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Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation Inc

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.

$17M
Granted FY2024still arriving
56
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$3.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Animals$18MFood & Nutrition$17MPhilanthropy$14MHuman Services$7.2MHousing & Shelter$3.4MEducation$3.3MHealth$2.0MCrime & Legal$1.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $3.4M
  • $250k+19 grants · $13M
$150,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$284M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SAM SIMON FEEDING FAMILIES FOUNDATION$3,500,000
THE SAM SIMON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$2,774,000
PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS$1,000,000
PARA LOS NINOS$600,000
FOOD FORWARD$580,000
HOMELESS HEALTH CARE LOS ANGELES$500,000
SAVE THE CHIMPS INC$500,000
DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER$450,000
KIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS$450,000
MERCY FOR ANIMALS INC$400,000
KEDREN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC$375,000
PEOPLE CONCERN inc$350,000
SHOES THAT FIT$300,000
THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY$300,000
UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS dba redrover$300,000
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 (FY17–24, $10.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $450k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $300k → 14%HARVEST HOME INC: $125k → 14%HARVEST HOME INC: $100k → 14%HARVEST HOME INC: $100k → 14%INTERFACE CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES: $23k → 10%INTERFACE CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 10%Downtown Women's Center: $20k → 14%INTERFACE CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES: $13k → 10%INTERFACE CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES: $13k → 10%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $400k → 14%PEOPLE CONCERN inc: $350k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $250k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $250k → 14%A SENSE OF HOME: $130k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $250k → 14%Karsh Family Social Service Center Inc: $150k → 14%Karsh Family Social Service Center Inc: $150k → 14%Karsh Family Social Service Center Inc: $25k → 14%BETTER ANGELS UNITED INC: $25k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $600k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $500k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $500k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $250k → 14%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES: $200k → 14%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES: $120k → 14%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES: $60k → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $500k → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $300k → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $150k → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $150k → 14%HOMELESS HEALTH CARE LOS ANGELES: $500k → 14%HOMELESS HEALTH CARE LOS ANGELES: $410k → 14%HOMELESS HEALTH CARE LOS ANGELES: $400k → 14%HOMELESS HEALTH CARE LOS ANGELES: $312k → 14%HOMELESS HEALTH CARE LOS ANGELES: $115k → 14%FIRST STAR INC: $75k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $300k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $200k → 14%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $245k → 14%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $230k → 14%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $190k → 14%OCEAN PARK COMMUNITY CENTER: $250k → 14%SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $125k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH inc: $160k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH inc: $132k → 14%NOHO HOME ALLIANCE: $50k → 14%LOS ANGELES YOUTH NETWORK: $200k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
NY
MA
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
LA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$68M · 56 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

56 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
32

Total granted

$68M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+26%

Still filing today

93%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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 ServicesAnimalsEducationHealthPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • TS
    THE SAM SIMON FEEDING FAMILIES FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $14M · revenue +254% · 100% of their budget
  • TS
    THE SAM SIMON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $14M · revenue +16% · 100% of their budget
  • PF
    PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $8.7M · revenue +147%

Funded once

  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue +64%
  • TL
    THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINICgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue +26%
  • TH
    THE HUMANE LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +38%
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
Hollywood Food Coalition

Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…

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2
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
3
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

The organization's mission is to mobilize resources to fight hunger in our community. to fulfill its mission, the food bank:* sources and acquires nutritious food and other products and distribute them to people experiencing nutrition…

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4
Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network

Community organizing, education, advocacy, leadership development, direct services and organizational development for communities faced with immense poverty.

Community Improvement
5
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
6
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
7
Hunger Action Los Angeles Inc

Hunger action los angeles ends hunger and promotes healthy eating through advocacy, education, and appropriate direct service. the chief program area currently is the market match prgram operated by hala at 22 farmers markets in la county…

Education
8
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
9
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
10
Los Angeles Conservation Corps

The la conservation corps creates equitable opportunities for young people to build resilience in themselves, their communities and the environment through a program of work, education and support.

