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Find Your Grind 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$750k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0154% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.8MYouth Development$832kPhilanthropy$635kArts & Culture$443kRecreation & Sports$377kCommunity Improvement$197kCivil Rights$100kInternational$87kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.0M
$100,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PROGRAM NYC$750,000
JUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION$250,000
SEL4CA$150,000
STRUT CARES$100,000
GUITARS OVER GUNS$12,576
FUTURE OF FOOD ENTREPRENEURSHIP PRO$10,000
ANAHEIM DUCKS FOUNDATION$6,500
ALL SECURE FOUNDATION$5,000
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 (FY19–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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.

area typical 11%ALL SECURE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $5k → 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

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
CA
UT
NE
MO
AR
TN
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
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 Find Your Grind Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 66% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 62%.

Find Your Grind 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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 12 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
135

Total granted

$2.1M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+23%

Still filing today

50%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
EducationPhilanthropyHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • JK
    JUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $310k · revenue +71%
  • AD
    ANAHEIM DUCKS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2024 · $157k · revenue +16%
  • KC
    KERSHAW'S CHALLENGE
    3× · 2018–2022 · $82k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • TW
    TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1.5M · revenue -26%
  • TS
    THE SKATEPARK PROJECT FKA THE TONY HAWK FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
  • LA
    Los Angeles Chargers Charities
    one grant, 2021 · $175k · revenue +3%
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
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
2
The Archer School for Girls Inc

The archer school for girls is an educational community that supports and challenges young women to discover their passions and realize their true potential by a) providing a rigorous, integrated college preparatory curriculum that fosters…

Education
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
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
5
Sobrato Early Academic Language Program

The seal (sobrato early academic language) mission is for all dual language/english learners in california to learn, thrive and lead.

Education
6
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools

We transform schools to revolutionize school systems, empowering all students with a high-quality education. the partnership's goals are to 1) dramatically accelerate achievement for students in the district's highest need and historically…

Education
7
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…

Philanthropy
8
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

—
9
Los Angeles Education Partnership

To advance educational equity. together with families, schools and the community, facilitate access to and opportunities for quality educational and wellness practices so that children thrive from diapers to diplomas.

—
10
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
11
The Seven Hills School

The institution provides educational instruction and activities to students ranging from preschool through 8th grade.

—
12
Learning Policy Institute

The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) conducts and disseminates independent, high-quality research to improve learning for all children. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, LPI connects policymakers and stakeholders at the local, state,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tiger Woods Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Iamangel 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

27 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. 27 of the 150 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PROGRAM NYC: $800,000 · OtherTHE PROGRAM NYCTHE SKATEPARK PROJECT FKA THE TONY HAWK FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherTHE SKATEPARK PROJECT FKA THE TONY HAWK FOUNDA…RUSSEL WILSON FOUNDATION DBA WHY NOT YOU FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherRUSSEL WILSON FOUNDATION DBA WHY NOT YOU FOUND…UNIDOS AT HISPANIC FEDERATION: $100,000 · OtherMAMMOTH MEDIA INSTITUTE INC: $95,000 · OtherGUITARS OVER GUNS: $87,576 · Other+126 more: $495,030 · Other+126 moreTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $1,500,000 · EducationTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INCSEL4CA: $160,000 · EducationSEL4CA+4 more: $60,000 · EducationJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION: $310,000 · PhilanthropyJUST KEEP LIVIN…SONANCE CARES INC: $125,000 · PhilanthropySONANCE CARES I…IAMANGEL Foundation: $100,000 · PhilanthropyIAMANGEL Founda…KERSHAW'S CHALLENGE: $82,000 · PhilanthropyKERSHAW'S CHALL…Lincoln Community Foundation Inc: $50,000 · PhilanthropyLincoln Communi…+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyLos Angeles Chargers Charities: $175,000 · Community ImprovementANAHEIM DUCKS FOUNDATION: $156,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG STORYTELLERS: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureThe Leonardo: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNEW VENTURE FUND: $50,000 · Environment
Other$1,977,606Education$1,720,000Philanthropy$677,000Community Improvement$175,000Youth Development$166,500Arts & Culture$60,000Environment$50,000

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 budgetTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $1,500,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION: $310,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetLos Angeles Chargers Charities: $175,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetSEL4CA: $160,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetANAHEIM DUCKS FOUNDATION: $156,500 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetSONANCE CARES INC: $125,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetKERSHAW'S CHALLENGE: $82,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetVETPAW INC: $55,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Community Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRABBLE MILL: $21,700 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD EDUCATION FUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEW VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE SHECKLER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTOGETHER WE RISE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGreen Dot Public Schools: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Leonardo: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTREET POETS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetYOUNG STORYTELLERS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSHAKESPEARE CENTER OF LOS ANGELES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $5,230 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOLICE UNITY TOUR CHAPTER VII OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALL SECURE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 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 Los Angeles Dodge…The Annenberg Foundat…California Community …Elbridge Stuart Found…The Ahmanson Foundati…The Ralph M Parsons F…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
The Los Angeles Dodgers FoundationCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · California Community Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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 Find Your Grind Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Find Your Grind Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s 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
    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 Find Your Grind Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Find Your Grind 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 150 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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    The regranting layer
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    The endowment market
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    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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    where grant money is based, and what stays home