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The Eucalyptus Foundation at a glance

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The Eucalyptus Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
84
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$8.4MEnvironment$5.6MHealth$3.7MScience & Tech$2.9MInternational$2.2MYouth Development$2.2MArts & Culture$2.1MHousing & Shelter$1.2MOther$0
02FY2025 · 84 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k32 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $364k
  • $50k–250k25 grants · $2.4M
  • $250k+9 grants · $6.9M
$20,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$284M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL$3,000,000
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$1,000,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$534,858
EXPLORATORIUM$500,000
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE - INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT MONTEREY$500,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$500,000
NATIONAL TRUST FOR LOCAL NEWS$400,000
KICKSTART INTERNATIONAL$250,000
GEOHAZARDS INTERNATIONAL$250,000
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY$217,000
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS$200,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE$194,993
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA$150,000
COMPAGNIA DE' COLOMBARI$147,257
EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL$106,390
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $738k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GOOD TIDINGS FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%THE ASPEN EFFECT: $5k → 7%ROCKY MOUNTAIN REFUGE: $10k → 10%LAS TRAMPAS SCHOOL: $500 → 9%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS: $75k → 10%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS: $75k → 10%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS: $50k → 10%SENIOR COASTSIDERS: $5k → 7%LAS TRAMPAS SCHOOL: $500 → 9%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS: $50k → 10%SENIOR COASTSIDERS: $5k → 7%VIVALON: $10k → 8%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS: $50k → 10%INSTITUTE ON AGING: $8k → 10%COASTSIDE ADULT DAY HEALTH CENTER: $5k → 7%INSTITUTE ON AGING: $4k → 10%SENIOR COASTSIDERS: $5k → 7%VIVALON: $10k → 8%SENIOR COASTSIDERS: $5k → 7%VIVALON: $8k → 8%VIVALON: $5k → 8%WESTERN REGIONAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $40k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $35k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $35k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $35k → 10%WESTERN REGIONAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $35k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $35k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME - MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM: $35k → 10%WESTERN REGIONAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $35k → 10%PACIFICA RESOURCE CENTER: $1k → 7%WESTERN REGIONAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $30k → 10%WESTERN REGIONAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $30k → 10%PACIFICA RESOURCE CENTER: $1k → 7%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

VT
NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$27M · 79 repeat orgs$5.4M to everyone else

79 repeat relationships: 56 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

79
56

Total granted

$27M
$3.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+31%

Still filing today

82%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • EC
    EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $3.7M · revenue +57%
  • FH
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
    3× · 2023–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +9%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    4× · 2021–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • MC
    MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE - MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INT'L STUDIES AT MONTEREY
    one grant, 2024 · $500k
  • ED
    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE
    one grant, 2024 · $500k
  • ES
    EXPLORATORIUM - STABILITY & REVITALIZATION FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $500k
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
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
2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
3
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
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
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
The California Medical Innovations Institute Inc

The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance the understanding of human disease and the improvement of human health. The Institute fosters an innovative research environment…

Education
8
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
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
San Francisco Public Press

The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…

Education
11
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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12
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco; the most unlike its peers is The Hsan Iv 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

113 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. 113 of the 159 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
112/113
Grantees still filing
75/113
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE: $1,000,000 · OtherMIDDLEBURY COLLEGEFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $1,000,000 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTERGEOHAZARDS INTERNATIONAL: $850,000 · OtherGEOHAZARDS INTERNATIONALYALE UNIVERSITY: $600,000 · OtherMIDDLEBURY COLLEGE - MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INT'L STUDIES AT MONTEREY: $500,000 · OtherLIFEMOVES: $500,000 · OtherMIDDLEBURY COLLEGE - INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT MONTEREY: $500,000 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE: $500,000 · OtherEXPLORATORIUM - STABILITY & REVITALIZATION FUND: $500,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $550,000 · Other+94 more: $6,171,383 · Other+94 moreEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $3,682,950 · EducationEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREP…University of California Merced Foundation: $925,000 · EducationUniversity of Califor…THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $750,000 · EducationTHE INTERNATIONAL SCH…RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Education+15 more: $553,000 · Education+15 moreENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,800,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL D…NATUREBRIDGE: $1,000,000 · EnvironmentNATUREBRIDGENATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $600,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURC…Save The Bay: $600,000 · EnvironmentSave The BayFRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST: $200,000 · EnvironmentLIGHTHAWK: $180,000 · Environment+5 more: $47,500 · EnvironmentNEW HAVEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS INC: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureNEW HAVEN IN…THE EXPLORATORIUM: $800,000 · Arts & CultureTHE EXPLORAT…SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $511,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISC…NATIONAL TRUST FOR LOCAL NEWS: $400,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL TRU…OUTSIDE THE FRAME: $375,000 · Arts & CultureOUTSIDE THE …La Compagnia de' Colombari Inc: $215,757 · Arts & CultureLa Compagnia…CURIODYSSEY: $125,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $22,500 · Arts & CultureFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $2,000,000 · HealthFred Hutc…NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $534,858 · HealthNATIONAL …+5 more: $76,500 · HealthAMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY: $851,000 · Science & TechAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: $639,972 · Science & TechBUILD CHANGE: $175,000 · Science & TechKICKSTART INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,250,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $11,000 · Philanthropy
Other$12,671,383Education$6,160,950Environment$4,427,500Arts & Culture$3,449,257Health$2,611,358Science & Tech$1,665,972Philanthropy$1,261,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $3,682,950 over 5y, 10% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $2,000,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,800,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetKICKSTART INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,250,000 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetNATUREBRIDGE: $1,000,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetNEW HAVEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS INC: $1,000,000 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of California Merced Foundation: $925,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetAMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY: $851,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGEOHAZARDS INTERNATIONAL: $850,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $800,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $750,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: $639,972 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $600,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Bay: $600,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $550,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $534,858 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $511,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLIFEMOVES: $500,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBULAMU INTERNATIONAL: $400,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetBERKELEY STUDENT COOPERATIVE INC: $400,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $400,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOUTSIDE THE FRAME: $375,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetAIM HIGH: $325,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetEAST PALO ALTO TENNIS & TUTORING: $310,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $300,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $250,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMISSION GRADUATES: $235,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMID-PENINSULA EDUCATION CENTER INC: $230,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetLa Compagnia de' Colombari Inc: $215,757 over 2y, 45% of budgetSTREETCODE ACADEMY: $200,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetFeeding America: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST: $200,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetWestern Center on Law & Poverty Inc: $195,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLIGHTHAWK: $180,000 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetHOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $175,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBUILD CHANGE: $175,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetGood Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco: $170,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWestern Regional Advocacy Project: $170,000 over 5y, 9.7% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $145,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSEACOLOGY: $135,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCURIODYSSEY: $125,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPOPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFriends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library: $70,000 over 2y, 0.9% 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…McNabb FoundationJewish Community Fede…Silicon Valley Commun…Marin Community Found…Bothin FoundationSalesforce FoundationGordon E and Betty I …Kaiser Foundation Hos…Atkinson FoundationCrankstart FoundationThe William G Gilmore…
The San Francisco FoundationCA46.6× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Bothin Foundation · Salesforce Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Atkinson Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · The William G Gilmore 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 Eucalyptus Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Eucalyptus Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • American Physical Society: 1% of income from government
  • New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc: 1% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Outside the Frame: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
38report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
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How do I get to The Eucalyptus Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Eucalyptus 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 159 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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