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The Com Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$896k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$275k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$13MEducation$10MScience & Tech$995kSocial Science$750kInternational$712kPhilanthropy$669kYouth Development$555kRecreation & Sports$506kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $585k
  • $250k+1 grant · $275k
$30,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$275,000
THE MILKEN INSTITUTE$200,000
BOB HOOVER ACADEMY$160,000
NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER$125,000
KISS THE GROUND$50,000
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS$50,000
MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$30,000
SAN BUENAVENTURA MISSION$1,675
JOHN STANFORD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PTSA$1,000
THE GIRLS EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOP$1,000
MONTLAKE COMMUNITY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION SEATTLE COUNCIL PTSA$1,000
GIRLS ON THE RUN PUGET SOUND$1,000
HAMILTON INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL PTSA$350
HAMILTON INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL PTSA$300
02The need
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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 (FY19–23, $231k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%EASTERN CONGO INTIATIVE: $55k → 11%RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%ANGELS FOSTER CARE OF SANTA BARBARA: $1k → 14%EASTERN CONGO INITATIVE: $15k → 11%RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250 → 14%THORN: $25k → 14%RWANDA GIRLS INTITATIVE: $25k → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 30 repeat orgs$3.6M to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
68

Total granted

$13M
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+28%

Still filing today

87%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $212k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • Teach for America Inc
    3× · 2018–2020 · $2.0M · revenue +1%
  • TM
    THE MALALA FUND
    2× · 2019–2020 · $2.0M · revenue +16%
  • KA
    KHAN ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $1.3M · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • WH
    WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $995k · revenue +32%
  • SA
    SEATTLE ACADEMY
    one grant, 2019 · $515k
  • CL
    CLIMATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $500k · revenue -6%
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.

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United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
3
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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4
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
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
7
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
8
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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9
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
10
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
12
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Teach for All Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Sapling Foundation. 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

78 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. 78 of the 106 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/78
Grantees still filing
54/78
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $11,461,778 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL: $1,300,000 · OtherHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL+63 more: $3,568,929 · Other+63 moreTeach for America Inc: $2,030,514 · EducationTeach for America IncTHE MALALA FUND: $1,988,668 · EducationTHE MALALA FUNDKHAN ACADEMY INC: $1,333,332 · EducationKHAN ACADEMY INCCATE SCHOOL: $875,000 · EducationCATE SCHOOLTEACH FOR ALL INC: $500,000 · EducationTEACH FOR ALL INCTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $275,645 · Education+9 more: $391,881 · EducationTHE EARTH GENOME: $1,000,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC: $500,000 · EnvironmentPebble Beach Company Foundation: $550,035 · PhilanthropyTHE SAPLING FOUNDATION: $279,000 · PhilanthropySANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $250,000 · PhilanthropyMONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $10,040 · PhilanthropyWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $994,680 · Science & TechCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $350,000 · InternationalPACIFIC COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL POLICY: $35,000 · InternationalTHE ALEXANDER HAMILTON SOCIETY: $25,000 · InternationalBest Buddies International Inc: $23,500 · International+6 more: $29,600 · InternationalNORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER: $375,000 · Arts & CultureTHE 19TH NEWS: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $10,750 · Arts & Culture
Other$16,330,707Education$7,395,040Environment$1,500,000Philanthropy$1,229,075Science & Tech$994,680International$463,100Arts & Culture$435,750

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 NATURE CONSERVANCY: $11,461,778 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $2,030,514 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND: $1,988,668 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $1,333,332 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE EARTH GENOME: $1,000,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $994,680 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCATE SCHOOL: $875,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetPebble Beach Company Foundation: $550,035 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetTEACH FOR ALL INC: $500,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCLIMATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC: $500,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $500,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $375,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER: $375,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $350,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $275,645 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKISS THE GROUND: $250,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $250,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBOB HOOVER ACADEMY: $160,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $69,688 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE 19TH NEWS: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL POLICY: $35,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMontecito Union School Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetEAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $29,083 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ALEXANDER HAMILTON SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetRwanda Girls Initiative: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHORN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $23,800 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $23,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $23,496 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMONTECITO TRAILS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetLAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL: $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN AUSTRIAN FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBEHIND THE BADGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBELLOSGUARDO FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE & SOUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCollegespring Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEDUCATE GIRLS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJohn Stanford International School PTSA 6 15 195: $6,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $5,160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Santa Barbara Foundat…Www FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Silicon Valley Commun…Ann Jackson Family Fo…Hutton Foundation Dba…Seattle FoundationMarin Community Found…James D & Kay y Moran…Elizabeth and John Mo…Yellow-Crowned Founda…Dancing Tides Foundat…
Santa Barbara FoundationCA22.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Www Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · James D & Kay y Moran Foundation · Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation · Yellow-Crowned Foundation · Dancing Tides Foundation 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 Com Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Com Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 63%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Com Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Com 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 106 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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