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The Bartlett 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.

$345k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$130k
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.

Education$1.1MYouth Development$605kAnimals$25kPhilanthropy$25kInternational$20kRecreation & Sports$10k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $230k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO$130,000
SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL$100,000
TOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS$35,000
MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
THE HAMLIN SCHOOL$20,000
NORTHERN LIGHT SCHOOL$15,000
TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY$10,000
THE GUARDSMEN$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 (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD: $3k → 10%MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%NORTHERN LIGHT SCHOOL: $15k → 10%TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $10k → 10%NEVADA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 11%IRISH WOLFHOUND FOUNDATION: $25k → 7%NORTHERN LIGHT SCHOOL: $10k → 10%TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $10k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $205k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $130k → 10%THE GUARDSMEN: $10k → 10%THE GUARDSMEN: $10k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $300k → 10%THE HAMLIN SCHOOL: $250k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $250k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $100k → 10%TOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $35k → 10%TOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $25k → 10%THE HAMLIN SCHOOL: $20k → 10%THE HAMLIN SCHOOL: $20k → 10%TOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $20k → 10%THE HAMLIN SCHOOL: $20k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $125k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $125k → 10%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 7 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

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

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
3

Total granted

$1.7M
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
-9%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionAnimalsPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL
    3× · 2021–2024 · $650k · revenue +17%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO
    4× · 2020–2024 · $585k · revenue +15%
  • TS
    TOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $80k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • IW
    IRISH WOLFHOUND FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -33%
  • NC
    Nevada County Fairgrounds Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • SY
    SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -9%
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 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
2
The Bay School of San Francisco

At the bay school, we balance challenging academics and innovative thinking with a mindful approach to learning and life. our goal is to see students unlock their individual and collective potential so they begin to realize their roles in…

Education
3
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
4
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.

—
5
San Francisco Friends School

At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…

Education
6
San Francisco Girls' School

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

—
7
Bentley School

Bentley school is a coeducational day school, grades k-12. the mission of the school is to inspire inquiry, academic excellence, personal achievement, and character by engaging students' intellect and creativity, and by encouraging them to…

—
8
The College Preparatory School

At college prep we believe in the foundational importance of scholarship, the value of dialogue, and the need for academically curious young people to belong to a kind, creative, diverse and joyful community. we challenge our students to…

Education
9
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
10
Mark Day School

Innovative and full of heart, mark day school nurtures each child to pursue their curiosity, think critically, embrace challenge with courage and joy, and work in partnership with others to build more caring and inclusive communities.

—
11
The Branson School

To provide an academically exceptional education to students grade 9 through 12 in a warm, supportive, and nurturing environment.

Education
12
Millennium School of San Francisco

See schedule oto realize the transformative potential of middle school. millennium school believes in developing each student to their fullest potential, this involves providing both a rigorous academic program and a science-based…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Francisco University High School; the most unlike its peers is Irish Wolfhound Foundation 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

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.

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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $650,000 · EducationSAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLTOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $80,000 · EducationTOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS+1 more: $25,000 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $585,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO+1 more: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE HAMLIN SCHOOL: $310,000 · OtherTHE HAMLIN SCHOOLMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $20,000 · PhilanthropyIRISH WOLFHOUND FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · AnimalsNevada County Fairgrounds Foundation: $10,000 · Food & NutritionSCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INC: $2,500 · International
Education$755,000Youth Development$605,000Other$310,000Philanthropy$45,000Animals$25,000Food & Nutrition$10,000International$2,500

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 budgetSAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $650,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $585,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTHE HAMLIN SCHOOL: $310,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Light School: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIRISH WOLFHOUND FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetThe Guardsmen: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNevada County Fairgrounds Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetSCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INC: $2,500 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.

Marin Community Found…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
Marin Community FoundationCA15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Bartlett Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Bartlett 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 11 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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