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Pfaffinger Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
33
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$644k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Human Services$13MHealth$6.9MHousing & Shelter$950kReligion$856kEmployment$650kFood & Nutrition$530kCommunity Improvement$335kPublic Safety & Disaster$330kOther$0
02FY2024 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k25 grants · $957k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $558k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.7M
$40,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$91M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$643,975
Individual grant recipient$407,209
Individual grant recipient$383,651
Individual grant recipient$305,928
Individual grant recipient$178,088
Individual grant recipient$173,590
Individual grant recipient$111,342
FAMILY SELF SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM$94,888
INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE-HOLIDAY GIFTS$44,000
ALL PEOPLES COMMUNITY CENTER$40,000
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$40,000
MEALS ON WHEELS OF LONG BEACH$40,000
SAFE PARKING LA$40,000
CHRYSALIS CENTER$40,000
UPWARD BOUND HOUSE$40,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%IMAGINE LA: $30k → 14%IMAGINE LOS ANGELES INC: $25k → 14%IMAGINE LA: $20k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $40k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $20k → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $40k → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $40k → 14%JENESSE CENTER: $40k → 14%JENESSE CENTER: $20k → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $20k → 14%JENESSE CENTER: $20k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVIC: $30k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $25k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $25k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $20k → 14%ALL PEOPLES COMMUNITY CENTER: $40k → 14%MAPS CHARITIES: $40k → 14%MAPS CHARITIES: $30k → 14%MAPS CHARITIES: $20k → 14%MAPS CHARITIES: $20k → 14%AGING NEXT: $15k → 14%MEND - MEET EACH NEED WITH DIGNITY: $40k → 14%MEET EACH NEED WITH DIGNITY: $40k → 14%MEET EACH NEED WITH DIGNITY: $40k → 14%MEET EACH NEED WITH DIGNITY: $40k → 14%MEND-MEET EACH NEED WITH DIGNITY: $15k → 14%ONE VOICE: $40k → 14%ONE VOICE: $40k → 14%ONE VOICE: $30k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $40k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $40k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $40k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $30k → 14%ONE VOICE: $20k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $25k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $20k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $50k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $15k → 14%ONE VOICE: $15k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $25k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $210k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $50k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $50k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER: $40k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $40k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $25k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $20k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $20k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$23M · 57 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +96% since the first grant, against +46% for the ones you funded once.

57 repeat relationships — 31 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
25

Total granted

$23M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+96%
+46%

Still filing today

70%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterEmploymentYouth DevelopmentHealthFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • DW
    DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER
    6× · 2017–2024 · $215k · revenue +285%
  • HY
    Helpline Youth Counseling Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $195k · revenue +201%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK
    7× · 2017–2024 · $190k · revenue +205%

Funded once

  • IA
    INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE-REST AND CONV
    one grant, 2017 · $360k
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $210k · revenue +46%
  • IA
    INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE-RETIREES MONT
    one grant, 2017 · $197k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Housing Works

Our mission is to create housing and service options that model, with respect and dignity, sustainable, environmentally sensitive, affordable communities for people of limited resources.

Housing & Shelter
2
Mercy House Living Centers

Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…

Housing & Shelter
3
Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network

Community organizing, education, advocacy, leadership development, direct services and organizational development for communities faced with immense poverty.

Community Improvement
4
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles

Jfsla's mission is to provide life-improving services that help the people of los angeles live with dignity and exercise self-determination. we believe in and strive for a more compassionate los angeles where no one has to navigate life…

Human Services
5
Lafh Permanent Housing Corp

Lafh permanent housing corp. i (casa central) has been established to own a 6-unit complex located in los angeles, california, which provides permanent housing for families with low income.

Housing & Shelter
6
Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County

Neighborhood housing services of los angeles county (nhs) serves as a catalyst for local residents, business and government representatives to work together to build stronger neighborhoods, improve the quality of life for families of…

Housing & Shelter
7
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center for Dev Disabled Persons Inc

South central los angeles regional center, (sclarc), believes special needs deserve special attention. we are committed to the provision of culturally sensitive services which enhance the inherent strengths of the family and enable…

Human Services
8
West Hollywood Community Housing Corp

The organization develops and operates high quality affordable housing and provides resident services for low-income families, seniors and people with special needs.

Housing & Shelter
9
West Valley Community Services of Santa Clara County Inc

Our mission is to unite the community to fight hunger and homelessness. our vision is a community where every person has food on the table and every person has a roof over their head.

Housing & Shelter
10
Family Promise of Los Angeles

Family promise of the south bay assists families experiencing housing insecurity with short-term shelter, case management, and navigation with the goal of creating a sustainable solution for their family.

Human Services
11
Hollywood Food Coalition

Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…

12
Fair Housing Foundation

The fair housing foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the elimination of discrimination in housing and promoting equal access to housing choices for everyone.

