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Foic Charity

SUPPORT ORGANIZATION FOR FOIC FORUMS.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$757kArts & Culture$461kReligion$303kPhilanthropy$300kEnvironment$295kHealth$245kCivil Rights$190kPublic Benefit$150kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$60,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$60,000
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 (FY17–21, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COALITION FOR FAMILY HARMONY: $13k → 10%FAR AWAY PROJECT: $25k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
NV
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
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.
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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 14% of Foic Charity’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 44% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 41%.

Foic Charitylessmore 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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 16 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
51

Total granted

$1.7M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+54%

Still filing today

75%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • MI
    MAKESOIL INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $235k · revenue +18% · 65% of their budget
  • AS
    Associated Students of Management
    5× · 2017–2022 · $206k · revenue +34% · 63% of their budget
  • HR
    HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $190k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • BF
    BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SOCIETY
    one grant, 2024 · $150k
  • MF
    MYSTIC FLYER ARTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • SC
    SPEEDWAY CHILDREN'S CHARITY
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
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 Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
2
Open Transformation Lab Inc

The missions is to provide information and resources to counter disinformation, propaganda, and offer a window to trusted content about the events that are going on in the Middle East.

Science & Tech
3
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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4
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
5
Work on Climate

Supporting industry transformation towards climate-positive and make green careers transitions and driving the adoption of green workforce development practices broadly.

Environment
6
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
7
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
8
Jews of Color Initiative

The Jews of Color Initiatives mission is to advance racial equity in the U.S. Jewish community by centering the leadership of Jews of Color and ensuring that our communities and institutions reflect the multiracial reality of the Jewish…

Civil Rights
9
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
10
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
11
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
12
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Musicians Aid Society of New York Inc. 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

43 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. 43 of the 69 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/43
Grantees still filing
29/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SOCIETY: $150,000 · OtherBENJAMIN FRANKLIN SOCIETYMYSTIC FLYER ARTS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherMYSTIC FLYER ARTS FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $96,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIASOCIETY LIBRARY: $83,000 · OtherSPEEDWAY CHILDREN'S CHARITY: $75,000 · OtherBEUNSUNG INC: $72,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $67,682 · OtherBEUNSUNG INC: $60,000 · OtherAISH GLOBAL INC: $136,963 · OtherAISH GLOBAL INCThe Seasteading Institute: $100,000 · OtherThe Seasteading InstituteINTEGRO FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · OtherThe Foresight Institute: $60,000 · OtherStrengthen Orlando Inc: $75,000 · Other+35 more: $658,598 · Other+35 moreAssociated Students of Management: $206,000 · EducationAssociated St…HOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationHOFFMAN INSTI…THE REASON FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationTHE REASON FO…STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY INC: $25,000 · EducationSTUDENTS FOR …DEFY VENTURES INC: $25,000 · EducationDEFY VENTURES…+2 more: $15,200 · EducationTHE MUSICIANS AID SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC: $136,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSIC…CROCKER ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $133,000 · Arts & CultureCROCKER A…DISTRIKT: $25,000 · Arts & CultureDISTRIKT+1 more: $7,000 · Arts & CultureMAKESOIL INC: $235,000 · EnvironmentMAKESOIL …REAP Climate Center Inc: $60,000 · EnvironmentREAP Clim…+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentGIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropyStudents For Sensible Drug Policy Foundation: $71,500 · HealthGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC: $52,378 · HealthTICKED OFF FOUNDATION INC: $44,500 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $18,000 · HealthFLOATING DOCTORS INC: $10,000 · HealthHUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $190,000 · Civil Rights
Other$1,794,243Education$421,200Arts & Culture$301,000Environment$295,100Philanthropy$250,000Health$196,378Civil Rights$190,000

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 budgetGIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMAKESOIL INC: $235,000 over 3y, 65% of budgetAssociated Students of Management: $206,000 over 5y, 63% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $190,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAISH GLOBAL INC: $136,963 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCROCKER ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $133,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Seasteading Institute: $100,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetStrengthen Orlando Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetStudents For Sensible Drug Policy Foundation: $71,500 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetThe Foresight Institute: $60,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetREAP Climate Center Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetINTEGRO FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC: $52,378 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFOIC FORUMS CORP: $50,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSHALOM INSTITUTE CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER: $36,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSTUDENTS FOR LIBERTY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDEFY VENTURES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFAR AWAY PROJECTS: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR FAMILY HARMONY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOAKWOOD SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNO RES GOURMET: $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetST ALBANS COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTIKVAH-ETTA AND LAZEAR ISRAEL CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTOUCH OF KINDNESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Through Colors: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetCAMP RAMAH IN CALIFORNIA INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOMONA COLLEGE: $5,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE AMERICA INC: $100 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.

Donors Trust IncJewish Community Foun…Jewish Federation Cou…Silicon Valley Commun…California Community …Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…
Donors Trust IncVA18.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Foic Charity funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foic Charity. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%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
    4get no government money at all
    4report 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 Foic Charity?

    Find your warmest path to Foic Charity 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 69 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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    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home