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The Aufmuth Family Foundation at a glance

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The Aufmuth 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.

$178k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$320kEnvironment$189kEducation$163kCivil Rights$111kInternational$80kFood & Nutrition$79kCrime & Legal$58kPublic Safety & Disaster$47kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $93k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $85k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOMAN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ASSISTA$15,000
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE$10,000
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC$10,000
SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION$10,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$10,000
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE$10,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$10,000
NATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION$10,000
TREVOR PROJECT$7,500
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND$5,000
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATION FU$5,000
MIDWEST ACCESS COALITION$5,000
ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$5,000
DOWNTOWN STREETS TEAM$5,000
RAPE ABUSE INCEST NATIONAL NETWORK$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%IAVA: $1k → 17%IAVA: $1k → 17%IAVA: $1k → 17%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $1k → 10%IAVA: $1k → 17%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $500 → 10%POWER TO DECIDE: $2k → 14%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 8%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $5k → 8%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $5k → 8%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $5k → 8%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
MD
DC
HI
GA
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 70 repeat orgs$155k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

70 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 45 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

70
39

Total granted

$1.0M
$145k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
-6%

Still filing today

70%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEnvironmentArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesEducationOther
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

  • SC
    Sustainable Conservation
    9× · 2017–2025 · $60k · revenue +104%
  • CA
    CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $45k · revenue +59%
  • MA
    MISSION ASSET FUND
    8× · 2018–2025 · $45k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • FO
    FOUNDATION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • F
    FAIRVOTEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +52%
  • TG
    THE GELT FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -77%
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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
3
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
4
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
5
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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6
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
7
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
8
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
9
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
10
Public Health Institute

Public health institute generates and promotes research, leadership and partnerships to build capacity for strong public health policy, programs, systems and practices.

Health
11
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
12
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Valley Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Palo Alto Library. 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

79 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. 79 of the 113 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
78/79
Grantees still filing
47/79
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASSACHUSSETTS EYE AND EAR: $100,000 · OtherMASSACHUSSETTS EYE AND EARWOMAN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ASSISTA: $70,000 · OtherWOMAN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ASSISTAFOUNDATION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE: $30,000 · OtherTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $40,000 · OtherTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INCMISSION ASSET FUND: $45,000 · OtherMISSION ASSET FUNDSACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $30,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $25,000 · Other+67 more: $321,846 · Other+67 moreSustainable Conservation: $60,000 · EnvironmentSustainable Con…CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $45,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK …TRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST: $30,000 · EnvironmentTRUCKEE DONNER …FRESH ENERGY: $29,000 · EnvironmentFRESH ENERGYLAND TRUST OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $7,500 · Environment+3 more: $7,500 · EnvironmentTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $103,416 · EducationTHE BOARD OF …WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $45,000 · EducationWILLIAM J BRE…READING PARTNERS: $5,548 · Education+3 more: $6,000 · EducationRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $20,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE INC: $20,000 · HealthBRING CHANGE 2 MIND: $10,000 · HealthThe Kids Mental Health Foundation: $10,000 · HealthVista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $10,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $10,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $7,500 · HealthTranslifeline DBA Trans Lifeline: $5,000 · HealthLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $5,000 · HealthWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $42,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $14,000 · International+4 more: $8,500 · InternationalTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $35,000 · PhilanthropyEAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION: $12,500 · PhilanthropyNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyINTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $20,000 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $15,000 · Civil RightsFAIRVOTE: $10,000 · Civil RightsMIDWEST ACCESS COALITION: $10,000 · Civil RightsCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Other$661,846Environment$179,000Education$159,964Health$97,500International$84,500Philanthropy$60,500Civil Rights$60,000

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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $103,416 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSustainable Conservation: $60,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION ASSET FUND: $45,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $42,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH ENERGY: $29,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDowntown Streets Inc: $18,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEMOVES: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRVOTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GELT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMIDWEST ACCESS COALITION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBRING CHANGE 2 MIND: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kids Mental Health Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAND TRUST OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $5,548 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTranslifeline DBA Trans Lifeline: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $5,000 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.

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.

ImpactassetsincThe San Francisco Fou…Tides FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…California Community …Marin Community Found…Community Foundation …Gs Donor Advised Phil…Tomkat Ranch Educatio…The William & Flora H…Jewish Community Fede…East Bay Community Fo…
ImpactassetsincMD17.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Impactassetsinc · The San Francisco Foundation · Tides Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · East Bay Community 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 Aufmuth Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Aufmuth Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 113 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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