Housing & Shelter

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Families Forward and the most unlike its peers is 8 Ball Emergency Fund for Journalists. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%2%<5yr16%2%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr17%29%20–35yr10%51%35–55yr12%12%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%2%<5yr16%0%5–10yr20%3%10–20yr17%27%20–35yr10%56%35–55yr12%12%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 2% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/53
the rest of the field
16%
7,866/49,763

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

53 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 53 of the 86 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/53
Grantees still filing
44/53
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $5,091,163 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient — $3,321,934 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient — $3,222,970 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient — $1,810,612 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient — $1,445,192 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient — $1,281,776 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFAMILY SELF SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM — $1,076,443 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $805,973 · Other+46 more — $3,522,520 · Other+46 moreDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER — $215,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $210,000 · Human ServicesJenesse Center Inc — $180,000 · Human ServicesMEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity — $175,000 · Human ServicesPARA LOS NINOS — $170,000 · Human ServicesOne Voice — $145,000 · Human ServicesST JOSEPH CENTER — $135,000 · Human ServicesMAPS Charities — $120,000 · Human ServicesUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES — $100,000 · Human ServicesImagine Los Angeles Inc — $85,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles — $75,000 · Human Services+6 more — $140,000 · Human ServicesJVS SOCAL — $160,000 · EmploymentORANGE COUNTY CONSERVATION CORPS — $130,000 · EmploymentWOMEN IN NON TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT ROLES — $75,000 · EmploymentLIFT INC — $35,000 · EmploymentHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES — $185,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — $120,000 · Youth DevelopmentCONSERVATION CORPS OF LONG BEACH — $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentLTSC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $95,000 · Housing & ShelterSafe Parking LA — $80,000 · Housing & ShelterAFFORDABLE LIVING FOR THE AGING — $15,000 · Housing & ShelterMEND I INC — $15,000 · Housing & ShelterWEINGART CENTER ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterWESTSIDE FOOD BANK — $115,000 · Food & NutritionMeals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc — $90,000 · Food & NutritionHelpline Youth Counseling Inc — $195,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$21,578,583Human Services$1,750,000Employment$400,000Youth Development$375,000Housing & Shelter$215,000Food & Nutrition$205,000Crime & Legal$195,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER — $215,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $210,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelpline Youth Counseling Inc — $195,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK — $190,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES — $185,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJenesse Center Inc — $180,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCHRYSALIS CENTER — $180,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity — $175,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPARA LOS NINOS — $170,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUPWARD BOUND HOUSE — $170,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetJVS SOCAL — $160,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetONEGENERATION — $155,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOne Voice — $145,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetST JOSEPH CENTER — $135,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetORANGE COUNTY CONSERVATION CORPS — $130,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMAPS Charities — $120,000 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetCOALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — $120,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK — $115,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetST BARNABAS SENIOR CENTER OF LOS ANGELES — $105,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG & HEALTHY — $102,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD — $100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES — $100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLTSC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $95,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS — $95,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDOOR OF HOPE — $95,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc — $90,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetImagine Los Angeles Inc — $85,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budget1979 LEGACY CORP — $80,000 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetSafe Parking LA — $80,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetWOMEN IN NON TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT ROLES — $75,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles — $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONSERVATION CORPS OF LONG BEACH — $70,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWISE AND HEALTHY AGING — $70,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME — $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNEW DIRECTIONS INC — $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLIONS SIGHT AND HEARING FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $45,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION — $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPUENTE LEARNING CENTER — $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFVO SOLUTIONS INC — $40,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetALL PEOPLES COMMUNITY CENTER — $40,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLIFT INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budget8 BALL EMERGENCY FUND FOR JOURNALISTS — $34,000 over 4y, 30% of budgetAGINGNEXT INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN NUTRITION PROGRAM INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAFFORDABLE LIVING FOR THE AGING — $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMEND I INC — $15,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
  • Who funds Helpline Youth Counseling Inc
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK
  • Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES
  • Who funds Jenesse Center Inc
  • Who funds CHRYSALIS CENTER
  • Who funds MEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity
  • Who funds PARA LOS NINOS
  • Who funds UPWARD BOUND HOUSE
  • Who funds JVS SOCAL
  • Who funds ONEGENERATION
  • Who funds One Voice
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH CENTER
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY CONSERVATION CORPS
  • Who funds MAPS Charities
  • Who funds COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
  • Who funds WESTSIDE FOOD BANK
  • Who funds ST BARNABAS SENIOR CENTER OF LOS ANGELES
  • Who funds YOUNG & HEALTHY
  • Who funds FAMILIES FORWARD
  • Who funds UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES
  • Who funds LTSC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
  • Who funds DOOR OF HOPE
  • Who funds Meals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Rose Hills FoundationCA48.4× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rose Hills Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · United Way Inc · S Mark Taper Foundation · The Green Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Shelter Partnership Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Pfaffinger Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Pfaffinger Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Pfaffinger 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 86 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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