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Pacific Theatres Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$100k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.9MHealth$705kArts & Culture$600kPhilanthropy$455kCivil Rights$310kReligion$200kYouth Development$25kPublic Benefit$13k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$100,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SIMA STUDIOS: $100k → 14%SIMA STUDIOS: $25k → 14%SIMA STUDIOS: $25k → 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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 9 repeat orgs$998k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
8

Total granted

$2.2M
$998k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+16%

Still filing today

78%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $680k · revenue +63%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
    7× · 2017–2024 · $365k · revenue +30%
  • WU
    WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2018–2022 · $250k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • BO
    BANK OF AMERCIA CHARITABLE GIFT FUN
    one grant, 2018 · $455k
  • SJ
    SAINT JAMES SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $300k · revenue +1%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2019 · $125k
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.

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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
2
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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3
California Institute of the Arts

Calarts is a multidisciplinary community of artists. our ongoing educational endeavor is grounded in openness, experimentation, critical engagement, and creative freedom. through artistic practice, we transform ourselves, each other, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
7
Occidental College

See schedule othe mission of occidental college is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex,…

Education
8
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
9
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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10
American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Founded in 1780, the american academy of arts and sciences honors excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together "to…

Social Science
11
Saint Ann's School

Saint ann's exists to nurture the wonder of children. unfettered by grades, teachers and students embark on journeys of discovery in which the arts are central. through an ambitious curriculum and a culture of inquiry, we question the…

Education
12
New York Academy of Art

The new york academy of art is a unique graduate school that combines intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse. we believe that rigorously trained artists are best able to realize their artistic vision.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Los Angeles Music and Art School; the most unlike its peers is Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. 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

12 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. 12 of the 18 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UCLA FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONSAINT JAMES SCHOOL: $300,000 · EducationSAINT JAMES SCHOOLWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · EducationWESLEYAN UNIVERSITYBRENTWOOD SCHOOL: $200,000 · EducationBRENTWOOD SCHOOLTHE CENTER FOR HUMANITY: $125,000 · Education+1 more: $60,371 · EducationBANK OF AMERCIA CHARITABLE GIFT FUN: $455,000 · OtherBANK OF AMERCIA CHARIT…CENTER FOR COURAGE RENEWAL: $310,000 · OtherCENTER FOR COURAGE REN…DECURION INST FOR WHOLENESS AND DVL: $200,000 · OtherDECURION INST FOR WHOL…+4 more: $92,500 · Other+4 moreCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $680,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI M…THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $365,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERI…LOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY: $50,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGEL…+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSIMA STUDIOS: $150,000 · Human Services
Education$2,935,371Other$1,057,500Health$680,000Arts & Culture$420,000Human Services$150,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $2,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $680,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $365,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSAINT JAMES SCHOOL: $300,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBRENTWOOD SCHOOL: $200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSIMA STUDIOS: $150,000 over 3y, 61% of budgetCITIZENS OF THE WORLD CHARTER SCHOOLS: $60,371 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES MUSIC AND ART SCHOOL: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $5,000 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 UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SAINT JAMES SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BRENTWOOD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SIMA STUDIOS ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS OF THE WORLD CHARTER SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES MUSIC AND ART SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM ASSOCIATES ↗

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 …National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Pacific Theatres Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pacific Theatres Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–5%
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.
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How do I get to Pacific Theatres Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Pacific Theatres 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 18 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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