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Rodeki Foundation

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.

$925k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$606k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Science & Tech$3.7MHealth$1.3MHuman Services$643kYouth Development$431kEducation$202kFood & Nutrition$60kPhilanthropy$40kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $242k
  • $250k+1 grant · $606k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$605,871
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$87,000
HOME START INC$55,000
U C SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$50,000
REALITY CHANGERS$50,000
ACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY$40,000
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES$25,000
A BRIDGE FOR KIDS$10,000
VISION OF CHILDREN$2,500
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 (FY17–24, $156k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%INDIASPORA: $25k → 10%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $3k → 11%INDIASPORA: $13k → 10%A BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $10k → 11%A BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $10k → 11%NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC: $30k → 11%A BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $20k → 11%A BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $10k → 11%A BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $10k → 11%A BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $10k → 11%A BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $8k → 11%A BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $8k → 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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.6M · 14 repeat orgs$710k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
12

Total granted

$5.6M
$710k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+23%

Still filing today

86%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 ServicesHealthEducationScience & TechPublic BenefitInternationalOther
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

  • HS
    HOME START INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $520k · revenue +94%
  • TS
    The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    6× · 2018–2024 · $138k · revenue +27%
  • The Fistula Foundation
    4× · 2020–2023 · $115k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • SI
    SALK INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2017 · $525k
  • FS
    FEEDING SAN DIEGOgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +29%
  • NC
    NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · 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
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
2
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
4
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
5
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
6
Arizona Community Foundation

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

Philanthropy
7
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
8
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
9
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
10
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
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is National Multiple Sclerosis Society. 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

23 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. 23 of the 28 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
19/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UCSD JACOBS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $3,000,000 · OtherUCSD JACOBS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERINGSALK INSTITUTE: $525,000 · OtherSALK INSTITUTE+14 more: $413,062 · Other+14 moreNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $775,871 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCL…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $297,508 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIE…The Fistula Foundation: $115,000 · HealthThe Fistula Foundatio…HOME START INC: $520,000 · Crime & LegalHOME STAR…REALITY CHANGERS: $270,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $110,000 · EducationA BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $86,000 · Human ServicesINDIASPORA: $37,500 · Human ServicesNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $30,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $138,050 · Science & TechACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY: $70,000 · Youth Development
Other$3,938,062Health$1,188,379Crime & Legal$520,000Education$380,000Human Services$156,000Science & Tech$138,050Youth Development$70,000

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 budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $775,871 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetHOME START INC: $520,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $297,508 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREALITY CHANGERS: $270,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $138,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $115,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $92,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetA BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $86,000 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY: $70,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINDIASPORA: $37,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAISLING IRISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetROLF BENIRSCHKE LEGACY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Vision of Children: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $2,000 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.

Jewish Community Foun…Rancho Santa Fe Found…The San Diego Foundat…Price Philanthropies …Walter J & Betty C Za…David C Copley Founda…The Conrad Prebys Fou…The Nordson Corporati…The Intuit FoundationMcCarthy Family Found…Boys and Girls Aid So…Alliance Healthcare F…
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA23.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · The Intuit Foundation · McCarthy Family Foundation Inc · Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd · Alliance Healthcare 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 Rodeki Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rodeki Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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.

    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 28 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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