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Aerospike Foundation Inc

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.

$942k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Education$1.1MHealth$307kCommunity Improvement$265kScience & Tech$260kAnimals$147kArts & Culture$73kRecreation & Sports$47kPublic Benefit$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $505k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$55,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$400,000
COMMITTEE TO UNLEASH PROSPERITY$150,000
THE COMFORT CLUB$125,000
SCRIPPS HEALTH$100,000
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES$75,000
RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY$55,000
SES TENNIS CENTER BENEFIT$17,000
CITY OF VISION$5,000
ST FELIX PANTRY$5,000
THE VISION OF CHILDREN FOUNDATION$5,000
FACE FOUNDATION$2,850
NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS TEAM FOR KIDS$2,500
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CITY OF VISION: $5k → 11%SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES: $100k → 11%YORKIE 911 RESCUE: $5k → 7%NYS TROOPERS PBA SIGNAL 30 BENEFIT FUND: $5k → 14%NOT 4 GOTTEN NY: $1k → 16%NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS TEAM FOR KIDS: $3k → 17%ST FELIX PANTRY: $5k → 10%HAMPTON COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER: $2k → 22%COMMITTEE TO UNLEASH PROSPERITY: $50k → 14%PINKBALL INC: $2k → 11%COMMITTEE TO UNLEASH PROSPERITY: $150k → 8%SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES: $85k → 11%NYS TROOPERS SIGNAL 30 FUND: $5k → 14%FACE FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%COMMITTEE TO UNLEASH PROSPERITY: $40k → 14%DEL RAY CITIZENS FOR DELRAY POLICE: $5k → 11%SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES: $75k → 11%FACE FOUNDATION: $3k → 17%COMMITTEE TO UNLEASH PROSPERITY: $25k → 14%SES TENNIS CENTER BENEFIT: $17k → 11%SES TENNIS CENTER BENEFIT: $15k → 11%SPIRIT OF LIBERTY FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%SEAN EDUARDO SANCHEZ TENNIS CENTER: $2k → 11%THE VISION OF CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%SCRIPPS HEALTH: $100k → 11%SCRIPPS HEALTH NEURO ONCOLOGY: $85k → 11%BRAIN CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $60k → 11%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TENNIS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%THE COMFORT CLUB: $125k → 11%THE COMFORT CLUB: $70k → 11%RANCHO COASTAL HUMAN SOCIETY: $65k → 11%RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $55k → 11%CANCER ANGELS OF SAN DIEGO: $30k → 11%THE COMFORT CLUB: $30k → 11%CANCER ANGELS OF SAN DIEGO: $25k → 11%THE COMFORT CLUB: $25k → 11%UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $400k → 11%RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $20k → 11%UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $400k → 11%THE COMFORT CLUB: $10k → 11%SAN DIEGO AIR AND SPACE: $50k → 11%SAN DIEGO AIR & SPACE MUSEUM: $40k → 11%SAN DIEGO AIR & SPACE MUSEUM: $20k → 11%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

NY
MA
CA
MD
NM
SC
DC
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 9 repeat orgs$360k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
14

Total granted

$1.9M
$247k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+36%

Still filing today

78%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationPublic BenefitAnimalsArts & CultureScience & TechOther
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

  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $800k · revenue +33%
  • UP
    UNLEASH PROSPERITY INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $265k · revenue +49%
  • RC
    RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY
    3× · 2020–2024 · $140k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • SH
    SCRIPPS HEALTH NEURO ONCOLOGY
    one grant, 2022 · $85k
  • BC
    BRAIN CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $60k · revenue +728% · 65% of their budget
  • SD
    SAN DIEGO AIR AND SPACE
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
University of California San Francisco Foundation

Organization's mission ====================== the university of california, san francisco(ucsf) is among the world's leading universities dedicated to advancing health worldwide through biomedical research, graduate-level education in the…

Education
2
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

At la jolla institute for immunology, our scientists focus on understanding how the immune system works in order to promote human health and prevent disease. our discoveries apply to many diseases, ranging from diabetes to heart disease,…

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3
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
4
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

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5
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

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6
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
7
San Diego Police Foundation

We proudly supports Americas finest police department by cultivating positive community engagement and helping fund vital equipment and specialize training that ensures peace and safety for all.

Crime & Legal
8
San Francisco Fire Fighters Cancer Prevention Foundation

San francisco firefighters cancer prevention foundation (sffcpf) is committed to the prevention and early detection of cancer and providing access to cutting edge care for active and retired members of the san francisco fire department and…

Health
9
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
10
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
11
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
12
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Brain Cancer Research Institute. 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

18 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. 18 of the 28 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $800,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION+1 more: $5,000 · EducationTHE COMFORT CLUB: $260,000 · OtherTHE COMFORT CLUBSCRIPPS HEALTH NEURO ONCOLOGY: $85,000 · OtherSCRIPPS HEALTH NEURO ON…SAN DIEGO AIR AND SPACE: $50,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO AIR AND SPACESES TENNIS CENTER BENEFIT: $32,000 · OtherSES TENNIS CENTER BENEF…+11 more: $47,500 · Other+11 moreUNLEASH PROSPERITY INC: $265,000 · Public BenefitUNLEASH PROSP…THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY FOUNDATON: $10,000 · Public BenefitThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $260,000 · Science & TechThe Salk Inst…SCRIPPS HEALTH: $100,000 · HealthSCRIPPS HE…BRAIN CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $60,000 · HealthBRAIN CANC…Cancer Angels of San Diego: $55,000 · HealthCancer Ang…+1 more: $2,000 · HealthRANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $140,000 · AnimalsYORKIE911 RESCUE INC: $5,000 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO AIR & SPACE MUSEUM INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureAlbertine Foundation: $12,850 · Arts & Culture
Education$805,000Other$474,500Public Benefit$275,000Science & Tech$260,000Health$217,000Animals$145,000Arts & Culture$72,850

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 budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $800,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNLEASH PROSPERITY INC: $265,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $260,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $140,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRAIN CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $60,000 over 1y, 65% of budgetSAN DIEGO AIR & SPACE MUSEUM INC: $60,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCancer Angels of San Diego: $55,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetAlbertine Foundation: $12,850 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TENNIS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY FOUNDATON: $10,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetYORKIE911 RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetDelray Citizens for Delray Police Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSIGNAL 30 TROOPERS BENEFIT FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Vision of Children: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetST FELIX PANTRY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPINKBALL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 3.9% 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.

The Manzanita Foundat…Alijim Foundation IncJewish Community Foun…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Manzanita FoundationNY15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Manzanita Foundation · Alijim Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Aerospike Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aerospike Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Aerospike Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Aerospike Foundation Inc 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 28 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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