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The Mark and Kwala Roberts Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Mark and Kwala Roberts Family Foundation

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.

$251k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$167k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$492kEducation$151kArts & Culture$134kHealth$36kEmployment$27kEnvironment$25kYouth Development$20kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $33k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $218k
$12,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN FRANCISCO SPCA$167,432
THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON$50,677
SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$12,500
CHILD MIND INSTITUTE$10,180
THE JOY CULTURE FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON: $51k → 8%CALDWELL HIGH SCHOOL: $20k → 11%SAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $10k → 7%SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO SPCA: $167k → 10%THE AMANDA FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%CHILD MIND INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT: $5k → 9%THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON: $25k → 8%SAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $10k → 7%SAN FRANCISCO SPCA: $15k → 10%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $25k → 17%HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT: $5k → 9%CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON INC: $25k → 8%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $5k → 7%SAN FRANCISCO SPCA: $10k → 10%THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON: $5k → 8%CHILD MIND INSTITUTE: $10k → 7%SAN FRANCISCO BALLET: $5k → 10%UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS: $3k → 8%CHILD MIND INSTITUTE: $10k → 7%SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $75k → 10%CHILD MIND INSTITUTE: $5k → 7%SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $55k → 10%THE JOY CULTURE FOUNDATION: $30k → 7%SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $51k → 10%THE JOY CULTURE FOUNDATION: $29k → 7%SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $50k → 10%THE JOY CULTURE FOUNDATION: $25k → 7%SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $50k → 10%THE JOY CULTURE FOUNDATION: $15k → 7%SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $13k → 10%ONE COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN: $10k → 7%SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $5k → 10%THE JOY CULTURE FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%DREW SCHOOL: $15k → 10%REDF: $27k → 10%EARTH JUSTICE: $13k → 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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$771k · 7 repeat orgs$137k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$771k
$137k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+35%

Still filing today

100%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsArts & CultureHealthInternationalEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • TS
    THE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    3× · 2022–2025 · $192k · revenue +13%
  • TJ
    THE JOY CULTURE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $109k · revenue +113%
  • TC
    THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $106k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • R
    REDF
    one grant, 2023 · $27k · revenue -2%
  • Teach for America Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +5%
  • CH
    CALDWELL HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
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
Sacramento Zoological Society

The sacramento zoo inspires appreciation, respect and a connection with wildlife and nature through education, recreation and conservation.

Animals
2
California Academy of Sciences

The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…

Arts & Culture
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

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.

—
9
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
10
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
11
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
12
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Francisco Zoological Society; the most unlike its peers is Earthjustice. 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

18 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. 18 of the 20 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)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $298,752 · AnimalsSAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $192,432 · AnimalsTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANI…+2 more: $11,100 · AnimalsTHE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON INC: $105,677 · EducationTHE CAMBRIDGE SC…Teach for America Inc: $25,000 · EducationTeach for Americ…THE JOY CULTURE FOUNDATION: $109,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JOY CULTUR…SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCALDWELL HIGH SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherCALDWELL H…SAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · OtherSAN MATEO …DREW SCHOOL: $15,000 · OtherDREW SCHOO…ONE COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN: $10,000 · OtherONE COMMUN…HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $10,000 · OtherHIMALAYAN …BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $5,000 · OtherBOYS & GIR…+1 more: $2,500 · OtherCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $35,180 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthREDF: $27,000 · PhilanthropyEARTHJUSTICE: $12,500 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Environment
Animals$502,284Education$130,677Arts & Culture$114,000Other$82,500Health$36,180Philanthropy$27,000Environment$15,000

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 budgetSAN FRANCISCO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $298,752 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $192,432 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JOY CULTURE FOUNDATION: $109,000 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetTHE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON INC: $105,677 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $35,180 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetREDF: $27,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDREW SCHOOL: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREWILD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMANDA FOUNDATION: $1,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN11.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Mark and Kwala Roberts Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mark and Kwala Roberts Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–15%
    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 20 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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