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Charity Works

Charity Works supports programs that enhance the well-being of individuals, families, and communities, with a special focus on providing musical instruments and music education opportunities to underserved schools and students.

$563k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$105k
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.

Human Services$820kInternational$568kArts & Culture$491kHealth$228kAnimals$182kYouth Development$87kFood & Nutrition$73kEducation$36kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $185,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $562,663 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $377,663 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

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $105k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$678k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
McCallum Theatre$105,000
Chaparral High School$25,000
Do the Right Thing$20,000
Animal Samaritans SPCA$20,000
Boys & Girls Club CV$15,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–23, $443k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YOUTH VILLAGES: $50k → 17%BARBARA SINATRA CHILDREN'S CENTER: $126k → 11%BARBARA SINATRA CHILDREN'S CENTER: $120k → 11%BARBARA SINATRA CHILDREN'S CENTER: $40k → 11%JOSLYN SENIOR CENTER: $6k → 11%JFS OF THE DESERT: $31k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $22k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $12k → 11%ANGEL VIEW: $8k → 11%SAFE HOUSE OF THE DESERT: $7k → 11%MARTHA VILLAGE & KITCHEN: $21k → 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

IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
NJ
CA
VA
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 18 repeat orgs$801k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
64

Total granted

$1.7M
$671k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+33%

Still filing today

100%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k 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
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MT
    McCallum Theatre Foundation Inc
    5× · 2018–2023 · $451k · revenue +309% · 72% of their budget
  • TB
    The Barbara Sinatra Childrens Center Foundation
    3× · 2020–2023 · $286k · revenue +328%
  • TB
    The Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at Eisenhower
    2× · 2018–2019 · $230k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • MO
    MUSICIANS ON CALL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +57%
  • TS
    THREE SQUARE
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +13%
  • YOUTH VILLAGES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +41%
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
Friends of the Palm SpringsAnimal Shelter

We are dedicated to building a community responsible for pet stewardship and humane treatment of animals.

Animals
2
New Vista Ranch Inc

New vista is committed to providing people of all ages with intellectual and developmental disabilities, equitable opportunities, and supported living arrangements so that they may experience life to the fullest.

Human Services
3
Codac Health Recovery & Wellness

Codac provides tools, support and services to individuals, families, and communities so they may live with dignity, free from the harmful effects of mental illness, substance use disorders and trauma.

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4
Center for Community Solutions

The mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice. the vision is for all people to live full, free, expressive, and empowered lives in a safe, healthy, vibrant, and…

Health
5
Hospice of the Valleys Sc Inc

We foster reverence for life, relief of suffering, and compassion in loss for the terminally ill residents and their families in the communities we serve.

Human Services
6
The Desert Sanctuary Inc

To provide shelter and counseling for victims of domestic violence in the Barstow area.

Human Services
7
Scan Health Plan

Scan's mission is to keep seniors healthy and independent.

Health
8
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence

The organization's mission is to promote the collective voice of a diverse coalition of organizations and individuals working to eliminate all forms of domestic violence. as an advocate for sociate change, we advance our mission by…

Civil Rights
9
Friends of the Desert Mountains

The mission of the friends of the desert mountains is to preserve land, to support education, conservation and research in the coachella valley, and to act as the support organization for the santa rosa & san jacinto mountains national…

Animals
10
Usc Arcadia Hospital Foundation

Mission statement the mission of usc arcadia hospital foundation educates and inspires the community to generously support quality medical care at usc arcadia hospital.

Health
11
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
12
Scripps Health

Founded in 1924 by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, Scripps Health is a $4.9 billion, private not-for-profit integrated health system in San Diego, Ca. (see Sch O)

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at Eisenhower; the most unlike its peers is Hanson House Foundation Inc. 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

54 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. 54 of the 85 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
54/54
Grantees still filing
39/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

