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The James Irvine Foundation at a glance

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The James Irvine 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.

$154M
Granted FY2024still arriving
654
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$11M
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$286MEmployment$150MCommunity Improvement$136MCivil Rights$117MEducation$112MPublic Benefit$58MArts & Culture$42MHealth$33MOther$0
02FY2024 · 654 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k317 grants · $1.0M
  • $10k–50k142 grants · $2.8M
  • $50k–250k60 grants · $7.7M
  • $250k+135 grants · $143M
$10,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$3.4B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Tides Center$11,150,000
Inland Empire Community Foundation$8,000,000
San Francisco Foundation$7,550,000
Foundation for California Community Colleges$4,400,000
Movement Innovation Collaborative$4,000,000
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$3,600,000
Community Foundation for Monterey County$3,350,000
Tides Center$3,050,000
Regents of the University of California$2,750,000
Coalition for Responsible Community Development$2,500,000
Borealis Philanthropy$2,500,000
Tides Center$2,350,000
Community Partners$2,150,000
Chinese Progressive Association$2,050,000
Ampac Tri-state CDC Inc$2,000,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $73.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Immigrant Legal Resource Center: $900k → 10%Housing California: $3.0M → 12%Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project: $2.4M → 10%Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project: $400k → 10%Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project: $300k → 10%Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project: $300k → 10%Immigrant Legal Resource Center: $300k → 10%Housing California: $1.4M → 12%Santa Cruz Community Ventures: $1.0M → 13%Center on Policy Initiatives: $1.8M → 11%Santa Cruz Community Ventures: $300k → 13%Central Valley IAF: $300k → 19%Center on Policy Initiatives: $1.1M → 11%Jakara Movement: $453k → 19%Regional Access Project Foundation Inc: $800k → 11%Lift To Rise: $300k → 11%Housing California: $500k → 12%Tides Center: $15.0M → 10%Equitable Food Initiative: $500k → 14%Opportunity Institute: $400k → 10%Tides Center: $2.3M → 10%Tides Center: $2.3M → 10%Equitable Food Initiative: $300k → 14%Tides Center: $2.0M → 10%Tides Center: $1.0M → 10%Opportunity Institute: $300k → 10%Tides Center: $800k → 10%El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center: $450k → 14%Tides Center: $600k → 10%El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center: $400k → 14%Tides Center: $500k → 10%Tides Center: $350k → 10%Latino Community Foundation: $4.0M → 10%Latino Community Foundation: $2.7M → 10%Latino Community Foundation: $2.0M → 10%Latino Community Foundation: $1.3M → 10%Latino Community Foundation: $1.1M → 10%Latino Community Foundation: $750k → 10%Coleman Children & Youth Services: $1.0M → 10%FII - National: $1.0M → 10%Mujeres Unidas y Activas: $1.4M → 10%Mujeres Unidas y Activas: $400k → 10%Mujeres Unidas y Activas: $400k → 10%Mujeres Unidas y Activas: $350k → 10%Mujeres Unidas y Activas: $350k → 10%Possibility Labs: $1.4M → 10%Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education: $505k → 14%Korean Resource Center Inc: $400k → 14%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

NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
NC
SC
DC
LA
GA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of The James Irvine Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The James Irvine Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$727M · 766 repeat orgs$82M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

766 repeat relationships: 362 still active in FY2024, 404 since wound down; 146 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

766
620

Total granted

$727M
$63M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+28%

Still filing today

85%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19M 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $19M · revenue +515%
  • National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $15M · revenue +125%
  • POWERSWITCH ACTION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $15M · revenue +170% · 30% of their budget

Funded once

  • RO
    Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Merced campus
    one grant, 2022 · $6.5M
  • RO
    Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Los Angeles campus
    one grant, 2023 · $4.1M
  • FM
    Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce
    one grant, 2021 · $2.5M
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
California Donor Table

California Donor Table anchors a hub of donors, foundations, and community leaders. We pool together our resources to shape California into a truly democratic state that works for the people, not the powerful. Rooted in our commitment to…

Civil Rights
2
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

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3
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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4
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

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5
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
6
Active San Gabriel Valley

Active San Gabriel Valley (ActiveSGV) is a community-based environmental advocacy and public health non-profit organization. Our mission is to promote a more sustainable, equitable, and livable San Gabriel Valley.

