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The Fane and Corie Opperman Foundation at a glance

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The Fane and Corie Opperman 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.

$231k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$63k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$316kScience & Tech$101kCommunity Improvement$83kPhilanthropy$50kReligion$41kHealth$30kEnvironment$7kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $63k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$62,500
CSMUB COLLEGE OF BUSINESS$30,000
UNIVERSITY CORP AT MONTEREY$30,000
UNITED WAY OF MONTEREY COUNTY$20,000
GATEWAY SCHOOL$20,000
YORK SCHOOL$20,000
LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN$10,000
CHILDRENS CANCER RESEARCH FUND$10,000
MACALESTER COLLEGE$10,000
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM$3,500
PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION$2,500
DOMINICAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$2,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$2,000
RACE TO ERASE MS$1,000
KUNMBIVA JAZZ CENTER$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 (FY25–25, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%MONARCH SERVICES: $500 → 13%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$460k · 10 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
19

Total granted

$460k
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

60%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k 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
EducationHealthPhilanthropyAnimalsHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • MD
    MIT DELTA V PROGRAM
    2× · 2022–2023 · $100k
  • CC
    CSMUB COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
    4× · 2022–2025 · $83k
  • GS
    GATEWAY SCHOOL
    4× · 2022–2025 · $80k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • UC
    UNIVERSITY CORPORATION AT MONTEREY BAY
    one grant, 2025 · $30k · revenue 0%
  • LP
    LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH
    one grant, 2025 · $10k · revenue -33%
  • CC
    CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND
    one grant, 2025 · $10k · revenue 0%
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
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
3
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
6
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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7
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.

Education
8
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
9
Sutter Bay Hospitals

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
10
University of the Pacific

To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.

Education
11
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
12
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Minnesota Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Valley Churches United. 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

25 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. 25 of the 31 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
5/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $112,500 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyGATEWAY SCHOOL: $80,000 · EducationGATEWAY SCHOOLTHE YORK SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationTHE YORK SCHOOLMACALESTER COLLEGE: $40,000 · EducationMACALESTER COLLEGEUNIVERSITY CORPORATION AT MONTEREY BAY: $30,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY CORPORATION AT MONTEREY BAY+5 more: $4,800 · EducationMIT DELTA V PROGRAM: $100,000 · OtherMIT DELTA V PROGRAMCSMUB COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: $83,000 · OtherCSMUB COLLEGE OF BUSINESSFOUNDATION OF CSUMB: $40,000 · OtherFOUNDATION OF CSUMB+6 more: $12,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF MONTEREY COUNTY: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S…LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $10,000 · HealthSUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthDOMINICAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Health+2 more: $400 · HealthMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $6,500 · Animals+1 more: $200 · AnimalsMONARCH SERVICES-SERVICIOS MONARCA: $500 · Human ServicesVALLEY CHURCHES UNITED: $500 · ReligionMUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN: $250 · Arts & Culture
Education$317,300Other$235,000Philanthropy$60,000Health$14,900Animals$6,700Human Services$500Religion$500Arts & Culture$250

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 budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $112,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGATEWAY SCHOOL: $80,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MONTEREY COUNTY: $50,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE YORK SCHOOL: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMACALESTER COLLEGE: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY CORPORATION AT MONTEREY BAY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRACE TO ERASE MS: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDOMINICAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCabrillo College Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONARCH SERVICES-SERVICIOS MONARCA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SANTA CRUZ CHORALE: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVALLEY CHURCHES UNITED: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCABRILLO FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBONE HEALTH AND OSTEOPOROSIS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Cruz SPCA and Humane Society: $200 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.

Monterey Peninsula Fo…Community Foundation …Dignity HealthThe David and Lucile …Kaiser Foundation Hos…Vanguard Charitable E…Silicon Valley Commun…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…
Monterey Peninsula FoundationCA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Dignity Health · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Fane and Corie Opperman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fane and Corie Opperman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 31 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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