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Sac Foundation

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.

$130k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$200kRecreation & Sports$160kHuman Services$149kEducation$80kArts & Culture$10kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHABAD-LUBAVITCH OF LOUISIANA$25,000
JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICES$25,000
URJ HENRY S JACOBS CAMP$25,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL$25,000
SLATER TORAH ACADEMY$15,000
CHABAD AT LSU & GREATER BATON ROUGE$15,000
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, $149k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICES: $30k → 15%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICES: $25k → 15%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICES: $25k → 15%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICES: $24k → 15%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 15%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICES: $10k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $10k → 15%JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICES: $10k → 15%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$509k · 7 repeat orgs$110k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
6

Total granted

$509k
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+64%

Still filing today

57%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS
    5× · 2021–2025 · $80k · revenue +19%
  • CP
    CITY PARK CONSERVANCY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $40k · revenue +14%
  • HO
    Housing Opportunities for Musicians and Entertainers
    2× · 2022–2023 · $5k · revenue +244%

Funded once

  • TS
    TOURO SYNAGOGUE
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CITY PARK
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue 0%
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
Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee

The jewish federation of nashville is the central voluntary communal organization of the jewish community. through its fund-raising, planning and community relations efforts, either independently or in partnership with other jewish…

Philanthropy
2
The Jewish Publication Society

Our mission has always been to enhance jewish literacy through the publication of great books.

—
3
Jewish Community Center of Nashville

The gordon jewish community center welcomes all, builds community, and provides excellent programs rooted in jewish values to enrich the mind, body, and spirit.

Human Services
4
Jewish Childrens Museum

To further jewish historical education among youths

Arts & Culture
5
The Jewish Studio Project

Through thought leadership, community programs, leadership development, and organizational partnerships, jsp is building a movement to activate the creative power of the jewish community.

Religion
6
Jewish Endowment Foundation

The jewish endowment foundation of louisiana (jef), chartered in 1967, ensures a secure future and an enduring legacy by serving as an essential resource for jewish and non-jewish philanthropy.

Philanthropy
7
Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans

The jewish federation of gno's mission is to inspire community members to explore and share their jewish identities through a variety of channels.

Philanthropy
8
New Haven Jewish Community Council Housing Corporation D/B/a the Towers

We are a warm and vibrant senior community, infused with jewish values, where people live their best lives.

—
9
Jewish Community Services of Hawaii

Jewish community services of hawaii (jcs) provides a broad range of social services and programs across our islands to foster health, safety, and connection.

Human Services
10
Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City

To build a strong, vibrant, and inclusive community that enhances wellness, meaning, and joy, based on jewish values, heritage, and culture.

Philanthropy
11
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs

The Jewish Council on Urban Affair's (JCUA) longstanding mission is to combat poverty, racism and antisemitism working in partnership with diverse communities. JCUA uses a community organizing model to engage the Jewish community in the…

Community Improvement
12
The Jewish Pavilion of Central Florida Inc

The jewish connection for elder-care residents. enhancing lives in senior-living communities through friendly visits, holiday celebrations and engaging programs. bringing smiles to residents of all faiths.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Orleans Jewish Community Center; the most unlike its peers is Housing Opportunities for Musicians and Entertainers. 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

8 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. 8 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
7/8
Grantees still filing
6/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URJ HENRY S JACOBS CAMP: $105,000 · OtherURJ HENRY S JACOBS CAMPCHABAD-LUBAVITCH OF LOUISIANA: $95,000 · OtherCHABAD-LUBAVITCH OF LOUISIANASLATER TORAH ACADEMY: $60,000 · OtherSLATER TORAH ACADEMYTOURO SYNAGOGUE: $30,000 · OtherTOURO SYNAGOGUEIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF CITY PARK: $15,000 · OtherCHABAD AT LSU & GREATER BATON ROUGE: $15,000 · OtherJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $124,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL …NEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $15,000 · Human ServicesNEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNIT…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GR…JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $80,000 · EducationJEWISH COMMUNI…CITY PARK CONSERVANCY: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsMUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHousing Opportunities for Musicians and Entertainers: $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$335,000Human Services$149,000Education$80,000Recreation & Sports$40,000Arts & Culture$10,000Housing & Shelter$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE: $124,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS: $80,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCITY PARK CONSERVANCY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF CITY PARK: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHousing Opportunities for Musicians and Entertainers: $5,000 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.

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.

Cahn Family FoundationLA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cahn Family Foundation · Louis & Lillian Glazer Family Foundation · The Usdin-Weil Foundation · Betty and Ira Kohn Foundation · Oscar J Tolmas Charitable Trust · Goldring Family Foundation · Kirschman Foundation for Health and Education · Rittenberg Family Foundation · The Steeg Family Foundation · Woldenberg Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Sac Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sac 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Sac Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Sac 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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