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Jeffery and Sasha Szytel Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$13k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$32kEnvironment$24kInternational$13kFood & Nutrition$8kHuman Services$8kArts & Culture$4kPhilanthropy$3kHealth$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,289
Median grant
3
States reached
$356k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Trout Unlimited Inc$2,060
Old Mission School$2,000
SLO Food Bank$1,500
Alzheimers Association$1,500
Various$1,289
The Land Conservancy$1,000
USA For UNHCR$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Sierra Club$1,000
New Life Pismo Beach$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Jacks Helping Hand: $1k → 12%Jacks Helping Hand: $1k → 12%Standstrong: $1k → 12%Jacks Helping Hand: $1k → 12%Jacks Helping Hand: $1k → 12%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

NY
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
OK
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$83k · 13 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
19

Total granted

$83k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+76%

Still filing today

69%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
InternationalHuman ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionEducationHealthOther
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

  • BS
    BELLEVUE SANTA FE CHARTER SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2021 · $15k · revenue +42%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $5k · revenue +98%
  • TU
    TROUT UNLIMITED INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $4k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • G
    GOFUNDMEORGgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +719%
  • SC
    SLO Coastal Education Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • LA
    LUMINA ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +121%
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 Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
3
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
4
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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5
American Flood Coalition Inc

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

Environment
6
Cuenca Los Ojos

Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.

Environment
7
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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8
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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9
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
10
Santa Lucia Conservancy

To protect and steward in perpetuity the unique natural, cultural, and asthetic resources of the preserve and serve as a model of ecologically sustainable development to committees outside the preserve.

Environment
11
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
12
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Trout Unlimited 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

17 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. 17 of the 35 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Old Mission School: $14,787 · OtherOld Mission SchoolThe Land Conservancy: $13,500 · OtherThe Land ConservancySIERRA CLUB: $6,000 · OtherSIERRA CLUBIndividual grant recipient: $2,515 · OtherKCBX INC: $2,500 · OtherSLO Coastal Education Foundation: $2,000 · OtherVarious: $1,935 · Other+16 more: $8,490 · Other+16 moreBELLEVUE SANTA FE CHARTER SCHOOL: $14,570 · EducationBELLEVUE SANTA F…+1 more: $100 · EducationUnited States Association for UNHCR: $6,500 · InternationalUnited States …MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS …WATER FOR PEOPLE: $1,000 · InternationalWATER FOR PEOP…+1 more: $50 · InternationalFOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $7,095 · Food & NutritionJACKS HELPING HAND INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesLUMINA ALLIANCE: $1,000 · Human ServicesTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $4,374 · AnimalsWOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $550 · AnimalsGOFUNDMEORG: $3,100 · Philanthropy
Other$51,727Education$14,670International$12,550Food & Nutrition$7,095Human Services$5,000Animals$4,924Philanthropy$3,100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBELLEVUE SANTA FE CHARTER SCHOOL: $14,570 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $7,095 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $4,374 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJACKS HELPING HAND INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $3,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKCBX INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLUMINA ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATER FOR PEOPLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY CARE NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $50 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.

  • Who funds BELLEVUE SANTA FE CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds JACKS HELPING HAND INC ↗
  • Who funds GOFUNDMEORG ↗
  • Who funds KCBX INC ↗
  • Who funds LUMINA ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds WATER FOR PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY CARE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF AVILA PIER FOAP INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗

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 Community Foundation San Luis ObispoCA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo · The Dorf Foundation Inc · The Niner Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Jeffery and Sasha Szytel Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jeffery and Sasha Szytel Family 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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.

    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 35 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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