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BMJ Gregory Charitable Foundation at a glance

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BMJ Gregory Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$134k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$46k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$355kEnvironment$189kHealth$147kYouth Development$25kHuman Services$24kEducation$20k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $126k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Crystal Cove Conservancy$46,300
Yosemite Conservancy$40,000
Speech Recovery Pathways$10,000
Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra$10,000
Mammoth Mountain Community Foundati$10,000
The Shea Center$10,000
Human Options$5,000
NationalOrganization for Rare Disor$2,185
AIM at Melanoma$775
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 (FY19–24, $81k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Speech Recovery Pathways: $20k → 10%Sydney Paige Foundation: $518 → 9%Speech Recovery Pathways: $16k → 10%Human Options: $5k → 10%Speech Recovery Pathways: $11k → 10%Human Options: $2k → 10%Speech Recovery Pathways: $10k → 10%Human Options: $1k → 10%Speech Recovery Pathways: $10k → 10%Human Options: $1k → 10%Benchetler Fasani Foundation: $5k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of BMJ Gregory Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 95%.

BMJ Gregory Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$693k · 13 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
8

Total granted

$693k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
-9%

Still filing today

92%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CC
    CRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY
    7× · 2018–2024 · $282k · revenue +198%
  • YF
    YOSEMITE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $155k · revenue +10%
  • SR
    SPEECH RECOVERY PATHWAYS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $67k · revenue +585% · 86% of their budget

Funded once

  • CC
    Crystal Cove State Park
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • NW
    National Wounded Warrior Center
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • TB
    THE BENCHETLER FASANI FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -58%
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 Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
2
Sierra Watch

Sierra watch secures conservation outcomes to protect the natural resources, mountain communities, and timeless values of the tahoe sierra.

Environment
3
Mltpa Foundation

To plan, steward, interpret, promote, and sustain a system of four-season trails and public access to natural areas in the Mammoth Lakes and Eastern Sierra Nevada region in the state of California while protecting its natural resources.

Environment
4
California Ocean Science Trust

California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…

Environment
5
The Ocean Foundation

As the only community foundation for the ocean, The Ocean Foundation's 501(c)(3) mission is to improve global ocean health, climate resilience, and the blue economy. We create partnerships to connect people in the communities in which we…

Environment
6
The Montana Land Reliance

The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.

Environment
7
Marine Megafauna Foundation

Save threatened marine life using pioneering research, education, and sustainable conservation solutions

International
8
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
9
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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10
California State Parks Foundation

California state parks foundation is an independent, member-supported nonprofit dedicated to protecting and preserving the california state park system for the benefit of all.

Recreation & Sports
11
Sempervirens Fund

To ensure coast redwood forests in the santa cruz mountains thrive for generations to come. since 1900, sempervirens has protected more than 36,000 acres. learn more about our mission, vision, and strategic plan through 2030 at:…

Environment
12
The Marine Mammal Center

The marine mammal center advances global ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, scientific research, and education. the center's work is guided and inspired by a shared vision of a healthy ocean for marine…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Memorial Medical Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Benchetler Fasani Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 24 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY: $282,300 · Recreation & SportsCRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCYYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $155,000 · Recreation & SportsYOSEMITE FOUNDATIONJF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR INC: $41,520 · Recreation & SportsJF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR…+1 more: $5,500 · Recreation & SportsSPEECH RECOVERY PATHWAYS: $67,280 · Human ServicesSPEECH RECOV…Human Options Inc: $8,575 · Human ServicesHuman Option…THE BENCHETLER FASANI FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE BENCHETL…+1 more: $518 · Human ServicesACCESS MAMMOTH: $66,750 · EducationACCESS MA…Chapman Fund: $20,000 · OtherChapman F…Crystal Cove State Park: $20,000 · OtherCrystal C…National Wounded Warrior Center: $10,000 · OtherNational …LYMEDISEASEORG: $9,500 · OtherLYMEDISEA…NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISORDERS INC: $2,185 · Other+3 more: $1,510 · OtherBOARDING FOR BREAST CANCER INC: $25,000 · Health+2 more: $1,275 · HealthMammoth Mountain Community Foundation Inc: $24,500 · Youth DevelopmentEASTERN SIERRA LAND TRUST: $5,515 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $2,060 · EnvironmentTHE MONO LAKE FOUNDATION: $5,500 · Philanthropy
Recreation & Sports$484,320Human Services$81,373Education$66,750Other$63,195Health$26,275Youth Development$24,500Environment$7,575Philanthropy$5,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY: $282,300 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $155,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSPEECH RECOVERY PATHWAYS: $67,280 over 5y, 86% of budgetACCESS MAMMOTH: $66,750 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetJF SHEA THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC FKA FRAN JOSWICK THERAP RIDING CTR INC: $41,520 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBOARDING FOR BREAST CANCER INC: $25,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetMammoth Mountain Community Foundation Inc: $24,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLYMEDISEASEORG: $9,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHuman Options Inc: $8,575 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEASTERN SIERRA LAND TRUST: $5,515 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDIVERS ALERT NETWORK: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MONO LAKE FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BENCHETLER FASANI FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISORDERS INC: $2,185 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANA INC: $2,060 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAIM AT MELANOMA: $775 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSydney Paige Foundation: $518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Orange County Communi…Sempra FoundationSchlinger Family Foun…Shell USA Company Fou…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…
Orange County Community FoundationCA14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Schlinger Family Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 BMJ Gregory Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from BMJ Gregory Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 BMJ Gregory Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to BMJ Gregory Charitable 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 24 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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