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The Jewish Community Foundation

Built around the values of tzedakah (righteousness, charity) and tikkun olam (repairing the world), the foundation works with east bay jewish donors to realize their philanthropic goals and create a rich, supportive, inclusive and strong community.

$7.9M
Granted FY2019
176
Grants FY2019
18
States reached
$630k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Jewish Community Foundation’s FY2020 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. FY2020 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year The Jewish Community Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 149 organizations, $6M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

118
’17
139
’18
149
’19
0
’20

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

01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2020.

Philanthropy$4.3MReligion$4.2MEducation$3.6MInternational$1.9MHuman Services$1.4MEnvironment$778kArts & Culture$723kHealth$591kOther$0
02FY2019 · 176 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 176 grants below total $6,149,962 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $7,887,009 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,737,047 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k61 grants · $376k
  • $10k–50k89 grants · $2.0M
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.4M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
$15,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE EAST BAY$630,478
KIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS$401,250
OAKLAND HEBREW DAY SCHOOL$328,388
THE REUTLINGER COMMUNITY$221,608
TEMPLE ISAIAH$221,574
JEWISH FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES EAST BAY$211,962
JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION AND ENDOWMENT FUND OF SAN FRANCISCO$190,000
CONTRA COSTA JEWISH DAY SCHOOL$131,520
CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL$126,557
BETH JACOB CONGREGATION$123,596
JEWISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL OF THE BAY$112,700
FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH$110,000
LEHRHAUS JUDAICA$102,043
AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION$100,000
URBAN ADAMAH$83,300
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–19, $937k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BELOVED BUILDERS: $20k → 20%COLLABRIA CARE: $10k → 9%LOVE-A-CHILD MISSIONS: $9k → 9%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $10k → 20%JCC OF THE EAST BAY: $178k → 10%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $7k → 20%JCC EAST BAY: $93k → 10%JCC EAST BAY: $77k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY: $28k → 10%GROWGOOD: $45k → 14%GROWGOOD: $35k → 14%GROW GOOD: $10k → 14%BAY AREA JEWISH HEALING CENTER: $10k → 10%AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION NORTHERN PACIFIC REGION: $19k → 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $110k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 10%SHALOM BAYIT: $51k → 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $30k → 10%PROJECT GLIMMER: $5k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES-SAN FRANCISCO: $37k → 10%SHALOM BAYIT: $15k → 10%BERKELEY EMERGENCY FOOD AND HOUSING PROJECT: $20k → 10%SHALOM BAYIT: $60k → 10%TIDES CENTERSHALOM BAYIT: $48k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
MD
AZ
NC
DC
HI
AL
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$15M · 108 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

108 repeat relationships — 91 still active in FY2019, 17 since wound down; 58 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, 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

108
83

Total granted

$15M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+36%

Still filing today

77%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $874k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
EducationInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • OH
    Oakland Hebrew Day School
    3× · 2017–2019 · $693k · revenue +84%
  • KB
    KIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS
    2× · 2017–2019 · $659k · revenue +126%
  • UA
    Urban Adamah
    3× · 2017–2019 · $545k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • RU
    REUT USAgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $230k · revenue +101%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CHAPTER
    one grant, 2017 · $173k
  • WC
    WJ COLEN ENDOWMENT FOR JEWISH LIFE AT UCB-INTERFUND GRANTSGIFTS
    one grant, 2017 · $144k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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2
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
3
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…

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4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

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5
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
6
Irvine Hebrew Day School

Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…

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7
Jewish Federation of San Diego County

Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.

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8
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…

Philanthropy
9
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
10
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc

Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and…

Religion
11
University of Judaism Foundation
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12
Sandler 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…

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma and the most unlike its peers is Kimera Orphanage. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent K-8 SchoolsCommunity FoundationsPublic University Foundatio…Government Accountability R…School Parent OrganizationsCommunity Arts OrganizationsEnvironmental Advocacy Orga…Pregnancy Support ServicesUrban Agriculture & Food Ac…Animal Rescue and AdoptionYouth Sports Booster Organi…South Asian Cultural and Sp…Land Conservation Organizat…Child and Family ServicesSenior Support ServicesYouth Development CentersChristian Missionary Organi…Native Hawaiian Community D…Public School District Foun…Legal Aid & Immigration Ser…Classical Music EnsemblesVolunteer Fire DepartmentsHomeless Services & ShelterChristian Youth CampsSubstance Abuse TreatmentChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Education Equity LeadershipLgbtq+ Community CentersSmall Business Development …Food Pantries & AssistanceCancer Support OrganizationsCommunity Health CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Jewish Community Federations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%1%<5yr15%2%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr17%27%20–35yr11%24%35–55yr13%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr17%35%20–35yr11%24%35–55yr13%26%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%3/262
the rest of the field
14%
26,000/186,716

