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The Clark-Janis Family 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.

$488k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Food & Nutrition$1.1MHealth$226kPublic Safety & Disaster$210kPhilanthropy$205kEnvironment$188kHuman Services$120kAnimals$69kArts & Culture$58kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $33k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $450k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REDWOOD EMPIRE FOODBANK$125,000
FOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA$100,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTY$75,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$50,000
SONOMA LAND TRUST$50,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA INC$50,000
VALLEY OF THE MOON NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION$12,600
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA VALLEY$10,000
SONOMA PLEIN AIR FOUNDATION$10,000
FAMILY DOG RESCUE$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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–21, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $20k → 8%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $10k → 17%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $20k → 8%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $10k → 17%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $20k → 8%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $10k → 17%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.9M · 22 repeat orgs$165k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +48% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

22 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
10

Total granted

$1.9M
$160k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+17%

Still filing today

77%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’21’22’23’24
HealthFood & NutritionHuman ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther

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

  • RE
    REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK
    6× · 2017–2024 · $750k · revenue +118%
  • FO
    FOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA
    3× · 2022–2024 · $374k · revenue +68%
  • SL
    SONOMA LAND TRUST
    3× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -10%
  • SV
    SONOMA VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue +94%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $25k

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
Silicon Valley Pet Project

Silicon valley pet project (svpp) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to saving local at-risk shelter pets through rescue, community involvement and education.

Animals
2
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
3
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
4
California Association of Food Banks

California association of food banks (cafb) is a non-profit public benefit corporation located in oakland, california. together with its 41-member foodbanks, cafb is the largest charitable hunger-relief and anti-hunger leader in the state.…

Food & Nutrition
5
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
6
SFMade Inc

Our mission is to help manufacturers thrive, innovate, and create good jobs, for a more diverse and sustainable Bay Area.

Community Improvement
7
Solano Community Foundation

The Solano Community Foundation strengthens Solano County by advancing equity, supporting nonprofit resilience, and expanding access to philanthropy. We serve as a community leader, responsive grantmaker, and trusted partner for donors who…

Philanthropy
8
Southern California Grantmakers

Southern california grantmakers (scg) is the regional association for philanthropists and grantmakers working to make a difference in our communities and around the world. we are a leadership hub for our members to connect with each other,…

Philanthropy
9
Dogs Playing for Life Inc

Dogs playing for life is redefining the meaning and importance of quality of life for all sheltered dogs by improving their experience through playgroups and individualized training, resulting in urgent and responsible livesaving.

Animals
10
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
11
Museum of Sonoma County

The museum of sonoma county engages and inspires our diverse community with art and history exhibitions, collections, and public programs that are inclusive, educational, and relevant.

Arts & Culture
12
Rancho Coastal Humane Society

See schedule orancho coastal is dedicated to the rescue and shelter of abandoned companion animals. it encourages adoptions into loving homes and provides educational and community outreach programs designed to enhance the human-animal…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canine Companions for Independence Inc and the most unlike its peers is Worth Our Weight. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr21%19%10–20yr21%26%20–35yr14%44%35–55yr12%11%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr21%9%10–20yr21%9%20–35yr14%78%35–55yr12%4%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%1/28
the rest of the field
11%
3,230/28,484

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK — $750,000 · Food & NutritionREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANKFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA — $373,850 · Food & NutritionFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA+1 more — $5,000 · Food & NutritionPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA INC — $100,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENT…NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION — $60,000 · HealthNATIONAL DISAS…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $50,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENT…SONOMA VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $40,000 · HealthSONOMA VALLEY …Baby Quest Foundation Inc — $30,000 · HealthBaby Quest Fou…SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND — $10,000 · Health+1 more — $6,000 · HealthSONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $195,000 · PhilanthropySONOMA COU…REDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropySONOMA LAND TRUST — $150,000 · EnvironmentVALLEY OF THE MOON NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION — $22,900 · EnvironmentWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $150,000 · InternationalCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $60,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $60,000 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesIndividual grant recipient — $25,000 · OtherIndividual…MARINE SEMPER FI FUND — $20,000 · OtherMARINE SEM…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF VIRGINIA — $15,000 · OtherTHE NATURE…CERES — $10,000 · OtherSonoma Plein Air Foundation — $30,000 · OtherSonoma Ple…NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · OtherNAVY SEAL …ARTESCAPE — $10,000 · OtherFORKIDS INC — $30,000 · OtherFORKIDS IN…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA VALLEY BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA VALLEY — $20,000 · OtherBOYS & GIR…SUGAR PLUM INC — $15,000 · OtherSUGAR PLUM…+6 more — $17,200 · Other+6 more
Food & Nutrition$1,128,850Health$296,000Philanthropy$205,000Environment$172,900International$150,000Human Services$150,000Other$207,200

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 budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK — $750,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA — $373,850 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $195,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSONOMA LAND TRUST — $150,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA INC — $100,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSONOMA VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetBaby Quest Foundation Inc — $30,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetFORKIDS INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSonoma Plein Air Foundation — $30,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetVALLEY OF THE MOON NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION — $22,900 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA VALLEY BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA VALLEY — $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSUGAR PLUM INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetARTESCAPE — $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetREDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABILITY NOW BAY AREA INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSonoma County Grape Growers Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPets Lifeline Inc — $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORTH OUR WEIGHT — $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHomeward Bound of Marin — $1,200 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.

McNabb FoundationSonoma County Communi…Simon Blattner Family…The Vadasz Family Fou…Marin Community Found…Sonoma Valley Vintner…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…
McNabb FoundationDE21.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: McNabb Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · Simon Blattner Family Foundation · The Vadasz Family Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Clark-Janis 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Clark-Janis Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Clark-Janis 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 34 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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