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The Coil Foundation at a glance

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The Coil Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$23k
Granted FY2020
4
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Religion$89kHealth$47kHuman Services$30kCivil Rights$14kArts & Culture$9kEducation$3kCommunity Improvement$2kPublic Benefit$805Other$0
02FY2020 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k3 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
$5,100
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRACE CATHEDRAL$15,500
TURNOUT$5,100
OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR$1,000
SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN'S CHORUS$1,000
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 (FY19–20, $10k) 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%TURNOUT: $5k → 10%TURNOUT: $5k → 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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$185k · 7 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
7

Total granted

$185k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+37%

Still filing today

71%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalCivil RightsOther
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

  • TI
    TURNOUT INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $10k · revenue +66%
  • OI
    OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $5k · revenue +20%
  • NATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS FKA NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS
    2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • EB
    EAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +35%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +37%
  • M
    MISCELLANEOUS
    one grant, 2017 · $805
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
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
2
Out & Equal

To provide leadership and professional development, education and research to create workplaces free from discrimination.

Social Science
3
San Francisco Jazz Organization

The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…

Arts & Culture
4
Center for Immigrant Protection

The LGBTAP is the only San Francisco nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to providing accessible legal representation for LGBT asylum seekers who are fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation, gener identity and/or HIV…

Crime & Legal
5
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
6
Bridging Voices

The mission of bridging voices is to provide a safe, welcoming, and accessible space for the full spectrum of queer, trans, and allied youth to experience empowerment and unity through music and community. we believe in building bridges,…

Arts & Culture
7
San Francisco Performances Inc

SFP presents internationally acclaimed and emerging performing artists, introduces innovative programs, and builds new and diversified audiences for the arts through education and outreach activities.

Arts & Culture
8
Global Philanthropy Project Inc

Global Philanthropy Project (GPP or the Organization) is a collaboration of funders and philanthropic advisors working to expand global philanthropic support to advance the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex…

Philanthropy
9
Interpride

To contribute to the visibility and inclusion of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics (sogiesc) communities. to connect, grow, and support pride platforms and networks globally. to assist…

Education
10
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
11
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
12
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Francisco Symphony; the most unlike its peers is Turnout 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

12 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. 12 of the 16 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIA: $88,700 · OtherPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIASAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN'S CHORUS: $46,424 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN'S CHORUS+4 more: $5,474 · OtherTHE TYLER CLEMENTI FOUNDATION INC: $29,924 · Human ServicesTHE TYLER CLEMENTI FOUN…TURNOUT INC: $10,100 · Human ServicesTURNOUT INCOAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureEAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY: $2,500 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $1,640 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $200 · Arts & CultureTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $3,295 · EducationHorizons Foundation: $1,700 · Community ImprovementHIAS INC: $100 · InternationalALL OUT ACTION FUND INC: $50 · Civil Rights
Other$140,598Human Services$40,024Arts & Culture$9,340Education$3,295Community Improvement$1,700International$100Civil Rights$50

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 budgetTHE TYLER CLEMENTI FOUNDATION INC: $29,924 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTURNOUT INC: $10,100 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetOAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS FKA NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS: $4,326 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $3,295 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $1,640 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $203 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL OUT ACTION FUND INC: $50 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.

The San Francisco Fou…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Francisco FoundationCA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 16 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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By state
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