California · Public charity
Upstart Bay Area
To accelerate growth, nurture ideas, and advance new experiences for the jewish community by connecting impact-driven entrepreneurs to expertise, community, and capital. Together, were creating a more just, vibrant, and inclusive future.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 31
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,899
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $276,997
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 47
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 86% of the organizations Upstart Bay Area funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 23 | $1.3M | 35% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $1.4M | 86% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $928k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $1.6M | 15% |
| FY2020 | 47 | $2.9M | 49% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $1.3M | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $70k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $119k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4G44 ESports Inc Lost Tribe | $1,892,623 | 5 | 74% |
| Crystal City Entertainment | $800,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Embodied Jewish Learning | $533,897 | 6 | n/a |
| Trybal Gatherings Inc | $376,565 | 2 | 40% |
| Gather Consulting | $251,860 | 2 | n/a |
| Rakia Media LLC | $227,829 | 2 | n/a |
| Boundless Israel Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Tkiya Music Inc | $180,000 | 4 | 29% |
| Sacred Spaces | $175,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Upstart Bay Area | $166,600 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 97 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4G44 ESports Inc Lost Tribe | $1,892,623 | 5 | 74% |
| Crystal City Entertainment | $800,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Embodied Jewish Learning | $533,897 | 6 | n/a |
| Trybal Gatherings Inc | $376,565 | 2 | 40% |
| Gather Consulting | $251,860 | 2 | n/a |
| Rakia Media LLC | $227,829 | 2 | n/a |
| Boundless Israel Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Tkiya Music Inc | $180,000 | 4 | 29% |
| Sacred Spaces | $175,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Upstart Bay Area | $166,600 | 2 | 2% |
| ALEPH Alliance for Jewish Renewal | $160,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Beloved Builders Inc | $140,800 | 1 | 8% |
| Advot | $137,425 | 4 | 23% |
| Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom | $132,500 | 3 | 19% |
| Jqy | $122,425 | 3 | 6% |
| Ish Festival | $120,000 | 3 | 54% |
| 70 Faces Media Inc | $115,425 | 1 | 3% |
| Presentense Group Inc | $111,395 | 1 | 45% |
| Ramah in the Rockies | $110,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Judaism Your Way | $110,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Jewish Farmer Network | $104,500 | 2 | 31% |
| Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh and Educ Cent Inc | $101,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Theatre Dybbuk | $101,800 | 2 | 27% |
| Mission Edge San Diego | $101,699 | 2 | 1% |
| Jewfolk Media Inc | $101,350 | 1 | 13% |
| Jewish Fertility Foundation Inc | $101,072 | 1 | 5% |
| The Dorothy and Myer S Kripke Institute for Jewish Family Literacy | $100,511 | 1 | n/a |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $100,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Theirstory Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tzedek America | $100,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Eden Village Camp Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Growtorah Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Blue Dove Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Congregation T Chiyah | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jews for Racial & Economic Justice | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Tivnu Building Justice | $100,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Zioness Movement Inc | $99,617 | 1 | 11% |
| Pollylabs Foundation | $80,360 | 2 | 57% |
| Candid | $80,350 | 1 | 0% |
| At the Well Project Inc | $79,650 | 4 | 3% |
| Studio 70 | $70,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Makom Community | $65,000 | 3 | 7% |
| The Jewish Studio Project | $60,200 | 2 | 9% |
| Camp Maccabi JCC Maccabi Sports Camp | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center | $51,150 | 1 | 0% |
| Eshel | $50,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Libenu | $50,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Jewish Kids Group Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Community Partners | $40,899 | 2 | 0% |
| Svara | $40,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Jq International | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| No Shame on U Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Olive Tree Arts Network Nfp | $40,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Electric Lodge | $40,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Jumpstart Labs Inc DBA Jewish JUMPSTART JSLABS | $37,400 | 2 | 1% |
| Pico Union Project | $36,958 | 2 | 3% |
| Footsteps Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Challah for Hunger | $35,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Wilderness Torah | $35,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Urban Adamah | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Merkos Linyonei Chinuch Lubavitch of North Carolina Inc | $32,102 | 2 | n/a |
| 30 Years After Inc | $26,025 | 2 | 14% |
| Bruchim Inc | $25,899 | 2 | n/a |
| Mishkan Chicago | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Storahtelling Lab Shul Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kitchen Slow Down Jew Up | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fuente Latina Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Idea School Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Or Halev Center for Jewish Spiritua Lity and Meditation Inc | $23,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Descendants of Holocaust Survivors | $20,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Rappers and Rebbes Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Custom and Craft Jewish Rituals Inc Dba Recustom Haggadotcom | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Sing Unto God Inc | $19,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Lev Children's Museum Inc | $19,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Human Rights Haggadah Limited | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Song Project Inc | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Embrace Harlem | $18,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Kol Halev | $18,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Kinhood | $18,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Strategies for Effective Team | $17,980 | 1 | n/a |
| Finding North | $17,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Ibrahim Baba Institute Incorporated | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mechon Hadar | $15,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Svivah Inc | $15,650 | 1 | 10% |
| Hazon Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tikkun Ha-Ir of Milwaukee Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 12% |
| I Was Supposed to Have a Baby Inc | $14,150 | 1 | 4% |
| Gender Equity in Hiring | $13,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Bishulim Sf | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sharsheret Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Keshet | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shefa Jewish Psychedelic Support | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Tarbuton | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mitsui Collective co ALEPH | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Boulder Jewish Community Center | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Reboot Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Upstart Bay Area supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 70 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Covenant Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · Fjc · Jewish Communal Fund · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · The Harold Grinspoon Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
How this is measured
About Upstart Bay Area
- How much does Upstart Bay Area give?
- Upstart Bay Area reported 31 itemized grants totaling $1,829,923, out of $1,955,441 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Upstart Bay Area fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (20%), Religion (17%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Upstart Bay Area's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: 4G44 ESports Inc Lost Tribe ($1.9M), Crystal City Entertainment ($800k), Embodied Jewish Learning ($534k).
- Does Upstart Bay Area fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Upstart Bay Area?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation, Covenant Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
- Where is Upstart Bay Area based?
- Upstart Bay Area is based in CA.
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