE COVE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMINDS MATTER OF THE TWIN CITIES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetBelvedere Tiburon Library Foundation: $1,000 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 UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE EXPLORATORIUM ↗
  • Who funds BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds The Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds Bridge the Gap College Prep ↗
  • Who funds THE BELVEDERE COVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC ↗
  • Who funds Marin Alano Club ↗
  • Who funds MINDS MATTER OF THE TWIN CITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Belvedere Tiburon Library Foundation ↗

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO7.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 The Akin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Akin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 27 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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