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Amador Community Foundation Inc

The foundation receives and administers gifts and bequests exclusively for charitable purposes used to promote educational, cultural, health, social and civic development primarily for the benefit of amador county residents.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$80k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$701kArts & Culture$695kHealth$616kPublic Benefit$460kEducation$455kHuman Services$451kFood & Nutrition$307kPublic Safety & Disaster$162kOther$0
02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 38 grants below total $825,512, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,000,374 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $174,862 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $102k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $539k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $184k
$16,065
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY$79,784
AMADOR STARS$54,337
AMADOR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS$50,007
AMADOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION$46,906
INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF AMADOR$44,516
26TH DISTRIC AGRICULTURAL ASSOC$42,367
TRI COUNTY WILDLIFE CARE$39,678
KENNEDY MINE FOUNDATION$37,818
AMADOR PREGNANCY HELP CENTER$35,337
OPERATION CARE$32,489
SMALL CHANGE 4 BIG$32,482
HOSPICE OF AMADOR & CALAVERAS$26,418
FOOTHILL CONSERVANCY$26,016
SUTTER AMADOR HOSPITAL FOUN$21,186
KNIGHT FOUNDRY ALLIANCE$20,182
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $794k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%TRI COUNTY WILDLIFE CARE: $94k → 10%INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF AMADOR: $45k → 10%TRI COUNTY WILDLIFE CARE: $43k → 10%INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF AMADOR: $41k → 10%TRI COUNTY WILDLIFE CARE: $40k → 10%TRI COUNTY WILDLIFE CARE: $38k → 10%INTERFAITH FOOD BANK: $36k → 10%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $34k → 10%TRI COUNTY WILDLIFE CARE: $34k → 10%TRI COUNTY WILDLIFE CARE: $31k → 10%INTERFAITH FOOD BANK: $31k → 10%INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF AMADOR: $29k → 10%INTERFAITH FOOD BANK: $28k → 10%HOSPICE OF AMADOR & CALAVERAS: $26k → 10%HOSPICE OF AMADOR & CALAVERAS: $25k → 10%HOSPICE OF AMADOR & CALAVERAS: $24k → 10%WOOD ANGELS: $22k → 10%TRI COUNTY WILDLIFE CARE: $22k → 10%HOSPICE OF AMADOR & CALAVERAS: $20k → 10%TRI COUNTY WILDLIFE CARE: $15k → 10%INTERFAITH FOOD BANK: $14k → 10%INTERFAITH FOOD BANK: $14k → 10%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $13k → 10%NEXUS YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $12k → 10%WOOD ANGELS: $10k → 10%HOSPICE OF AMADOR & CALAVERAS: $9k → 10%HOSPICE OF AMADOR & CALAVERAS: $9k → 10%WOOD ANGELS: $8k → 10%NEXUS YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $7k → 10%HOSPICE OF AMADOR & CALAVERAS: $7k → 10%THE RESOURCE CONNECTION: $6k → 10%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $6k → 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.
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.
$3.5M · 37 repeat orgs$691k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
15

Total granted

$3.5M
$544k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+31%

Still filing today

70%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $147k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • AH
    A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $378k · revenue +34%
  • TC
    TRI COUNTY WILDLIFE CARE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $317k · revenue +86% · 36% of their budget
  • KF
    KNIGHT FOUNDRY ALLIANCE
    7× · 2018–2024 · $252k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF SUTTER CREEK
    one grant, 2017 · $325k
  • AT
    AMDADOR TD CLUB
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • AC
    AMADOR COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2017 · $49k
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
Amador Fire Safe Council

Protect the people of amador county and their property from the effects of catastrophic fires through education, cooperation, innovation and action

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Amador County Equine Sanctuary - Rescue Rehab & Retirement

The Amador County Equine Sanctuary is dedicated to rescuing and re-homing horses in need through adoption and re-homing programs designed to offer adoptable equine an opportunity for a second career and life-long safe sanctuary to…

Animals
3
Eta Evacuation Teams of Amador

Evacuation large animals from fire/peril

Animals
4
Placer County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue

Met search and rescue needs in an effective, cooperative and timely manner. educated the public on recreational safety issues. assisted public safety agencies on an as needed basis.

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Solano County Friends of Animals

Animal rescue of abandoned cats and dogs

Animals
6
Calaveras County Search and Rescue

Support County Search and Rescue Team

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7
Spca of Stanislaus County

Protection and care of animals

Animals
8
Amador Post NO108 American Legion

To preserve memories and incidents of our associations in the great wars, and to provide support for community programs. the american legion hall is an official red cross facility during times of disaster. the american legion provides…

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9
Friends of Mariposa County Sheriffs Search and Rescue

To provide support for search and rescue activities of mariposa county search and rescue.

Public Safety & Disaster
10
Sacramento Valley Historical Railways

Restoration and preservation of historical railroad depot in woodland, california.

