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The Palo Alto Community Fund

THE PALO ALTO COMMUNITY FUND focuses on the unique needs of our community and channels charitable giving of local donors to effective organizations that improve the quality of life for everyone in palo alto, east palo alto and menlo park.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
69
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
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 FY2017–2025.

Education$2.2MHuman Services$1.6MHealth$1.2MHousing & Shelter$1.1MYouth Development$961kEmployment$653kCrime & Legal$645kFood & Nutrition$568kOther$0
02FY2025 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 69 grants below total $1,785,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,825,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $40,000 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 · FY2025

  • $10k–50k66 grants · $1.5M
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EL CONCILIO OF SAN MATEO COUN$100,000
COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES EPA$100,000
NUESTRA CASA DE EAST PALO ALT$100,000
EPACENTER$40,000
DREAMCATCHERS$40,000
UPWARD SCHOLARS$40,000
ELIZABETH F GAMBLE GARDEN$40,000
LIFEMOVES$40,000
EAST PALO ALTO SENIOR CENTER$40,000
EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FDN$40,000
FRESH APPROACH$40,000
ADAS CAFE$40,000
CHILDRENS HEALTH COUNCIL$40,000
EAST PALO ALTO TENNIS & TUTOR$40,000
FRIENDS OF PALO ALTO JR M&Z$40,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PARCA: $30k → 7%LOVED TWICE: $30k → 10%LOVED TWICE: $10k → 10%PARCA: $10k → 7%AVENIDAS: $20k → 8%AVENIDAS: $20k → 8%AVENIDAS: $20k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 10%AVENIDAS: $15k → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SF: $10k → 10%AVENIDAS: $10k → 8%AVENIDAS: $10k → 8%YWCA GOLDEN GATE SILICON VALL: $30k → 8%PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS: $10k → 7%PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS: $10k → 7%PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS: $10k → 7%GOOD KARMA BIKES: $10k → 8%GOOD KARMA BIKES: $10k → 8%PALO ALTO COMM CHILD CARE: $90k → 8%OMBUDSMAN SERVICES OF SMC: $20k → 7%OMBUDSMAN SERVICES OF SMC: $20k → 7%OMBUDSMAN SERVICES OF SAN MATEO COUNTY INC: $15k → 7%OMBUDSMAN SERVICES OF SAN MATEO COUNTY INC: $10k → 7%PALO ALTO COMM CHILD CARE: $20k → 8%OMBUDSMAN SERVICES OF SMC: $10k → 7%PALO ALTO COMMUNITY CHILD CARE: $15k → 8%PALO ALTO COMMUNITY CHILD CARE: $15k → 8%PALO ALTO COMMUNITY CHILD CARE: $10k → 8%PALO ALTO COMM CHILD CARE: $10k → 8%THE GRATEFUL GARMENT PROJECT: $15k → 8%THE GRATEFUL GARMENT PROJECT: $10k → 8%CAMP KESEM STANFORD: $10k → 8%CAMP KESEM STANFORD: $10k → 8%MOVE MOUNTAIN VIEW: $20k → 8%CLIMATE RESILIENT COMMUNIITES: $110k → 8%NUESTRA CASA DE EAST PALO ALT: $100k → 8%NUESTRA CASA DE EAST PALO ALT: $40k → 8%CLIMATE RESILIENT COMMUNIITES: $40k → 8%NUESTRA CASA DE EAST PALO ALT: $40k → 8%NUESTRA CASA DE EAST PALO ALTO: $20k → 8%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $20k → 8%SILICON VALLEY BIKE EXCHANGE: $10k → 8%EAST PALO ALTO YMCA: $10k → 8%EAST PALO ALTO YMCA: $10k → 8%THE CIRCUIT EPA: $20k → 8%THE CIRCUIT EPA: $15k → 8%WOMENS ACHIEVE NET WANDA: $10k → 8%WOMENS ACHIEVE NET WANDA: $10k → 8%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.

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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$9.6M · 118 repeat orgs$898k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +32% since the first grant, against +7% for the ones you funded once.

118 repeat relationships — 53 still active in FY2025, 65 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

118
39

Total granted

$9.6M
$533k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+7%

Still filing today

92%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $365k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureEnvironmentOther

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

  • L
    LIFEMOVES
    6× · 2017–2025 · $510k · revenue +186%
  • RE
    RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $285k · revenue +212%
  • DC
    Dream Catchers Inc
    7× · 2017–2025 · $195k · revenue +152%

Funded once

  • MD
    My Digital TAT2 Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $115k · revenue -41%
  • SC
    SOUTH COUNTY COMM HEALTH CEN
    one grant, 2024 · $40k
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $35k · revenue +45%

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
Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco

PPS-SF's mission is to promote the fundamental value of public education and pursue the success of every public school by sharing knowledge, bridging communities, and informing policy.

