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The John M Bryan Family Fund

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.

$247k
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$201k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2025.

Arts & Culture$810kEducation$72kAnimals$20kFood & Nutrition$20kYouth Development$19kEnvironment$18kHealth$17kHuman Services$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k31 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $201k
$500
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA$200,600
SAN DOMENICO SCHOOL$10,000
SF CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND$5,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$4,500
THE CIRCLE PROGRAM$3,000
LEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE CHARITABLE TRUST$3,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$3,000
BRING BACK THE TRADES$2,000
MAYHEW PROGRAM$1,750
SACRED HEART SCHOOLS$1,750
UNIVERSITY OF SO CALIFORNIA DORNSIFE$1,500
COMMUNITY CLOSET$1,500
HOOVER INSTITUTION$1,000
MARINE MAMMAL CENTER$1,000
GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE$1,000
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 (FY22–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 8%PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS: $100 → 7%MENLO CHARITY HORSE SHOW: $2k → 7%VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE: $500 → 10%VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE: $500 → 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

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MI
NY
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CA
MO
MD
NM
SC
GA

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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$974k · 38 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +18% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

38 repeat relationships — 31 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
12

Total granted

$974k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+14%

Still filing today

74%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • SD
    SAN DOMENICO SCHOOL
    4× · 2022–2025 · $31k · revenue +12%
  • LT
    LEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +41%
  • CP
    CIRCLE PROGRAM
    4× · 2022–2025 · $12k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • MC
    MENLO CHARITY HORSE SHOW INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -159%
  • MC
    MILLS COLLEGE
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue -53%
  • FW
    FOUR WINDSgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +95%

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.

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Sonoma Botanical Garden
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2
Monterey Museum of Art

The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.

Arts & Culture
3
Sage Hill School

We inspire in our students a love of knowledge and the ability to use that knowledge creatively, compassionately and courageously throughout their lives.sage hill school's commitment to academic excellence and our outstanding college…

Education
4
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
5
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

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6
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
7
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
8
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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9
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
10
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

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11
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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12
The Seven Hills School

The institution provides educational instruction and activities to students ranging from preschool through 8th grade.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Catalina School and the most unlike its peers is Piedmont Beautification Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 46 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%2%<5yr15%5%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr17%21%20–35yr11%19%35–55yr13%43%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%4%5–10yr20%1%10–20yr17%5%20–35yr11%3%35–55yr13%87%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/44
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,934

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

42 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. 42 of the 52 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
32/42
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION — $802,600 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION+9 more — $7,779 · Arts & CultureSAN DOMENICO SCHOOL — $31,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $15,550 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $4,000 · EducationBRING BACK THE TRADES INC — $4,000 · EducationTHE WEBB SCHOOLS — $2,000 · Education+4 more — $2,200 · EducationCIRCLE PROGRAM — $11,500 · OtherJUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION — $7,400 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON — $7,000 · OtherMAYHEW — $6,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY CLOSET — $6,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SO CALIFORNIA DORNSIFE — $6,000 · OtherCANINE ANGELS SERVICE DOGS — $4,550 · OtherCOFAM — $3,000 · OtherBRISTOL RECREATION ADVISORY COUNCIL — $4,250 · Other+17 more — $14,750 · OtherCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND — $20,000 · Food & NutritionTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $6,550 · AnimalsGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD — $4,550 · AnimalsTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER — $4,550 · AnimalsLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE — $14,550 · ReligionBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $9,000 · Health+1 more — $100 · Health
Arts & Culture$810,379Education$58,750Other$70,950Food & Nutrition$20,000Animals$15,650Religion$14,550Health$9,100

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION — $802,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSAN DOMENICO SCHOOL — $31,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $15,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE — $14,550 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCIRCLE PROGRAM — $11,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $6,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAYHEW — $6,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD — $4,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER — $4,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBRISTOL RECREATION ADVISORY COUNCIL — $4,250 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBRING BACK THE TRADES INC — $4,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLEBANON OPERA HOUSE IMPROVEMENT CORP — $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEWFOUND LAKE REGION ASSOCIATION — $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMENLO CHARITY HORSE SHOW INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE WEBB SCHOOLS — $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLENBROOK FIREWORKS INC — $1,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetVOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE — $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOUR WINDS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS — $1,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKQED INC — $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC — $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPIEDMONT BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION — $500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSBOROUGH BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA CATALINA SCHOOL — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEAD ROYCE SCHOOL — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPIEDMONT GARDEN CLUB — $300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA — $179 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQUEEN OF THE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIEDMONT EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENINSULA VOLUNTEERS INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SANTA FE OPERA — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SUPPLY CORPS FOUNDATION INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The San Francisco Fou…Jewish Community Fede…New Hampshire Charita…Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…Ramsay Family Foundat…Marin Community Found…United Way WorldwideThe David and Lucile …The Ayco Charitable F…Daniel P Hagerman Fou…Speramus Foundation
The San Francisco FoundationCA23.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Ramsay Family Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Daniel P Hagerman Foundation Corp · Speramus 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 John M Bryan Family Fund 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 52 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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