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

214 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 214 of the 269 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
40
Early backer (in before they grew)
202/214
Grantees still filing
154/214
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF THE GREATER EAST BAY — $2,662,305 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF THE GREATER EAST BAYFIRST HEBREW CONGREGATION OF OAKLAND CALIF — $580,453 · OtherFIRST HEBREW CONGREGATION OF OAKLAND CALIFTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $533,683 · OtherTHE REUTLINGER COMMUNITY — $471,066 · OtherTEMPLE ISAIAH OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY — $405,490 · OtherTHE HEAD ROYCE SCHOOL — $389,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES EAST BAY — $398,399 · Other+104 more — $5,417,495 · Other+104 moreOakland Hebrew Day School — $693,415 · EducationOakland Hebrew Day …KIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS — $658,500 · EducationKIPP BAY AREA SCHOO…CONTRA COSTA JEWISH DAY SCHOOL — $342,728 · EducationCONTRA COSTA JEWISH…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION — $249,941 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIF…Jewish Commmunity High School of the Bay — $196,975 · EducationJewish Commmunity H…LIBFORALL FOUNDATION — $160,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $157,000 · EducationUC Berkeley Center for Executive Education — $140,000 · Education+18 more — $648,620 · Education+18 moreAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $777,905 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC — $149,150 · InternationalTHE AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY — $90,000 · InternationalWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY — $83,250 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC — $72,271 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES — $67,250 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA — $50,000 · International+9 more — $137,740 · InternationalJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA — $422,483 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC — $158,024 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND — $85,000 · PhilanthropyUCSB CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — $65,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC — $56,860 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM — $40,000 · PhilanthropyJewish Federation of the Sacra — $37,860 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE — $34,000 · Philanthropy+4 more — $92,980 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY — $376,112 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER — $174,688 · Human ServicesFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH — $140,000 · Human ServicesGROWGOOD INC — $90,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES — $37,000 · Human Services+8 more — $128,117 · Human ServicesREUT USA — $230,000 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $71,750 · Arts & CultureTHE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM — $70,033 · Arts & CultureMAGNES MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $60,934 · Arts & CultureKQED INC — $60,360 · Arts & CultureJewish Film Institute — $58,000 · Arts & CultureINDEPENDENT JEWISH WORLD CINEMA INC — $44,000 · Arts & CultureHONESTREPORTINGCOM INC — $34,150 · Arts & CultureKLEZCALIFORNIA INC — $31,230 · Arts & CultureIntersection for the Arts — $27,250 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC — $25,500 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $48,750 · Arts & CultureUrban Adamah — $545,100 · EnvironmentWilderness Torah — $65,500 · EnvironmentTRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST — $40,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE — $31,000 · Environment+4 more — $79,788 · Environment
Other$10,857,891Education$3,247,179International$1,427,566Philanthropy$992,207Human Services$945,917Arts & Culture$761,957Environment$761,388

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF THE GREATER EAST BAY — $2,662,305 over 3y, 22% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $777,905 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetOakland Hebrew Day School — $693,415 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetKIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS — $658,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUrban Adamah — $545,100 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $533,683 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA — $422,483 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES EAST BAY — $398,399 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetTHE HEAD ROYCE SCHOOL — $389,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY — $376,112 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetBERKELEY HILLEL — $348,482 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetCONTRA COSTA JEWISH DAY SCHOOL — $342,728 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION — $249,941 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREUT USA — $230,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLehrhaus Judaica dba HAMAQOM The Place — $200,373 over 2y, 11% of budgetJewish Commmunity High School of the Bay — $196,975 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTIDES CENTER — $174,688 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC — $158,024 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $157,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC — $149,150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN — $142,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUC Berkeley Center for Executive Education — $140,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH — $140,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ENDOWMENT FUND OF MACCABI USA SPORTS FOR ISRAEL INC — $123,092 over 2y, 12% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $117,470 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION — $100,170 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY — $90,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetGROWGOOD INC — $90,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetTHE OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND — $87,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGeorge Mark Childrens Fund — $86,800 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSan Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc — $86,360 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND — $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY — $83,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO MARIN & PENINSULA — $80,271 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE — $80,150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC — $72,271 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $71,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO — $71,210 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM — $70,033 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES — $67,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWilderness Torah — $65,500 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $63,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStudio 70 — $61,400 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetMAGNES MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $60,934 over 3y, 10% of budgetKQED INC — $60,360 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTELEOSIS FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 3y, 55% of budgetB'NAI BRITH HILLEL FOUNDATION AT PRINCETON — $58,810 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetJewish Film Institute — $58,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Community Fede…Jewish Community Fede…Rodan Family Foundati…The Shimon Ben Joseph…Koret FoundationThe Donald and Carole…The San Francisco Fou…East Bay Community Fo…Marin Community Found…United Way of the Bay…Libitzky Family Found…Ralph & Marsha Guggen…
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA131.4× affinity94 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 Community Federation of the Greater East Bay · Rodan Family Foundation · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Koret Foundation · The Donald and Carole Chaiken Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · Libitzky Family Foundation · Ralph & Marsha Guggenheim Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Jewish Community Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
30report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 269 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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