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Volckmann Family Foundation at a glance

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Volckmann 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.

$11k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Employment$130kFood & Nutrition$54kYouth Development$40kReligion$25kHuman Services$25kInternational$12kHousing & Shelter$9kHealth$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$776
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Embarcadero Media Foundation$5,000
Live In Peace Inc$2,500
Journey Home Foundation$2,000
Menlo Church$1,000
The Art of Yoga Project$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%The Art of Yoga Project: $500 → 8%The Art of Yoga Project: $500 → 12%Safe Home: $3k → 5%The Art of Yoga Project: $500 → 12%Safe Home: $3k → 5%Safe Home: $3k → 5%Safe Home: $3k → 5%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$290k · 15 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
10

Total granted

$290k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+8%

Still filing today

53%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Food & NutritionYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEducationEmploymentReligionOther
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

  • JI
    JOBTRAIN INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $130k · revenue +35%
  • EH
    ECUMENICAL HUNGER PROGRAM
    4× · 2020–2023 · $25k · revenue +3%
  • SI
    SAFEHOME INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $12k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • L
    LIFEMOVES
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +7%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +8%
  • TA
    The Almanac Holiday Fund
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
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
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

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2
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
3
Samaritan House

Fighting poverty. lifting lives. we mobilize the resources of our community to help those among us who are in need. our dedicated professional staff and volunteers work together to provide food, access to shelter, healthcare, and a broad…

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4
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
5
Silicon Valley Education Foundation

Who we are - silicon valley education foundation (svef) focuses on raising student performance in the critical areas of math and science across all 33 santa clara county school districts, and also adjoining san mateo and alameda counties.…

Community Improvement
6
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
7
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
8
Homeward Bound of Marin

Homeward Bound is the main provider of emergency shelter, supportive housing and services for people overcoming a crisis of homelessness in Marin County, California. Our mission of "opening doors to safety, dignity, hope, and…

Housing & Shelter
9
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
10
Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco

Habitat for humanity greater san francisco builds and sustains affordable homeownership opportunities for families in marin, san francisco and san mateo counties.

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11
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
12
Extrafood

Food Rescue - The Organization rescues excess fresh food from Bay Area businesses, schools and non-profits and immediately delivers the food to safety net partners - such as senior housing centers, after-school programs, and homeless…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifemoves; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

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 26 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOBTRAIN INC: $130,000 · EmploymentJOBTRAIN INCSecond Harvest Food Bank: $23,000 · OtherSecond Harvest Food BankNEW COMMUNITY CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherNEW COMMUNITY CHURCHBoys and Girls Club: $9,000 · OtherBoys and Girls ClubRonald McDonald House: $7,000 · OtherRonald McDonald HouseALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONLIFEMOVES: $5,000 · OtherMenlo Church: $5,000 · OtherJOURNEY HOME FOUNDATION: $4,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Other+7 more: $14,000 · Other+7 moreECUMENICAL HUNGER PROGRAM: $25,000 · Food & NutritionECUMENICAL …SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $5,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARV…+1 more: $1,000 · Food & NutritionLIVE IN PEACE: $27,500 · Youth DevelopmentLIVE IN PE…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIR…SAFEHOME INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesTHE ART OF YOGA PROJECT: $1,500 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $8,000 · ReligionEMBARCADERO MEDIA FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Arts & Culture
Employment$130,000Other$97,000Food & Nutrition$31,000Youth Development$30,500Human Services$13,500Religion$8,000Arts & Culture$8,000

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 budgetJOBTRAIN INC: $130,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetLIVE IN PEACE: $27,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetECUMENICAL HUNGER PROGRAM: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAFEHOME INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEMBARCADERO MEDIA FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLIFEMOVES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBridgton Academy: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART OF YOGA PROJECT: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES - BAY AREA: $1,000 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 JOBTRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds LIVE IN PEACE ↗
  • Who funds ECUMENICAL HUNGER PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds SAFEHOME INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds EMBARCADERO MEDIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIFEMOVES ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Silicon Valley Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA ↗
  • Who funds Bridgton Academy ↗
  • Who funds THE ART OF YOGA PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES - BAY AREA ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE ↗

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Los Altos Mountain Vi…Tosa FoundationThe Palo Alto Communi…San Jose Mercury News…Atkinson FoundationPhilanthropic Venture…The William & Flora H…Bright Funds Foundati…Jewish Community Fede…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA20× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Tosa Foundation · The Palo Alto Community Fund · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · Atkinson Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 26 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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