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Jane & Robert Salzer Foundation at a glance

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Jane & Robert Salzer Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$96k
Granted FY2019
9
Grants FY2019
4
States reached
$20k
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 2019.

Human Services$60kHealth$57kFood & Nutrition$40kPublic Benefit$36kAnimals$35kPhilanthropy$30kYouth Development$20kHousing & Shelter$10k
02FY2019 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $81k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEMPER FI FUND$20,000
HONOR FLIGHT SOUTHLAND$16,000
RYAN'S REACH$15,000
TOYS FOR TOTS$10,000
SERVICE DOGS OF VA$10,000
OC FOOD BANK$10,000
USC KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$5,000
HERO DOGS$5,000
CAMP GOOD DAYS & SPECIAL TIMES$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 (FY17–19, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $10k → 6%HERO DOGS: $10k → 8%HERO DOGS: $10k → 8%HERO DOGS: $5k → 8%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$251k · 9 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
6

Total granted

$251k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+75%

Still filing today

56%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesPublic BenefitHousing & ShelterRecreation & 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

  • RR
    Ryans Reach
    3× · 2017–2019 · $37k · revenue +109%
  • HF
    HONOR FLIGHT SOUTHLAND
    3× · 2017–2019 · $36k · revenue +21%
  • MT
    MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • FF
    FOOD FOR OTHERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +75%
  • OC
    Orange County Rescue Mission Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +39%
  • MISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +32%
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
Soldiers' Angels

Soldiers' angels provides aid, comfort, and resources to the military, veterans, and their families.

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
3
Mercy Flight Central Inc

An independent, non profit organization of air medical professionals, devoted to integrity, compassion, and excellence, providing critical care to the sick and injured.

Community Improvement
4
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
5
Medal of Honor Foundation Inc

The Medal of Honor Foundation's mission and purpose is to provide funds to support the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. In doing so, the Foundation supports the Society in advancing their mission to perpetuate the Medal of Honor's…

Arts & Culture
6
Hospice of South Texas Inc

Hospice care of terminally ill patients

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7
Heroes Care Inc

A collaborate effort among well established non-governmental organizations designed to provide complete and proactive support for members of all branches of the military and their families through pre-deployment, deployment, family…

Public Benefit
8
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

—
9
Packages From Home

To send care and comfort packages to deployed american military heroes who are stationed in active duty theaters around the world, as well as to facilitate activities that elevate morale of all veterans

Philanthropy
10
Serenity Hospice and Home

Patient care and counseling of the terminally ill and their families.

—
11
Veterans Care Network

Help veterans lift themselves and their families out of poverty

Public Benefit
12
Hospice of Holland Inc

The mission of hospice of holland is to provide the most compassionate and highest quality end-of-life care through physical, emotional, and spiritual support.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for Others Inc; the most unlike its peers is Orange County Rescue Mission Inc. 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

10 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. 10 of the 16 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)
10/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SERVICE DOGS OF VA: $35,000 · OtherSERVICE DOGS OF VAOC FOOD BANK: $30,000 · OtherOC FOOD BANKPAS DE DEUX CHAPTER: $20,000 · OtherPAS DE DEUX CHAPTERUSC KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $7,500 · OtherUSC KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE+2 more: $5,000 · OtherRyans Reach: $37,000 · PhilanthropyRyans ReachMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUND…SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $30,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AM…MISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $5,000 · HealthMISSION HOSPIT…13THIRTY CANCER CONNECT INC: $2,500 · Health13THIRTY CANCE…HONOR FLIGHT SOUTHLAND: $36,000 · Public BenefitHONOR FLIGHT S…Hero Dogs Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesHero Dogs IncFOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFOOD FOR OTHE…Orange County Rescue Mission Inc: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$97,500Philanthropy$67,000Health$37,500Public Benefit$36,000Human Services$35,000Housing & Shelter$10,000Recreation & Sports$5,000

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 budgetRyans Reach: $37,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT SOUTHLAND: $36,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHero Dogs Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget13THIRTY CANCER CONNECT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% 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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC9.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Jane & Robert Salzer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jane & Robert Salzer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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

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    How do I get to Jane & Robert Salzer Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Jane & Robert Salzer 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 16 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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