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The Strebl Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$118k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What you fund
0190% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172023.

Housing & Shelter$929kCrime & Legal$465kArts & Culture$96kEducation$36kInternational$17kHuman Services$12kAnimals$7kReligion$7kOther$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $28k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $90k
$90,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOMEN HELPING ALL PEOPLE$90,000
CENTER FOR JUDICIAL EXCELLENCE$28,000
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 (FY19–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $1k → 8%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $1k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.6M · 25 repeat orgs$26k 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 -1% for the ones you funded once.

25 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2023, 23 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
14

Total granted

$1.6M
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
-1%

Still filing today

64%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesCrime & LegalAnimalsEducationOther

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

  • MS
    MARIN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $31k · revenue +75%
  • SD
    SAN DOMENICO SCHOOL
    4× · 2018–2021 · $11k · revenue +41%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $9k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • WA
    World Arts West
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -50%
  • RO
    ROOTS OF PEACE
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -30%
  • SG
    SAN GERONIMO SCHOOL
    one grant, 2018 · $5k

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
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
2
Marin Open Studios

Marin open studios is a non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to engaging and supporting marin county artists and their audiences through events, programs and services. marin open studios champions a diverse and inclusive community…

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

5
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

6
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
7
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
8
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
9
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
10
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
11
San Francisco Performances Inc

SFP presents internationally acclaimed and emerging performing artists, introduces innovative programs, and builds new and diversified audiences for the arts through education and outreach activities.

Arts & Culture
12
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Francisco Symphony and the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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 47 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr13%8%5–10yr19%12%10–20yr20%20%20–35yr16%28%35–55yr13%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr13%1%5–10yr19%30%10–20yr20%2%20–35yr16%62%35–55yr13%6%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/26
the rest of the field
11%
940/8,815

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

24 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Women Helping All People — $920,000 · OtherWomen Helping All People+22 more — $87,850 · Other+22 moreCENTER FOR JUDICIAL EXCELLENCE — $465,000 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR JUDICIAL EXCELLENCESAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY — $31,500 · Arts & CultureMARIN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — $31,000 · Arts & CultureSmuin Ballet — $15,500 · Arts & CultureKQED INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureWorld Arts West — $5,000 · Arts & CultureDANCE PALACE — $4,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $2,700 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $9,000 · InternationalROOTS OF PEACE — $5,000 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 · InternationalSAN DOMENICO SCHOOL — $11,000 · EducationGLIDE MEMORIAL CHURCH — $6,500 · ReligionGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $4,500 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MARIN COUNTY — $2,000 · Human Services
Other$1,007,850Crime & Legal$465,000Arts & Culture$94,700International$15,000Education$11,000Religion$6,500Human Services$6,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWomen Helping All People — $920,000 over 7y, 96% of budgetCENTER FOR JUDICIAL EXCELLENCE — $465,000 over 7y, 75% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY — $31,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — $31,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSmuin Ballet — $15,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSAN DOMENICO SCHOOL — $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSan Geronimo Valley Community Center — $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKQED INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Arts West — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROOTS OF PEACE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOPULATION CONNECTION — $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDANCE PALACE — $4,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MARIN COUNTY — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDCARE — $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $1,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE — $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK — $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYS MISSION FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Women Helping All People
  • Who funds CENTER FOR JUDICIAL EXCELLENCE
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
  • Who funds MARIN SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds Smuin Ballet
  • Who funds SAN DOMENICO SCHOOL
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
  • Who funds GLIDE MEMORIAL CHURCH
  • Who funds San Geronimo Valley Community Center
  • Who funds KQED INC
  • Who funds World Arts West
  • Who funds ROOTS OF PEACE
  • Who funds POPULATION CONNECTION
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC
  • Who funds DANCE PALACE
  • Who funds ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MARIN COUNTY
  • Who funds WILDCARE
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE
  • Who funds PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
  • Who funds PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK
  • Who funds MAYS MISSION FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC

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.

Marin Community FoundationCA24.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The San Francisco Foundation · The Endurance Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Strebl Foundation 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
202122232425
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 39 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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