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Oarsmen 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.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
77
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$2.9MInternational$2.2MHealth$2.2MHuman Services$1.3MHousing & Shelter$1.2MPublic Benefit$1.1MYouth Development$966kEducation$773kOther$0
02FY2024 · 77 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k41 grants · $825k
  • $50k–250k24 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$20,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND$250,000
ROLLING HILLS CONVENANT CHURCH$120,000
TORRANCE MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE FOUND$100,000
UNION RESCUE MISSION$100,000
THE RIVER CHURCH OF THE SOUTH BAY$100,000
CALVARY CHAPEL$100,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$100,000
LIVE ACTION$100,000
MUSTARD SEED FAITH FOUNDATION$100,000
REIGNITE HOPE$100,000
PROVIDENCE LITTE COMPANY OF MARY$80,000
HUME LAKE CHRISTIANS CAMP$75,000
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$75,000
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$75,000
OBRIA MEDICAL CLINICS$70,000
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 (FY17–24, $535k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%BOYS REPUBLIC: $10k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $100k → 14%BOYS REPUBLIC: $10k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $75k → 14%BOYS REPUBLIC: $10k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $75k → 14%BOYS REPUBLIC: $10k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $50k → 14%BOYS REPUBLIC: $10k → 14%BOYS REPUBLIC: $10k → 14%BOYS REPUBLIC: $10k → 14%BOYS REPUBLIC: $10k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $10k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $10k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $10k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $10k → 14%MAMA HILL HELP: $3k → 14%MAMA HILL'S HELP INC: $2k → 14%SOUTH BAY CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $10k → 14%SOUTH BAY CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $10k → 14%SOUTH BAY CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $10k → 14%SOUTH BAY CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $10k → 14%SOUTH BAY CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $10k → 14%SOUTH BAY CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $10k → 14%SOUTH BAY CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $5k → 14%SOUTH BAY CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MT
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
CA
CO
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
TX
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 122 repeat orgs$371k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

122 repeat relationships: 68 still active in FY2024, 54 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

122
31

Total granted

$15M
$166k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+1%

Still filing today

44%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthReligionEducationHuman ServicesYouth 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

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $500k · revenue +134%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $450k · revenue +39%
  • RH
    Reignite Hope
    8× · 2017–2024 · $420k · revenue +954%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • JH
    JANES HOUSE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +5%
  • LV
    LA VERNE LAW SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
2
Dominican University of California

Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.

Education
3
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
4
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
5
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
6
University of La Verne

The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…

Education
7
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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8
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
9
Passion La

The purpose of passion la is to reach urban youth of los angeles with the love and message of jesus christ, bring them into christian community, and lead them to a life of christian discipleship, service and leadership.

Community Improvement
10
California Baptist University

A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.

Education
11
Pacific School of Religion

Pacific school of religion prepares a diverse cadre of spiritually rooted leaders with the vision, resilience, and skill to create a world where all can thrive. grounded in the rigorous study and faithful practice of progressive christian…

Education
12
Rescue Mission Alliance

The rescue mission alliance's primary purpose is to establish and operate rescue missions to reach the less fortunate with the gospel of jesus christ and to assist in the feeding, clothing, and lodging of those who are destitute or…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is House of Hope. 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

