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The Barbara and Jay Fritz Family Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$224k
Granted FY2021
9
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$72k
Largest
01What you fund
0191% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172021.

Health$523kArts & Culture$204kEducation$173kReligion$134kHousing & Shelter$15kInternational$3kAnimals$500Science & Tech$199Other$0
02FY2021 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $97k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $122k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ORDER OF MALTA$71,600
EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$50,000
ST PHILIPS APOSTLE CHURCH$25,000
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH$25,000
BOSTON COLLEGE$15,000
ST IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREP$12,000
MISSION DOLORES ACADEMY$10,000
ST VINCENT DE PAUL ROMAN CATHOLIC C$10,000
ST DOMINI'S CATHOLIC CHURCH$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOSTON COLLEGE: $15k → 7%COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $25k → 11%SAINT FRANCIS CENTER: $6k → 7%BROTHER ROBERT JUENEMANN SM: $3k → 8%ST VINCENT DE PAUL ROMAN CATHOLIC C: $10k → 8%GLOBAL PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT: $3k → 9%SAINT JOHNS SEMINARY: $13k → 10%FINE ARTS MUSEUM OF SF: $3k → 10%EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%SACRED HEART ELEMENTRY: $3k → 14%COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $25k → 11%ST ANDREWS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $5k → 8%ST VINCENT DE PAUL ROMAN CATHOLIC C: $3k → 8%OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH: $25k → 9%ORDER OF MALTA: $72k → 10%ST IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREP: $12k → 10%EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%SANJOSE OPERA: $50k → 8%OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH: $5k → 9%ORDER OF MALTA: $70k → 10%KNIGHTS OF MALTA: $57k → 10%EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH: $5k → 9%ORDER OF MALTA: $59k → 10%EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%ORDER OF MALTA: $12k → 10%KNIGHTS OF MALTA: $50k → 10%EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%GLENDALE MEMORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION NORTHERN SONOMA: $5k → 9%GLENDALE MEMORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%SAINT ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $5k → 9%KNIGHTS OF MALTA: $7k → 10%QUEEN OF ANGELS FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION NORTHERN SONOMA: $5k → 9%ST PHILIPS APOSTLE CHURCH: $25k → 9%SAN FRANCISCO OPERA: $50k → 10%DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA: $3k → 9%SAN FRANCISCO OPERA: $50k → 10%ST PHILIPS APOSTLE CHURCH: $5k → 9%SAN FRANCISCO OPERA: $50k → 10%MISSION DOLORES ACADEMY: $20k → 10%MISSION DOLORES ACADEMY: $20k → 10%MISSION DOLORES ACADEMY: $20k → 10%MISSION DOLORES ACADEMY: $15k → 10%MISSION DOLORES ACADEMY: $10k → 10%ST DOMINI'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: $5k → 10%ST DOMINI'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: $5k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.0M · 16 repeat orgs$136k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2021, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
21

Total granted

$1.0M
$121k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+112%

Still filing today

31%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
HealthArts & CultureEducationInternationalHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • OO
    Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California
    4× · 2017–2021 · $213k · revenue +276%
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS
    2× · 2019–2020 · $50k · revenue +38%
  • HF
    HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • SO
    SANJOSE OPERA
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • HA
    HOME AGAIN LOS ANGELESgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +272%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $13k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
2
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
The Central European University

Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…

International
5
Sonoma Botanical Garden
6
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
7
Oakland Museum of California

The museum's mission is to inspire all californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities. through collections, exhibitions, education programs, and public dialogue, we inspire people of all ages and…

Arts & Culture
8
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
9
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame

The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)

Education
10
The Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
11
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
12
Honolulu Museum of Art

To create relevant and transformative experiences through the study, preservation, presentation and creation of art.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross and the most unlike its peers is San Francisco Opera Association. 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 one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 38 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $250,000 · OtherEISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient — $113,800 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMISSION DOLORES ACADEMY — $85,000 · OtherMISSION DOLORES ACADEMYSANJOSE OPERA — $50,000 · OtherSANJOSE OPERAOUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH — $37,500 · OtherOUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCHST PHILIPS APOSTLE CHURCH — $30,000 · Other+22 more — $109,458 · Other+22 moreOrder of Malta Clinic of Northern California — $212,500 · HealthOrder of Malta Clinic of N…GLENDALE MEMORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — $50,000 · HealthGLENDALE MEMORIAL HEALTH F…HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY — $10,000 · HealthSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION — $150,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO …+2 more — $1,099 · Arts & CultureTRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS — $50,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE — $15,000 · EducationHOME AGAIN LOS ANGELES — $15,000 · Housing & ShelterGlobal Partners For Development — $2,500 · International
Other$675,758Health$272,500Arts & Culture$151,099Education$65,000Housing & Shelter$15,000International$2,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetOrder of Malta Clinic of Northern California — $212,500 over 4y, 11% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION — $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLENDALE MEMORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHOME AGAIN LOS ANGELES — $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHCARE FOUNDATION NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY — $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGlobal Partners For Development — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHASTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY — $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EXPLORATORIUM — $199 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS
  • Who funds GLENDALE MEMORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
  • Who funds HOME AGAIN LOS ANGELES
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE
  • Who funds HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY
  • Who funds Global Partners For Development
  • Who funds SHASTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  • Who funds HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY
  • Who funds THE EXPLORATORIUM

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Philanthropic TrustPA8.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Barbara and Jay Fritz Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 3%
  • Trustees of Boston College3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report 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, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Barbara and Jay Fritz Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Barbara and Jay Fritz Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 38 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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