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Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW

Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $423,845 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($147,272). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$436k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$424k
Net assets
$745k
5/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01What it does

What Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW does

Mission

ISPF was organized for charitable and educational purposes. ISPF itself does not raise funds but is a holding corporation for the monies raised by approved special projects.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. College costs have doubled over the past 20 years, and financial assistance is more important than ever. Applicants are residents of santa clara county, ca. Scholarships are awarded to women to help them pursue a college or other leadership certificate. Recipients are selected based on academic record, essays, recommendations and interviews. A total of 56 scholarships and awards were made. Following the scholarship awards, recipients are offered, throught the national aauw organization, workshops and other resources to enhance their professional and economic success after college.

    $221,052 spent$172,641 earned by the program
    48% of program spending
  2. Tech trek is a residential or virtual science and math camp for girls who have finished 7th grade. Campers must be recommended by their science or math teachers, complete an application form, and attend an interview. In-person camps are held on college campuses. Thirty eight (38) girls participated in the in-person camp this year,at santa clara univ or uc santa cruz. Money already allocated to tech trek in previous years was applied this year.

    $67,249 spent$55,946 earned by the program
    15% of program spending
  3. Community services - several projects have helped hundreds of local low-income women and children. Gift bags were given to 806 low-income teenagers; assistance was provided to several homeless shelters and emergency food providers; thanksgiving dinner and monthly lunches were given to many homeless women; supplies were provided for organizations helping the homeless; and recreation and refreshments were provided at residential facilities for the mentally disabled. Financial assistance was provided for several comminity programs addressing literacy and educacional needs.

    $174,897 spent$204,381 earned by the program
    38% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $463,198.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($281k) Expenses 100 ($244k) Net assets 100 ($405k)2022 Revenue 122 ($343k) Expenses 113 ($275k) Net assets 115 ($463k)2023 Revenue 131 ($368k) Expenses 115 ($280k) Net assets 155 ($626k)2024 Revenue 156 ($440k) Expenses 138 ($336k) Net assets 181 ($733k)2025 Revenue 155 ($436k) Expenses 133 ($325k) Net assets 184 ($745k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (155)Expenses (133)Net assets (184)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $463k to $626k (+35%).

$405k
$463k
$626k
$733k
$745k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$37k
’21
$68k
’22
$88k
’23
$104k
’24
$111k
’25
28
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

20212022202320242025
Listed88888
Joined·+2+3+0+0
No longer listed·2300
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $13k → $26k.

2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

75% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW.

35%
largest funder
81%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 39% · 2020 100% · 2021 62% · 2022 62% · 2023 58% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

61% of Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW's grant income comes from California funders.

WA
CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’21
’22
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $201k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW?
Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $423,845 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($147,272). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $423,845 in grants to Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $147,272 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Interbranch Special Projects Foundation of Santa Clara County ISPF AAUW find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing