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Louis and Mary Silver Foundation at a glance

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Louis and Mary Silver Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$137k
Granted FY2020
9
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$23k
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, FY2019 to 2020.

Arts & Culture$77kHuman Services$24kAnimals$24kHousing & Shelter$24kEducation$24kPhilanthropy$3kHealth$3kEnvironment$1kOther$0
02FY2020 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k4 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $114k
$22,769
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHELTER FROM THE STORM$22,769
FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER$22,769
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$22,769
PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM$22,769
COLLEGE OF THE DESERT FOUNDATION$22,769
CALIFORNIA PAWS RESCUE$7,589
FRIENDS OF THE PS ANIMAL SHELTER$7,589
ANIMAL SAMARITANS$7,589
VARIOUS RECOGNIZED CHARITIES$200
02The need
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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 (FY19–19, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE JOSLYN CENTER: $500 → 11%GALILEE CENTER: $500 → 11%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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$113k · 6 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2020, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
12

Total granted

$113k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+36%

Still filing today

67%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20
Arts & CultureHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • CO
    College of the Desert Foundation
    2× · 2019–2020 · $24k · revenue +86%
  • SHELTER FROM THE STORM INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $23k · revenue +60%
  • AS
    Animal Samaritans
    2× · 2019–2020 · $9k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • MC
    MC CALLUM THEATRE
    one grant, 2019 · $9k
  • CV
    COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +21%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $4k
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
San Bernardino Valley Concert Association
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2
Friends of the Palm SpringsAnimal Shelter

We are dedicated to building a community responsible for pet stewardship and humane treatment of animals.

Animals
3
The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce

The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce is a regional chamber formed in 2016 to support a diverse business community that spans nearly forty-five miles and serves the needs of nearly 500,000 visitors each year. As a business…

Community Improvement
4
The Desert Sanctuary Inc

To provide shelter and counseling for victims of domestic violence in the Barstow area.

Human Services
5
Palm Springs Opera Guild of the Desert

The Palm Springs Opera Guild invites everyone in the Coachella Valley and beyond to join the Guild family and participate in its numerous programs.The Guild was established in 1968 to support and promote the operatic arts through outreach,…

Arts & Culture
6
California Desert Arts Council Llc
Arts & Culture
7
Desert Art Center Inc

To stimulate, educate, and nurture creativity in the coachella valley community through the collaborative effort of membership programs, art education, and gallery space for emerging and established artists.

Arts & Culture
8
Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation

The mission of the coachella valley journalism foundation is to promote and support excellent, sustainable community journalism in the coachella valley.

Arts & Culture
9
Coachella Valley Rescue Mission

To serve those in need by sharing the saving grace of jesus christ through the provision of food, shelter, clothing, and spiritual recovery. and a place where daily physical and spiritual needs may be met.

Human Services
10
Socal Symphony Society

The Culver City Symphony Orchestra strives to enlighten and inspire the diverse citizenry of Culver City and the Los Angeles area through the presentation of orchestral music concerts, to present works of American composers, and to…

Arts & Culture
11
San Lorenzo Valley Mountain Community Theater
Arts & Culture
12
Hospice of the Valleys Sc Inc

We foster reverence for life, relief of suffering, and compassion in loss for the terminally ill residents and their families in the communities we serve.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coachella Valley Repertory; the most unlike its peers is Galilee Center 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

15 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. 15 of the 21 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)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $29,919 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUMFriends of the Cultural Center Inc: $22,769 · Arts & CultureFriends of the Cultural Center IncLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $3,500 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATIO…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $23,869 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYMC CALLUM THEATRE: $8,500 · OtherMC CALLUM THEATREFRIENDS OF THE PS ANIMAL SHELTER: $7,589 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE PS ANIMAL SHELTERCOACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY: $5,000 · OtherCOACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORYIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientVARIOUS RECOGNIZED CHARITIES: $3,200 · OtherVARIOUS RECOGNIZED CHARITIESTHE DESERT SYMPHONY INC: $2,000 · Other+1 more: $1,500 · OtherSHELTER FROM THE STORM INC: $23,269 · HealthSHELTER FROM THE…ACT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: $1,500 · HealthACT FOR MULTIPLE…Eisenhower Medical Center: $1,000 · HealthCollege of the Desert Foundation: $23,769 · EducationCollege of the…Animal Samaritans: $8,839 · AnimalsAnimal Sam…CALIFORNIA PAWS RESCUE: $7,589 · AnimalsCALIFORNIA…LIVING DESERT THE: $1,000 · EnvironmentGALILEE CENTER INC: $500 · Human ServicesCove Communities Senior Association DBA The Joslyn Center: $500 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY: $500 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$56,188Other$55,158Health$25,769Education$23,769Animals$16,428Environment$1,000Human Services$1,000Youth Development$500

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 budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $29,919 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCollege of the Desert Foundation: $23,769 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFriends of the Cultural Center Inc: $22,769 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Samaritans: $8,839 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA PAWS RESCUE: $7,589 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DESERT SYMPHONY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetACT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGALILEE CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCove Communities Senior Association DBA The Joslyn Center: $500 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.

Bighorn Golf Club Cha…The Grace Helen Spear…The Auen FoundationThe Coeta and Donald …Inland Empire Communi…The Galen Family Foun…Charity WorksHouston Family Founda…The Champions Volunte…HN and Frances C Berg…Coachella Valley Well…Desert Community Foun…
Bighorn Golf Club Charities IncCA24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc · The Grace Helen Spearman Foundation · The Auen Foundation · The Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation · Inland Empire Community Foundation · The Galen Family Foundation · Charity Works · Houston Family Foundation · The Champions Volunteer Foundation · HN and Frances C Berger Foundation · Coachella Valley Wellness Foundation · Desert Community 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 Louis and Mary Silver Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Louis and Mary Silver Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Louis and Mary Silver Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Louis and Mary Silver 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 21 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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