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Peppers Family Good Soil Foundation at a glance

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Peppers Family Good Soil 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.

$339k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$281k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$546kEducation$142kInternational$131kHealth$62kPhilanthropy$25kYouth Development$20kHuman Services$19kScience & Tech$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $55k
  • $250k+1 grant · $281k
$35,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRACE OF CHURCH OF MARIN$281,205
MARK DAY SCHOOL$35,000
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION$20,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNBOUND: $3k → 16%NEW STORY: $10k → 13%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

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IL
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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Peppers Family Good Soil Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Peppers Family Good Soil Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$716k · 6 repeat orgs$264k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +368% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
28

Total granted

$716k
$262k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+368%
+7%

Still filing today

33%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationHealthScience & TechPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • GO
    GRACE OF CHURCH OF MARIN
    4× · 2021–2024 · $496k
  • MD
    MARK DAY SCHOOL
    4× · 2021–2024 · $109k · revenue +23%
  • IJ
    INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $65k · revenue +368%

Funded once

  • IO
    INTERNATIONAL ORPHAN CAREgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $55k · revenue +45%
  • NC
    NEW CITY FELLOWSHIP
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • TB
    THE BARSTOOL FUND CO 30 DAY FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
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
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
2
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
3
United States Association for Unhcr

USA for UNHCR protects and supports refugees by mobilizing resources, elevating awareness, and driving action through a network of engaged supporters.

International
4
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
5
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
6
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc

International consortium of investigative journalists, inc.'s (icij) mission is to show people how the world really works through stories that rock the world; forcing positive change.

International
7
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
8
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc

Irap is a global legal aid and advocacy organization working to create a world where refugees and all people seeking safety are empowered to claim their right to freedom of movement and a path to lasting refuge. everyone should have a safe…

Human Services
9
Human Rights for Kids

Human Rights for Kids is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights for children. We use an integrated, multi-faceted approach which consists of research & public education, coalition…

International
10
International Social Service United States of America Branch Inc

Iss-usa mobilizes a domestic and international network of social work, legal, and other professionals to connect children, adults and families separated by borders with the services and support they need.

Human Services
11
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
12
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma; the most unlike its peers is Attachment Institute of New England Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 36 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRACE OF CHURCH OF MARIN: $496,205 · OtherGRACE OF CHURCH OF MARINMARK DAY SCHOOL: $109,050 · OtherMARK DAY SCHOOL+21 more: $172,606 · Other+21 moreINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $65,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL …INTERNATIONAL ORPHAN CARE: $55,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL …+2 more: $5,000 · InternationalSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $19,500 · EducationHUNGER ACTION LOS ANGELES INC: $5,000 · EducationNEW STORY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNo One Left Behind: $10,000 · Human ServicesUnbound: $3,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $20,000 · PhilanthropyBREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF ALA: $10,000 · HealthNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $9,949 · HealthCitizen Science Foundation: $10,000 · Science & Tech
Other$777,861International$125,000Education$24,500Human Services$23,000Philanthropy$20,000Health$19,949Science & Tech$10,000

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 budgetMARK DAY SCHOOL: $109,050 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ORPHAN CARE: $55,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $19,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF ALA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCitizen Science Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetFOOTPRINT PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNEW STORY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNo One Left Behind: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $9,949 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNGER ACTION LOS ANGELES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildren of Shelters: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRepresentUs: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnbound: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS HUSKY RESCUE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIE BADIEL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA10.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Peppers Family Good Soil Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Peppers Family Good Soil Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Peppers Family Good Soil Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Peppers Family Good Soil 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 36 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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