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Twitter 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.

$95k
Granted FY2022
19
Grants FY2022
4
States reached
$25k
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, FY2021 to 2022.

Environment$73kCivil Rights$37kHealth$35kInternational$35kHuman Services$15kCommunity Improvement$15kArts & Culture$11kEducation$10kOther$0
02FY2022 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k18 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$60k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY$25,000
OUTRIGHT ACTION INTERNATIONAL$7,050
DE MARILLAC ACADEMY$5,000
NATIONAL AIDS MEMORIAL INC$5,000
THE GUBBIO PROJECT$5,000
ACTION AGAINST HUNGER$5,000
THE ARC SAN FRANCISCO$5,000
ASIAN MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE$5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America$5,000
ALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY$5,000
FIRST TECH FUND INC$5,000
COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES$3,500
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp (TNDC)$3,000
REEL STORIES$2,500
MISSION BIT$2,500
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 (FY21–22, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Access: $5k → 21%THE ARC SAN FRANCISCO: $5k → 10%The Arc San Francisco: $5k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $4k → 10%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$50k · 5 repeat orgs$200k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
16

Total granted

$50k
$130k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-12%
-3%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22
HealthEnvironmentArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • OI
    OUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL
    2× · 2021–2022 · $12k · revenue -12%
  • TA
    THE ARC SAN FRANCISCO
    2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue -26%
  • TG
    THE GUBBIO PROJECT INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +243%

Funded once

  • DETROITERS WORKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue -16%
  • UI
    UPROSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +103%
  • BG
    BLACK GIRLS CODE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -74%
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
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
2
Enterprise for Youth

Enterprise for youth empowers under-resourced san francisco youths to reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences supported by a community of employers, caring adults, and peers.

Youth Development
3
Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco Inc

The Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco is dedicated to combating the displacement crisis gripping our city by building the power of working-class tenants of color to take on the real estate industry and win housing justice for all.…

Education
4
Alliance for Safety and Justice

Just safe's mission is to educate the public about the needs of communities most impacted by crime, violence, and incarceration; and promote new safety solutions through community-building, leadership development, grassroots mobilization,…

Crime & Legal
5
Aids Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area

Our mission is to advance and protect the rights, dignity, and health of people living with hiv/aids in the bay area. continued on schedule owe accomplish this through direct legal representation by one of our staff attorneys, by careful…

Health
6
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
7
Public Advocates Inc

For more than five decades, public advocates has challenged the systemic causes of poverty and racial discrimination by strengthening community voices in public policy and achieving tangible legal victories advancing education, housing,…

—
8
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition

The anti-recidivism coalition (arc) works to end mass incarceration in california. to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, arc empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network,…

Crime & Legal
9
Transgender Advocates for Justice and Accountability Coalition

The Transgender Advocates for Justice and Accountability (TAJA Co) Coalition has been organized to identify and fulfill the essential needs of transgender women of color through advocacy and service implementation. TAJA Co understands that…

Human Services
10
San Francisco Transit Riders

San Francisco Transit Riders is the city's rider-based grassroots advocate forworld-class transit. Together with our members we work for an excellent,affordable, and growing public transit system because it is essential to thecharacter and…

Community Improvement
11
Pangea Legal Services

Pangea's mission is to provide deportation defense services, advocate for policy change, and provide education and legal empowerment for our immigrant communities.

Crime & Legal
12
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Asian Mental Health Collective Inc. 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

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 36 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/33
Grantees still filing
18/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $12,050 · OtherOUTRIGHT INTERNATIONALTHE GUBBIO PROJECT INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE GUBBIO PROJECT INCDE MARILLAC ACADEMY: $5,000 · OtherFOOD RUNNERS: $5,000 · OtherGlide (In Memory of Janice Mirikitani): $5,000 · OtherTOGETHER RISING: $5,000 · OtherCHINATOWN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · OtherRAICES ACTION FUND: $5,000 · OtherACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $5,000 · OtherInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY: $5,000 · OtherFIRST TECH FUND INC: $5,000 · OtherUPTOWN TENDERLOIN INC: $5,000 · OtherBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $5,000 · OtherDisability Rights Advocates: $5,000 · Other+5 more: $11,000 · Other+5 moreDETROITERS WORKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: $30,000 · HealthDETROITERS WORKING FOR E…Asian Mental Health Collective Inc: $10,000 · HealthAsian Mental Health Coll…THE SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthTHE SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDA…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDER…National AIDS Memorial Inc: $5,000 · HealthNational AIDS Memorial I…UPROSE INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentUPROSE INC100 BLACK MEN OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 · Youth Development100 BLACK MEN O…TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTIPPING POI…THE ARC SAN FRANCISCO: $10,000 · Human ServicesARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND S: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $3,500 · Human ServicesGREENBELT ALLIANCEPEOPLE FOR OPEN SPACE: $7,500 · EnvironmentSan Francisco Bicycle Coalition: $5,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $500 · EnvironmentSWORDS TO PLOWSHARES VETERANS RIGHTS ORGANIZATION: $5,000 · Public BenefitMINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA: $5,000 · Public Benefit
Other$98,050Health$55,000Youth Development$35,000Philanthropy$25,000Human Services$18,500Environment$13,000Public Benefit$10,000

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 budgetDETROITERS WORKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: $30,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetUPROSE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: $12,050 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC SAN FRANCISCO: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GUBBIO PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetAsian Mental Health Collective Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGREENBELT ALLIANCEPEOPLE FOR OPEN SPACE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD RUNNERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUPTOWN TENDERLOIN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDisability Rights Advocates: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND S: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWORDS TO PLOWSHARES VETERANS RIGHTS ORGANIZATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOGETHER RISING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINATOWN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetNational AIDS Memorial Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetSan Francisco Bicycle Coalition: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFIRST TECH FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetMINORITY VETERANS OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMission Bit: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR NEW MUSIC SAN FRANCISCO INC: $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.

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…Silicon Valley Commun…McNabb FoundationJewish Community Fede…ImpactassetsincZendesk Charitable Fo…Mary a Crocker TrustThe Stanley S Langend…Frank H Jernigan Char…Bothin FoundationThe James Irvine Foun…The Yelp Foundation
The San Francisco FoundationCA23× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Impactassetsinc · Zendesk Charitable Foundation · Mary a Crocker Trust · The Stanley S Langendorf Foundation · Frank H Jernigan Charitable Foundation Inc · Bothin Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · The Yelp 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 Twitter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Twitter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 36 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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