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Samuel & Rena Given Foundation at a glance

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Samuel & Rena Given 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.

$18k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$26kHousing & Shelter$8kArts & Culture$8kEducation$4kEnvironment$4kPhilanthropy$3kFood & Nutrition$2kCivil Rights$1k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$141k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCSF FOUNDATION$6,000
PALISADES FORESTRY COMMITTEE$3,000
OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$3,000
SOUTHERN OREGON LAND CONSERVATORY$1,500
PACIFIC FOREST TRUST$1,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES$1,000
ACLU FOUNDATION$1,000
LINC HOUSING CORP$1,000
ASHLAND ART WORKS$500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FOOD FORWARD: $2k → 14%ACLU FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%HOLLY THEATRE RESTORATION FUND: $3k → 13%AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS ALLIANCE: $3k → 11%LINC HOUSING: $2k → 14%PACIFIC FOREST TRUST: $1k → 12%SOUTHERN OREGON LAND CONSERVATORY: $2k → 13%PALISADES FORESTRY COMMITTEE: $3k → 14%ASHLAND ART WORKS: $500 → 13%SO CAL CHAPTER - NATIONAL MULTISCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3k → 14%TALENT MAKER CITY: $3k → 13%LINC HOUSING CORP: $3k → 14%LINC HOUSING: $3k → 14%LINC HOUSING CORP: $1k → 14%UCLA FOUNDATION: $4k → 14%SO CA CHAPTER OF THE NAT'L MULTISCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $1k → 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.

1
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
2
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
3
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
4
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
5
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
6
Berkeley Lab Foundation

To support the scientific and educational purposes of the regents of the university of california (the "university"), in its specific capacity as manager and operator of the lawrence berkeley national laboratory and to carry on other…

Education
7
Sacramento Region Community Foundation

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation leads, serves, and inspires enduring philanthropy for a just and vibrant Sacramento region.

Philanthropy
8
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
9
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

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10
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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11
Arizona Community Foundation

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

Philanthropy
12
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ucla Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance Inc. 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

12 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. 12 of the 17 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO …UCLA FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONPALISADES FORESTRY COMMITTEE: $3,000 · OtherPALISADES FORESTRY COMMITTEEHOLLY THEATRE RESTORATION FUND: $3,000 · OtherHOLLY THEATRE RESTORATION FU…SO CA CHAPTER OF THE NAT'L MULTISCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,000 · OtherSO CA CHAPTER OF THE NAT'L M…Individual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSOUTHERN OREGON LAND CONSERVATORY: $1,500 · OtherSOUTHERN OREGON LAND CONSERV…The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated: $1,000 · OtherThe Pacific Forest Trust Inc…LINC HOUSING CORPORATION: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterLINC HOUSING COR…AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS ALLIANCE INC: $3,000 · HealthAUTOIMMUNE…Monterey Sober Living For Women: $1,000 · HealthMonterey S…PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $1,000 · HealthPLANNED PA…TALENT MAKER CITY: $3,000 · Arts & CultureASHLAND ART WORKS: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyFOOD FORWARD INC: $1,500 · Food & NutritionAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Civil Rights
Education$19,000Other$14,000Housing & Shelter$8,000Health$5,000Arts & Culture$3,500Philanthropy$3,000Food & Nutrition$1,500Civil Rights$1,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLINC HOUSING CORPORATION: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTALENT MAKER CITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS ALLIANCE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetFOOD FORWARD INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMonterey Sober Living For Women: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetThe Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHLAND ART WORKS: $500 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

The Oregon Community …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Oregon Community FoundationOR12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Amazonsmile 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 Samuel & Rena Given Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Samuel & Rena Given Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report 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.
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How do I get to Samuel & Rena Given Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Samuel & Rena Given 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 17 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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