Employment
11
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
12
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles

Jfsla's mission is to provide life-improving services that help the people of los angeles live with dignity and exercise self-determination. we believe in and strive for a more compassionate los angeles where no one has to navigate life…

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 The Sam Simon Feeding Families 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

94 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 94 of the 101 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
94/94
Grantees still filing
62/94
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SAM SIMON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $14,124,000 · OtherTHE SAM SIMON CHARITABLE FOUNDATI…CHRYSALIS: $1,200,000 · OtherCHRYSALIS+30 more: $5,750,000 · Other+30 morePEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $8,700,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREA…MERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $1,850,000 · AnimalsMERCY FOR ANIMALS INCLast Chance for Animals: $1,150,000 · AnimalsLast Chance for AnimalsCHIMP HAVEN INC: $1,117,000 · AnimalsCHIMP HAVEN INCPERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $1,000,000 · AnimalsPERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE S…Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $970,000 · AnimalsCenter for Orangutan & Chim…SAVE THE CHIMPS INC: $825,000 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $650,000 · Animals+9 more: $1,134,000 · Animals+9 moreTHE SAM SIMON FEEDING FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $14,180,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SAM SIMON FEEDING F…+3 more: $405,000 · PhilanthropyPARA LOS NINOS: $1,850,000 · Human ServicesPARA LOS NINOSTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $1,750,000 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE CONCER…Homeless Health Care Los Angeles: $1,737,000 · Human ServicesHomeless Health C…Jenesse Center Inc: $1,100,000 · Human ServicesJenesse Center In…SWIPE OUT HUNGER: $790,000 · Human ServicesSWIPE OUT HUNGERDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $775,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S …FARMLINK PROJECT: $650,000 · Human ServicesFARMLINK PROJECTSHOES THAT FIT: $500,000 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES: $397,000 · Human Services+14 more: $1,612,070 · Human Services+14 moreKIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $2,425,000 · EducationREADY TO SUCCEED: $250,000 · Education+12 more: $433,000 · EducationKEDREN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERINC: $1,025,000 · HealthWESTSIDE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $300,000 · HealthDIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE: $300,000 · HealthTHE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC: $250,000 · HealthTHE HOUSE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Health+3 more: $30,000 · HealthFOOD FORWARD INC: $1,700,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD FINDERS INC: $100,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$21,074,000Animals$17,396,000Philanthropy$14,585,000Human Services$11,161,070Education$3,108,000Health$2,005,000Food & Nutrition$1,810,000

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 SAM SIMON FEEDING FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $14,180,000 over 8y, 100% of budgetTHE SAM SIMON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $14,124,000 over 6y, 100% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $8,700,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetKIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $2,425,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $1,850,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetPARA LOS NINOS: $1,850,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $1,750,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetHomeless Health Care Los Angeles: $1,737,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetFOOD FORWARD INC: $1,700,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLast Chance for Animals: $1,150,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetCHIMP HAVEN INC: $1,117,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetJenesse Center Inc: $1,100,000 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetKEDREN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERINC: $1,025,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $1,000,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $970,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetSAVE THE CHIMPS INC: $825,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetSWIPE OUT HUNGER: $790,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $775,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $700,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $650,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFARMLINK PROJECT: $650,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $500,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $500,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetSHOES THAT FIT: $500,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetA COMMUNITY OF FRIENDS: $470,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBET TZEDEK: $450,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPUBLIC COUNSEL: $435,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES: $397,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetKARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC: $352,570 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetHarvest Home Inc: $325,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetMANY MANSIONS: $310,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCHRYSALIS CENTER INC: $300,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNeighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County: $300,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWESTSIDE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $300,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetDIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE: $300,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC: $292,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetREADY TO SUCCEED: $250,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLos Angeles Youth Network: $200,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $200,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $140,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetA SENSE OF HOME: $130,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLIFESAVERS INC: $125,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetSPRING OF EVOLUTION INC: $125,000 over 1y, 3.8% 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.

California Community …The Annenberg Foundat…Conrad N Hilton Found…The Ralph M Parsons F…The Ahmanson Foundati…The Rose Hills Founda…Weingart FoundationJewish Community Foun…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Baby2babyShelter Partnership I…United Way Inc
California Community FoundationCA48.4× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Baby2baby · Shelter Partnership Inc · United Way Inc

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 Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 78%
  • Chrysalis Center Inc: 93% of income from government
  • Roca Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association in: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
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How do I get to Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation Inc 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 101 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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