· Private foundation
David Neal Pennington 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AIDS ASSISTANCE PROJECT | $7,000 |
| ST JUDES | $3,600 |
| SAN DIEGO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER | $3,000 |
| AMFAR | $3,000 |
| PROJECT ANGEL FOOD | $3,000 |
| THE TREVOR PROJECT | $3,000 |
| SPECIAL DELIVERY SAN DIEGO (MEAL DELIVERY) | $3,000 |
| MAKE A WISH | $2,000 |
| PROMISES 2 KIDS | $2,000 |
| TOYS FOR TOTS | $2,000 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| FEEDING SAN DIEGO | $1,000 |
| HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| FEEDING AMERICA | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +90% since the first grant, against -91% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PAPROJECT ANGEL FOOD8× · 2017–2024 · $19k · revenue +452%
TREVOR PROJECT INC8× · 2017–2024 · $15k · revenue +802%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC2× · 2023–2024 · $6k · revenue +29%
Funded once
- DODAWN OF A NEW DAY ANIMAL RESCUEone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -91%
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.
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.
To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.
To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…
Food in need of distribution, inc. (find food bank) is dedicated to relieving hunger, the causes of hunger, and the problems associated with hunger through awareness, education, and mobilization of resources and community involvement.
To realize our vision of a hunger free community we will provide more food, healthy food and better access to food. we will leverage our own resources and also work with partners in the community.
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)
Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…
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.…
As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.
Create a more humane world by inspiring compassion, providing hope and advancing the welfare of animals and people.
To enhance the health, wellness, and resilience of every community we serve - see schedule o for more details
At humane society silicon valley, our mission is to save lives, keep families together, and create a better future for pets and their people.(see schedule o for continuation)
Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…
How this is measured
15 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. 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds PROJECT ANGEL FOOD ↗
- Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds DAP Health Inc ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Friends of the Palm SpringsAnimal Shelter ↗
- Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds PROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DAWN OF A NEW DAY ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
- Who funds FEEDING SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization David Neal Pennington Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David Neal Pennington Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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