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Philip D Sokol Foundation at a glance

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Philip D Sokol 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.

$355k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Animals$255kCrime & Legal$155kPhilanthropy$80kFood & Nutrition$66kHealth$64kScience & Tech$50kEducation$49kYouth Development$38kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $130k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$7.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Scripps Foundation$80,000
San Diego Humane Society$50,000
San Diego Justice Foundation$40,000
Mama's Kitchen$25,000
Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance$25,000
Scripps Institution of Oceanography$25,000
Promises2Kids$20,000
Student Diplomact Corps$15,000
San Diego County Office of Educatio$15,000
Center for Community Solutions$15,000
Springboard to Learning$15,000
Urban Surf 4 Kids$10,000
Father Joe's Villages$10,000
BSA Troop 11$5,000
High Tech High Foundation$5,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BSA Troop 11: $5k → 11%Student Diplomact Corps: $15k → 17%Springboard to Learning: $15k → 21%BSA Troop 11: $3k → 11%Student Diplomact Corps: $10k → 17%Springboard to Learning: $4k → 21%Promises2Kids: $20k → 11%Father Joe's Villages: $10k → 11%San Diego County Office of Educatio: $15k → 11%KATHY'S LEGACY: $10k → 11%KATHY'S LEGACY: $1k → 11%Urban Surf 4 Kids: $10k → 11%Urban Surf 4 Kids: $10k → 11%Scripps Foundation: $80k → 11%Scripps: $50k → 11%SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $200 → 11%San Diego Humane Society: $50k → 11%San Diego Humane Society: $50k → 11%San Diego Humane Society: $25k → 11%Mama's Kitchen: $25k → 11%Mama's Kitchen: $15k → 11%JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $10k → 11%Scripps Institution of Oceanography: $25k → 11%UC San Diego: $10k → 11%Center for Community Solutions: $15k → 11%Mama's Kitchen: $10k → 11%MAMAS KITCHEN: $10k → 11%MAMAS KITCHEN: $3k → 11%MAMAS KITCHEN: $3k → 11%MAMAS KITCHEN: $1k → 11%High Tech High Foundation: $5k → 11%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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$583k · 10 repeat orgs$240k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
4

Total granted

$583k
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+23%

Still filing today

90%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthFood & NutritionCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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

  • ZS
    ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO
    3× · 2022–2025 · $130k · revenue +12%
  • SD
    SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA
    3× · 2023–2025 · $125k · revenue +1%
  • MK
    MAMA'S KITCHEN
    7× · 2018–2025 · $66k · revenue +130%

Funded once

  • S
    Scripps
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • US
    UC San Diego
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • JI
    JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +23%
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
San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Inc

The mission of san diego volunteer lawyer program, inc. is to provide equal access to the justice system by serving as a bridge between indigent and other disadvantaged people in san diego county and the volunteer lawyers who are willing…

Social Science
2
Crisis House

The mission of crisis house is to respond immediately to stop the cycle of domestic violence and homelessness and to connect families and individuals to crucial resources that empower them to renew their lives.

Human Services
3
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
4
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
5
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

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6
Sacramento Children's Home

At the sacramento children's home, we are committed to opening doors to the future by maximizing the potential of children and families.

Human Services
7
Childrens Legal Services of San Diego

The purpose of providing legal representation and advocacy to foster children and youth in the San Diego County courts.

Philanthropy
8
San Diego Center for Children

Founded in 1887, the center is the oldest children's nonprofit in the region accredited by the joint commission for its excellence in quality of care. the center provides a continuum of therapeutic & educational services to youth &…

Human Services
9
San Diego County Citizens' Scholars Foundation
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10
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
11
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
12
University of San Diego

The university of san diego is a contemporary catholic university, grounded in the liberal arts and anchored along an international border, advancing academic excellence to create a more inclusive, sustainable and hopeful world.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is URBANSURF4KIDS. 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

15 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. 15 of the 21 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $130,000 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $125,000 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCAScripps Foundation: $80,000 · OtherScripps FoundationScripps: $50,000 · OtherScrippsREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO: $25,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR…PROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATIONSan Diego County Office of Educatio: $15,000 · OtherSan Diego County Office of EducatioKATHYS LEGACY INC: $11,250 · OtherUC San Diego: $10,000 · OtherSPRINGBOARD TO LEARNING INC: $19,250 · OtherSPRINGBOARD TO LEARNING INCJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $10,000 · OtherST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $12,500 · OtherTHE SAN DIEGO JUSTICE FOUNDATION INC: $155,000 · Crime & LegalTHE SAN DIEGO JUSTICE…MAMA'S KITCHEN: $66,250 · Food & NutritionMAMA'S KI…+1 more: $200 · Food & NutritionSCRIPPS HEALTH: $24,000 · HealthCENTER FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS: $15,000 · HealthSTUDENT DIPLOMACY CORPS INC: $25,000 · InternationalURBANSURF4KIDS: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports
Animals$255,000Other$263,000Crime & Legal$155,000Food & Nutrition$66,450Health$39,000International$25,000Recreation & Sports$20,000

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 budgetTHE SAN DIEGO JUSTICE FOUNDATION INC: $155,000 over 4y, 69% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $130,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMAMA'S KITCHEN: $66,250 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSTUDENT DIPLOMACY CORPS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $24,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetURBANSURF4KIDS: $20,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetSPRINGBOARD TO LEARNING INC: $19,250 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKATHYS LEGACY INC: $11,250 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHigh Tech High Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $200 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.

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.

The San Diego Foundat…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Philip D Sokol Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Philip D Sokol Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 21 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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