· Public charity
The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc
Formed in 1925, this club has been going strong for almost 100 years, funding and volunteering for worthy projects such as Learn-to-Swim, Learn-with-Me, Interact, and an International Youth Exchange program.
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.
How this is measured
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Laguna High School | $6,300 |
| Analy High School | $6,300 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 89% of grant dollars ($315k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 11% that went abroad ($40k) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 11% of all-years giving ($40k)
2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WSWest Sonoma County Union High School District5× · 2017–2021 · $92k
- SRSANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION5× · 2017–2021 · $69k · revenue +132%
- SRSebastopol Rotary Education Foundation3× · 2017–2020 · $49k · revenue +40% · 46% of their budget
Funded once
- RCRotary Club of Lira Ugandaone grant, 2019 · $23k
- SCSEBASTOPOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCEgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $18k · revenue +149%
- RCROTARY CLUB OF SEBASTOPOL SUNRISE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -76%
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.
5 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. 5 of the 12 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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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