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The Brotherton Fund

The Brotherton Fund was established to support the former St.

$359k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$359k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2023.

Health$3.2MHuman Services$239kEducation$93kYouth Development$73kPhilanthropy$58kHousing & Shelter$37kCivil Rights$25kInternational$21kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$358,900
Median grant
1
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
California Pacific Medical Center Fnd$358,900
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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Your human-services grants (FY17–22, $178k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%CERI: $21k → 10%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $12k → 10%FAMILY CONNECTIONS CENTERS: $23k → 10%FAMILY CONNECTIONS CENTERS: $23k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $23k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $23k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $13k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH: $18k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH: $13k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH: $13k → 10%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $718 → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.6M · 10 repeat orgs$156k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +100% since the first grant, against +66% for the ones you funded once.

10 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2023, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
10

Total granted

$3.6M
$156k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+100%
+66%

Still filing today

90%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentHousing & 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

  • CP
    CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.2M · revenue +32%
  • GS
    Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco
    4× · 2017–2020 · $92k · revenue +184%
  • Homeless Prenatal Program Inc
    3× · 2017–2020 · $73k · revenue +153%

Funded once

  • 3S
    3RD STREET YOUTH CENTER AND CLINICgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +66%
  • RT
    REBUILDING TOGETHER SAN FRANCISCO
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -3%
  • RA
    RISE ACADEMY
    one grant, 2021 · $23k

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
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
2
Homeless Childrens Network

To provide direct mental health services, psychotherapy, and counseling to homeless families in San Francisco, CA and in particular to children of such families, to provide referral services for such families and their children to other…

Human Services
3
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
4
Bayview Hunters Point for Community Improvement

Provide support services for the community relating to mental health, substance abuse, youth services & violence prevention.

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5
Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco Inc

The Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco is dedicated to combating the displacement crisis gripping our city by building the power of working-class tenants of color to take on the real estate industry and win housing justice for all.…

Education
6
Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center Inc

Our core belief at San Francisco Community Health Center is that everyone deserves to be healthy and needs access to the highest quality health care. Our mission is to transform lives by advancing health, wellness and equality.

Health
7
Curry Senior Center

To provide services to seniors that promote independent living while maintaining their dignity and self-esteem.

Human Services
8
Sacramento Children's Home

At the sacramento children's home, we are committed to opening doors to the future by maximizing the potential of children and families.

Human Services
9
Edgewood Center for Children and Families

To be the place to begin for all bay area children, youth and families who need mental health, social services and academic support. edgewood is the premier provider of a full continuum of behavioral health services that transform the…

Health
10
Wellnest Emotional Health & Wellness

Through a holistic approach to emotional well-being, Wellnest offers hope, healing, and opportunity to the children, young adults, families, and communities we serve. Our commitment remains steadfast as we enter our second century of…

Human Services
11
Union Station Homeless Services

We work to end homelessness through housing solutions, supportive services, and connection to community. we advocate for equitable and just systems that ensure all individuals and families will have a safe place they can call home.

Human Services
12
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Connections Centers and the most unlike its peers is The Gubbio Project 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

17 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 21 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $3,165,075 · HealthCALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION+2 more — $117,500 · HealthGood Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco — $91,500 · OtherCovia Communities — $36,000 · OtherRISE ACADEMY — $22,500 · OtherRISE ACADEMY — $22,500 · OtherTHE GUBBIO PROJECT INC — $21,000 · OtherPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIA — $12,500 · Other+2 more — $10,000 · OtherTIDES CENTER — $57,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY CONNECTIONS CENTERS — $45,000 · Human ServicesLarkin Street Youth Services — $42,500 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR EMPOWERING REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS — $21,000 · Human ServicesEPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO — $11,500 · Human Services+1 more — $718 · Human ServicesSan Francisco Achievers — $35,000 · Education3RD STREET YOUTH CENTER AND CLINIC — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentREBUILDING TOGETHER SAN FRANCISCO — $25,000 · Housing & ShelterSan Francisco CASA — $25,000 · Civil Rights
Health$3,282,575Other$216,000Human Services$178,218Education$35,000Youth Development$30,000Housing & Shelter$25,000Civil Rights$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $3,165,075 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetGood Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco — $91,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHomeless Prenatal Program Inc — $72,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTIDES CENTER — $57,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VILLAGE PROJECT INC — $45,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetFAMILY CONNECTIONS CENTERS — $45,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services — $42,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCovia Communities — $36,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Achievers — $35,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budget3RD STREET YOUTH CENTER AND CLINIC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER SAN FRANCISCO — $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSan Francisco CASA — $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPOWERING REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS — $21,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetEPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO — $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FREE CLINIC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC — $718 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.

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.

The San Francisco Fou…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Marin Community Found…Silicon Valley Commun…Sisters of St Joseph …Crankstart FoundationEpiscopal Impact Fund…Walter and Elise Haas…Evelyn and Walter Haa…Stupski FoundationUnited Way of the Bay…McNabb Foundation
The San Francisco FoundationCA21.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · Episcopal Impact Fund FKA Episcopal Charities · Walter and Elise Haas Fund · Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund · Stupski Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · McNabb 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 Brotherton Fund 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Brotherton Fund?

    Find your warmest path to The Brotherton Fund 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 21 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $359k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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