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The Keker Family Foundation at a glance

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The Keker Family Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$50k
Granted FY2019
7
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$15k
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 2019.

Recreation & Sports$167kEducation$50kCommunity Improvement$40kHuman Services$33kYouth Development$25kInternational$20kHousing & Shelter$15kPublic Benefit$15k
02FY2019 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TELEGRAPH HILL NEIGHBORHOOD CTR$15,000
SEVEN TEPEES YOUTH PROGRAMS$10,000
826 VALENCIA$5,000
VINCENT ACADEMY$5,000
CREATIVE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL$5,000
NORTH BEACH CITIZENS ASSOC$5,000
HEAD ROYCE SCHOOL$5,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%VINCENT ACADEMY: $5k → 10%TIPPING POINT: $20k → 10%JUNIOR CENTER FOR ARTS SCIENCE: $5k → 10%CREATIVE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL: $5k → 10%ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $2k → 10%THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL: $167k → 10%EAST MEETS WEST: $33k → 10%CREATIVE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL: $5k → 10%CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: $15k → 10%MARINA MIDDLE SCHOOL: $1k → 10%HEAD ROYCE SCHOOL: $5k → 10%CREATIVE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL: $5k → 10%HEAD ROYCE SCHOOL: $5k → 10%TELEGRAPH HILL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $20k → 10%HEAD-ROYCE SCHOOL: $3k → 10%TELEGRAPH HILL NEIGHBORHOOD CTR: $15k → 10%NORTH BEACH CITIZENS ASSOCIATION: $5k → 10%NORTH BEACH CITIZENS ASSOC: $5k → 10%NORTH BEACH CITIZENS ASSOC: $5k → 10%TELEGRAPH HILL NEIGHBORHOOD CTR: $5k → 10%GARFIELD ELEMENTARY PTA: $1k → 10%SEVEN TEPEES YOUTH PROGRAMS: $10k → 10%SEVEN TEPEES YOUTH PROGRAMS: $10k → 10%SEVEN TEPEES YOUTH PROGRAMS: $5k → 10%826 VALENCIA: $5k → 10%826 VALENCIA: $3k → 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.
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.

32%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$116k · 6 repeat orgs$249k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against -50% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
8

Total granted

$116k
$244k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
-50%

Still filing today

83%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
EducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TH
    Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association
    3× · 2017–2019 · $40k · revenue +185%
  • CA
    CREATIVE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $15k · revenue +46%
  • TH
    THE HEAD ROYCE SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $13k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • TG
    THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL
    one grant, 2018 · $167k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $33k
  • TP
    TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue -50%
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
San Francisco High School of the Arts

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…

Education
2
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
3
Presidio Hill School

Presidio hill school is a co-ed k-8 independent, progressive school. learning is collaborative and an active experience with an emphasis on inquiry. students are engaged in their own learning and guided by an expert faculty through a…

Education
4
Institute for Applied Tinkering

Institute for Applied Tinkering IAT develops, practices and shares educational methods that challenge and support all children to engage deeply in their learning via real interests and real tools.

Youth Development
5
San Francisco Schoolhouse

An intentionally small community where young people are valued as individuals. A compassionate team of educators approach academic & social-emotional development with the aim of cultivating justice-seeking humans empowered to transform…

Education
6
The College Preparatory School

At college prep we believe in the foundational importance of scholarship, the value of dialogue, and the need for academically curious young people to belong to a kind, creative, diverse and joyful community. we challenge our students to…

Education
7
Mark Day School

Innovative and full of heart, mark day school nurtures each child to pursue their curiosity, think critically, embrace challenge with courage and joy, and work in partnership with others to build more caring and inclusive communities.

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8
Terra Marin School

Our mission is to spark wonder and intellectual curiosity in each child. We achieve this through a purposeful blend of:Engaging academics custom-tailored to each child's abilities, strengths and interests;An unparalleled social-emotional…

Education
9
Montessori De Terra Linda

Montessori de terra linda is a diverse community of teachers, parents and children working together for the education of the child, utilizing the methods of maria montessori. we serve children ages 2-12, providing a rich learning…

Education
10
Mission Preparatory Inc

The mission preparatory school equips students with the knowledge, skills, and strength of character needed to succeed in college and serve as leaders in their communities.

Education
11
The Seven Hills School

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

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12
Silicon Valley International School

Silicon valley international school's focus on inquiry and bilingualism empowers young minds to embrace complexity, think critically from multiple perspectives, and demonstrate integrity and sensitivity across cultures.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Head Royce School; the most unlike its peers is The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc. 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

8 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. 8 of the 15 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
5/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL: $166,666 · OtherTHE GOLDEN GATE NATIONALIndividual grant recipient: $33,333 · OtherIndividual grant recipientThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $15,000 · OtherThe Center for Investigative Reporting IncNORTH BEACH CITIZENS ASSOC: $15,000 · OtherNORTH BEACH CITIZENS ASSOCTHE HEAD ROYCE SCHOOL: $13,000 · Other+5 more: $14,000 · Other+5 moreTelegraph Hill Neighborhood Association: $40,000 · Community ImprovementTelegraph Hi…SEVEN TEPEES YOUTH PROGRAM: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentCREATIVE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL: $15,000 · Education826 Valencia: $8,000 · EducationTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $20,000 · Philanthropy
Other$256,999Community Improvement$40,000Youth Development$25,000Education$23,000Philanthropy$20,000

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 budgetTelegraph Hill Neighborhood Association: $40,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSEVEN TEPEES YOUTH PROGRAM: $25,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HEAD ROYCE SCHOOL: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget826 Valencia: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST PAUL'S DAY SCHOOL OF OAKLAND DBA ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $2,000 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.

The San Francisco Fou…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Francisco FoundationCA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Keker Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Keker Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 15 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2020) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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