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Playstudios Impact Fund at a glance

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Playstudios Impact Fund

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.

$519k
Granted FY2024still arriving
55
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$375kInternational$263kYouth Development$259kHuman Services$241kPublic Safety & Disaster$198kArts & Culture$160kEducation$128kAnimals$128kOther$0
02FY2024 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $127k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $342k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$19k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COACHART ORG$50,000
NEON MUSEUM$30,000
28 JUN AUSTRALIA LTD$20,000
P E F ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC$20,000
CENTAR ZVEZDA$17,500
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION$14,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$10,000
BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY$10,000
WWP INC - WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC$10,000
THE OLYMPIC CLUB FOUNDATION$10,000
CRITICAL CARE COMICS$10,000
SAIGON CHILDRENS CHARITY USA$10,000
28 JUN AUSTRALIA LTD$10,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

US giving: 86% of grant dollars ($2.0M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 14% that went abroad ($325k) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $303k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LARGER THAN LIFE USA INC: $10k → 13%STUPID STRONG: $15k → 11%LESS LEG MORE HEART: $15k → 7%STUPID STRONG: $15k → 11%CHANGE A PATH: $10k → 10%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOMES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $20k → 10%STUPID STRONG: $10k → 11%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA: $45k → 13%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15k → 10%STUPID STRONG: $5k → 11%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA: $18k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA: $8k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA: $3k → 13%GIRLS WHO CODE INC: $50k → 17%PROJECT 150: $10k → 13%GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA INC: $20k → 13%WESTCARE FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 13%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF LAS VEGAS: $20k → 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

VT
NH
IL
NY
OR
NV
CA
CO
NE
VA
KS
NC
DC
HI
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 14% of all-years giving ($325k)

10 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Serbia$152k · 19 grants
Australia$40k · 3 grants
Hong Kong$30k · 5 grants
Israel$25k · 3 grants
Vietnam$21k · 2 grants
India$19k · 2 grants
Mexico$10k · 1 grant
Ukraine$10k · 1 grant
Singapore$10k · 1 grant
Chile$8k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 7% of Playstudios Impact Fund’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Playstudios Impact Fundlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 18% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 27 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
54

Total granted

$1.1M
$846k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+12%

Still filing today

70%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $299k 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
Human ServicesInternationalHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyPublic 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

  • TS
    THE SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $125k · revenue +102%
  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $73k · revenue +9%
  • GO
    GREEN OUR PLANET
    3× · 2021–2023 · $70k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • ER
    E4E RELIEF LLCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue +74%
  • GIRLS WHO CODE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +8%
  • DC
    DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -25%
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
Unlv Research Foundation

The foundation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for the purposes of supporting, promoting, and reporting research activities at the university of nevada, las vegas, as an entity of the board of regents of the nevada system of…

Science & Tech
2
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
3
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
4
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
5
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
6
Alliance for Childhood Diseases

To advance cures and treatment of childhood cancer and other rare diseases.

Health
7
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation

The elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation (egpaf) is a proven leader in the fight against pediatric hiv/aids and has reached over 33 million pregnant women with services to prevent transmission of hiv to their babies. to date, egpaf…

Health
8
Healthy Nevada
Health
9
UltraViolet Education Fund

Ultraviolet education fund (uvef) is a 501c3 organization. ultraviolet is the premier national organization advocating for gender justice issues using creative, strategic campaigning and digital-first organizing. ultraviolet drives…

Civil Rights
10
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
11
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
12
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Girls Who Code Inc; the most unlike its peers is Change of Path. 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

76 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. 76 of the 114 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/76
Grantees still filing
41/76
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF HOPE: $150,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPEKEEP MEMORY ALIVE: $50,000 · Other28 JUN AUSTRALIA LTD: $40,000 · OtherGREEN OUR PLANET: $70,000 · OtherGREEN OUR PLANETNOAH'S ANIMAL HOUSE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Other+66 more: $788,228 · Other+66 moreCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $73,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITIES IN …GIRLS WHO CODE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS WHO CODE …STUPID STRONG: $45,000 · Human ServicesSTUPID STRONGHOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $20,000 · Human ServicesHOLY FAMILY DAY…GAY & LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $20,000 · Human ServicesGAY & LESBIAN C…MIRACLE LEAGUE OF LAS VEGAS: $20,000 · Human ServicesMIRACLE LEAGUE …WESTCARE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesLESS LEG MORE HEART: $15,000 · Human ServicesEPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15,000 · Human Services+4 more: $40,000 · Human Services+4 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $75,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTR…BLUE DRAGON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION USA: $62,100 · InternationalBLUE DRAGON…Serbs for Serbs: $26,000 · InternationalSerbs for S…Best Buddies International Inc: $20,000 · InternationalBest Buddie…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE UMM EL-FAHEM MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY AR: $15,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FR…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FR…Worldwide Friends Foundation: $10,000 · International+2 more: $7,500 · InternationalTHE SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOUNDATION: $125,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE SHAQUI…COACHARTORG: $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOACHARTOR…GIRLS ON THE RUN LAS VEGAS: $10,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $45,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $35,000 · PhilanthropyVIBES AND SMILES INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyNEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyNIRIM USA INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $10,000 · PhilanthropyONE TREE PLANTED INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropySt Anthony Foundation: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropyTHE NEON MUSEUM: $55,000 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $50,000 · Arts & CulturePositively Arts: $24,550 · Arts & CultureNEVADA BALLET THEATRE INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureE4E RELIEF LLC: $75,000 · Public Safety & DisasterISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INC: $25,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterFEAL GOOD FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$1,148,228Human Services$313,000International$230,600Youth Development$224,000Philanthropy$156,500Arts & Culture$144,550Public Safety & Disaster$115,000

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 SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCOACHARTORG: $85,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetE4E RELIEF LLC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $73,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGREEN OUR PLANET: $70,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBLUE DRAGON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION USA: $62,100 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetTHE NEON MUSEUM: $55,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNOAH'S ANIMAL HOUSE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetSTUPID STRONG: $45,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRITICAL CARE COMICS: $35,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetLava Mae: $35,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAdopt One Block: $30,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetSerbs for Serbs: $26,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGED: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPositively Arts: $24,550 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVIBES AND SMILES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 82% of budgetGAY & LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF LAS VEGAS: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE UMM EL-FAHEM MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY AR: $15,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetAUSTIN YMBL SUNSHINE CAMP: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNPOWER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTCARE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEVADA BALLET THEATRE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLESS LEG MORE HEART: $15,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetGREATER LAS VEGAS INNER CITY GAMES: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRESH APPROACH: $12,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKa Lima O Maui Ltd: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNIRIM USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetOLYMPIC CLUB FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLARGER THAN LIFE USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBRIDGE STEPS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE IN AUSTIN RESCUE RANCH: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

NV Energy Charitable …Wynn Resorts Foundati…United Way of Souther…Nevada Community Foun…Mgm Resorts FoundationElaine P Wynn and Fam…Raiders FoundationVegas Golden Knights …Rosenblum Family Foun…Canarelli Family Foun…Mondays DarkEngelstad Family Foun…
NV Energy Charitable FoundationNV29.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Wynn Resorts Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · Mgm Resorts Foundation · Elaine P Wynn and Family Foundation Bt · Raiders Foundation · Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc · Rosenblum Family Foundation · Canarelli Family Foundation · Mondays Dark · Engelstad Family 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 Playstudios Impact Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Playstudios Impact Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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

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How do I get to Playstudios Impact Fund?

Find your warmest path to Playstudios Impact Fund 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 114 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home