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Proper Giving at a glance

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Proper Giving

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.

$61k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

International$176kHousing & Shelter$49kReligion$43kAnimals$41kFood & Nutrition$24kHuman Services$23kPublic Safety & Disaster$19kYouth Development$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
$2,170
Median grant
4
States reached
$74k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PEOPLE CONCERN$15,965
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$12,392
CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION$7,000
MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES$6,338
CANINE RESCUE CLUB$4,828
ASIAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES$2,500
FIND FOOD BANK$2,366
PALM SPRINGS ANIMAL SOCIETY$2,170
BOYS AND GIRLS CENTER OF PALM SPRINGS$1,494
LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES$1,390
ST ANTHONY'S FOUNDATION$1,181
SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH$1,036
PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN$1,000
AUSTIN PETS ALIVE$630
CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MONTAUK$426
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 (FY20–25, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MISSION LA: $10k → 14%MISSION LA: $7k → 14%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $3k → 10%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $12k → 14%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $2k → 10%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $7k → 14%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $2k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $1k → 10%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $16k → 14%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $983 → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $670 → 10%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $1k → 14%PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
CA
UT
DC
HI
TX
FL
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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$221k · 19 repeat orgs$199k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
12

Total granted

$221k
$168k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+55%

Still filing today

63%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • TP
    THE PEOPLE CONCERN
    3× · 2023–2025 · $35k · revenue +41%
  • P
    PATH
    3× · 2021–2023 · $33k · revenue +3%
  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $29k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • UR
    UKRAINE RELIEF
    one grant, 2022 · $143k
  • CC
    CIVIC CENTER COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICTgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +225%
  • SC
    Shoal Creek Conservancygraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +55%
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
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
2
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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3
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
4
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
5
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
6
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
7
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition

The anti-recidivism coalition (arc) works to end mass incarceration in california. to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, arc empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network,…

Crime & Legal
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
End Homelessness California

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

Human Services
10
Union Station Homeless Services

We work to end homelessness through housing solutions, supportive services, and connection to community. we advocate for equitable and just systems that ensure all individuals and families will have a safe place they can call home.

Human Services
11
Interval House

The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…

Human Services
12
Youth and Family Alliance

Youth and family alliance (dba lifeworks) is a fearless advocate for youth and young adults pursuing a life they love and a stable future for themselves and their families. we strive to break cycles of instability by providing support and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safe Place for Youth Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cedars-Sinai Medical 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

25 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. 25 of the 40 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
19/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UKRAINE RELIEF: $143,338 · OtherUKRAINE RELIEFLA HOUSE OF RUTH: $32,941 · OtherLA HOUSE OF RUTH+25 more: $73,214 · Other+25 moreTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $35,355 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE CONCER…THE MISSION LA: $17,257 · Human ServicesTHE MISSION LALarkin Street Youth Services: $10,778 · Human ServicesLarkin Street You…+2 more: $2,036 · Human ServicesPATH: $32,940 · InternationalPATHWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,392 · InternationalWORLD CENTRA…BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $29,111 · AnimalsBEST FRIE…AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $5,176 · AnimalsAUSTIN PE…MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $14,591 · ReligionFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $4,486 · Food & NutritionWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $2,000 · Food & NutritionCIVIC CENTER COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Other$249,493Human Services$65,426International$45,332Animals$34,287Religion$14,591Food & Nutrition$6,486Community Improvement$5,000

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 budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $35,355 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPATH: $32,940 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $29,111 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MISSION LA: $17,257 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $14,591 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $10,778 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCARITAS OF AUSTIN: $8,253 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $5,176 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCIVIC CENTER COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $4,486 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShoal Creek Conservancy: $3,490 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetALONZO KING LINES BALLET: $3,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RICHMOND ERMET AID FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUPWARD BOUND HOUSE: $2,163 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN: $1,916 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA INC: $1,163 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC: $1,036 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $549 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHANGE THE REF INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN12.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Proper Giving funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Proper Giving. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 40 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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