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Omega Point Institute

Assist other commendable charitable organizations, and individuals performing charitable works, in a variety of ways including providing financial, logistical support, general management, and outreach for those charitable activities.

$87k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$17k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Community Improvement$85kInternational$71kPhilanthropy$59kHousing & Shelter$42kHealth$39kEnvironment$35kPublic Benefit$30kReligion$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $43,659, the rows itemized in this filing. The $87,262 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $43,603 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $27k
$6,400
Median grant
2
States reached
$509k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIVINE MOTHER CENTER$16,659
CREATIVE VISIONS$10,000
LIFE CHRONICLES$6,400
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH$5,500
SB MIDDLE SCHOOL$5,100
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%UNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%PUBLICSQUARE INC: $5k → 14%DIVINE MOTHER CENTER: $17k → 18%JUST CAPITAL: $35k → 17%PROGRESSIVE CHANGE INSTITUTE: $20k → 14%EMPOWERMENT WORKS-POEM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%PUBLICSQUARE INC: $5k → 14%DIVINE ASSISTANTS INTERNATIONAL: $35k → 18%JUST CAPITAL: $25k → 17%CREATIVE VISIONS: $10k → 14%FOODBANK OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $10k → 14%JUST CAPITAL: $25k → 17%CREATIVE VISIONS: $5k → 14%SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $13k → 14%JUST CAPITAL: $10k → 17%PROTECT WHAT YOU LOVE: $25k → 14%UNITY CHURCH: $13k → 14%CITY NET: $25k → 14%UNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%ELEVATION BEHAVIORAL: $15k → 14%JJK SOLUTIONS: $10k → 14%UNITY OF SANTA BARBARA: $7k → 14%HANSAVEDAS SELF ENQUIRY LIFE FELLOWSHIP: $6k → 14%WOMEN'S FUND OF SANTA BARBARA: $6k → 14%JJK SOLUTIONS: $5k → 14%SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%WITHOUT SHELTER: $32k → 14%WITHOUT SHELTER: $10k → 14%SB MIDDLE SCHOOL: $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.
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$275k · 10 repeat orgs$167k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$275k
$161k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+9%

Still filing today

50%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalReligionSocial ScienceFood & NutritionPublic BenefitHealthOther
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

  • JC
    JUST CAPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +79%
  • LI
    LIFECHRONICLES INC
    4× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +26%
  • CREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • JC
    JUST CAPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $35k
  • KC
    KINGDOM CAUSES INC CITY NET BEDROCK CREEKgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +99%
  • PW
    PROTECT WHAT WE LOVE
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
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
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

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2
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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3
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc

The organization was established to protect and restore the santa barbara channel and its watersheds through science-based advocacy, education, field work, community engagement, and citizen enforcement of environmental laws.

Environment
4
Santa Barbara Education Foundation

Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Education
5
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
6
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
7
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
8
California Budget & Policy Center

The budget center provides dependable, timely, policy guidance and public education through our independent research and analysis, public education, strategic collaborations, and communications to expand economic opportunities and promote…

Education
9
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
10
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
11
CalMatters

Our team of experienced journalists, with the time and resources to dig deep, is committed to meaningfully informing Californians about the players, politics, and interests that shape the issues that affect their lives.

Civil Rights
12
Biocom California

Accelerating life science success.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Empowerment Works 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

17 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. 17 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DIVINE ASSISTANTS INTERNATIONAL: $51,459 · OtherDIVINE ASSISTANTS INTERNATIONALWITHOUT SHELTER: $41,649 · OtherWITHOUT SHELTERJUST CAPITAL: $35,001 · OtherJUST CAPITALLIFECHRONICLES INC: $25,400 · OtherLIFECHRONICLES INCPROTECT WHAT WE LOVE: $25,000 · OtherPROTECT WHAT WE LOVEUNITY CHURCH OF SANTA BARBARA: $19,500 · OtherUNITY CHURCH OF SANTA BARBARAJJK SOLUTIONS LLC: $15,075 · OtherJJK SOLUTIONS LLCNORTH END WATERFRONT HEALTH: $14,596 · OtherNORTH END WATERFRONT HEALTHSan Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace: $10,000 · OtherPUBLICSQUARE INC: $10,000 · OtherFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $10,100 · OtherJUST CAPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Social ScienceJUST CAPITAL F…UNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · InternationalUNSTOPPABL…HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $16,500 · InternationalHUMAN RIGH…Empowerment Works Inc: $5,000 · InternationalEmpowermen…KINGDOM CAUSES INC CITY NET BEDROCK CREEK: $25,000 · ReligionSELF ENQUIRY LIFE FELLOWSHIP: $5,809 · ReligionSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $18,000 · PhilanthropyWOMEN'S FUND OF SANTA BARBARA: $6,050 · PhilanthropyProgressive Change Institute: $20,000 · Public BenefitCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $15,350 · Arts & Culture
Other$267,780Social Science$60,000International$41,500Religion$30,809Philanthropy$24,050Public Benefit$20,000Arts & Culture$15,350

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 budgetJUST CAPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLIFECHRONICLES INC: $25,400 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetKINGDOM CAUSES INC CITY NET BEDROCK CREEK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROTECT WHAT WE LOVE: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetProgressive Change Institute: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetUNSTOPPABLE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $16,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $15,350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSan Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetPUBLICSQUARE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF SANTA BARBARA: $6,050 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSELF ENQUIRY LIFE FELLOWSHIP: $5,809 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSANTA BARBARA MIDDLE SCHOOL: $5,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEmpowerment Works Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Santa Barbara Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Santa Barbara FoundationCA15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Omega Point Institute funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Omega Point Institute. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    5report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Omega Point Institute?

    Find your warmest path to Omega Point Institute 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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