· Private foundation
The Wayne Clark Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k13 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $45k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| STARS & STRIPES CHILDRENS FOUNDATION | $45,075 |
| KEEP MEMORY ALIVE | $5,000 |
| WHEELCHAIR FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| ST ANTHONY'S | $3,000 |
| MARIN FOOD BANK | $2,000 |
| DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | $2,000 |
| ROTOPLAST INTERNATIONAL | $1,500 |
| MARIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST | $1,500 |
| SAINT JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $1,500 |
| GLIDE | $1,500 |
| THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER | $1,500 |
| SAN RAFAEL POLICE ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| NOVATO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROGRAM | $1,000 |
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: 78% of grant dollars ($581k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 22% that went abroad ($166k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 22% of all-years giving ($166k)
1 country, 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SASTARS AND STRIPES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION6× · 2018–2025 · $236k · revenue +44%
- SFSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK9× · 2017–2025 · $36k · revenue +74%
- VVivalon6× · 2017–2022 · $23k · revenue +54%
Funded once
- TCTO CELEBRATE LIFE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue -7%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $5k
- IBIMAGINE BUS PROJECTone grant, 2017 · $5k
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.
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.
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.
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…
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
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…
Southern california grantmakers (scg) is the regional association for philanthropists and grantmakers working to make a difference in our communities and around the world. we are a leadership hub for our members to connect with each other,…
Seamless Bay Area is primarily an advocate for legislative change at the local and state levels in California, but also conducts educational, research, and engagement activities.
San Francisco Green Film Festival's (SFGFF) mission is to educate and connect communities through forward thinking programs of environmental films, dialogues, and action opportunities.
Senior Access's mission is to help Marin's older and disabled adults remain independent and part of the community for as long as possible.
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
The trust for public land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. in the past year, we helped communities to plan for parks and conservation, fund parks and conservation,…
To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 32 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.
- Who funds STARS AND STRIPES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Vivalon ↗
- Who funds ROTAPLAST INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds MARIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds SAN RAFAEL POLICE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds GLIDE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds TO CELEBRATE LIFE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds IMAGINE BUS PROJECT ↗
- Who funds Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation ↗
- Who funds GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Film Society of Austin Inc ↗
- Who funds Nora's Gift Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Wayne Clark Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wayne Clark Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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