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The Bancroft Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Bancroft Foundation Inc

See schedule othe foundation recognizes the need to take active participation, responsibility and stewardship of the future of our community, state, region, nation and beyond.

$746k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$51k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$1.5MCommunity Improvement$476kHuman Services$279kHealth$200kPhilanthropy$148kCivil Rights$146kEmployment$125kArts & Culture$95kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $478k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $251k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$703k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH BAY JOBS WITH JUSTICE$50,750
NORTH BAY ORGANIZING PROJECT$50,000
CCEJN$50,000
HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY$50,000
COMMUNITY WATER CENTER$50,000
THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE$45,000
THE CLIMATE CENTER$35,000
SONOMA LAND TRUST$30,000
LANDPATHS$26,000
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE$26,000
THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT$25,750
ON THE MOVE$25,000
CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTY$25,000
TERA$25,000
RUSSIAN RIVERKEEPER$25,000
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 (FY20–24, $415k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMONWEAL: $25k → 8%ON THE MOVE: $36k → 9%COMMONWEAL: $25k → 8%ON THE MOVE: $25k → 9%COMMONWEAL: $25k → 8%ON THE MOVE: $25k → 9%COMMONWEAL: $24k → 8%ON THE MOVE: $25k → 9%ON THE MOVE: $25k → 9%THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $26k → 9%THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $20k → 9%THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $20k → 9%THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $20k → 9%THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $15k → 9%INDIVIDUALS NOW INC SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $20k → 9%INDIVIDUALS NOW INC SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $20k → 9%INDIVIDUALS NOW INC SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $20k → 9%INDIVIDUALS NOW INC SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $20k → 9%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 30 repeat orgs$198k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
5

Total granted

$3.0M
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+28%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $141k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsHealthOther
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

  • CW
    Community Water Center
    4× · 2021–2024 · $201k · revenue +138%
  • HF
    HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $200k · revenue +56%
  • TC
    The Climate Center
    5× · 2020–2024 · $146k · revenue +354%

Funded once

  • VO
    VIRGINIA ORGANIZING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $21k · revenue +28%
  • HE
    HEALDSBURG EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -84%
  • PF
    PEPPERWOOD FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -52%
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
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
2
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
3
Sonoma Ecology Center

The Mission of Sonoma Ecology Center is to work with our community to enhance and sustain ecological health in the Sonoma valley.

Environment
4
Sonoma County Conservation Action

Sonoma County Conservation Action's mission is to better our quality of life in Sonoma County for all generations, through educating and directly engaging the public on local environmental issues and policies using grassroots organizing.

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5
Tuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance

At Yosemite Rivers Alliance, we unite conservation and community to protect and restore the three rivers that ?ow through the Yosemite Regionthe Tuolumne, Stanislaus, and Merced.

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6
Center for Environmental Law & Policy

The Center for Environmental Law & Policy is a statewide organization whose mission is to protect, preserve and restore Washington's waters through education, advocacy, policy reform, and public interest litigation.

Environment
7
Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
8
California Environmental Voters

To increase public awareness of elected officials' performances on environmental issues, to influence decisions of public officials on environmental legislation and policy, and to engage in related social welfare activities to promote and…

Civil Rights
9
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
10
Ecology Action of Santa Cruz

The primary and specific purpose for which the said corporation is formed is to empower individuals, businesses and communities to take actions today that achieve environmental and economic sustainability. The activities of the corporation…

Environment
11
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
12
Taproot Earth

Taproot Earth works with communities to support strategies around the use of water, energy and land.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Anacostia Watershed Society Inc. 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

39 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.

