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Yerba Buena Fund at a glance

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Yerba Buena Fund

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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
54
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$873kHuman Services$697kFood & Nutrition$670kEmployment$555kInternational$550kHealth$348kHousing & Shelter$305kPublic Benefit$297kOther$0
02FY2024 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k28 grants · $147k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $347k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $450k
  • $250k+2 grants · $500k
$7,500
Median grant
10
States reached
$37M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MANIFESTWORKS$250,000
ALMA BACKYARD FARMS$250,000
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION$125,000
ALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE$125,000
CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$100,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY$50,000
HEALTHY HEARTS INSTITUTE$50,000
HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION$36,000
JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION$36,000
HAND IN HAND$25,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL$25,000
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA$25,000
LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY$25,000
BONAFIDE$25,000
J STREET EDUCATION FUND$20,000
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 (FY20–24, $832k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $72k → 8%AL OTRO LADO: $10k → 11%THE BLUE CARD: $15k → 17%THE PRUNO FUND: $50k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $50k → 8%AL OTRO LADO: $10k → 11%BLUE CARD INC: $15k → 17%THE PRUNO FUND: $50k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $25k → 8%BLUE CARD INC: $15k → 17%THE PRUNO FUND: $10k → 14%THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $10k → 14%YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $5k → 14%MANIFESTWORKS: $250k → 14%MANIFESTWORKS: $75k → 14%MANIFESTWORKS: $75k → 14%MANIFESTWORKS: $75k → 14%A HOME WITHIN: $10k → 10%A HOME WITHIN: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AR
NC
DC
HI
TX
FL
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.0M · 51 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

51 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
58

Total granted

$4.0M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+21%

Still filing today

80%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $288k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • AB
    ALMA BACKYARD FARM
    4× · 2020–2024 · $540k · revenue +12%
  • M
    MANIFESTWORKS
    4× · 2020–2024 · $475k · revenue +120%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $430k · revenue +124%

Funded once

  • JI
    JOHN IRWIN HOUSE PROJECT JUMPSTART
    one grant, 2022 · $300k
  • AA
    AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAG ACTION FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $125k
  • PJ
    Planting Justice
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +22%
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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
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
3
San Francisco Film Society

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…

—
4
Jewish Film Institute

The Jewish Film Institute champions bold films and filmmakers that expand and evolve the Jewish story for audiences everywhere. Through its exhibition and artist development programs, JFI celebrates the spirit of film, inquiry,…

Arts & Culture
5
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
8
Jews of Color Initiative

The Jews of Color Initiatives mission is to advance racial equity in the U.S. Jewish community by centering the leadership of Jews of Color and ensuring that our communities and institutions reflect the multiracial reality of the Jewish…

Civil Rights
9
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
10
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
11
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,…

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12
The Jewish Studio Project

Through thought leadership, community programs, leadership development, and organizational partnerships, jsp is building a movement to activate the creative power of the jewish community.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma; the most unlike its peers is Site-Specicific Dances 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

85 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. 85 of the 135 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
83/85
Grantees still filing
55/85
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOHN IRWIN HOUSE PROJECT JUMPSTART: $300,000 · OtherJOHN IRWIN HOUSE PROJECT JUMPSTARTPROJECT REBOUND: $225,000 · OtherPROJECT REBOUNDJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $147,000 · OtherJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATIONAFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAG ACTION FUND: $125,000 · Other1951 COFFEE: $115,000 · OtherPROJECT REBOUND AT CSU FULLERTON: $100,000 · OtherHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $162,000 · OtherHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCOJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $87,200 · Other+75 more: $1,227,500 · Other+75 moreALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE INC: $430,000 · Arts & CultureALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE …NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $180,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL TRUST FOR H…SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $125,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO OPERA …LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES CONSERVA…San Francisco Architectural Heritage: $45,000 · Arts & Culture20 Summers Inc: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $132,500 · Arts & Culture+13 moreMANIFESTWORKS: $475,000 · Human ServicesMANIFESTWORKSJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $147,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SE…The Pruno Fund Inc: $110,000 · Human ServicesThe Pruno Fund I…THE BLUE CARD INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesTHE BLUE CARD IN…+3 more: $55,000 · Human Services+3 moreALMA BACKYARD FARM: $540,000 · Food & NutritionALMA BACKYA…CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $38,000 · Food & NutritionCHRONICLE S…+2 more: $25,000 · Food & NutritionHealthy Hearts Institute: $163,000 · HealthCALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthUJIMA: $30,000 · HealthNational AIDS Memorial Inc: $25,000 · HealthKINGDOM CAUSES BELLFLOWER: $175,000 · EducationTHE BASIC FUND: $24,000 · EducationPRISON UNIVERSITY PROJECT INC DBA MOUNT TAMALPAIS COLLEGE: $15,000 · Education826 National Inc: $10,000 · EducationTHE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $15,000 · EducationPlanting Justice: $100,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST: $25,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $15,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island Institute Inc: $15,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $10,000 · EnvironmentWild Seed Project: $10,000 · Environment+4 more: $20,000 · Environment
Other$2,488,700Arts & Culture$1,047,500Human Services$832,000Food & Nutrition$603,000Health$318,000Education$249,000Environment$195,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALMA BACKYARD FARM: $540,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetMANIFESTWORKS: $475,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE INC: $430,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $180,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKINGDOM CAUSES BELLFLOWER: $175,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetHealthy Hearts Institute: $163,000 over 4y, 80% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $162,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $147,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $147,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $125,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Pruno Fund Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 95% of budgetLOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlanting Justice: $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $87,200 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJumpstart Labs Inc DBA Jewish JUMPSTART JSLABS: $75,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetREFOUNDRY INC: $75,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetHAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA: $65,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BLUE CARD INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBONAFIDE INC: $45,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetSan Francisco Architectural Heritage: $45,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $38,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget20 Summers Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetUJIMA: $30,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO MARIN & PENINSULA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST: $25,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNational AIDS Memorial Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetTHE BASIC FUND: $24,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPUR - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA PLANNING AND URBAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetA HOME WITHIN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetAL OTRO LADO: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUPRSEED Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRISON UNIVERSITY PROJECT INC DBA MOUNT TAMALPAIS COLLEGE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStern Grove Festival Association: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget826 National Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT AVARY INC ALTERNATIVE VENTURES FOR AT RISK YOUTH: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

Jewish Community Fede…Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…McNabb FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Clif Family FoundationCalifornia Community …ImpactassetsincThe Keith Campbell Fo…The Andrew W Mellon F…Ralph & Marsha Guggen…The Henry Mayo Newhal…
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA34.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · California Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Ralph & Marsha Guggenheim Family Foundation · The Henry Mayo Newhall 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 Yerba Buena Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Yerba Buena Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Thread Inc: 12% of income from government
  • 20 Summers Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 135 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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