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Barons Second Chance Foundation at a glance

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Barons Second Chance Foundation

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.

$487k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$152k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $280k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $152k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND$152,000
DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER$30,000
NEW VILLAGE GIRLS ACADEMY$25,000
BRADY UNITED AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE$25,000
WELLNEST$25,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$25,000
PROJECT ANGEL FOOD$25,000
PARA LOS NINOS$25,000
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$25,000
FRIENDS OF 40 PRADO$15,000
MEADE CANINE RESCUE FOUNDATION$10,000
MY FRIENDS PLACE$10,000
PORTLAND HUMANE SOCIETY$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$10,000
NORTHWEST TRAIL ALLIANCE INC$10,000
02The need
02

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 (FY24–24, $104k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $30k → 14%ASPEN ELKS YOUTH AND VETERANS FUND: $7k → 6%MOUNTAIN VALLEY DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES: $7k → 8%ALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $10k → 14%WELLNEST: $25k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $25k → 14%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
OR
NJ
CA
CO
AZ
DC
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 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
Casa de Esperanza

Casa is a refuge, providing protection and education for people caught in the cylces of domestic violence, sexual assault and child assault. Casa is a healing community where women and children can receive the nurturing and support…

Human Services
2
Valley Humane SocietyInc

Valley Humane Society (VHS) creates a brighter future for cats and dogs by encouraging and strengthening the bond between people and pets. VHS rescues and rehabilitates companion animals, champions responsible caretaking, shares pets'…

Animals
3
Interval House

The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…

Human Services
4
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
5
Safe Nesttemporary Assistance for

Safe nest's mission is to provide comprehensive, collaborative, and innovative services for everyone affected by domestic and sexual violence while passionatley working to end this shared epidemic.

Human Services
6
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service

The roots of the los angeles didi hirsch psychiatric service dba didi hirsch mental health services ("dhmhs") extend back to the 1930s, when a group of women funded psychiatric care for people whose lives were devastated by the depression.…

Health
7
Consejo Counseling & Referral Service

Consejo brings healing, health, and hope to communities through holistic, culturally, and linguistically competent behavioral health services and advocacy.

Health
8
Wayfinder Family Services

The mission of Wayfinder Family Services is to ensure that children, youth and adults facing challenges always have a place to turn. Founded in 1953 as the Foundation for the Junior Blind, the organization initially enabled visually…

Human Services
9
La Casa de las Madres

La Casa de las Madres' mission is to respond to calls for help from DV victims, of all ages, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We give survivors the tools to transform their lives. We seek to prevent future violence by educating the…

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10
High Sierra Animal Rescue Inc

High Sierra Animal Rescues mission is to save the lives of homeless dogs in the regions served. Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to making our communities better through successful adoptions advancing their welfare and creating human…

Animals
11
Trauma Informed La
Civil Rights
12
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Para Los Ninos; the most unlike its peers is Meade Canine Rescue Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 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.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND: $152,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BESSEMER GIVING FUNDDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $30,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTERWellnest Emotional Health & Wellness: $25,000 · Human ServicesWellnest Emotional Healt…PARA LOS NINOS: $25,000 · Human ServicesPARA LOS NINOSALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $10,000 · Human ServicesALEXANDRIA HOUSEASPEN ELKS YOUTH AND VETERANS FUND: $7,000 · Human ServicesASPEN ELKS YOUTH AND VET…Mountain Valley Developmental Services: $7,000 · Human ServicesMountain Valley Developm…CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $25,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICA…BRADY UNITED AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE: $25,000 · OtherBRADY UNITED AGAINST GUN V…MY FRIENDS PLACE: $10,000 · OtherMY FRIENDS PLACEPORTLAND HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherPORTLAND HUMANE SOCIETYPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODESSEX BAY SAILING CLUB INC: $5,000 · OtherFROM THE HEART TRIBE: $5,000 · OtherKINO BORDER INITIATIVE INC: $5,000 · OtherASPEN ANIMAL SHELTER: $4,000 · OtherNorthwest Trail Alliance Inc: $10,000 · OtherNorthwest Trail Alliance I…PREGNANCY JUSTICE INC: $5,000 · OtherPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $25,000 · HealthPROJECT ANGEL…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $25,000 · HealthChildren's Ho…Pathfinders: $7,000 · HealthPathfindersNEW VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $25,000 · EducationMEADE CANINE RESCUE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF TRUCKEE-TAHOE: $5,000 · AnimalsATLAS ANIMAL RESCUE CORPORATION: $5,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF 40PRADO: $15,000 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$152,000Human Services$104,000Other$114,000Health$57,000Education$25,000Animals$20,000Housing & Shelter$15,000

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 budgetTHE BESSEMER GIVING FUND: $152,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWellnest Emotional Health & Wellness: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARA LOS NINOS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF 40PRADO: $15,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetMEADE CANINE RESCUE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNorthwest Trail Alliance Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASPEN ELKS YOUTH AND VETERANS FUND: $7,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPathfinders: $7,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMountain Valley Developmental Services: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPREGNANCY JUSTICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF TRUCKEE-TAHOE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKINO BORDER INITIATIVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetATLAS ANIMAL RESCUE CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% 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 Bessemer Giving F…California Community …Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bessemer Giving FundNJ12.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bessemer Giving Fund · California Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Barons Second Chance Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barons Second Chance Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Barons Second Chance Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Barons Second Chance Foundation 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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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