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Plunkett Foundation Cash Acct

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$148k
Granted FY2026still arriving
14
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$28k
Largest
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.

Housing & Shelter$176kCrime & Legal$150kHuman Services$140kHealth$132kEducation$92kEnvironment$36kYouth Development$13kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2026 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k8 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $101k
$8,487
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLETTES CHILDREN HOME$28,289
CHILDRENS BUREAU OF SOUTHERN$20,206
THE WAYMAKERS$20,206
ALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES$12,232
FRIENDS OF SHIPLEY NATURE CENTER$10,103
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF HUNTINGTON$10,103
THE HEBREW ACADEMY$8,487
SCHOLARS HOPE FOUNDATION$7,274
THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER OF$6,062
CHABAD OF WEST ORANGE COUNTY$6,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HUNTINTON$5,000
HUNTINGTON BEACH ART CENTER$5,000
YMCA OF ORANGE COUNTY$5,000
SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF$4,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–26, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY: $15k → 6%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY: $10k → 6%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY: $10k → 6%YMCA OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5k → 10%YMCA OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5k → 10%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$865k · 14 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2026, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
4

Total granted

$865k
$27k

Still filing today

64%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’26
EnvironmentHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • W
    WAYMAKERS
    4× · 2021–2026 · $170k · revenue +26%
  • ALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION
    5× · 2021–2026 · $117k · revenue +63%
  • AL
    ASSISTANCE LEAGUE HUNTINGTON BEACH
    5× · 2021–2026 · $80k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • SS
    SELF SUFFICIENCY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • HB
    HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL ART CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $8k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
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
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
2
Laguna Beach Community Clinic

The mission of laguna beach community clinic (lbcc) is to provide excellent medical care regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
3
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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4
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
5
Children's Home Society of California

The mission of children's home society of california is to provide children, families, and communities with supportive services to thrive.

Human Services
6
The Oaks School

In an atmosphere of mutual respect and responsibility, the oaks school prepares students to meet the world with the combined wisdom of an intelligent mind, a skilled hand, and a compassionate heart.

Education
7
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
8
Sage Hill School

We inspire in our students a love of knowledge and the ability to use that knowledge creatively, compassionately and courageously throughout their lives.sage hill school's commitment to academic excellence and our outstanding college…

Education
9
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County

The mission of family service agency is to strengthen and advocate for families and individuals of all ages and diversities, helping to create and preserve a healthy community.

Human Services
10
Children's Healthcare of California

The primary exempt purpose of children's healthcare of california includes without limitation the receipt of distributions and grants for the making of distributions and grants to children's hospital of orange county (choc) and to…

Health
11
End Homelessness California

To build capacity and community engagement to better serve the most vulnerable population suffering poverty and the homeless crisis.

Human Services
12
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Waymakers; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Shipley Nature 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

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
4/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLETTE'S CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $204,313 · Housing & ShelterCOLETTE'S CHILDREN'S HOME…THE HEBREW ACADEMY: $55,487 · OtherTHE HEBREW ACADEMYCHILDRENS BUREAU OF SOUTHERN: $40,206 · OtherCHILDRENS BUREAU OF SOU…THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER OF: $33,062 · OtherTHERAPEUTIC RIDING CENT…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF HUNTINGTON: $12,500 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF H…SELF SUFFICIENCY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherCHABAD OF WEST ORANGE COUNTY: $8,500 · OtherHUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL ART CENTER: $8,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · Other+4 more: $15,500 · Other+4 moreWAYMAKERS: $170,206 · Crime & LegalWAYMAKERSALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION: $117,491 · HealthALTAMED HEALTH…ASSISTANCE LEAGUE HUNTINGTON BEACH: $80,103 · Community ImprovementASSISTANCE…SCHOLARS' HOPE FOUNDATION: $52,274 · EducationFRIENDS OF SHIPLEY NATURE CENTER: $40,103 · EnvironmentAMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA: $6,000 · EnvironmentPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 · Human Services
Housing & Shelter$204,313Other$191,255Crime & Legal$170,206Health$117,491Community Improvement$80,103Education$52,274Environment$46,103Human Services$45,000

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 budgetCOLETTE'S CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $204,313 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetWAYMAKERS: $170,206 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION: $117,491 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE HUNTINGTON BEACH: $80,103 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetSCHOLARS' HOPE FOUNDATION: $52,274 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF SHIPLEY NATURE CENTER: $40,103 over 5y, 11% of budgetPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA: $6,000 over 2y, 1.1% 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 COLETTE'S CHILDREN'S HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds WAYMAKERS ↗
  • Who funds ALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE HUNTINGTON BEACH ↗
  • Who funds SCHOLARS' HOPE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SHIPLEY NATURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA ↗

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.

O L Halsell FoundationCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: O L Halsell Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Plunkett Foundation Cash Acct funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Plunkett Foundation Cash Acct. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%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 · 0–10%
    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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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