· Private foundation
The Milner Francini 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SECOND HARVEST OF SV | $6,050 |
| SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY | $4,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $4,000 |
| IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER (ILRC) | $3,000 |
| SAVE THE CHILDREN | $3,000 |
| RACE FORWARD | $2,549 |
| ALAS (AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR) | $2,500 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| ISPF AAUW GIAS FOR | $2,000 |
| US FUND FOR UNICEF | $2,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $2,000 |
| THE DOUGY CENTER INC | $2,000 |
| SMILE TRAIN | $1,500 |
| THE CARTER CENTER | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
46 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTHE CARTER CENTER INC7× · 2017–2025 · $20k · revenue +38%
UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF5× · 2017–2025 · $19k · revenue +76%- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches6× · 2020–2025 · $16k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- FDFront Door Communitiesone grant, 2019 · $26k · revenue -54%
- ACAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYone grant, 2017 · $10k
- AOACLU OF NORTHERN CAone grant, 2017 · $8k
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.
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.
The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.
Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.
A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.
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…
The global impact investing network, inc. is dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing to solve systemic problems facing people and the planet. impact investments are investments made into companies,…
Our mission is to improve the performance of health workers and strengthen the systems in which they work.
GoodWeave works to stop child and forced labor in global supply chains. Permanently.
To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.
Dress for success san francisco/san jose empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire, and development tools to help them thrive in work and in life.
Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…
How this is measured
43 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 43 of the 93 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Front Door Communities ↗
- Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds WILDLIFE CENTER OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds SAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALAS AYUDANDO LATINOS A SONAR ↗
- Who funds PARISI HOUSE ON THE HILL INC ↗
- Who funds PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC ↗
- Who funds YOUTH SCIENCE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds LIFEMOVES ↗
- Who funds San Jose Parks Foundation ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVEKIDS ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Rotary Club of San Jose Foundation · The Health Trust · Destination Home SV co Silicon Valley Community Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · Agilent Technologies Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · Leo M Shortino Family Foundation · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Milner Francini Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Milner Francini Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services: 37% of income from government
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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