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The Helen Diller Family Foundation

The foundation operates exclusively for charitable, educational or religious purposes by conducting or supporting activities for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of the jewish community federation of san francisco, the peninsula, marin and sonoma counties.

$956k
Granted FY2022
5
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

90% of The Helen Diller Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Federation Of San Francisco The Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Helen Diller Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $416k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

33
’17
19
’18
9
’19
6
’20
6
’21
5
’22
0
’23
1
’24
1
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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 2025.

Health$19MEducation$11MRecreation & Sports$9.1MReligion$6.4MHousing & Shelter$3.0MInternational$2.6MArts & Culture$523kCivil Rights$320kOther$0
02FY2022 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $415,660, the rows itemized in this filing. The $955,660 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $540,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $400k
$100,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS$100,000
CHABAD OF NORTH PENINSULA$100,000
PHILOS PROJECT INC$100,000
FRIENDS OF ELNET$100,000
CONGREGATION KOL EMETH$15,660
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 (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%INSTITUTE ON AGING: $10k → 10%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

MN
IL
NY
PA
CA
VA
AZ
DC
GA
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28M · 19 repeat orgs$8.2M to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2022, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
18

Total granted

$28M
$8.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+39%

Still filing today

84%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureEducationPublic BenefitEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
    2× · 2017–2018 · $9.1M · revenue +109%
  • AT
    AMER TR FOR OXFORD UNIV & EASTMAN 067381-000
    3× · 2017–2019 · $4.0M · revenue +34% · 84% of their budget
  • JI
    JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA
    6× · 2017–2022 · $600k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $6.7M · revenue -9%
  • CF
    Central Fund of Israelgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $225k · revenue +145%
  • DH
    DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $175k · revenue +46%
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
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

—
3
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University

We fundraise in the u.s. to support, and raise awareness of, bar-ilan university in israel.

Education
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

—
6
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
7
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
8
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
9
University of Judaism Foundation
—
10
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
11
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Inc

Yivo's mission is to study the thousand-year history of jewish life in eastern europe and russia in all its aspects: language, history, religion, folkways and material culture. yivo's archive and library preserves a significant collection…

Religion
12
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma; the most unlike its peers is San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 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

43 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. 43 of the 46 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/43
Grantees still filing
28/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $6,712,789 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISC…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $4,124,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAAMER TR FOR OXFORD UNIV & EASTMAN 067381-000: $4,000,000 · EducationAMER TR FOR OXFORD UNIV & EASTMAN 067…NLI USA INC: $3,000,000 · EducationNLI USA INC+1 more: $100,000 · EducationMAYO CLINIC: $12,305,008 · HealthMAYO CLINIC+1 more: $50,000 · HealthTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $9,100,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLI…CONGREGATION KOL EMETH: $5,011,999 · OtherCONGREGATION KO…CHABAD OF GREATER SOUTH BAY: $575,000 · OtherCHABAD OF GREAT…JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $652,593 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNIT…+15 more: $1,310,000 · Other+15 moreTHE JEWISH HOME AND SENIOR LIVING FOUNDATION: $3,000,001 · Housing & ShelterJEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA: $600,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF ELNET: $550,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $300,000 · InternationalFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $300,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $250,000 · InternationalCentral Fund of Israel: $225,000 · InternationalMIDDLE EAST MEDIA AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $150,000 · International+6 more: $205,000 · InternationalTHE PHILOS PROJECT INC: $600,000 · Arts & CultureBERKELEY MUSIC GROUP: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $64,263 · Arts & CultureTHE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM: $38,900 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$17,936,789Health$12,355,008Environment$9,100,000Other$7,549,592Housing & Shelter$3,000,001International$2,880,000Arts & Culture$813,163

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 budgetMAYO CLINIC: $12,305,008 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $9,100,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $4,124,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMER TR FOR OXFORD UNIV & EASTMAN 067381-000: $4,000,000 over 3y, 84% of budgetTHE JEWISH HOME AND SENIOR LIVING FOUNDATION: $3,000,001 over 3y, 24% of budgetNLI USA INC: $3,000,000 over 4y, 33% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $652,593 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OF AMERICA: $600,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetTHE PHILOS PROJECT INC: $600,000 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ELNET: $550,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $300,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $250,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $175,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetAMERICAN MEDIA INSTITUTE: $175,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetMIDDLE EAST MEDIA AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTEA PARTY PATRIOTS FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FREEDOM LAW CENTER INC DBA AFLC % CINDY PAGE: $100,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetPROJECT VERITAS: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBERKELEY MUSIC GROUP: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCENTER FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY STUDIES: $100,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetJERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $64,263 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $51,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY HOUSE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM: $38,900 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMCHA Initiative: $20,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetELEM YOUTH IN DISTRESS INC: $18,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF: $18,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE ON AGING: $10,000 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.

Jewish Community Fede…Jewish Communal FundThe San Francisco Fou…Koret FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…Donors Trust IncJewish Community Foun…Combined Jewish Phila…Jewish Community Foun…Marin Community Found…California Community …
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA28.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Jewish Communal Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · Koret Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donors Trust Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Marin Community Foundation · California Community 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 Helen Diller Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Helen Diller Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%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
    1get no government money at all
    7report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to The Helen Diller 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 46 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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