Community Improvement
7
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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8
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California

The american civil liberties union of northern california (aclu nc union) defends and advances the principles of freedom, equality and justice contained in the united states constitution. aclu nc union, a california mutual benefit…

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9
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
10
Cooperation L a

The L.A. Co-op Lab is a collective that builds capacity for worker ownership in Los Angeles as a pathway toward a more equitable and democratic economy.

Arts & Culture
11
Centro Legal De La Raza

Centro Legal De La Raza is a comprehensive legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income immigrant communities throguh culturally competent bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy.

Crime & Legal
12
Californians for the Arts

Our mission at Californians for the Arts is to ensure that the arts are accessible to all Californians; are an ongoing part of the public dialogue and to encourage Californians to care about the arts as a critical component of their own…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadersup; the most unlike its peers is The Nroc Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

1321 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. 1321 of the 1,584 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.

102
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
358
Early backer (in before they grew)
1290/1321
Grantees still filing
905/1321
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Central Valley Community Foundation A Corporation: $32,155,750 · PhilanthropyCentral Valley Community F…Inland Empire Community Foundation: $26,879,059 · PhilanthropyInland Empire Community Fo…ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $23,086,500 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY A…THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $21,276,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATI…Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $16,875,000 · PhilanthropyAmalgamated Charitable Fou…SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $14,892,500 · PhilanthropySAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY FOUN…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $8,888,250 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,041,900 · Philanthropy+20 more: $53,550,096 · Philanthropy+20 moreSierra Health Foundation Center for Health Pr: $14,300,000 · OtherNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT: $12,767,000 · OtherRegents of the University of California: $10,289,750 · OtherPUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA: $10,175,200 · OtherJEWISH VOCATIONAL & CAREER COUNSELING SERVICE: $10,160,000 · OtherCOLLEGE FUTURES FOUNDATION: $10,000,000 · OtherCHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION: $11,940,155 · Other+85 more: $212,298,204 · Other+85 morePOWERSWITCH ACTION: $14,805,000 · Community ImprovementPOWERSWITCH A…COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $12,373,700 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PAR…REINVENT STOCKTON FOUNDATION: $9,087,000 · Community ImprovementREINVENT STOC…POWER CALIFORNIA: $6,856,500 · Community ImprovementPOWER CALIFOR…COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $6,667,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMON COUNSE…POLICYLINK: $5,235,000 · Community ImprovementSMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,020,000 · Community ImprovementFAITH IN ACTION NETWORK: $4,550,000 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL SKILLS COALITION: $4,225,000 · Community ImprovementFresno Area Hispanic Foundation: $4,040,000 · Community ImprovementAmpac Tri-State CDC Inc: $4,020,000 · Community ImprovementMOVEMENT INNOVATION COLLABORATIVE: $4,000,000 · Community Improvement+12 more: $25,502,690 · Community Improvement+12 moreFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES: $19,269,500 · EducationFOUNDATION…LINKED LEARNING ALLIANCE: $10,470,000 · EducationLINKED LEA…YEAR UP INC: $9,975,000 · EducationYEAR UP IN…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $6,249,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY…Chaffey College Foundation: $4,775,000 · EducationChaffey Co…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $4,717,280 · EducationUNIVERSITY…CALIFORNIA BUDGET & POLICY CENTER: $3,750,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY CORPORATION AT MONTEREY BAY: $3,500,000 · EducationHARTNELL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,049,750 · Education+10 more: $17,505,800 · Education+10 moreTIDES CENTER: $43,600,575 · Human ServicesTIDES CENT…LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $13,385,840 · Human ServicesLATINO COM…HOUSING CALIFORNIA INC: $5,359,500 · Human ServicesHOUSING CA…VENTURES: $4,375,000 · Human ServicesMIXTECO INDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT: $3,907,355 · Human ServicesMujeres Unidas y Activas: $3,410,000 · Human ServicesCENTER ON POLICY INITIATIVES: $2,980,000 · Human Services+4 more: $5,705,350 · Human Services+4 moreJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC: $13,175,485 · EmploymentCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $6,135,000 · EmploymentSAN DIEGO WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP INC: $5,735,000 · EmploymentWarehouse Worker Resource Center: $5,575,000 · EmploymentGROWTH SECTOR COMPANY: $3,405,000 · EmploymentLos Angeles Black Worker Center: $3,391,000 · EmploymentJOBS TO MOVE AMERICA: $3,252,000 · EmploymentUNITE-LA INC: $2,550,000 · EmploymentGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,475,000 · EmploymentMAINTENANCE INDUSTRY LABOR-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION TRUST FUND: $2,295,000 · EmploymentWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $2,275,375 · Employment+6 more: $8,858,598 · EmploymentNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $15,203,575 · Civil RightsCALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND: $11,290,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK: $7,185,000 · Civil RightsCALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY CENTER: $5,352,500 · Civil RightsNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $3,701,500 · Civil RightsCalMatters: $3,108,750 · Civil RightsCALIFORNIA BLACK POWER NETWORK: $2,734,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS EDUCATION FUND: $2,557,400 · Civil RightsCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $2,511,500 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$205,645,055Other$291,930,309Community Improvement$106,381,890Education$83,261,830Human Services$82,723,620Employment$59,122,458Civil Rights$53,644,225

