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The Dobbins Family Foundation at a glance

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The Dobbins 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.

$105k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$438kHuman Services$178kEducation$78kEmployment$60kAnimals$49kPhilanthropy$38kReligion$30kYouth Development$27kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
JACOB'S HEART$20,000
GREATER GOOD CHARITIES$10,000
DREAMCATCHERS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK$10,000
UC DAVIS FOUNDATION$7,500
TEAM ELEVATE 7 ON 7$5,000
BIRCH BARK FOUNDATION$2,500
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 (FY17–23, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOPE FOR PRISONERS: $5k → 13%MAKE A WISH GREATER BAY AREA: $3k → 10%MAKE A WISH GREATER BAY AREA: $2k → 10%HOSPICE GIVING FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%HOSPICE GIVING FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%HOSPICE GIVING FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%HOSPICE GIVING FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$888k · 20 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 6 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

20
5

Total granted

$888k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+24%

Still filing today

65%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyEmploymentEducationOther
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

  • MH
    MONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $195k · revenue +104%
  • WH
    WASHINGTON HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2023 · $80k · revenue +83%
  • DE
    DREAMCATCHERS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK
    5× · 2019–2024 · $60k · revenue +131%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONTEREY
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • HF
    HOPE FOR PRISONERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +102%
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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
2
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation

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
3
Memorial Hospital Foundation

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,…

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4
Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation

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
5
Usc Care Medical Group Inc

To promote health by engaging in the practice of medicine for patients of hospitals affiliated with the university of southern california keck school of medicine and elsewhere. to provide medical care to the sick and injured who may come…

Health
6
Ucsf Health Medical Foundation

See schedule othe mission of ucsf health medical foundation is threefold: 1) to establish, operate and maintain medical clinics for the provision of healthcare services in california; 2) to promote health by providing, coordinating,…

Health
7
Marin General Hospital

To be the destination for health and healing in the north bay.

Health
8
California Health Foundation and Trust

Support access, research, and education in the fields of healthcare delivery, financing, and patient care.

Philanthropy
9
Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation

To raise funds in order to support the operation of the usc verdugo hills hospital, an organization exempt under irc 501(c)(3).

Health
10
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
11
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
12
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation

To benefit the university of california santa cruz.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Bay Area; the most unlike its peers is Tip Your Heart 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

19 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. 19 of the 28 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
17/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JACOB'S HEART: $170,000 · OtherJACOB'S HEARTLAWRENCE J ELLISON INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFORMATIVE MEDICINE: $40,000 · OtherLAWRENCE J ELLISON INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFORM…ST JOSEPH'S FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherST JOSEPH'S FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $27,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDREAMCATCHERS EMPOWERMENT FUND: $20,000 · OtherDREAMCATCHERS EMPOWERMENT FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSCPA OF MONTEREY COUNTY: $20,000 · OtherSCPA OF MONTEREY COUNTY+7 more: $39,500 · Other+7 moreMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $195,000 · HealthMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $80,000 · HealthWASHINGTON HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDA…MONTAGE HEALTH: $50,000 · HealthMONTAGE HEALTHTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $27,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $20,000 · EducationTIP YOUR HEART FOUNDATION: $42,500 · PhilanthropyGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $32,000 · PhilanthropyDREAMCATCHERS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK: $60,000 · EmploymentSociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County: $41,300 · AnimalsBIRCHBARK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · AnimalsHOSPICE GIVING FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesHOPE FOR PRISONERS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER BAY AREA: $4,000 · Human Services
Other$367,000Health$325,000Education$77,500Philanthropy$74,500Employment$60,000Animals$51,300Human Services$29,000

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 budgetMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $195,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWASHINGTON HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetDREAMCATCHERS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK: $60,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMONTAGE HEALTH: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTIP YOUR HEART FOUNDATION: $42,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetSociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County: $41,300 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $32,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE GIVING FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBIRCHBARK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetHOSPICE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTEAM ELEVATE 7ON7: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHOPE FOR PRISONERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER BAY AREA: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNCGA FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 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.

Monterey Peninsula Fo…Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Monterey Peninsula FoundationCA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Dobbins Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dobbins Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's 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
    2report 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
    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 28 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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