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Money Arenz Foundation Inc at a glance

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Money Arenz Foundation Inc

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$30k
Granted FY2021
15
Grants FY2021
5
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Money Arenz Foundation Inc’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Money Arenz Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $30k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

24
’17
6
’18
8
’19
8
’20
5
’21
0
’22

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Philanthropy$2.1MEducation$33kHuman Services$32kRecreation & Sports$24kAnimals$17kYouth Development$16kEnvironment$14kHealth$13kOther$0
02FY2021 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
National Organization of Disorders$4,000
Just in Time$3,000
Promises2Kids-Polinsky Children's C$3,000
National Repertory Orchestra$3,000
The Summit Foundation$3,000
Community Resource Center$3,000
University of Virginia$3,000
San Diego Shores Water Polo$3,000
John Marshall Elementary School$2,000
Environmental Learning for Kids$1,200
The GrowHaus$600
El Dorado Community Foundation$600
Colorado 14er's Initiative$300
SheJumps$300
Princeton University Men's Water Po$300
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, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SHELTER BOX USA: $500 → 10%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $6k → 11%Community Resource Center: $3k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
OR
OH
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
NM
DC
FL
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$116k · 15 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2021, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
35

Total granted

$116k
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+85%
+119%

Still filing today

60%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EnvironmentHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsHealthEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER
    5× · 2017–2021 · $18k · revenue +242%
  • PF
    PROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $14k · revenue +85%
  • NR
    NATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $12k · revenue +112%

Funded once

  • RT
    RUBICON TRAIL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -7%
  • WN
    WILDLANDS NETWORK
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • MH
    MARSHALL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
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
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
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
California Institute for Biodiversity

Create and publish educational materials, conduct professional development, promote awareness, and sponsor research on the spectacular biological diversity of the State of CA.

Education
4
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
5
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
6
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
7
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
8
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
9
Nature Collective

Nature collective's mission is to drive a passion for nature for all. we think inclusively and diversely when serving those devoid of nature those who remember nature and want to connect back to it and those who have an affinity with…

Environment
10
Nature and Culture International

Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.

Environment
11
California Wildlife Foundation

The foundation works with diverse groups representing many interests to acquire and restore critical wildlife habitat and protecting species

Animals
12
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Resource Center; the most unlike its peers is Oak Park Sol Community Gardens. 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

32 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. 32 of the 56 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
25/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,104,796 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDSAN DIEGO SHORES WATER POLO: $17,000 · OtherJUST IN TIME: $16,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $15,000 · OtherPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $14,000 · OtherNATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC: $12,000 · OtherJOHN MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $11,000 · OtherWILDLANDS NETWORK: $6,000 · OtherMARSHALL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Other+38 more: $41,200 · OtherCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $18,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $12,000 · PhilanthropyEl Dorado Community Foundation: $4,100 · PhilanthropyRUBICON TRAIL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · AnimalsCOLORADO FOURTEENERS INITIATIVE: $3,200 · Recreation & SportsAKIDO OF SANTA BARBARA AKA AIKIDO OF SANTA BARBARA: $1,500 · Recreation & SportsHELP MITO KIDS INC: $2,000 · HealthGENDER HEALTH CENTER: $1,200 · Health
Community Improvement$2,104,796Other$138,200Human Services$18,500Philanthropy$16,100Animals$10,000Recreation & Sports$4,700Health$3,200

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,104,796 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $18,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRUBICON TRAIL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetEl Dorado Community Foundation: $4,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO FOURTEENERS INITIATIVE: $3,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS: $2,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSheJumps: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGENDER HEALTH CENTER: $1,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA EL DORADO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GROWHAUS: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOAK PARK SOL COMMUNITY GARDENS: $600 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECOTRUST: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAND TRUST FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalWild: $300 over 1y, 0.1% 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 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL REPERTORY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SUMMIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RUBICON TRAIL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds El Dorado Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO FOURTEENERS INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS ↗
  • Who funds HELP MITO KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds SheJumps ↗
  • Who funds AKIDO OF SANTA BARBARA AKA AIKIDO OF SANTA BARBARA ↗
  • Who funds GENDER HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds Rocky Mountain Institute ↗
  • Who funds CASA EL DORADO ↗
  • Who funds THE GROWHAUS ↗
  • Who funds OAK PARK SOL COMMUNITY GARDENS ↗
  • Who funds SHELTERBOX USA INC ↗
  • Who funds ECOTRUST ↗
  • Who funds FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS 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.

PatagoniaorgThe Corwin D Denney F…Sacramento Region Com…Marin Community Found…Colorado Gives Founda…Shell USA Company Fou…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…
PatagoniaorgCA14.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · The Corwin D Denney Foundation · Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Money Arenz Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Money Arenz Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Ecotrust: 14% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 56 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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