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The Sweetland of Freedom Foundation at a glance

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The Sweetland of Freedom Foundation

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.

$40k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$151kSocial Science$50kReligion$41kHealth$31kArts & Culture$28kPublic Safety & Disaster$22kFood & Nutrition$20kHuman Services$19kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BELLARMINE COLLEGE PREPARATORY$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLANIA$10,000
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $4k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $4k → 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

MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
UT
KY
MD
AZ
AR
DC
AL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$320k · 30 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
11

Total granted

$320k
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+76%

Still filing today

53%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesReligionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    4× · 2019–2022 · $20k · revenue +112%
  • CF
    Covia Foundation
    3× · 2019–2021 · $15k · revenue +48%
  • EB
    EAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY
    3× · 2019–2021 · $15k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL CULTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL CULTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +189%
  • SB
    ST BERNARDINE OF SIENA CHURCH WOODLAND HILLS
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
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
Association for Computing Machinery Inc

We are an intl. scientific & educational org. dedicated to advancing art, science & technology.

Science & Tech
2
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
5
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

—
6
San Jose Museum of Art Association

Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art

Arts & Culture
7
American College of Radiology

The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…

Health
8
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
9
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
10
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
11
Sutter Bay Medical 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
12
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Disabled American Veterans 27 of Somerville. 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

23 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. 23 of the 42 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
20/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BELLARMINE COLLEGE PREPARATORY: $60,000 · OtherBELLARMINE COLLEGE PREPARATORYIndividual grant recipient: $38,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS: $31,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDSINTERNATIONAL CULTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION: $30,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL CULTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATIONST THERESA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH OAKLAND: $25,000 · OtherST THERESA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH OAKLANDALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $20,000 · OtherALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANKINTERNATIONAL CULTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL CULTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION INCCovia Foundation: $15,000 · OtherMERCY RETIREMENT HEALTH CARE CENTER: $15,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $12,000 · Other+22 more: $76,800 · Other+22 moreEAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY: $15,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureSTUDIO CHANNEL ISLANDS ART CENTER: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,000 · Human ServicesTHE MCGILLIS SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationSANTA CATALINA SCHOOL: $2,000 · EducationETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $5,000 · ReligionHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST BAY SILICON VALLEY: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $3,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$342,800Arts & Culture$25,500Human Services$13,000Education$7,000Religion$5,000Housing & Shelter$3,000Recreation & Sports$3,000

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 budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCovia Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMERS AID SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $9,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetKQED INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MCGILLIS SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY: $4,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetST MARY'S CENTER: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST BAY SILICON VALLEY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA CATALINA SCHOOL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDIO CHANNEL ISLANDS ART CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CULTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Covia Foundation ↗
  • Who funds EAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMERS AID SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC ↗
  • Who funds ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MCGILLIS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST BAY SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS 27 of Somerville ↗
  • Who funds SANTA CATALINA SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds STUDIO CHANNEL ISLANDS ART CENTER ↗

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.

The San Francisco Fou…East Bay Community Fo…Esb Charitable Founda…United Way of the Bay…The William & Flora H…Jewish Community Fede…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Silicon Valley Commun…Sempra FoundationIbm International Fou…The Ayco Charitable F…Vanguard Charitable E…
The San Francisco FoundationCA21.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Esb Charitable Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 42 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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    The regranting layer
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    The endowment market
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    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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