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Ventures

Creating compassionate and equitable local economies that contribute to the well-being of our communities.Ventures partners with rural, working-class families in Californias Central Coast to ensure a shared and equitable economic future for all.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Public Safety & Disaster$5.2MCommunity Improvement$1.1M
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $1,096,361, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,270,429 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $174,068 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$1,096,361
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EL PAJARO CDC$1,096,361
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 (FY20–20, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIV: $30k → 10%MONARCH SERVICES: $20k → 13%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.

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The Children's Clinic 'Serving Children and Their Families'

TCC Family Health mission is to provide innovative, integrated, quality health care that will contribute to a healthy community, focusing on those in need and working with patients and the community as partners in their overall well-being.

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2
The Savila Collaborative

The svila collaborative dba centro savila is a treatment program devoted to the recovery and healing of individuals, families, and communities experiencing emotional and psychological distress. our vision is to create a healthy, engaged,…

Health
3
Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc

The Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County, Inc. (4Cs) connects and empowers families, educators, and child care providers with resources today for a stronger San Mateo County tomorrow.

Human Services
4
Consejo Counseling & Referral Service

Consejo brings healing, health, and hope to communities through holistic, culturally, and linguistically competent behavioral health services and advocacy.

Health
5
Community Action Marin

We make it possible for people in marin to achieve well-being by providing the vital services they need. together, we break down the barriers that get in the way of fair and lasting change in service to better outcomes for all.

Human Services
6
Center for Community Solutions

The mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice. the vision is for all people to live full, free, expressive, and empowered lives in a safe, healthy, vibrant, and…

Health
7
El Concilio California

Empowering diverse communities in california's central valley.

Human Services
8
Latino Leadership Council Inc

To advance the wellness and leadership capacity of Latino populations.

Health
9
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
10
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
11
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc

Mission Statement: Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County addresses the causes of poverty, empowering low-income people to achieve self-sufficiency through community-based collaborations and programs.Vision Statement:…

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12
The Alliance for Community Wellness Dba La Familia Counseling Services

La Familia Counseling Service is an inclusive Latino community-based, multi-cultural organization committed to strengthening the emotional wellness of individuals and the preservation of families.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Cruz Community Health Centers; the most unlike its peers is Fii - National. 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

10 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. 10 of the 11 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALUD PARA LA GENTE: $3,284,160 · OtherSALUD PARA LA GENTEPAJARO VALLEY PREVENTION AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE INC: $1,474,265 · OtherPAJARO VALLEY PREVENTION AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE INCEL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $1,096,361 · OtherEL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION+1 more: $60,000 · OtherCommunity Bridges: $103,970 · Food & NutritionSANTA CRUZ COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: $85,025 · HealthAction Council of Monterey County Inc: $63,210 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Santa Cruz County: $15,500 · PhilanthropyFII - NATIONAL: $30,000 · Human ServicesMONARCH SERVICES-SERVICIOS MONARCA: $20,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Action Board: $43,825 · Employment
Other$5,914,786Food & Nutrition$103,970Health$85,025Philanthropy$78,710Human Services$50,000Employment$43,825

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSALUD PARA LA GENTE: $3,284,160 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetPAJARO VALLEY PREVENTION AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE INC: $1,474,265 over 1y, 29% of budgetEL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $1,096,361 over 1y, 31% of budgetCommunity Bridges: $103,970 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSANTA CRUZ COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: $85,025 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAction Council of Monterey County Inc: $63,210 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCommunity Action Board: $43,825 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFII - NATIONAL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONARCH SERVICES-SERVICIOS MONARCA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way of Santa Cruz County: $15,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Monterey Peninsula Fo…Community Foundation …The David and Lucile …Kaiser Foundation Hos…Pajaro Valley Communi…Sunlight GivingEast Bay Community Fo…Sutter Bay HospitalsDignity HealthPeggy and Jack Baskin…Latino Community Foun…United Way of Santa C…
Monterey Peninsula FoundationCA24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust · Sunlight Giving · East Bay Community Foundation · Sutter Bay Hospitals · Dignity Health · Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation · Latino Community Foundation · United Way of Santa Cruz County

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

2024
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no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    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 · 0–90%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Ventures?

    Find your warmest path to Ventures 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 11 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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