72 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. 72 of the 163 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/72
Grantees still filing
56/72
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROLLING HILLS CONVENANT CHURCH: $710,700 · OtherROLLING HILLS CONVENANT CHURCHTORRANCE MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE FOUND: $473,500 · Other+121 more: $9,320,405 · Other+121 moreWORLD VISION INC: $330,000 · InternationalWORLD VIS…INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $260,000 · InternationalINTERNATI…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $190,000 · InternationalMEDECINS …GOOD NEIGHBORS USA: $140,000 · InternationalGOOD NEIG…VILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUND: $120,000 · InternationalVILLAGE E…BRIDGE2RWANDA INC: $100,000 · InternationalBRIDGE2RW…Yambi Rwanda: $75,000 · InternationalYambi Rwa…Compassion International Incorporated: $70,000 · International+2 more: $40,000 · InternationalALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $450,000 · HealthPENINSULA COMMITTEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $332,651 · HealthTorrance Memorial Medical Center: $192,000 · HealthCOMMUNITYS CHILD INC: $121,800 · Health+3 more: $13,600 · HealthReignite Hope: $420,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $235,000 · EducationBIOLA UNIVERSITY INC: $110,000 · EducationPALOS VERDES PENINSULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $100,375 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $90,100 · EducationVermont Law School: $50,000 · Education+3 more: $49,100 · EducationSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $500,000 · ReligionBEACON LIGHT MISSION: $210,000 · ReligionSOWERS INTERNATIONAL: $120,000 · ReligionCommunity Bible Study: $80,000 · ReligionLEAD WITH YOUR LIFE INC: $55,000 · ReligionLuis Palau Association: $45,000 · ReligionOPERATION GRATITUDE INC: $260,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $231,100 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $200,000 · Public BenefitINFORMING AMERICA FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Public BenefitYOUNG LIFE: $395,500 · Youth DevelopmentHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $260,000 · Youth DevelopmentGREATER LOS ANGELES AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentCALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL: $35,000 · Youth Development
Other$10,504,605International$1,325,000Health$1,110,051Education$1,054,575Religion$1,010,000Public Benefit$841,100Youth Development$770,500

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 budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $500,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $450,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetReignite Hope: $420,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $395,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $340,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetOBRIA MEDICAL CLINICS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $340,000 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetPENINSULA COMMITTEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $332,651 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $330,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS: $302,340 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $260,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $260,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION GRATITUDE INC: $260,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $250,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $235,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $231,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON LIGHT MISSION: $210,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetTORRANCE POLICE FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 8y, 29% of budgetLeadership Institute: $200,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTorrance Memorial Medical Center: $192,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $190,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetINFORMING AMERICA FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBORS USA: $140,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLONG BEACH RESCUE MISSION: $135,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITYS CHILD INC: $121,800 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetHope For The Warriors: $120,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSOWERS INTERNATIONAL: $120,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetVILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUND: $120,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $120,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBIOLA UNIVERSITY INC: $110,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPALOS VERDES PENINSULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $100,375 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetBRIDGE2RWANDA INC: $100,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $90,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPalos Verdes Art Center Beverly G Alpay Center for Arts Education: $80,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCommunity Bible Study: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBoys Republic: $80,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER LOS ANGELES AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $80,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetYambi Rwanda: $75,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetSOUTH BAY CHILDRENS HEALTH CENTER: $70,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetA Step Beyond: $70,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetAbide In The Word Ministries: $60,000 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetREDONDO BEACH POLICE AND FIRE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetLEAD WITH YOUR LIFE INC: $55,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetPeninsula Seniors: $50,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetVermont Law School: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DAVID SLIFF MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 5y, 48% of budgetFRIENDS OF ARAVA THE INSTITUTE LTD: $49,850 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLuis Palau Association: $45,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $40,000 over 4y, 1.9% 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 SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Reignite Hope ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds UNION RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds OBRIA MEDICAL CLINICS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC ↗
  • Who funds PENINSULA COMMITTEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds PALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION GRATITUDE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BEACON LIGHT MISSION ↗
  • Who funds TORRANCE POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds Torrance Memorial Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA 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.

California Community …The Confidence Founda…Marcil Family Foundat…The Kenneth T and Eil…Kayne Anderson Capita…Ray & Diana Martin Fa…Stiassni Family Found…The Tuffli Family Fou…Smith-Welsh FoundationHenry L Guenther Foun…The Ahmanson Foundati…Sempra Foundation
California Community FoundationCA24.1× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Confidence Foundation · Marcil Family Foundation · The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris Foundation · Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Foundation · Ray & Diana Martin Family Foundation · Stiassni Family Foundation · The Tuffli Family Foundation · Smith-Welsh Foundation · Henry L Guenther Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Sempra 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 Oarsmen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Oarsmen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Vermont Law School: 14% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
14report 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.
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How do I get to Oarsmen Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Oarsmen 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 163 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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The unnamed billions
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home