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Linden Root Dickinson 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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$3.1MEducation$1.3MPublic Safety & Disaster$525kFood & Nutrition$465kHousing & Shelter$400kHuman Services$315kHealth$275kAnimals$255kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $190k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+2 grants · $871k
$65,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC$500,000
SAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM$370,720
INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC$150,000
SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY$140,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$125,000
KPBS$118,750
CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ESCONDIDO FOUNDATION$100,000
RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION - SAN DIEGO$100,000
CALIFORNIA LABRADOR RETRIEVERS & MORE RESCUE$80,000
CALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION$65,000
SHELTER TO SOLDIER INC$60,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC$50,000
COASTAL ROOTS FARM$50,000
FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA & SOLANO$40,000
BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION$40,000
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 (FY20–24, $605k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION: $40k → 9%BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION: $40k → 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $125k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.9M · 21 repeat orgs$110k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
1

Total granted

$6.9M
$50k

Still filing today

81%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • SD
    SAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +74%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    5× · 2020–2024 · $525k · revenue +38%
  • CC
    CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ESCONDIDO FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $375k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • RC
    RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION-SD
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
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
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
2
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
3
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County

Second harvest food bank's mission is to end hunger and malnutrition by educating and involving the community.

Food & Nutrition
4
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

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5
Central California Food Bank

Ccfb is dedicated to ending hunger, working with over 200 partner agencies to provide food to those experiencing hunger. our mission: transforming lives together, in the passionate pursuit to end hunger in central ca - one meal, one…

Food & Nutrition
6
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
7
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
8
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
9
California Association of Food Banks

California association of food banks (cafb) is a non-profit public benefit corporation located in oakland, california. together with its 41-member foodbanks, cafb is the largest charitable hunger-relief and anti-hunger leader in the state.…

Food & Nutrition
10
Credit Unions in the State of California Sierra Central Credit Union

As your financial institution, we pledge to serve you and our community faithfully. we will be friendly, helpful, and professional, and we will provide great products and competitive rates.

—
11
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
12
Food in Need of Distribution Inc

Food in need of distribution, inc. (find food bank) is dedicated to relieving hunger, the causes of hunger, and the problems associated with hunger through awareness, education, and mobilization of resources and community involvement.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Calvin Christian School of Escondido 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

18 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. 18 of the 23 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $1,657,345 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY M…CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ESCONDIDO FOUNDATION: $375,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS E…KPBS: $752,058 · OtherKPBSHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $320,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL IN…Interfaith Community Services Inc: $315,000 · OtherInterfaith Community Services IncUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $125,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGOCALVIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF ESCONDIDO INC: $113,000 · OtherCANDID: $80,133 · OtherRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $225,000 · OtherRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION S…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $220,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC+3 more: $160,000 · Other+3 moreUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,000,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLL…POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationPOINT LOMA NAZARE…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $525,000 · Human ServicesAmerican …BAY AREA RESCUE MISSION: $80,000 · Human ServicesBAY AREA …SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $180,000 · Food & NutritionJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $135,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO: $80,000 · Food & NutritionCALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION: $325,000 · Youth DevelopmentCalifornia Labradors Retrievers & More Rescue: $195,000 · AnimalsSHELTER TO SOLDIER INC: $60,000 · Animals
Arts & Culture$2,032,345Other$2,310,191Education$1,100,000Human Services$605,000Food & Nutrition$395,000Youth Development$325,000Animals$255,000

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 budgetSAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $1,657,345 over 5y, 22% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $525,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ESCONDIDO FOUNDATION: $375,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION: $325,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc: $315,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $225,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $220,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Labradors Retrievers & More Rescue: $195,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $180,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $135,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCALVIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF ESCONDIDO INC: $113,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetPOINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBAY AREA RESCUE MISSION: $80,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL ROOTS FARM: $70,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSHELTER TO SOLDIER INC: $60,000 over 1y, 3.2% 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.

The San Diego Foundat…Sempra FoundationBillingsley Foundatio…French Fund Samuel Ka…Jewish Community Foun…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Billingsley Foundationcharle & Ruth · French Fund Samuel Katherine Tua · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Linden Root Dickinson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Linden Root Dickinson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Linden Root Dickinson Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Linden Root Dickinson 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 23 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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