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The Summit League

Summit league is an organization of women committed to fostering member education, enrichment and, as a group, financially supporting community needs in the areas of the arts, education, health and welfare in santa clara valley.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through 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, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$429kEducation$236kHuman Services$173kFood & Nutrition$31kArts & Culture$25kCrime & Legal$10kAnimals$10kYouth Development$10k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$979k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS GATOS MUSEUM ASSOCIATION$15,000
SALVATION ARMY SILICON VALLEY$15,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SAN JOSE$10,000
CRISTO REY$10,000
HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $180k) 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. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMIGOS DE GUADALUPE CENTER FOR JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT: $10k → 8%HUNGER AT HOME: $13k → 8%WANDA: $8k → 8%BILL WILSON CNETER: $150k → 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.
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 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 San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
2
Union Station Homeless Services

We work to end homelessness through housing solutions, supportive services, and connection to community. we advocate for equitable and just systems that ensure all individuals and families will have a safe place they can call home.

Human Services
3
Bonita House Inc

To empower people living with mental health and co-occurring substance use challenges to achieve recovery, self-sufficiency, and deeply connected, meaningful lives within their communities.we do this by: delivering culturally responsive…

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4
Healthright 360

To give hope and change lives. we do this by offering a continuum of prevention, intervention, behavioral health and wellness services to adults and families throughout california. these services aim to reduce costs of societal problems by…

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5
Sacred Heart Community Service

Our mission is to build a community free from poverty by creating hope, opportunity, and action. we provide essential services, work together to improve our lives, organize for justice, and inspire our community to love, serve, and share.

Human Services
6
Achievekids

Achievekids schools provide individualized and multi-disciplinary programs that deliver special education, mental health, and family support services for students ages 5 to 22 who have complex and often severe developmental, emotional, and…

Education
7
Sutter Bay Hospitals

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
8
Sun Street Centers

To prevent alcohol and drug addiction by offering education, prevention and recovery to individuals and families, regardless of income level.

Human Services
9
The San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center

The san diego lgbt community center enhances and sustains the health & well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, nonbinary, immigrant, and hiv communities to the betterment of our entire san diego region.

Health
10
Hillsides

We are a premier provider dedicated to healing children and young adults, strengthening families, and transforming communities through quality comprehensive services and advocacy. we envision a world in which children and young adults,…

Human Services
11
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County

The mission of family service agency is to strengthen and advocate for families and individuals of all ages and diversities, helping to create and preserve a healthy community.

Human Services
12
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service

The roots of the los angeles didi hirsch psychiatric service dba didi hirsch mental health services ("dhmhs") extend back to the 1930s, when a group of women funded psychiatric care for people whose lives were devastated by the depression.…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bill Wilson Center; the most unlike its peers is Pursuit of Excellence - South Bay. 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

17 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. 17 of the 18 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
9/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HEARTS & MINDS ACTIVITY CENTER: $319,400 · HealthHEARTS & MINDS ACTIVITY CENTERTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION GROUP RETURN: $75,000 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION GROUP RETURNALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 · Health+2 more: $15,000 · HealthPURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE - SOUTH BAY: $226,000 · EducationPURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE - SOUT…CRISTO REY SAN JOSE HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationBILL WILSON CENTER: $150,000 · Human ServicesBILL WILSON CENTERHUNGER AT HOME: $12,500 · Human ServicesHUNGER AT HOMEAMIGOS DE GUADALUPE CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND ENPOWERMENT: $10,000 · Human ServicesAMIGOS DE GUADALUPE CE…Wanda Women and Allies: $7,500 · Human ServicesLOS GATOS MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $15,000 · OtherPARISI HOUSE ON THE HILL INC: $5,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SILICON VALLEY: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentWEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $10,000 · AnimalsLOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN: $8,300 · Food & Nutrition
Health$424,400Education$236,000Human Services$180,000Other$45,000Youth Development$10,000Housing & Shelter$10,000Animals$10,000Food & Nutrition$8,300

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 budgetPURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE - SOUTH BAY: $226,000 over 1y, 56% of budgetBILL WILSON CENTER: $150,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION GROUP RETURN: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS GATOS MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNGER AT HOME: $12,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMIGOS DE GUADALUPE CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND ENPOWERMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOMENTUM FOR HEALTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRISTO REY SAN JOSE HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SILICON VALLEY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOAVES & FISHES FAMILY KITCHEN: $8,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWanda Women and Allies: $7,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEATING DISORDERS RESOURCE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPARISI HOUSE ON THE HILL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…San Jose Mercury News…Los Altos Mountain Vi…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Rotary Club of San Jo…The Health TrustSecond Harvest of Sil…The Sobrato Family Fo…Matt & Gretchen Dinap…Bright Funds Foundati…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Sourcewise
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA27.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Rotary Club of San Jose Foundation · The Health Trust · Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Matt & Gretchen Dinapoli Family Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Sourcewise

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 Summit League funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Summit League. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%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 · 0–30%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Summit League?

    Find your warmest path to The Summit League 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 18 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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