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John Mohme Foundation at a glance

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John Mohme 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.

$3.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.8MYouth Development$1.6MEducation$1.4MHealth$760kHuman Services$732kAnimals$523kFood & Nutrition$300kPhilanthropy$250kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $118k
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $2.4M
  • $250k+2 grants · $600k
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS$300,000
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$300,000
CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO$241,500
INNER CITY YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF LOS ANGELES$200,000
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION$175,000
GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND$175,000
PLACER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$125,000
A PLACE CALLED HOME$125,000
AL WOOTEN JR YOUTH CENTER$109,750
ART DIVISION$100,000
CHILD ADVOCATES OF PLACER COUNTY$100,000
HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE AND SANCTUARY$100,000
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$100,000
EDUCATING STUDENTS TOGETHER$100,000
BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION$100,000
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 (FY22–25, $732k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILD ADVOCATES OF PLACER COUNTY: $116k → 6%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $175k → 8%CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $10k → 15%CHILD ADVOCATES OF PLACER COUNTY: $100k → 6%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $76k → 8%CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $10k → 15%CHILD ADVOCATES OF PLACER COUNTY: $65k → 6%CHILD ADVOCATES OF PLACER COUNTY: $50k → 6%SUPPORTING THE TAYLOR HOUSE: $40k → 6%SUPPORTING THE TAYLOR HOUSE: $35k → 6%SANCTUARY OF HOPE: $10k → 14%SUPPORTING THE TAYLOR HOUSE: $35k → 6%SANCTUARY OF HOPE: $10k → 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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.1M · 30 repeat orgs$344k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
9

Total granted

$7.1M
$144k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+4%

Still filing today

93%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $515k · revenue +55%
  • AW
    AL WOOTEN JR YOUTH CENTER
    4× · 2022–2025 · $424k · revenue +6%
  • HB
    HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $375k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • FF
    FieldHaven Feline Center
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +20%
  • DO
    DEL ORO CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +34%
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
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
2
Silicon Valley Pet Project

Silicon valley pet project (svpp) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to saving local at-risk shelter pets through rescue, community involvement and education.

Animals
3
State Humane Association of Ca California Animal Welfare Assoc

CalAnimals leads, empowers, and strengthens its members through education, training, advocacy, and networking, while serving as the collective voice for animal care and control agencies, humane

Animals
4
California Animal Rescue and Education Sanctuary Inc

C.A.R.E.S.MISSION STATEMENT*Rescue, foster and find good homes for abandoned and homeless domestic and farm animals.*Spay/neuter abandoned and homeless cats and dogs, as well as help low income families with same.*Conduct TNR+ programs to…

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5
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
6
Centro Legal De La Raza

Centro Legal De La Raza is a comprehensive legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income immigrant communities throguh culturally competent bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy.

Crime & Legal
7
The Animal Rescue Center of California

Help rescue, adopt, and provide medical care for abandoned animals in the coachella valley

Animals
8
Nine Lives Foundation

We are a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization operating a cat-onlyclinic and adoption center. We rescue at-risk cats and kittens, provide them withclinical care and nurturing to address their medical and behavioral needs and…

Animals
9
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
10
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
11
Dog Coalition Los Angeles

Dcla is devoted to the well-being of dogs and their human companions. we foster a culture of mindful canine stewardship and are committed to shaping the future of sheltering and animal welfare reform.

Animals
12
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Casa of Placer Yuba and Sutter; the most unlike its peers is Lincoln Heights Tutorial Program. 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

43 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. 43 of the 45 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
24/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS: $709,205 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVISREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $650,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANA PLACE CALLED HOME: $540,000 · OtherA PLACE CALLED HOMECalifornia School-Age Consortium Inc: $125,421 · OtherCOMPASSION PLANET: $200,000 · OtherCOMPASSION PLANETLaw Foundation of Silicon Valley: $160,000 · OtherLaw Foundation of Silicon ValleyHOLLENBECK PALMS: $113,000 · OtherWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $100,000 · OtherLatino Leadership Council Inc: $100,000 · Other+6 more: $201,000 · Other+6 moreINNER CITY YOUTH ORCHRSTRA OF LOS ANGELES INC: $650,100 · Arts & CultureINNER CITY YOUTH ORCHRSTR…LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $515,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC …CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO FDBA KXPR/KXJZ INC: $373,500 · Arts & CultureCAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO FDBA…Art Division: $210,000 · Arts & CultureArt Division+2 more: $15,500 · Arts & CultureBRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC: $344,000 · EducationBRIDGE BUILDERS…Lincoln Heights Tutorial Program: $285,000 · EducationLincoln Heights…CUESTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $269,500 · EducationCUESTA COLLEGE …EDUCATING STUDENTS TOGETHER INC: $135,000 · EducationEDUCATING STUDE…+2 more: $45,000 · EducationCASA of Placer Yuba and Sutter: $331,000 · Human ServicesCASA of Pl…GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $251,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS…SUPPORTING THE TAYLOR HOUSE INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesSUPPORTING…+2 more: $40,000 · Human Services+2 moreAL WOOTEN JR YOUTH CENTER: $424,150 · Youth DevelopmentADVENTURE RISK CHALLENGE: $155,000 · Youth DevelopmentHOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC: $375,000 · AnimalsItsie Bitsie Rescue Inc: $15,000 · Animals+6 more: $47,500 · AnimalsPlacer Community Foundation: $125,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyTAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,898,626Arts & Culture$1,764,100Education$1,078,500Human Services$732,000Youth Development$579,150Animals$437,500Philanthropy$250,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINNER CITY YOUTH ORCHRSTRA OF LOS ANGELES INC: $650,100 over 4y, 17% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $540,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $515,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAL WOOTEN JR YOUTH CENTER: $424,150 over 4y, 15% of budgetHOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC: $375,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetCAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO FDBA KXPR/KXJZ INC: $373,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetBRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC: $344,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetCASA of Placer Yuba and Sutter: $331,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetLincoln Heights Tutorial Program: $285,000 over 4y, 36% of budgetCUESTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $269,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $251,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetArt Division: $210,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetCOMPASSION PLANET: $200,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetLaw Foundation of Silicon Valley: $160,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetADVENTURE RISK CHALLENGE: $155,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetEDUCATING STUDENTS TOGETHER INC: $135,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetCalifornia School-Age Consortium Inc: $125,421 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetHOLLENBECK PALMS: $113,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSUPPORTING THE TAYLOR HOUSE INC: $110,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLatino Leadership Council Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetGold Country Wildlife Rescue Inc: $85,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOLARMATCH INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING THE FOOTHILLS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSanctuary of Hope: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetItsie Bitsie Rescue Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetSIGHT WORD BUSTERS: $15,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetDACHSHUNDS AND FRIENDS RESCUE: $14,500 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetSACRAMENTO GUITAR SOCIETY: $13,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetFieldHaven Feline Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDEL ORO CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKITTEN RESCUE: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFOSTERS & PAWS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Street Dog Coalition: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST RESPONDER THERAPY DOGS: $5,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetCOMPASSION WITHOUT BORDERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBeyond Baroque Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBaseball Without Borders Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

Sacramento Region Com…Placer Community Foun…Teichert FoundationThe Ralph M Parsons F…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Weingart FoundationCalifornia Community …Sierra Health Foundat…Thornton S Jr and Kat…Petco LoveThe California Wellne…The California Endowm…
Sacramento Region Community FoundationCA27× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Placer Community Foundation · Teichert Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Weingart Foundation · California Community Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Petco Love · The California Wellness Foundation · The California Endowment

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 John Mohme Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John Mohme Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 45 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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