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Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation at a glance

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Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$11k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Religion$10kAnimals$5kEducation$5kHousing & Shelter$5kYouth Development$3kArts & Culture$2kHuman Services$1kFood & Nutrition$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$480
Median grant
4
States reached
$370k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PASADENA HUMANE SOCIETY AND SCPA$2,500
SAN MARINO COMMUNITY CHURCH$2,000
MONTE VISTA GROVE HOMES$1,750
COLUMBIA MEMORIAL SPACE SCIENCE LEARNING CENTER FOUNDATION$1,000
YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES$750
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$500
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA$500
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO$480
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$250
PASADENA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$250
ARROYOS AND FOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY$250
BOYS REPUBLIC$250
TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$200
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$144
PASADENA ROTARY FOUNDATION$120
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 (FY24–25, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BOYS REPUBLIC: $250 → 14%BOYS REPUBLIC: $250 → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $750 → 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.
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28k · 13 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
6

Total granted

$28k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+14%

Still filing today

77%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyAnimalsYouth 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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue +46%
  • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue +22%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK
    2× · 2024–2025 · $1k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • U
    UCLA
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
  • WF
    WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $750 · revenue +14%
  • RC
    ROTARY CLUB OF PASADENA
    one grant, 2023 · $396
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
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
2
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
3
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
4
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
5
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
6
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
7
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
8
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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9
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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10
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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11
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

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12
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southern California Public Radio; the most unlike its peers is The Columbia Memorial Space Science Lear Columbia Memorial Science Center. 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

16 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. 16 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN MARINO COMMUNITY CHURCH PRESBYTERIAN A CORP: $10,100 · OtherSAN MARINO COMMUNITY CHURCH PRESBYTERIAN A CORPMONTE VISTA GROVE HOMES: $4,750 · OtherMONTE VISTA GROVE HOMESUCLA: $4,000 · OtherUCLALOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $1,000 · Other+9 more: $3,151 · Other+9 morePASADENA HUMANE: $5,250 · AnimalsPASADENA HUMANESOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $1,660 · Arts & CultureTHE COLUMBIA MEMORIAL SPACE SCIENCE LEAR COLUMBIA MEMORIAL SCIENCE CENTER: $1,000 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $750 · Human ServicesBoys Republic: $500 · Human ServicesWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $750 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $450 · EducationPasadena Community Foundation: $750 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $400 · Philanthropy
Other$23,001Animals$5,250Arts & Culture$2,660Youth Development$2,000Human Services$1,250Education$1,200Philanthropy$1,150

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 budgetPASADENA HUMANE: $5,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMONTE VISTA GROVE HOMES: $4,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $1,660 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLUMBIA MEMORIAL SPACE SCIENCE LEAR COLUMBIA MEMORIAL SCIENCE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPasadena Community Foundation: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys Republic: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARROYOS & FOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $432 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $250 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.

The Ahmanson Foundati…California Community …Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Ahmanson FoundationCA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ahmanson Foundation · California Community Foundation · 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 Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–20%
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.

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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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