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Rotary Club of Pasadena Foundation

To support charitable endeavors in the san gabriel valley.

$75k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$85kHealth$34kEducation$13kHuman Services$12kYouth Development$12kFood & Nutrition$4kHousing & Shelter$3kPhilanthropy$3k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $13,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $75,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $62,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STEAM CODERS$7,500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA$5,500
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 (FY20–20, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HILLSIDES PASADENA: $3k → 14%PASADENA SR CENTER: $6k → 14%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.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$44k · 4 repeat orgs$122k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +178% since the first grant, against +50% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
22

Total granted

$44k
$109k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+178%
+50%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationFood & NutritionOther
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 PASADENA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $12k · revenue +14%
  • AC
    ARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    2× · 2021–2022 · $12k · revenue +199%
  • PN
    Parson's Nose Productions
    2× · 2021–2022 · $12k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • VE
    VILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue +23%
  • Pasadena Conservatory of Musicgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +50%
  • TE
    The Elizabeth House Maternity Homegraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue +68%
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
Pasadena Museum of California Art

To present the breadth of california art and design through exhibitions that explore the cultural dynamics and influence that are unique to california.

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2
Pasadena Community Access Corp

Provide video production training to the community of pasadena and civic meeting and event coverage. programs produced through the pasadena media studio cablecast on cable channels in the pasadena viewing area.

Arts & Culture
3
Latino Theater Company

The latino theater company operates the los angeles theatre center, whose mission is to provide a world class arts center for those pursuing artistic excellence; a laboratory where both tradition and innovation are honored and honed; a…

Arts & Culture
4
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
5
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
6
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
7
Pasadena Dance Theatre

Pasadena dance theatre strives to provide classical and innovative contemporary choreography through professional dance performances and to offer a high caliber of dance training through its conservatory.

Arts & Culture
8
Long Beach Community Players Inc

To celebrate the human experience while encouraging the participation of artist and audience in theatre productions.

Arts & Culture
9
Stages

Stages makes plays and tells stories that invite everyone to live more deeply and love more boldly.

Arts & Culture
10
Lawndale Art & Performance Center

Lawndale is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center that engages Houston communities with exhibitions and programs that explore the aesthetic, critical, and social issues of our time.See Schedule O for continuation.For over 40 years,…

Arts & Culture
11
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra

Kaleidoscope is a conductorless orchestra dedicated to enriching lives through exhilarating concert experience, artistic excellence, musician leadership, and connecting with the diverse communities of Los Angeles.

Arts & Culture
12
Pasadena Community Foundation

Pasadena Community Foundation builds and preserves permanently endowed charitable funds, provides grants and assistance to nurture and strengthen community organizations, serves donors to meet their philanthropic goals and promotes and…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young & Healthy; the most unlike its peers is The Elizabeth House Maternity Home. 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

27 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. 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
24/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PASADENA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $12,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PASADENA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $11,500 · Arts & CultureARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTSParson's Nose Productions: $11,500 · Arts & CultureParson's Nose ProductionsPasadena Conservatory of Music: $6,000 · Arts & CulturePasadena Conservatory of MusicTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA I…THE THEATRE AT BOSTON COURT: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTHE THEATRE AT BOSTON COURTMuseIque: $6,000 · Arts & CultureMuseIqueLINEAGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $6,000 · Arts & CultureLINEAGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTERA Noise Within: $6,000 · Arts & CultureA Noise WithinLOS ANGELES CHILDREN'S CHORUS: $5,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES CHILDREN'S CHORUSLight Bringer Project: $9,000 · OtherLight Bringer Pro…STEAM CODERS: $7,500 · OtherSTEAM CODERSRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $3,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD H…FAMILIES FORWARD: $3,000 · OtherFAMILIES FORWARDCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: $3,000 · OtherCANCER SUPPORT CO…Hear Center: $6,000 · HealthHear CenterCONVALESCENT AID SOCIETY: $6,000 · HealthCONVALESCENT …COMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE OF PASADENA: $4,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEA…YOUNG & HEALTHY: $3,000 · HealthYOUNG & HEALT…The Elizabeth House Maternity Home: $6,000 · Human ServicesThe Elizab…PASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $6,000 · Human ServicesPASADENA S…HILLSIDES: $3,000 · Human ServicesHILLSIDESVILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES: $6,000 · EducationART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN: $5,500 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $4,000 · Food & NutritionFlintridge Center: $3,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$76,000Other$25,500Health$19,000Human Services$15,000Education$11,500Youth Development$11,500Food & Nutrition$4,000Philanthropy$3,000

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 PASADENA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $11,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetParson's Nose Productions: $11,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetLight Bringer Project: $9,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetVILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPasadena Conservatory of Music: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Elizabeth House Maternity Home: $6,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE THEATRE AT BOSTON COURT: $6,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMuseIque: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHear Center: $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLINEAGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCONVALESCENT AID SOCIETY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetA Noise Within: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES CHILDREN'S CHORUS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE OF PASADENA: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG & HEALTHY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHILLSIDES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: $3,000 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.

Pasadena Community Fo…The Ralph M Parsons F…The Rose Hills Founda…The Ahmanson Foundati…California Community …Ann Peppers FoundationThe Green FoundationPasadena Showcase Hou…The Patron Saints Fou…Michael J Connell Fou…Perenchio FoundationS Mark Taper Foundati…
Pasadena Community FoundationCA50.5× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · California Community Foundation · Ann Peppers Foundation · The Green Foundation · Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts · The Patron Saints Foundation · Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte · Perenchio Foundation · S Mark Taper 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 Rotary Club of Pasadena Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rotary Club of Pasadena Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–50%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Rotary Club of Pasadena Foundation 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 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $15k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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