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Jay and Sarah Flatley Foundation at a glance

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Jay and Sarah Flatley 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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$500k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$3.0MPhilanthropy$1.4MScience & Tech$1.3MHealth$250kSocial Science$155kArts & Culture$25kHuman Services$15kPublic Benefit$10k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $675k
  • $250k+2 grants · $750k
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANA$500,000
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES$250,000
CLAREMONT-MCKENNA COLLEGE$200,000
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$175,000
U C SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$100,000
CENTER FOR AMERICAN GREATNESS INC$50,000
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES$50,000
SCRIPPS HEALTH$50,000
U C SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$50,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$25,000
CLAREMONT-MCKENNA COLLEGE$2,500
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, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SPECIAL OPERATION CARE FUND INC: $10k → 13%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
PA
CA
MD
AZ
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 33% of Jay and Sarah Flatley Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Jay and Sarah Flatley 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 10 repeat orgs$104k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
8

Total granted

$4.4M
$104k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+21%

Still filing today

70%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationScience & TechSocial ScienceArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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

  • CM
    Claremont McKenna College
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +44%
  • TS
    The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +27%
  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $530k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • GA
    GENETIC ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -52%
  • WE
    WINE EDUCATION COUNCIL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -88%
  • SF
    SEAL-NSW FAMILY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +60%
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
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
2
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
5
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
6
University of California San Francisco Foundation

Organization's mission ====================== the university of california, san francisco(ucsf) is among the world's leading universities dedicated to advancing health worldwide through biomedical research, graduate-level education in the…

Education
7
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
8
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

At la jolla institute for immunology, our scientists focus on understanding how the immune system works in order to promote human health and prevent disease. our discoveries apply to many diseases, ranging from diabetes to heart disease,…

—
9
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
12
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is National Charity League Inc San Diego Del Norte Chapter. 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

19 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. 19 of the 22 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)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Claremont McKenna College: $1,232,500 · OtherClaremont McKenna CollegeUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - SCHOOL OF LETT: $325,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA -…CATHOLIC SECONDARY EDUCATION- DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO INCORPORATED: $300,000 · OtherCATHOLIC SECONDARY EDUCATION- DIOCE…+5 more: $47,000 · OtherGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $1,350,000 · PhilanthropyGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTH…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $530,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIO…TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $475,000 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVER…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES …UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $50,000 · Education+1 more: $15,000 · EducationThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $1,190,000 · Science & TechThe Salk Institute for…+1 more: $3,000 · Science & TechSCRIPPS HEALTH: $177,000 · HealthGENETIC ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthCenter for American Greatness Inc: $155,000 · Social ScienceLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,904,500Philanthropy$1,351,000Education$1,220,000Science & Tech$1,193,000Health$228,000Social Science$155,000Arts & Culture$25,000

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 budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $1,350,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $1,232,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $1,190,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $530,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $475,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $177,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for American Greatness Inc: $155,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGENETIC ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWINE EDUCATION COUNCIL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSEAL-NSW FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS CARE FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE INC San Diego Del Norte Chapter: $5,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetRANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…The San Diego Foundat…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN15.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The San Diego Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Jay and Sarah Flatley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jay and Sarah Flatley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Genetic Alliance Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–50%
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 Jay and Sarah Flatley Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jay and Sarah Flatley 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 22 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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