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Mortimer M Kopp & Lilly L Kopp Foundation Inc

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$12k
Granted FY2018
26
Grants FY2018
7
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Religion$6kInternational$1kPhilanthropy$1kHealth$600Civil Rights$600Public Safety & Disaster$500Human Services$450Arts & Culture$311Other$0
02FY2018 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200
Median grant
7
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Temple Solel$6,000
Jewish National Fund$1,000
Friends of Israel Defense Force$536
American Friends of Magen David Ado$518
Meir Panim$500
Congregation Beth Am$450
Individual grant recipient$400
Simon Wiesenthal Center$350
American Red Cross$250
San Diego Police Foundation$250
Rady's Children Hospital$200
US Holocaust Museum$200
Jewish Community Youth Services$200
Ronald McDonald House$150
USO$150
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 (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 21% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Make a Wish Foundation: $100 → 11%US Holocaust Museum: $200 → 12%Rady's Children Hospital: $200 → 11%Simon Wiesenthal Center: $350 → 14%United with Israel: $400 → 6%World Jewish Congress: $150 → 17%De Paul University School of Law: $50 → 14%US Holocaust Museum: $86 → 12%Ronald McDonald House: $150 → 11%Honest Reporting: $100 → 14%American Friends of Magen David Ado: $518 → 17%Jewish Community Youth Services: $200 → 14%March of Dimes: $100 → 11%Meir Panim: $500 → 14%American Friends of Magen David Ado: $50 → 17%Jewish Family Services: $100 → 11%Jewish Family Services: $50 → 11%March of Dimes: $25 → 11%Congregation Beth Am: $450 → 11%KBPS: $25 → 11%Temple Solel: $6k → 11%Jewish National Fund: $1k → 11%American Diabetes Assoc: $125 → 11%Randy Jones Foundation: $50 → 11%San Diego Police Foundation: $250 → 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.

15%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2k · 6 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
1

Total granted

$2k
$25

Still filing today

33%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
HealthArts & CultureCrime & LegalHuman ServicesCivil RightsRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • FO
    Friends of Israel Defense Force
    2× · 2017–2018 · $572
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    2× · 2017–2018 · $568 · revenue +206%
  • UH
    US Holocaust Museum
    2× · 2017–2018 · $286

Funded once

  • K
    KBPS
    one grant, 2017 · $25
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
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

—
2
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
3
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
4
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
5
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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6
San Diego Biomedical Research Institute

The SDBRI mission is to find new ways to predict and prevent cancer, diabetes, autoimmune disease, neurological disorders and HIV infection, and to accelerate medical advances that maintain health and improve quality of life.

Health
7
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
8
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

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
Adam R Scripps Foundation
Philanthropy
10
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
11
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
12
National Jewish Health

National Jewish Health's mission since 1899 is to heal, discover and educate as a preeminent healthcare institution. We serve by providing the best integrated and innovative care for patients and their families; by understanding and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

9 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. 9 of the 27 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE SOLEL OF NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $6,000 · OtherTEMPLE SOLEL OF NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY INCJewish National Fund: $1,000 · OtherJewish National FundFriends of Israel Defense Force: $572 · OtherFriends of Israel Defense ForceMeir Panim: $500 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH AM: $450 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $400 · Other+12 more: $1,696 · Other+12 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $568 · InternationalSCRIPPS HEALTH: $150 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $125 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $125 · HealthSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $350 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION: $250 · Crime & LegalAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $250 · Human ServicesAMCHA Initiative: $100 · Civil RightsRandy Jones Foundation Inc: $50 · Recreation & Sports
Other$10,618International$568Health$400Arts & Culture$350Crime & Legal$250Human Services$250Civil Rights$100Recreation & Sports$50

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 budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $568 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMCHA Initiative: $100 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 AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds SCRIPPS HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds AMCHA Initiative ↗
  • Who funds Randy Jones Foundation 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.

American Endowment FoundationOH10.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Mortimer M Kopp & Lilly L Kopp Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mortimer M Kopp & Lilly L Kopp Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 27 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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