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The Rose and David Dortort Foundation at a glance

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The Rose and David Dortort Foundation

Supporting organization of california community foundation.

$575k
Granted FY2025still arriving
35
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Environment$974kArts & Culture$620kEducation$555kHealth$530kAnimals$248kReligion$225kPublic Benefit$140kCivil Rights$95kOther$0
02FY2025 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 35 grants below total $535,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $575,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $40,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $515k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION$45,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES$30,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK$30,000
COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR LEARNING$25,000
AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST$25,000
FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE$25,000
ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION$25,000
EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC$25,000
CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES FOR NURSING HOME REFORM$25,000
ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION$25,000
HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE$25,000
MADAGASCAR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH$20,000
SEACOLOGY$10,000
TRUST WOMEN FOUNDATION$10,000
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY 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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%MADAGASCAR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH: $40k → 16%ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES FOR NURSING HOME REFORM: $25k → 10%AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $25k → 14%ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES FOR NURSING HOME REFORM: $25k → 10%AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $25k → 14%CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES FOR NURSING HOME REFORM: $25k → 10%AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $25k → 14%CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES FOR NURSING HOME REFORM: $25k → 10%AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $25k → 14%NATIONAL DOMESTIC WORKERS ALLIANCE INC: $25k → 17%COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR LEARNING: $25k → 10%AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $25k → 14%AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $25k → 14%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK: $35k → 10%AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $25k → 14%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK: $33k → 10%AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $25k → 14%THE CITY COLLEGE FUND: $25k → 17%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK: $30k → 10%AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $25k → 14%THE CITY COLLEGE FUND: $25k → 17%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK: $25k → 10%THE CITY COLLEGE FUND: $25k → 17%THE CITY COLLEGE FUND: $25k → 17%FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $25k → 17%FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $25k → 17%THE CITY COLLEGE FUND: $25k → 17%FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $25k → 17%FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $25k → 17%THE CITY COLLEGE FUND: $25k → 17%EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC: $25k → 10%EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC: $25k → 10%EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC: $25k → 10%COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR LEARNING: $25k → 10%COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR LEARNING: $25k → 10%EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC: $25k → 10%COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR LEARNING: $25k → 10%EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC: $25k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $45k → 10%CENTRO LEGAL DE LA RAZA: $25k → 10%HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $25k → 14%HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $25k → 14%HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $25k → 14%HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $25k → 14%HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $25k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $60k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
PA
CA
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
AL
TX
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 50 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

50 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
8

Total granted

$3.5M
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+31%

Still filing today

92%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthAnimalsInternationalOther
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

  • HA
    HILLEL AT UCLA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $210k · revenue +108%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES
    6× · 2019–2025 · $200k · revenue +71%
  • WC
    WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $195k · revenue +302%

Funded once

  • SS
    SAVING SPECIES INC
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -98%
  • WF
    Women for Afghan Women Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -10%
  • TA
    THE AUTHORS GUILD FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +157%
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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
3
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
4
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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5
Alaska Whale Foundation

Alaska Whale Foundation is dedicated to marine mammal conservation through research monitoring and education.

Environment
6
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
7
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
8
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
9
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
10
Conservation X Labs Inc

To improve the efficacy, speed, cost, sustainability, and scaling of conservation solutions through harnessing exponential technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship to prevent human-induced extinction.

Animals
11
The Institute for Bird Populations

The institute for bird populations enables science-based conservation of species and habitats by studying the abundance, demography, and ecology of birds and other wildlife.

Animals
12
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is African Parks Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Montgomery Botanical Center. 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