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2
California School-Age Consortium Inc

The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…

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3
East Bay Agency for Children

For more than 70 years, East Bay Agency for Children continues to improve the well-being of children, youth and families by reducing the impact of trauma and social inequalities.

Health
4
Enterprise for Youth

Enterprise for youth empowers under-resourced san francisco youths to reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences supported by a community of employers, caring adults, and peers.

Youth Development
5
Silicon Valley Education Foundation

Who we are - silicon valley education foundation (svef) focuses on raising student performance in the critical areas of math and science across all 33 santa clara county school districts, and also adjoining san mateo and alameda counties.…

Community Improvement
6
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
7
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
8
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
9
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
10
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
11
Foodwise Community

Foodwise grows thriving communities through the power and joy of local food. We envision a world that nourishes all people, local economies, and the living earth.

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12
The Kids Co-op Inc Dba Mariposa Kids

Support and inspire children's natural curiosity and independence through free play during their out-of-school time.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Live in Peace and the most unlike its peers is Parca House 4 Inc. 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 26 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%5%<5yr14%8%5–10yr20%26%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr15%20%35–55yr11%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%3%<5yr14%4%5–10yr20%24%10–20yr16%34%20–35yr15%20%35–55yr11%15%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%4/171
the rest of the field
11%
1,496/14,191

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

162 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. 162 of the 176 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
39
Early backer (in before they grew)
152/162
Grantees still filing
101/162
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LIFEMOVES — $510,000 · OtherLIFEMOVESJOBTRAIN INC — $195,000 · OtherLOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN — $165,000 · Other+79 more — $3,887,408 · Other+79 moreRAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $285,000 · EducationRAVENSWOOD EDUCATI…Dream Catchers Inc — $195,000 · EducationDream Catchers IncUpward Scholars — $162,224 · EducationUpward ScholarsPALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC — $125,000 · EducationPALO ALTO UNIVERSI…EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION — $120,000 · EducationEAST PALO ALTO ACA…FOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION — $97,500 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR A C…Health Connected — $83,750 · EducationEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC — $75,000 · EducationAll Five — $70,000 · EducationThe Peninsula College Fund — $65,000 · EducationRISE TOGETHER EDUCATION INC — $60,000 · Education+18 more — $410,500 · Education+18 moreNuestra Casa de East Palo Alto — $200,000 · Human ServicesNuestra Cas…PALO ALTO COMMUNITY CHILD CARE — $160,000 · Human ServicesPALO ALTO C…Climate Resilient Communities — $150,000 · Human ServicesClimate Res…AVENIDAS — $102,500 · Human ServicesAVENIDASAGEUP INC — $75,000 · Human ServicesAGEUP INCLoved Twice — $47,500 · Human ServicesTHE CIRCUIT EPA — $45,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SILICON VALLEY — $40,000 · Human ServicesPARTNERS AND ADVOCATES FOR REMARKABLE CHILDREN AND ADULTS — $40,000 · Human Services+12 more — $207,500 · Human Services+12 moreCHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC — $166,600 · HealthCHILDREN'S…South County Community Health Center Inc dba Ravenswood Family Health Center — $160,000 · HealthSouth Coun…PENINSULA HEALTHCARE CONNECTION INC — $147,500 · HealthPENINSULA …COUNSELING AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR YOUTH — $132,500 · HealthCOUNSELING…ADOLESCENT COUNSELING SERVICES — $97,500 · HealthADOLESCENT…Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired — $85,000 · HealthVista Cent…Kids & Art Foundation — $73,300 · HealthKids & Art…VIA REHABILITATION SERVICES INC — $37,500 · HealthPENINSULA FAMILY CONNECTIONS — $35,000 · Health+6 more — $73,313 · Health+6 moreLIVE IN PEACE — $197,500 · Youth DevelopmentLIVE IN P…WEHOPE — $185,450 · Youth DevelopmentWEHOPEFRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC — $97,500 · Youth DevelopmentFRESH LIF…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA — $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…YOUTH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH COM…Rich May Foundation — $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentRich May …STREETCODE ACADEMY — $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS FOR YOUTH INC — $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentYouth Leadership Incubator Inc HackPlus — $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentKIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International — $40,000 · Youth Development+3 more — $53,000 · Youth Development+3 moreEPACENTER — $110,000 · Arts & CultureKAFENIA PEACE COLLECTIVE — $100,881 · Arts & CulturePALO ALTO ART CENTER FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Arts & CultureART IN ACTION — $87,500 · Arts & CultureTHEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY — $45,000 · Arts & CultureEAST PALO ALTO COMMUNITY ARCHIVE — $30,000 · Arts & CultureStanford Jazz Workshop — $25,000 · Arts & CultureMusic in the Schools Foundation — $20,000 · Arts & CultureLatinos United for a New America — $20,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more — $32,500 · Arts & CultureCommunity Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc — $355,000 · Crime & LegalLegal Aid Society of San Mateo County — $97,500 · Crime & LegalCASA of San Mateo County — $70,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$4,757,408Education$1,748,974Human Services$1,067,500Health$1,008,213Youth Development$893,450Arts & Culture$570,881Crime & Legal$522,500

