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· Private foundation
SANFORD ANDERSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications.
$20k
Granted FY2025
4
Grants
1
Communities
$5k
Largest
01What you fund
0164% classified
What you funded, over time
Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2018–2025.
Education$33kHealth$21kYouth Development$16kArts & Culture$10kAnimals$5kOther$47k
02FY2025 · 4 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$464k
Total assets
Largest grants
- PASADENA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION$5,000
- OPERATION BLANKETS OF LOVE$5,000
- HOLLENBECK POLICE AND BUSINESS ASSN$5,000
- P F BRESEE FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
03
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
show:
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14% — the area typically sits at 12%. 100% of your dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
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; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your edge
repeat funding
Who you back again
Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.
81%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$108k · 6 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else
6 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Re-uppedFunded once
Organizations
6
3
Total granted
$108k
$15k
Median revenue growth · since first grant
+93%
+138%
Still filing today
83%
67%
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
ALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES4× · 2018–2024 · $21k · revenue +166%- CNCREATE NOW3× · 2019–2024 · $17k · revenue +85%
- C4CALIFORNIA 4-H FOUNDATION3× · 2019–2024 · $16k · revenue +73%
Funded once
- TLTHE LAND TRUST FORone grant, 2020 · $5k
- SASPAY-NEUTER ACTION PROJECTgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +138%
- EIEARTHECHO INTLgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +95%
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
04Your field
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
1
Actors and Others for Animals
To eliminate pet overpopulation, ensure good care and protection for pet companions, and provide referral and financial support for economically challenged pet guardians.
Animals
2
Pet Orphans of Southern California
Private non-profit rescue & successfully re-homing adoptable dogs and cats. rehabilitate animals and provide education that promotes responsible pet ownership.
Animals
3
University of California Student
The University of California Student Association (UCSA) is a coalition of students and student governments that aims to provide a collective voice for all students through advocacy and direct action. UCSA participates in the shared…
Education
4
The Fresno Philharmonic Association
The mission of the Fresno Philharmonic is to enrich the lives of Central San Joaquin Valley residents through inspiring performances of orchestral music. We are an essential and collaborative member of a vibrant arts scene which unites,…
Arts & Culture
5
Pasadena Bio Collaborative Incubator
Pasadena bio collaborative incubator is a nonprofit organization focused on economic development and job creation in southern california. we encourage the growth of an innovative biotechnology industry by providing educational/training…
Science & Tech
6
Project Street Vet
Project Street Vet empowers veterinary teams to deliver professional, non-judgmental medical care & support to pet families experiencing homelessness and housing vulnerability.
Animals
7
Farm2People
Farm2People's mission is to secure local harvests and fight hunger in Greater Los Angeles. We purchase surplus and onsold harvests from local, regional, underserved and independent farmers at a fair market rate while increasing…
Food & Nutrition
8
The Ocean Foundation
As the only community foundation for the ocean, The Ocean Foundation's mission is to improve global ocean health, climate resilience, and the blue economy. We create partnerships to connect all peoples in the communities in which we work…
Environment
9
Create Ca
Create CA advocates for high-quality arts education for all students by providing policy expertise and mobilizing a statewide network of advocates and allied partners.
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10
Community Animal Medicine Project Inc
Our vision is to ensure veterinary services are affordable and accessible to all pets in the los angeles area and to create an environment in which animal shelters no longer euthanize adoptable pets.
Animals
11
Los Angeles Youth Network
Youth Emerging Stronger (YES) empowers young people, between ages of 12 and 24 within Los Angeles County, including but not limited to run-away and homeless youth. YES mission is to end homelessness one youth at a time to become…
Human Services
12
California Water Data Consortium
The California Water Data Consortium is an independent, nonprofit organization created by a partnership of state agencies and others to ensure that Californians have access to the best possible water and ecological information to make…
Science & Tech
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pf Bresee Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Operation Blankets of Love. 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, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
8/8
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Other$47,146Education$32,916Health$21,340Youth Development$16,340Arts & Culture$10,000Animals$5,000
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
California Community FoundationCA17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation SANFORD ANDERSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
05Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: CREATE NOW.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
medium risk
~4 months of operating runway; revenue grew over 6 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
6 years of Form 990 filings, still active; revenue up +85% since.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 954590574 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on CREATE NOW, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- WatchFinancial stability— Roughly 4 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue grew over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 2% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
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How do I get to Sanford Anderson Charitable Foundation?
Find your warmest path to Sanford Anderson Charitable Foundation through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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By state
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