60 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. 60 of the 61 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/60
Grantees still filing
35/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HILLEL AT UCLA: $210,000 · OtherHILLEL AT UCLATHE CITY COLLEGE FUND: $150,000 · OtherTHE CITY COLLEGE FUNDTHE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION: $90,000 · OtherTHE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATI…AMERICAN SOCIETY OF JOURNALISTS AND AUTHORS CHARITABLE TRUST: $60,000 · OtherAMERICAN SOCIETY OF JOURNALISTS AN…SEACOLOGY: $50,000 · OtherINSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA: $40,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: $40,000 · OtherNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $55,000 · OtherNATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK: $40,000 · OtherRAINFOREST TRUST: $50,000 · OtherCENTRO LEGAL DE LA RAZA: $65,000 · OtherCENTRO LEGAL DE LA RAZARESTAURANT WORKERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Other+14 more: $211,500 · Other+14 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $200,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOO…California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform: $130,000 · HealthCalifornia Advoca…MADAGASCAR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC: $100,000 · HealthMADAGASCAR HEALTH…Trust Women Foundation Inc: $60,000 · HealthTrust Women Found…PHYSICIAN SCIENTIST SUPPORT FOUNDAT: $60,000 · HealthPHYSICIAN SCIENTI…West Alabama Womens Center Inc: $30,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR LEARNING DBA WRITERCOACH CONNECTION: $130,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY ALLIAN…THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $100,000 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION F…826 Valencia: $90,000 · Education826 Valencia826LA: $50,000 · Education826LAUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CA…Shaking the Tree Inc: $45,000 · EducationShaking the Tree…UCLA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationEAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Education+2 more: $20,000 · EducationAUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $205,000 · Arts & CultureAUTRY MUSEUM O…Arhoolie Foundation: $110,000 · Arts & CultureArhoolie Found…WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWRITERS GUILD …AMERICAN SOCIETY OF JOURNALIST AND AUTHORS FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN SOCIE…United States Artists Inc: $40,000 · Arts & CultureUnited States …Theatre Bay Area: $30,000 · Arts & CultureTheatre Bay Ar…Earth Island Institute Inc: $160,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island …SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE: $105,000 · EnvironmentSKY ISLAND AL…THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $65,000 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL REE…ORCHID CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $65,000 · EnvironmentORCHID CONSER…EL TRIUNFO CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EnvironmentEL TRIUNFO CO…CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR CO…WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $195,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CON…THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $90,000 · AnimalsTHE MARINE M…XERCES SOCIETY INC: $70,000 · AnimalsXERCES SOCIE…HEMOPET: $40,000 · AnimalsHEMOPET+1 more: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE AUTHORS LEAGUE FUND EST BY THE AUTHORS LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC: $95,000 · PhilanthropyONE TREE PLANTED INC: $40,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,111,500Health$580,000Education$520,000Arts & Culture$475,000Environment$450,000Animals$400,000Philanthropy$135,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHILLEL AT UCLA: $210,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetAUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $205,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $200,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $195,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $160,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CITY COLLEGE FUND: $150,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCalifornia Advocates for Nursing Home Reform: $130,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR LEARNING DBA WRITERCOACH CONNECTION: $130,000 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetArhoolie Foundation: $110,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetSKY ISLAND ALLIANCE: $105,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AUTHORS LEAGUE FUND EST BY THE AUTHORS LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC: $95,000 over 9y, 5.3% of budget826 Valencia: $90,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $90,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetXERCES SOCIETY INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $65,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRO LEGAL DE LA RAZA: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetORCHID CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $65,000 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY OF JOURNALISTS AND AUTHORS CHARITABLE TRUST: $60,000 over 5y, 29% of budgetTrust Women Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPHYSICIAN SCIENTIST SUPPORT FOUNDAT: $60,000 over 5y, 36% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRESTAURANT WORKERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetSEACOLOGY: $50,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budget826LA: $50,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShaking the Tree Inc: $45,000 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY OF JOURNALIST AND AUTHORS FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetINSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA: $40,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHEMOPET: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUnited States Artists Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEL TRIUNFO CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetAFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY BOTANICAL CENTER: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWest Alabama Womens Center Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTheatre Bay Area: $30,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSTROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER: $21,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGuttmacher Institute Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUNRISE USA INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFARMER VETERAN COALITION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% 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.

  • Who funds HILLEL AT UCLA ↗
  • Who funds AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds Earth Island Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CITY COLLEGE FUND ↗
  • Who funds California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR LEARNING DBA WRITERCOACH CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds Arhoolie Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MADAGASCAR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AUTHORS LEAGUE FUND EST BY THE AUTHORS LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds 826 Valencia ↗
  • Who funds THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds XERCES SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO LEGAL DE LA RAZA ↗
  • Who funds ORCHID CONSERVATION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY OF JOURNALISTS AND AUTHORS CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Trust Women Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PHYSICIAN SCIENTIST SUPPORT FOUNDAT ↗
  • Who funds National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds RESTAURANT WORKERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SEACOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
  • Who funds WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 826LA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Shaking the Tree Inc ↗
  • Who funds ONE TREE PLANTED INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY OF JOURNALIST AND AUTHORS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds HEMOPET ↗
  • Who funds United States Artists Inc ↗
  • Who funds EL TRIUNFO CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗

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.

California Community …Marin Community Found…Liberty Hill Foundati…The Annenberg Foundat…The Sheila Dave & She…The Shubert Foundatio…Clif Family FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Tides FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…
California Community FoundationCA16.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Sheila Dave & Sherry Gold Foundation CO Jeff Gold · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Clif Family Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Rose and David Dortort Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rose and David Dortort Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Center for Coastal Studies Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Montgomery Botanical Center: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
10report 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
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Rose and David Dortort Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Rose and David Dortort Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 61 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 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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