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTIDES CENTER: $43,600,575 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetCentral Valley Community Foundation A Corporation: $32,155,750 over 6y, 63% of budgetInland Empire Community Foundation: $26,879,059 over 7y, 24% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $23,086,500 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $21,276,000 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES: $19,269,500 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $16,875,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $15,203,575 over 8y, 22% of budgetSAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $14,892,500 over 7y, 57% of budgetPOWERSWITCH ACTION: $14,805,000 over 8y, 30% of budgetLATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $13,385,840 over 8y, 17% of budgetJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC: $13,175,485 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT: $12,767,000 over 7y, 29% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $12,373,700 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetCHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION: $11,940,155 over 8y, 16% of budgetCALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND: $11,290,000 over 8y, 21% of budgetLINKED LEARNING ALLIANCE: $10,470,000 over 7y, 54% of budgetPUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA: $10,175,200 over 8y, 20% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL & CAREER COUNSELING SERVICE: $10,160,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetCOLLEGE FUTURES FOUNDATION: $10,000,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $9,975,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetREINVENT STOCKTON FOUNDATION: $9,087,000 over 6y, 65% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $8,888,250 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,041,900 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK: $7,185,000 over 7y, 33% of budgetPOWER CALIFORNIA: $6,856,500 over 5y, 50% of budgetLIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION: $6,791,605 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $6,667,000 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetCATALYST CALIFORNIA: $6,377,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $6,249,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $6,135,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetLEADERSUP: $6,100,000 over 6y, 44% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $5,787,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSAN DIEGO WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP INC: $5,735,000 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetWarehouse Worker Resource Center: $5,575,000 over 8y, 59% of budgetWorking Partnerships USA: $5,525,000 over 6y, 31% of budgetHOUSING CALIFORNIA INC: $5,359,500 over 7y, 78% of budgetCALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY CENTER: $5,352,500 over 8y, 21% of budgetPOLICYLINK: $5,235,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetRUBICON PROGRAMS INC: $5,185,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetSMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,020,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetChaffey College Foundation: $4,775,000 over 6y, 87% of budgetCALIFORNIA FORWARD: $4,750,000 over 8y, 36% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $4,717,280 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAsian Law Caucus: $4,677,725 over 5y, 11% of budgetFAITH IN ACTION NETWORK: $4,550,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $4,530,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetVENTURES: $4,375,000 over 4y, 58% 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.

  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Central Valley Community Foundation A Corporation ↗
  • Who funds Inland Empire Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds POWERSWITCH ACTION ↗
  • Who funds LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds LINKED LEARNING ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH VOCATIONAL & CAREER COUNSELING SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE FUTURES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
  • Who funds REINVENT STOCKTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds POWER CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATALYST CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSUP ↗
  • Who funds Silicon Valley Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds Warehouse Worker Resource Center ↗

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 California Wellne…The California Endowm…Evelyn and Walter Haa…Weingart FoundationCrankstart FoundationWalter and Elise Haas…Latino Community Foun…Sierra Health Foundat…College Futures Found…East Bay Community Fo…Liberty Hill Foundati…Elbridge Stuart Found…
The California Wellness FoundationCA142.5× affinity288 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The California Wellness Foundation · The California Endowment · Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund · Weingart Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · Walter and Elise Haas Fund · Latino Community Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · College Futures Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart 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 James Irvine Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The James Irvine Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Third Sector Capital Partners Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Jobs for the Future Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
74report 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.

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 1584 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home