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Foster Care Counts

FOSTER CARE COUNTS mission is to improve the lives of youth in foster care and ensure they thrive.

$319k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$301k
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$1.4MEducation$212kYouth Development$97kHealth$36kHousing & Shelter$20kEmployment$20kArts & Culture$12kCrime & Legal$10k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $310,845, the rows itemized in this filing. The $318,570 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $7,725 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–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $250k+1 grant · $301k
$300,845
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOSTER NATION$300,845
LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%A HOME WITHIN: $10k → 10%IFOSTER INC: $110k → 11%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $6k → 14%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $8k → 11%IFOSTER INC: $75k → 11%FOSTER NATION: $301k → 14%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $8k → 11%IFOSTER INC: $70k → 11%IFOSTER INC: $49k → 11%IFOSTER: $35k → 11%TIDES CHILDREN'S ACTION NETWORK: $10k → 14%TIDES CHILDREN'S ACTION NETWORK: $10k → 14%TIDES CHILDREN'S ACTION NETWORK: $10k → 14%FOSTER NATION: $391k → 14%FOSTER NATION: $150k → 14%FOSTER NATION: $112k → 14%HOPE IN A SUITCASE: $6k → 14%FOSTER NATION: $6k → 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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 15 repeat orgs$94k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +122% since the first grant, against +97% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
11

Total granted

$1.7M
$84k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+122%
+97%

Still filing today

87%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
Human ServicesEducationEmploymentHousing & ShelterHealthCrime & 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

  • II
    iFoster Inc
    5× · 2017–2021 · $338k · revenue +511%
  • TR
    The Rightway Foundation
    2× · 2017–2018 · $40k · revenue +535%
  • MG
    MAKE GOOD INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $36k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • NB
    NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue +97%
  • SC
    Southern California Family Mediation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +42%
  • AH
    A HOME WITHIN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +305%
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
California State University Los Angeles Foundation

To advance the educational, cultural, scholarly, and creative activities and the role of community service of csula by increasing private funding, responsibly managing donated resources and supporting the university and its diverse and…

Education
2
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
3
California State University Foundation

Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…

Philanthropy
4
California State University Los Angeles Alumni Association Inc

To foster relationships among alumni, students and community by providing services and activities that build loyalty, support and a lifelong connection to the university.

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5
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
6
Foundation for California Community Colleges

The foundation's mission is to benefit, support, and enhance the missions of the california community college system.

Education
7
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
8
University of California Student Association

The University of California Student Association (UCSA) is a coalition of students and student governments that aims to provide a collective voice for all students through advocacy and direct action. UCSA participates in the shared…

Education
9
Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay

To further the scientific, literary, educational and charitable purposes of california state university, monterey bay, including fundraising, development, endowment management, financial assistance, public relations and other support.

Education
10
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
11
California State University Long Beach Research Foundation

Serves the mission of the university by supporting and engaging in research, entrepreneurship, community service, sponsored programs and the acquisition of private resources.

Education
12
Los Medanos College Foundation

To develop resources and relationships that provide financial support to los medanos college students through student scholarships, student programs and services, instructional supplies, and facility improvements.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foster Nation; the most unlike its peers is Fostering Unity. 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

24 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. 24 of the 28 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
22/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOSTER NATION: $960,205 · Human ServicesFOSTER NATIONiFoster Inc: $338,000 · Human ServicesiFoster Inc+5 more: $67,000 · Human ServicesLOS ANGELES COUNTY REGISTRAR-RECORDERCOUNTY CLERK: $66,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES CO…LOS ANGELES SOUTHWEST COLLEGE: $45,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES SO…RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherRIVERSIDE COMM…LOS ANGELES TRADE TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES TR…LOS ANGELES MISSION COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $12,000 · OtherTHE FOUNDATION FOR PIERCE COLLEGE: $12,000 · OtherNATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 · OtherLOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $10,000 · OtherFOSTERING UNITY: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $25,000 · Other+4 moreCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES AUXILIARY SERVICES INC: $30,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $22,500 · EducationLOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EducationThe Rightway Foundation: $40,000 · EmploymentMAKE GOOD INC: $36,000 · HealthSHELTER PARTNERSHIP INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterSouthern California Family Mediation Inc: $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$1,365,205Other$231,500Education$78,500Employment$40,000Health$36,000Housing & Shelter$20,000Crime & Legal$10,000

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 budgetFOSTER NATION: $960,205 over 3y, 67% of budgetiFoster Inc: $338,000 over 5y, 8.4% of budgetMAKE GOOD INC: $36,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES AUXILIARY SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSHELTER PARTNERSHIP INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLOS ANGELES TRADE TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetONE SIMPLE WISH INC: $15,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR PIERCE COLLEGE: $12,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetNATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetA HOME WITHIN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFOSTERING UNITY: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetNATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $5,500 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

California Community …The Ralph M Parsons F…Foundation for Califo…Weingart FoundationThe James Irvine Foun…The Annenberg Foundat…Conrad N Hilton Found…John Burton Advocates…Shelter Partnership I…Ecmc FoundationThe California Wellne…Kaiser Foundation Hos…
California Community FoundationCA28.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Foundation for California Community Colleges · Weingart Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · John Burton Advocates for Youth · Shelter Partnership Inc · Ecmc Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

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 Foster Care Counts funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foster Care Counts. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 Foster Care Counts?

    Find your warmest path to Foster Care Counts 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 28 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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