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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
26/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Community Water Center: $200,750 · EnvironmentCommunity Water CenterOccidental Arts and Ecology Center: $140,750 · EnvironmentOccidental Arts and Ecology CenterSONOMA LAND TRUST: $135,000 · EnvironmentSONOMA LAND TRUSTSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $125,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INCRussian Riverkeeper: $125,000 · EnvironmentRussian RiverkeeperENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT: $118,593 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECTLandPaths: $96,000 · EnvironmentLandPathsDaily Acts Organization: $90,000 · EnvironmentDaily Acts OrganizationEnvironmental Health Coalition: $65,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK INC: $51,750 · EnvironmentCalifornia Environmental Justice Alliance: $51,000 · EnvironmentCentral California Environmental Justice Network: $50,000 · Environment+6 more: $170,000 · Environment+6 moreON THE MOVE: $135,750 · Human ServicesON THE MOVETHE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $100,750 · Human ServicesTHE CERES COMM…COMMONWEAL: $98,274 · Human ServicesCOMMONWEALINDIVIDUALS NOW INC DBA SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $80,000 · Human ServicesINDIVIDUALS NO…The Climate Center: $145,750 · EducationThe Climate C…Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County: $125,000 · EducationCareer Techni…MARYLAND PESTICIDE EDUCATION NETWORK INC: $49,150 · EducationMARYLAND PEST…LATINO STUDENT FUND: $41,650 · EducationLATINO STUDEN…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationNorth Bay Organizing Project: $215,000 · Community ImprovementVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $20,706 · Community ImprovementHEALTHCARE FOUNDATION NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY: $200,000 · HealthTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE INC: $147,500 · PhilanthropyLEADERSHIP COUNSEL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY: $75,000 · Civil RightsNorth Bay Jobs With Justice: $50,750 · Civil RightsThe Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation: $95,000 · OtherSonoma County Regional Parks Foundation: $63,800 · OtherADAMAH INC: $44,500 · OtherLaguna De Santa Rosa Foundation: $15,000 · OtherPROJECT CREATE: $9,150 · Other+1 more: $7,500 · Other
Environment$1,418,843Human Services$414,774Education$371,550Community Improvement$235,706Health$200,000Philanthropy$147,500Civil Rights$125,750Other$234,950

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorth Bay Organizing Project: $215,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetCommunity Water Center: $200,750 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetHEALTHCARE FOUNDATION NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY: $200,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE INC: $147,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Climate Center: $145,750 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetOccidental Arts and Ecology Center: $140,750 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetON THE MOVE: $135,750 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSONOMA LAND TRUST: $135,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCareer Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County: $125,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRussian Riverkeeper: $125,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT: $118,593 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $100,750 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMONWEAL: $98,274 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLandPaths: $96,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetThe Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation: $95,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetDaily Acts Organization: $90,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetINDIVIDUALS NOW INC DBA SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $80,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLEADERSHIP COUNSEL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEnvironmental Health Coalition: $65,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSonoma County Regional Parks Foundation: $63,800 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK INC: $51,750 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCalifornia Environmental Justice Alliance: $51,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Bay Jobs With Justice: $50,750 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCentral California Environmental Justice Network: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMARYLAND PESTICIDE EDUCATION NETWORK INC: $49,150 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetCHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetADAMAH INC: $44,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLATINO STUDENT FUND: $41,650 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPotomac Riverkeeper Network: $30,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTribal Eco Restoration Alliance: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $20,706 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLaguna De Santa Rosa Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHEALDSBURG EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPEPPERWOOD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT CREATE: $9,150 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE BIRD RESCUE CENTER: $7,500 over 1y, 2.0% 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.

Sonoma County Communi…Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…PatagoniaorgResources Legacy FundImpactassetsincSonoma County Vintner…The Keith Campbell Fo…The Schmidt Family Fo…Kaiser Foundation Hos…The California Wellne…United Way of the Win…
Sonoma County Community FoundationCA37.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Resources Legacy Fund · Impactassetsinc · Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The California Wellness Foundation · United Way of the Wine Country

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 Bancroft Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bancroft Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Chesapeake Conservancy Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Anacostia Watershed Society Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Adamah Inc: 10% of income from government
  • The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 Bancroft Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Bancroft 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 39 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 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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