· Private foundation
The Guzik 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $236k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $250k
- $250k+4 grants · $3.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UCSF | $1,262,144 |
| PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION | $1,000,000 |
| AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY | $400,000 |
| TECHNION UNIVERSITY IN ISRAEL | $400,000 |
| BHUTAN FOUNDATION (YANG YA FOUNDATION) | $100,000 |
| CHABAD HOUSE OF CALIFORNIA | $50,000 |
| BAYER BALLET ACADEMY | $50,000 |
| THE NEW SCHOOL (MANNES SCHOOL OF MUSIC) | $50,000 |
| SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY | $40,000 |
| ACHIEVEKIDS | $30,000 |
| CHAMBER MUSIC SAN FRANCISCO | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,663 |
| JOSEPH BRODSKY MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP FUND | $20,000 |
| SVOIMI SLOVAMI CULTURAL CENTER | $20,000 |
| THEATER GAMES PRODUCTIONS | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 73% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 15% of The Guzik Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 68% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 53%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against -18% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SBSUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION2× · 2022–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +25%
- AFAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC2× · 2023–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +257%
- SFSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY5× · 2020–2024 · $200k · revenue +4%
Funded once
- SBSUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $1.0M
- MCMCO CULTURAL EXCHANGE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $603k
- BBBAYER BALLET COMPANYone grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -36% · 31% of their budget
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.
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.
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…
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.
San Francisco Arts and Science Academy (ASA) provides TK5 grade students with a strong foundation in the arts, language, math, and science, fostering creativity, curiosity, and character development. Our bilingual, hands-on curriculum…
To present chamber music concerts in San Jose performed by top ensembles from the Bay Area, across America, and around the world. To enrich our audience experience through post-concert Q&As, program notes, and meet-the-composer…
Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…
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,…
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Please see schedule o for the complete mission statement.berkeley repertory theatre creates ambitious theatre that entertains and challenges its audiences, provokes civic engagement, and inspires people to experience the world in new and…
The mission of the santa barbara symphony is to enrich the lives of santa barbara residents by producing the highest-quality musical experiences, accessible to the entire community, and to inspire a passion for symphonic music in the next…
Community Music / Arts Organization
Perform, promote and sustain classical ballet.
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 40 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds SUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVEKIDS ↗
- Who funds CHAMBER MUSIC SAN FRANCISCO ↗
- Who funds JOSEPH BRODSKY MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP FUND ↗
- Who funds THEATERGAMES PRODUCTIONS ↗
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds BAYER BALLET COMPANY ↗
- Who funds COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds HARLEM ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Sound Ways Inc ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF PALO ALTO CHILDREN'S THEATRE ↗
- Who funds MCO Cultural Exchange Corporation ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Guzik Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Guzik Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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