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Sabrina Kay Charitable Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$212k
Granted FY2018
12
Grants FY2018
3
States reached
$151k
Largest

Read this first · the figures below need context

81% of Sabrina Kay Charitable Foundation’s FY2018 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2018 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Philanthropy$171kHealth$20kEducation$12kArts & Culture$11kYouth Development$10kCommunity Improvement$10kInternational$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kOther$0
02FY2018 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k7 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $151k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$151,324
NETWORK FOR GOOD$20,000
UCLA SOUND BODY MIND FOUNDATION$10,000
PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM$10,000
ASIA SOCIETY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$10,000
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS$5,000
LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION$2,000
MISCELLANEOUS$1,000
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE$1,000
FOSTER CARE COUNTS$1,000
LA84 FOUNDATION$500
AFTER SCHOOL ALL-STARS$250
02The need
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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 (FY18–18, $2k) 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%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $2k → 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 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.

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The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

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2
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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3
League of California Community Foundations

The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…

Philanthropy
4
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies

The Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE) is dedicated to enhancing the United States' image abroad through American Art. Founded as a public-private, non-partisan partnership in 1986, FAPE works with the U.S. Department…

Arts & Culture
5
Hollywood Foreign Press Association Charitable Trust
Philanthropy
6
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
7
Los Angeles Sheriffs Foundation

We are an independent, nonprofit organization, whose main objective is to support the los angeles county sheriff's department (lasd) through training and education, community outreach, deputy wellness and safety, equipment, state of the…

Crime & Legal
8
Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Spcala is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through education, law enforcement, intervention and advocacy.

Animals
9
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
10
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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11
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
12
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

To improve the skills, wages, and working conditions of workers in the tourism industry and to assure that the benefits of tourism contribute equitably to the economic and social development of all communities in the greater los angeles…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Philanthropic Trust; the most unlike its peers is LA84 Foundation. 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, 2017–2025.

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. 9 of the 14 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $151,324 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTASIA SOCIETY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $12,000 · OtherASIA SOCIETY SOUTHERN CAL…AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS: $10,250 · OtherAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARSCEDARS SINAI FASHION INDUSTRIES GUILD: $10,000 · OtherCEDARS SINAI FASHION INDU…UCLA SOUND BODY MIND FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherUCLA SOUND BODY MIND FOUN…KOREAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LOS ANGELES (KACCLA): $10,000 · OtherKOREAN AMERICAN CHAMBER O…+3 more: $2,500 · OtherNETWORK FOR GOOD: $20,000 · Public Safety & DisasterNETWORK F…PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureALLIANCE FRANCAISE: $1,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $5,000 · InternationalLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Human Services
Philanthropy$151,324Other$54,750Public Safety & Disaster$20,000Arts & Culture$11,000International$5,000Human Services$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $151,324 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS: $10,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOSTER CARE COUNTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLA84 FOUNDATION: $500 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Sabrina Kay Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sabrina Kay Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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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
    1report 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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Sabrina Kay Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Sabrina Kay Charitable 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 14 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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