Arts & Culture
11
Sutter Amador Hospital Auxiliary

Community outreach

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12
Madera County Sheriffs Foundation

To support law enforcement in Madera Co

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Amador Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kennedy Mine Foundation. 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

40 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. 40 of the 65 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.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
26/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF SUTTER CREEK: $325,000 · OtherCITY OF SUTTER CREEKAMADOR COUNTY UNIFIED SCHOOL: $298,768 · OtherAMADOR COUNTY UNIFIED SCHOOLAMADOR PREGNANCY HELP CENTER: $172,314 · OtherAMADOR PREGNANCY HELP CENTERCITY OF IONE: $114,213 · OtherOPERATION CARE: $106,979 · OtherAmerican Indian Council of Mariposa County: $105,000 · OtherAmador County Senior Citizens: $88,014 · OtherFoothill Conservancy: $98,464 · Other+32 more: $853,803 · Other+32 moreTRI COUNTY WILDLIFE CARE INC: $317,114 · Human ServicesTRI COUNTY WILDLIFE …INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF AMADOR: $237,065 · Human ServicesINTERFAITH COUNCIL O…HOSPICE OF AMADOR & CALAVERAS: $121,250 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF AMADOR & …ST KATHERINE DREXEL SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $52,741 · Human ServicesST KATHERINE DREXEL …WOOD ANGELS: $40,452 · Human Services+2 more: $25,629 · Human ServicesKNIGHT FOUNDRY ALLIANCE: $252,482 · Arts & CultureKNIGHT FO…KENNEDY MINE FOUNDATION: $81,059 · Arts & CultureKENNEDY M…VOLCANO THEATRE COMPANY: $44,564 · Arts & CultureVOLCANO T…+1 more: $6,100 · Arts & CultureA-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $377,628 · AnimalsA-PAL HUM…+1 more: $6,000 · AnimalsAMADOR STARS: $185,540 · HealthSUTTER VALLEY HOSPITALS: $40,600 · HealthNami-Amador: $29,516 · HealthSUTTER HEALTH: $21,186 · Health+1 more: $6,000 · HealthTHE AMADOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $131,809 · EducationFRIENDS OF AMADOR & THE CHRISTINE & HELEN LANDGRAF: $75,688 · EducationCALAVERAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyAMADOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $45,025 · PhilanthropyNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $11,662 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,684 · PhilanthropyAMADOR COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFFS FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,162,555Human Services$794,251Arts & Culture$384,205Animals$383,628Health$282,842Education$207,497Philanthropy$174,371

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 budgetA-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $377,628 over 8y, 22% of budgetTRI COUNTY WILDLIFE CARE INC: $317,114 over 8y, 36% of budgetKNIGHT FOUNDRY ALLIANCE: $252,482 over 7y, 15% of budgetINTERFAITH COUNCIL OF AMADOR: $237,065 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetAMADOR STARS: $185,540 over 8y, 34% of budgetAMADOR PREGNANCY HELP CENTER: $172,314 over 7y, 28% of budgetTHE AMADOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $131,809 over 6y, 17% of budgetHOSPICE OF AMADOR & CALAVERAS: $121,250 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetOPERATION CARE: $106,979 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetAmerican Indian Council of Mariposa County: $105,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetCALAVERAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetFoothill Conservancy: $98,464 over 7y, 39% of budgetAmador County Senior Citizens: $88,014 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetKENNEDY MINE FOUNDATION: $81,059 over 6y, 21% of budgetFRIENDS OF AMADOR & THE CHRISTINE & HELEN LANDGRAF: $75,688 over 7y, 27% of budgetAMADOR COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL: $70,498 over 6y, 8.5% of budgetVictory Village Inc: $60,529 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetST KATHERINE DREXEL SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $52,741 over 3y, 29% of budgetAMADOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $45,025 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetVOLCANO THEATRE COMPANY: $44,564 over 6y, 12% of budgetSUTTER VALLEY HOSPITALS: $40,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOOD ANGELS: $40,452 over 3y, 19% of budgetMother Lode Land Trust: $34,594 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetFIDDLETOWN COMMUNITY CENTER: $29,651 over 4y, 41% of budgetNami-Amador: $29,516 over 4y, 24% of budgetAMADOR COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION: $27,607 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetSUTTER HEALTH: $21,186 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEXUS YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $19,223 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAMADOR COUNTY TRUE SPORTSMAN CLUB TRUE SPORTSMAN CLUB: $13,721 over 1y, 11% of budgetNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $11,662 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,684 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHER LODE YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE: $7,500 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetAMADOR COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFFS FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetTHE RESOURCE CONNECTION OF AMADOR AND CALAVERAS COUNTIES INC: $6,406 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SUTTER CREEK THEATRE COMPANY: $6,100 over 1y, 16% of budgetHEARTS4HEROESUSA: $6,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetJACKSON CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetFIRST RESPONDERS SUPPORT NETWORK: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPLYMOUTH-FOOTHILL ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $5,923 over 1y, 3.3% 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 A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds TRI COUNTY WILDLIFE CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds KNIGHT FOUNDRY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF AMADOR ↗
  • Who funds AMADOR STARS ↗
  • Who funds AMADOR PREGNANCY HELP CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE AMADOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF AMADOR & CALAVERAS ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION CARE ↗
  • Who funds American Indian Council of Mariposa County ↗
  • Who funds CALAVERAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Foothill Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds Amador County Senior Citizens ↗
  • Who funds KENNEDY MINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF AMADOR & THE CHRISTINE & HELEN LANDGRAF ↗
  • Who funds AMADOR COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds Victory Village Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST KATHERINE DREXEL SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ↗
  • Who funds AMADOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VOLCANO THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds SUTTER VALLEY HOSPITALS ↗
  • Who funds WOOD ANGELS ↗
  • Who funds Mother Lode Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds FIDDLETOWN COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Nami-Amador ↗
  • Who funds AMADOR COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION ↗

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.

American River Bank F…Sutter Valley Hospita…Calaveras Community F…California Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
American River Bank FoundationCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American River Bank Foundation · Sutter Valley Hospitals · Calaveras Community Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Amador Community Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Amador Community 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 65 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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