McCallum Theatre Foundation Inc: $451,241 · Arts & CultureMcCallum Theatre Foundation …Friends of the Cultural Center Inc: $105,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of the Cultural Cent…MUSICIANS ON CALL INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureMUSICIANS ON CALL INCNEW YORK POPS INC: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $9,808 · Arts & CultureThe Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at Eisenhower: $230,185 · HealthThe Barbara Sinatra …DAP Health Inc: $160,630 · HealthDAP Health IncAIDS Assistance Program: $20,987 · HealthACT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: $20,331 · Health+5 more: $39,218 · Health+5 moreThe Barbara Sinatra Childrens Center Foundation: $286,120 · Human ServicesThe Barbara Sinatra …JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $64,678 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVIC…YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES INCMARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $20,555 · Human ServicesTHE WELL IN THE DESERT INC: $19,791 · Human Services+3 more: $21,359 · Human ServicesTHE DESERT SYMPHONY INC: $51,551 · OtherTHE DESERT SYMPHONY INCGUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT: $50,311 · OtherGUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERTCLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $25,000 · OtherLIVING DESERT THE: $60,414 · OtherLIVING DESERT THETHREE SQUARE: $50,000 · OtherTHREE SQUARE+46 more: $358,612 · Other+46 moreAnimal Samaritans: $117,092 · AnimalsPAWS & HEARTS: $36,742 · AnimalsAMYS PURPOSE INC: $6,400 · AnimalsCollege of the Desert Foundation: $51,600 · EducationDO THE RIGHT THING GREATER PALM SPRINGS: $40,000 · EducationSIGMA PHI EPSILON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $32,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY: $38,623 · Youth DevelopmentLOS NIOS PRIMERO INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $14,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,042 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$641,049Health$471,351Human Services$462,503Other$595,888Animals$160,234Education$143,600Youth Development$78,665

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 budgetMcCallum Theatre Foundation Inc: $451,241 over 5y, 72% of budgetThe Barbara Sinatra Childrens Center Foundation: $286,120 over 3y, 15% of budgetThe Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at Eisenhower: $230,185 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetDAP Health Inc: $160,630 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Samaritans: $117,092 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the Cultural Center Inc: $105,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $64,678 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $60,414 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCollege of the Desert Foundation: $51,600 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE DESERT SYMPHONY INC: $51,551 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetGUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT: $50,311 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMUSICIANS ON CALL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHREE SQUARE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDO THE RIGHT THING GREATER PALM SPRINGS: $40,000 over 2y, 10.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY: $38,623 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPAWS & HEARTS: $36,742 over 3y, 17% of budgetSIGMA PHI EPSILON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLOS NIOS PRIMERO INC: $25,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetNEW YORK POPS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAIDS Assistance Program: $20,987 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $20,555 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetACT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: $20,331 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetTHE WELL IN THE DESERT INC: $19,791 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetSAVE OSWIT CANYON INC: $17,358 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLOVING ALL ANIMALS INC: $15,504 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLifeStream Blood Bank: $11,918 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM SPRINGS POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCI: $10,663 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $9,808 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAngel View Inc: $8,433 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Palm Springs: $7,940 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOPERATION SAFE HOUSE INC: $7,113 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDESERT CANCER FOUNDATION: $7,068 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBOO2BULLYING INC: $6,413 over 1y, 11% of budgetAMYS PURPOSE INC: $6,400 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetCoachella Valley Mounted Rangers: $6,150 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $6,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCove Communities Senior Association DBA The Joslyn Center: $5,813 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP: $5,568 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetHanson House Foundation Inc: $5,232 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetDESERT ARC: $5,207 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.

Bighorn Golf Club Cha…The Auen FoundationInland Empire Communi…The Grace Helen Spear…HN and Frances C Berg…The Champions Volunte…Houston Family Founda…The Coeta and Donald …Regional Access Proje…The Galen Family Foun…Impact Through Golf F…Anderson Childrens Fo…
Bighorn Golf Club Charities IncCA49× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc · The Auen Foundation · Inland Empire Community Foundation · The Grace Helen Spearman Foundation · HN and Frances C Berger Foundation · The Champions Volunteer Foundation · Houston Family Foundation · The Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation · Regional Access Project Foundation · The Galen Family Foundation · Impact Through Golf Foundation · Anderson Childrens 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 Charity Works funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charity Works. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 Charity Works?

    Find your warmest path to Charity Works 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 85 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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