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 budgetLIFEMOVES — $510,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc — $355,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetRAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $285,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetNuestra Casa de East Palo Alto — $200,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetLIVE IN PEACE — $197,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetDream Catchers Inc — $195,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetJOBTRAIN INC — $195,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetWEHOPE — $185,450 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC — $166,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN — $165,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUpward Scholars — $162,224 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetSouth County Community Health Center Inc dba Ravenswood Family Health Center — $160,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPALO ALTO COMMUNITY CHILD CARE — $160,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetClimate Resilient Communities — $150,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetPENINSULA HEALTHCARE CONNECTION INC — $147,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetECUMENICAL HUNGER PROGRAM — $140,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAda's Cafe — $140,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetKARA — $137,500 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetCORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse — $135,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER SAN FRANCISCO — $135,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOUNSELING AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR YOUTH — $132,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetABILITYPATH — $130,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEAST PALO ALTO TENNIS & TUTORING — $125,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetPALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC — $125,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION — $120,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetMy Digital TAT2 Inc — $115,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetEAST PALO ALTO KIDS FOUNDATION — $112,500 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetEPACENTER — $110,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetAVENIDAS — $102,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRAVENSWOOD CLASSROOM PARTNERS — $102,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetKAFENIA PEACE COLLECTIVE — $100,881 over 2y, 51% of budgetEL CONCILIO OF SAN MATEO COUNTY — $100,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetPALO ALTO ART CENTER FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetADOLESCENT COUNSELING SERVICES — $97,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetFRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC — $97,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION — $97,500 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetLegal Aid Society of San Mateo County — $97,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEAST PALO ALTO SENIOR CENTER — $95,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetTHE FAMILY GIVING TREE — $94,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBEYOND BARRIERS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION — $92,500 over 5y, 24% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA — $90,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCanopy — $90,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO JUNIOR MUSEUM & ZOO — $88,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetART IN ACTION — $87,500 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetVista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired — $85,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHealth Connected — $83,750 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetRosalie Rendu Inc — $82,678 over 5y, 11% of budgetGREEN ENVELOPE FUND — $80,500 over 5y, 15% 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.

  • Who funds LIFEMOVES ↗
  • Who funds Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc ↗
  • Who funds RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Nuestra Casa de East Palo Alto ↗
  • Who funds LIVE IN PEACE ↗
  • Who funds Dream Catchers Inc ↗
  • Who funds JOBTRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds WEHOPE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds LOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN ↗
  • Who funds Upward Scholars ↗
  • Who funds South County Community Health Center Inc dba Ravenswood Family Health Center ↗
  • Who funds PALO ALTO COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ↗
  • Who funds Climate Resilient Communities ↗
  • Who funds PENINSULA HEALTHCARE CONNECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds ECUMENICAL HUNGER PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds Ada's Cafe ↗
  • Who funds KARA ↗
  • Who funds CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds COUNSELING AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds ABILITYPATH ↗
  • Who funds EAST PALO ALTO TENNIS & TUTORING ↗
  • Who funds PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds My Digital TAT2 Inc ↗
  • Who funds EAST PALO ALTO KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EPACENTER ↗
  • Who funds AVENIDAS ↗
  • Who funds RAVENSWOOD CLASSROOM PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds KAFENIA PEACE COLLECTIVE ↗
  • Who funds EL CONCILIO OF SAN MATEO COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds PALO ALTO ART CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ADOLESCENT COUNSELING SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds FRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County ↗
  • Who funds EAST PALO ALTO SENIOR CENTER ↗

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.

Atkinson FoundationPhilanthropic Venture…Embarcadero Media Fou…Sand Hill FoundationThe Sobrato Family Fo…Los Altos Mountain Vi…Bothin FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…The David and Lucile …Gordon E and Betty I …Jewish Community Fede…San Jose Mercury News…
Atkinson FoundationCA141.7× affinity69 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Atkinson Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Embarcadero Media Foundation · Sand Hill Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Bothin Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc

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 Palo Alto Community 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 · 00%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
69report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 176 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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