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The Scott Family Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$370k
Granted FY2024still arriving
90
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$151kInternational$132kArts & Culture$75kEnvironment$56kHuman Services$48kCivil Rights$37kPhilanthropy$32kPublic Safety & Disaster$28kOther$0
02FY2024 · 90 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k80 grants · $203k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $167k
$2,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$30,000
CARTER CENTER$30,000
DIRECT RELIEF$25,000
SUDAN MUTUAL AID COALITION$15,000
SUDAN RELIEF FUND$15,000
FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS$12,000
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY$10,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$10,000
ABORTION CARE NETWORK$10,000
ST ANDREW NATIVITY SCHOOL$10,000
PIGS PEACE SANCTUARY$5,000
SLO NOOR FOUNDATION$5,000
RAINIER VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$5,000
ELKHORN SLOUGH FOUNDATION$5,000
IPAS$5,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VINTAGE HOUSE: $1k → 9%SMYAL EMPOWERING LGBTQ YOUTH: $2k → 14%VINTAGE HOUSE: $1k → 9%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $1k → 10%SMYAL EMPOWERING LGBTQ YOUTH: $1k → 14%VINTAGE HOUSE: $1k → 9%LA LUZ CENTER: $2k → 9%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $1k → 10%VINTAGE HOUSE: $1k → 9%VINTAGE HOUSE: $500 → 9%SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 9%LA LUZ CENTER: $2k → 9%FRIENDS IN SONOMA HELPING: $1k → 9%LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 10%FRIENDS IN SONOMA HELPING: $1k → 9%LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 10%RAPHAEL HOUSE - PORTLAND: $2k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE - PORTLAND: $2k → 12%LA LUZ CENTER: $1k → 9%FRIENDS IN SONOMA HELPING: $1k → 9%RAPHAEL HOUSE - PORTLAND: $1k → 12%FRIENDS IN SONOMA HELPING: $1k → 9%MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $1k → 9%MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $500 → 9%LA LUZ CENTER: $1k → 9%MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $500 → 9%LA LUZ CENTER: $1k → 9%MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $500 → 9%SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 9%SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 9%SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 9%SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 9%FRIENDS IN SONOMA HELPING: $500 → 9%HOSPICE BY THE BAY: $200 → 9%PARENT SERVICES PROJECT: $1k → 8%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

ME
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$435k · 68 repeat orgs$537k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

68 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 43 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

68
40

Total granted

$435k
$332k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+29%

Still filing today

65%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalEducationOther
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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $34k · revenue +39%
  • MP
    MOUNTAIN PLAY ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $21k · revenue +23%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK
    5× · 2017–2024 · $18k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • NO
    NAMES ON ATTACHED SCHEDULE
    one grant, 2023 · $232k
  • AC
    Arts Corps
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -29%
  • TA
    THE ALMANOR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -39%
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 Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
2
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
3
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
4
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
5
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
6
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
7
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
8
San Francisco Public Press

The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…

Education
9
Sacramento Zoological Society

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

Animals
10
Museum of Sonoma County

The museum of sonoma county engages and inspires our diverse community with art and history exhibitions, collections, and public programs that are inclusive, educational, and relevant.

Arts & Culture
11
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Valley Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Strabismus Research Foundation. 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

97 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. 97 of the 152 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
93/97
Grantees still filing
53/97
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NAMES ON ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $232,000 · OtherNAMES ON ATTACHED SCHEDULE+96 more: $362,825 · Other+96 moreSTRABISMUS RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthSTRABISMUS RE…NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $15,000 · HealthNATIONAL COUN…ABORTION CARE NETWORK: $12,000 · HealthABORTION CARE…Lines for Life: $10,000 · HealthLines for Lif…SLO NOOR FOUNDATION A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 · HealthSLO NOOR FOUN…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $8,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J…WHOLE WOMAN'S HEALTH ALLIANCE: $5,000 · HealthGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $4,000 · Health+5 more: $5,000 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $34,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS…THE CARTER CENTER INC: $30,000 · InternationalTHE CARTER CE…DIRECT RELIEF: $25,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFSUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $15,000 · InternationalSUDAN RELIEF …IPAS: $5,000 · International+3 more: $6,200 · International+3 moreMOUNTAIN PLAY ASSOCIATION: $21,000 · Arts & CultureArts Corps: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $7,500 · Arts & CultureKQED INC: $4,500 · Arts & CultureSebastiani Theatre Foundation Inc: $3,500 · Arts & CultureATLAS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $2,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $2,200 · Arts & CultureNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $32,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ALMANOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyElkhorn Slough Foundation: $7,000 · PhilanthropyLA LUZ CENTER: $7,200 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $6,000 · Human ServicesRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $5,000 · Human ServicesVintage House Multi Purpose Senior Center: $4,500 · Human ServicesFriends In Sonoma Helping Inc: $4,500 · Human ServicesSONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER: $4,500 · Human ServicesSMYAL Inc: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $2,500 · Human ServicesFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $2,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,200 · Human ServicesSLIDE RANCH: $11,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $4,100 · EnvironmentHISTORIC SEATTLE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $3,500 · Environment+6 more: $4,400 · Environment
Other$594,825Health$119,000International$115,200Arts & Culture$52,700Philanthropy$49,000Human Services$40,400Environment$33,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTRABISMUS RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $34,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN PLAY ASSOCIATION: $21,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE VENTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH: $15,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetABORTION CARE NETWORK: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSLIDE RANCH: $11,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTransition Projects Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLines for Life: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSLO NOOR FOUNDATION A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts Corps: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA LUZ CENTER: $7,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetElkhorn Slough Foundation: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRANCHO CIELO INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRANCHO COMPASION: $6,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDCARE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIPAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONEGOAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHOLE WOMAN'S HEALTH ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINIER VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPigs Peace Sanctuary: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetKQED INC: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVintage House Multi Purpose Senior Center: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFriends In Sonoma Helping Inc: $4,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER: $4,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $4,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSebastiani Theatre Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHISTORIC SEATTLE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPets Lifeline Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRUTHERFORD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $3,200 over 6y, 0.4% 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.

Marin Community Found…McNabb FoundationSonoma County Communi…Simon Blattner Family…Seattle FoundationWomen Giving as One I…Gaia FundManitou FundThe San Francisco Fou…Sanderson Family Foun…Kakatu Foundation IncJohn Christopher Bunt…
Marin Community FoundationCA29.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · Simon Blattner Family Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Women Giving as One Inc · Gaia Fund · Manitou Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · Sanderson Family Foundation · Kakatu Foundation Inc · John Christopher Bunting 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 Scott Family Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Scott Family Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Lines for Life: 70% of income from government
  • Transition Projects Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Anacostia Watershed Society Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Self Enhancement Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Raphael House of Portland: 10% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Scott Family Fund?

Find your warmest path to The Scott Family Fund 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 152 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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