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General Atomics Sciences Education 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.

$124k
Granted FY2024still arriving
74
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0148% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$313kScience & Tech$133kYouth Development$126kArts & Culture$76kPublic Benefit$23kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kFood & Nutrition$17kPhilanthropy$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k71 grants · $94k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$500
Median grant
12
States reached
$105k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Chapter One NFP$10,000
San Diego Childrens Discovery Museum$10,000
Air and Space Force Association$10,000
Classics 4 Kids$5,000
North County Education Foundation$5,000
Nativity Prep Academy of San Diego$5,000
Ocean Discovery Institute$5,000
San Diego Unified School District Rowan Elementary$5,000
Olivewood Gardens$5,000
North County Education Foundation$5,000
San Diego Fleet Week Foundation$5,000
San Diego Natural History Museum$5,000
Greater Than Tech$5,000
Expanding Your Horizons of San Diego$4,000
The Links Foundation$3,000
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 (FY22–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center: $3k → 11%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

IL
MI
MA
OR
NV
IA
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
DC
MS
AL
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$602k · 63 repeat orgs$261k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

63 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 38 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

63
120

Total granted

$602k
$220k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+25%

Still filing today

30%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureScience & TechYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • SS
    SCIENCE SPARK
    2× · 2021–2022 · $75k · revenue +62%
  • EI
    ELEMENTARY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
    3× · 2020–2023 · $61k · revenue +27%
  • GS
    GREATER SAN DIEGO SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $40k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • CA
    Civil Air Patrol San Diego Squadron 144
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Clubs of Greather San Diego
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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.

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Stem Advantage

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…

Youth Development
2
Connecting Stem Kids With the Future Inc
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3
Girls in Stem
Human Services
4
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

—
5
Connect Foundation

Connect is an innovation instigator established to cultivate san diego's life science and tech communities. a trusted partner for more than 30 years, we propel our region's entrepreneurs as they create and scale their companies from…

Education
6
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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7
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
8
Reuben H Fleet Science Center

The reuben h. fleet science center is dedicated to realizing a san diego where everyone is connected to the power of science. we are a county-wide organization working with communities to leverage stem expertise and learning in support of…

—
9
San Diego Squared

To advance workforce and talent development within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ("STEM") sectors by fostering excellence in education, expanding access to opportunities, and delivering transformative resources to…

Education
10
California Academy of Sciences

The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…

Arts & Culture
11
San Antonio Children's Museum

Through joyful learning and discovery, the doseum experience grows curious minds, connects families, and transforms communities.

Arts & Culture
12
Silicon Valley Education Foundation

Who we are - silicon valley education foundation (svef) focuses on raising student performance in the critical areas of math and science across all 33 santa clara county school districts, and also adjoining san mateo and alameda counties.…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Diego Children's Discovery Museum; the most unlike its peers is The Link Foundation. 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

38 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. 38 of the 221 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
29/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER SAN DIEGO SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR INC: $40,000 · OtherGREATER SAN DIEGO SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR INCCivil Air Patrol San Diego Squadron 144: $20,000 · OtherBoys & Girls Clubs of Greather San Diego: $15,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF OCEANSIDE INC: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherSan Diego Children's Museum: $15,000 · Other+164 more: $271,944 · Other+164 moreSCIENCE SPARK: $75,000 · EducationSCIENCE SPARKCHAPTER ONE NFP: $43,000 · EducationCHAPTER ONE NFPOCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $25,000 · EducationOCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTENorth County Education Foundation Inc: $25,000 · EducationNorth County Education Founda…AIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · EducationAIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATIO…SCIENCE DELIVERED: $10,000 · EducationMIRACOSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Education+4 more: $20,000 · Education+4 moreA Step Beyond: $27,500 · Arts & CultureA Step Beyon…SAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $22,000 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO CH…SAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY: $20,000 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO SO…MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF SC…THE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW CHIL…ASIAN CULTURE AND MEDIA ALLIANCE INC: $3,500 · Arts & CultureELEMENTARY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $60,500 · Science & TechELEMENTARY …BIOCOM INSTITUTE: $18,000 · Science & TechBIOCOM INST…TREOBYTES INC: $5,000 · Science & TechTREOBYTES I…+3 more: $7,100 · Science & Tech+3 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SAN DIEGO: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentGREATER THAN TECH: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH INSPIRATION NATION INC: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS RISING: $5,000 · Human ServicesOLIVEWOODS GARDENS & LEARNING CENTER INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesSan Diego Fleet Week Foundation: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsECOLIFE CONSERVATION: $5,000 · Environment
Other$391,944Education$226,000Arts & Culture$93,000Science & Tech$90,600Youth Development$42,000Human Services$8,000Recreation & Sports$5,000Environment$5,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetSCIENCE SPARK: $75,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetELEMENTARY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $60,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCHAPTER ONE NFP: $43,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER SAN DIEGO SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR INC: $40,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SAN DIEGO: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetA Step Beyond: $27,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetOCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNorth County Education Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $22,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBIOCOM INSTITUTE: $18,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF OCEANSIDE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER THAN TECH: $10,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetTHE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSCIENCE DELIVERED: $10,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetMIRACOSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOASTAL ROOTS FARM: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSan Diego Fleet Week Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVITY PREP ACADEMY OF SAN DIEGO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGIRLS RISING: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetKID SPARK EDUCATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTREOBYTES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetALPINE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetECOLIFE CONSERVATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASIAN CULTURE AND MEDIA ALLIANCE INC: $3,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LINK FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGENERATION STEAM: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOLIVEWOODS GARDENS & LEARNING CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY OF NAVAL ENGINEERS: $2,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Diego Architectural Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE HACK FOUNDATION D/B/A HACK CLUB: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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 San Diego Foundat…The Nordson Corporati…The Conrad Prebys Fou…The Thomas C Ackerman…Rancho Santa Fe Found…Boys and Girls Aid So…The Parker FoundationSempra FoundationMcCarthy Family Found…Walter J & Betty C Za…The Cushman FoundationDavid C Copley Founda…
The San Diego FoundationCA40.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Thomas C Ackerman Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd · The Parker Foundation · Sempra Foundation · McCarthy Family Foundation Inc · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · David C Copley 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 General Atomics Sciences Education Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from General Atomics Sciences Education Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
14report 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.
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Find your warmest path to General Atomics Sciences Education 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 221 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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