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Jerry E Poncher Family Foundation at a glance

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Jerry E Poncher Family 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.

$212k
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$802kArts & Culture$377kReligion$342kHealth$288kSocial Science$50kCivil Rights$17kCrime & Legal$16kAnimals$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $63k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$298k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILDWOOD SCHOOL$75,000
SPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTER$25,000
ST JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION$25,000
THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST$12,500
THE OAKS SCHOOL$7,500
DHARMA GROUND INC$6,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION$5,000
MOMA PS1$5,000
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$5,000
HAMMER MUSEUM$4,500
INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY$2,500
COLLEGE UNBOUND$2,500
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE$2,500
Individual grant recipient$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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTER: $40k → 8%ESALEN INSTITUTE: $30k → 12%KCRW: $35k → 14%MEDIATORS FOUNDATION: $9k → 12%SPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTER: $30k → 8%ESALEN INSTITUTE: $10k → 12%SPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTER: $30k → 8%ESALEN INSTITUTE: $10k → 12%KCRW: $35k → 14%SPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTER: $30k → 8%SPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTER: $25k → 8%KCRW: $35k → 14%SPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTER: $25k → 8%SPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTER: $25k → 8%SPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTER: $25k → 8%DHARMA GROUND INC: $6k → 8%WILDWOOD SCHOOL: $100k → 14%WILDWOOD SCHOOL: $100k → 14%WILDWOOD SCHOOL: $100k → 14%WILDWOOD SCHOOL: $100k → 14%WILDWOOD SCHOOL: $100k → 14%WILDWOOD SCHOOL: $75k → 14%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $10k → 17%WILDWOOD SCHOOL: $50k → 14%WILDWOOD SCHOOL: $38k → 14%THE NEW MUSEUM: $10k → 17%LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $13k → 14%LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $13k → 14%THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $13k → 14%THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $13k → 14%THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $13k → 14%THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $13k → 14%THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $13k → 14%THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $13k → 14%THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $12k → 14%HAMMER MUSEUM: $15k → 14%ST JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%ST JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%ST JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%ST JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%ST JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%ST JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%ST JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%ST JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%THE OAKS SCHOOL: $8k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NY
MA
RI
CA
CO
DC
GA
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 41 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
15

Total granted

$1.9M
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
0%

Still filing today

73%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthReligionInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • WS
    WILDWOOD SCHOOL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $663k · revenue +50%
  • SJ
    SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +100%
  • TJ
    THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST
    8× · 2017–2024 · $99k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • NM
    New Museum of Contemporary Artgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +119%
  • MEDIATORS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue +77%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -17%
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
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
2
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
3
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
6
The California Medical Innovations Institute Inc

The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance the understanding of human disease and the improvement of human health. The Institute fosters an innovative research environment…

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
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
9
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
10
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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11
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
12
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint John's Health Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Human Rights Action Center. 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

42 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. 42 of the 61 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
31/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WILDWOOD SCHOOL INC: $662,500 · EducationWILDWOOD SCHOOL INC+10 more: $82,000 · Education+10 moreSPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTER: $230,000 · OtherSPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTERKCRW: $122,500 · OtherKCRWMETIVTA: $37,500 · OtherMETIVTAIndividual grant recipient: $37,090 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLIBRARY FOUNDATION: $25,280 · Other+26 more: $187,225 · Other+26 moreSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $200,000 · HealthSAINT JOHN'S …CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $27,500 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI …+3 more: $13,500 · Health+3 moreLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $50,069 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $37,500 · Arts & CultureTRICYCLE FOUNDATION: $19,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES NOMADIC DIVISION: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $13,000 · Arts & CultureNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,602 · Arts & CultureTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $99,300 · PhilanthropyJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $28,000 · ReligionINSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC: $24,500 · ReligionBARRE CENTER FOR BUDDHIST STUDIES INC: $4,000 · Religion+1 more: $1,000 · ReligionESALEN INSTITUTE: $50,000 · Social Science
Education$744,500Other$639,595Health$241,000Arts & Culture$157,171Philanthropy$99,300Religion$57,500Social Science$50,000

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 budgetWILDWOOD SCHOOL INC: $662,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $99,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $50,069 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetESALEN INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $37,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $28,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $27,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC: $24,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTRICYCLE FOUNDATION: $19,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RAPE FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES NOMADIC DIVISION: $15,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNew York University: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC: $14,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OAKS SCHOOL: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS ACTION CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: $10,000 over 8y, 9.3% of budgetCollege Unbound: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMEDIATORS FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES LYCEE INTERNATIONAL DE LOS ANGELES: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCRETE ACADEMY: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWestern Center on Law & Poverty Inc: $6,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Inc: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $5,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBARRE CENTER FOR BUDDHIST STUDIES INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHEIDI DUCKLER DANCE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPHASE ONE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNDERGROUND MUSEUM INC: $2,602 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe New School: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR POWERFUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE SERVE REMEMBER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $225 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 WILDWOOD SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ESALEN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds J STREET EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds TRICYCLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE RAPE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES NOMADIC DIVISION ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds THE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds THE OAKS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds New Museum of Contemporary Art ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE ↗
  • Who funds College Unbound ↗
  • Who funds MEDIATORS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES LYCEE INTERNATIONAL DE LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds CRETE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc ↗
  • Who funds HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗

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 …Jewish Community Foun…The Annenberg Foundat…The Frederick P Lenz …Weingart FoundationImpactassetsincMarin Community Found…The Chicago Community…Silicon Valley Commun…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…
California Community FoundationCA23× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Annenberg Foundation · The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism · Weingart Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Marin Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Jerry E Poncher Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jerry E Poncher Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 61 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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