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The Alfred C Munger Foundation at a glance

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The Alfred C Munger 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.

$64k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$64k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$144MArts & Culture$2.0MHealth$882kReligion$240kCivil Rights$100kSocial Science$75kScience & Tech$50kFood & Nutrition$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$63,575
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA$63,575
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 (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HARVARD LAW SCHOOL: $15k → 8%UC REGENTS: $500k → 10%THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY: $300k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA: $76.4M → 14%HARVARD LAW SCHOOL: $15k → 8%UC REGENTS: $500k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA: $45.2M → 14%UC REGENTS: $500k → 10%THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY: $300k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA: $12.0M → 14%UC REGENTS: $500k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA: $5.4M → 14%UC REGENTS: $500k → 10%THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY: $300k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA: $1.7M → 14%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA: $64k → 14%THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY: $300k → 14%SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: $100k → 14%THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY: $300k → 14%SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: $100k → 14%SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: $100k → 14%HARVARD WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $200k → 14%HARVARD WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $100k → 14%SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: $100k → 14%HARVARD WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $100k → 14%HARVARD WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $100k → 14%SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: $100k → 14%HARVARD WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $100k → 14%USC LAW SCHOOL: $50k → 14%USC LAW SCHOOL: $50k → 14%EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF LA: $200k → 14%ADVANCEMENT PROJECT: $20k → 14%ADVANCEMENT PROJECT: $20k → 14%CATALYST CALIFORNIA: $20k → 14%ADVANCEMENT PROJECT: $20k → 14%ADVANCEMENT PROJECT: $20k → 14%CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $25k → 14%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $25k → 14%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $25k → 14%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $25k → 14%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $25k → 14%GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL: $30k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD - WORLD POPULATION: $150k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $150k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD - WORLD POPULATION: $150k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD - WORLD POPULATION: $150k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD - WORLD POPULATION: $150k → 14%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$147M · 19 repeat orgs$326k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
11

Total granted

$147M
$326k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+9%

Still filing today

47%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthPublic BenefitPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • HE
    HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY
    5× · 2019–2023 · $1.5M · revenue +116%
  • HS
    HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL
    5× · 2019–2023 · $600k · revenue +10%
  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM
    5× · 2019–2023 · $500k · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +9%
  • CR
    CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
    one grant, 2019 · $30k
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
Maranatha High School

Maranatha high school is a christ-centered, evangelical college preparatory school that celebrates the whole student by equipping hearts and minds to reflect god's glory through academics, as well as the arts, athletics, and service. we…

Education
2
The Seven Hills School

The institution provides educational instruction and activities to students ranging from preschool through 8th grade.

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3
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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4
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
5
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
6
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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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
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

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9
Berkeley Hall School Foundation

Our mission is to "empower children to fulfill their unlimited, god-given potential as fearless scholars and conscientious citizens."

Education
10
Carlthorp School

Carlthorp school is an independent, nonprofit day school for children in grades k-6. carlthorp school provides a strong academic foundation in a diverse and nurturing school community that emphasizes traditional values, disciplined work…

Education
11
San Francisco University High School

At san franicisco university high school, we engage our community of diverse voices in a transformational experience that embraces the spirited pursuit of learning and empowers purpose larger than self.

Education
12
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Polytechnic School; the most unlike its peers is Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery. 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

14 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. 14 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA: $140,770,259 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA+16 more: $3,728,500 · OtherHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $1,500,000 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: $500,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $600,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $125,000 · EducationPOLYTECHNIC SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationMARLBOROUGH SCHOOL: $50,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $150,000 · HealthPIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital: $30,000 · HealthCATALYST CALIFORNIA: $100,000 · Public BenefitPASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropySave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 · International
Other$144,498,759Arts & Culture$2,002,000Education$880,000Health$180,000Public Benefit$100,000Philanthropy$1,000International$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $1,500,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $600,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: $500,000 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCATALYST CALIFORNIA: $100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPOLYTECHNIC SCHOOL: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMARLBOROUGH SCHOOL: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COLBURN SCHOOL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $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 HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY ↗
  • Who funds HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds CATALYST CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE COLBURN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗

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.

National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Alfred C Munger Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Alfred C Munger 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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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How do I get to The Alfred C Munger Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Alfred C Munger Foundation 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 31 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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