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Santa Monica Rotary Club Foundation

To provide assistance to nonprofit organizations in the santa monica bay area through foundation grants, to support projects of rotary international, and to award scholarships to worthy students in local schools

$153k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

International$130kHuman Services$81kEducation$69kHousing & Shelter$56kPublic Safety & Disaster$38kYouth Development$38kHealth$38kArts & Culture$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $48,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $153,375 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $105,375 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $42k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLAYA VENICE FOUNDATION$12,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA$10,000
READY TO SUCCEED$10,000
UPWARD BOUND HOUSE$10,000
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$6,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $89k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $6k → 14%SHELTERBOX USA: $5k → 9%PLAYA VENICE FOUNDATION: $12k → 14%STEP UP ON SECOND: $14k → 14%STEP UP ON SECOND: $12k → 14%SANTA MONICA YMCA: $8k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $14k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $7k → 14%HELPGUIDE: $12k → 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.

Grants abroad, by region: $42k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 2 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

South Asia$35k · 83% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: GRANT FOR DAM PROJECT & SCHOOL TOILET PROJECT

Middle East and North Africa$7k · 17% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: GRANT FOR ROTARY PROJECT

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$238k · 10 repeat orgs$213k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +158% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
21

Total granted

$238k
$181k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+158%
+23%

Still filing today

80%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • RI
    ROTARY INTL DISTRICT 5280 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $49k · revenue +955%
  • WA
    WISE AND HEALTHY AGING
    3× · 2019–2022 · $32k · revenue +49%
  • SU
    STEP UP ON SECOND STREET INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $26k · revenue +158%

Funded once

  • SP
    SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $14k · revenue +11%
  • SI
    SAVING INNOCENCE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $13k · revenue +10%
  • KI
    KIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $12k · revenue +110%
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
The Midnight Mission

The midnight mission seeks to offer a bridge to self sufficiency for people experiencing homelessness through interim shelter, advocacy, education, training and job placement, make available the necessities of life, offer the 12-step…

Human Services
2
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
3
Interval House

The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…

Human Services
4
Sun Street Centers

To prevent alcohol and drug addiction by offering education, prevention and recovery to individuals and families, regardless of income level.

Human Services
5
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
6
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
7
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service

The roots of the los angeles didi hirsch psychiatric service dba didi hirsch mental health services ("dhmhs") extend back to the 1930s, when a group of women funded psychiatric care for people whose lives were devastated by the depression.…

Health
8
Union Station Homeless Services

We work to end homelessness through housing solutions, supportive services, and connection to community. we advocate for equitable and just systems that ensure all individuals and families will have a safe place they can call home.

Human Services
9
Social & Emotional Wellness Initiative

To enhance the quality of life for youth and families by education, motivating and providing prevention programs through social and emotional wellness services.

Human Services
10
Healthright 360

To give hope and change lives. we do this by offering a continuum of prevention, intervention, behavioral health and wellness services to adults and families throughout california. these services aim to reduce costs of societal problems by…

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11
Hamburger Home

Aviva believes every child and every family in our los angeles community deserves the chance for a brighter future. we provide compassionate support, therapeutic services and guidance to at-risk children and families.

Education
12
The Center in Hollywood

The center provides a place of community to end isolation, build relationships, and introduce housing, health and wellness services to adult individuals experiencing homelessness in hollywood. it contracts with public and non-profit grant…

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 Santa Monica Black Lives Association. 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

28 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. 28 of the 35 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROTARY INTL DISTRICT 5280 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $49,000 · EducationROTARY INTL DISTRICT 528…THE SANTA MONICA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $21,640 · EducationTHE SANTA MONICA COLLEGE…Coalition for Engaged Education: $19,518 · EducationCoalition for Engaged Ed…Santa Monica High School Grad Nite: $12,960 · EducationSanta Monica High School…READY TO SUCCEED: $10,000 · EducationREADY TO SUCCEEDTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $76,117 · InternationalTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION …KIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $12,200 · InternationalKIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL …HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,350 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMANITY I…ROTARY ACTION GROUP FOR FAMILY HEALTH AND AIDS PREVENTION INC: $5,000 · InternationalSTEP UP ON SECOND STREET INC: $25,500 · Human ServicesSTEP UP ON SECOND STR…SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC: $14,350 · Human ServicesSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH …SAVING INNOCENCE INC: $12,700 · Human ServicesSAVING INNOCENCE INCPLAYA SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION: $12,000 · Human ServicesPLAYA SUNRISE ROTARY …HELPGUIDEORG INTERNATIONAL: $11,700 · Human ServicesHELPGUIDEORG INTERNAT…SANTA MONICA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $8,200 · Human ServicesSANTA MONICA YOUNG ME…MEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $6,668 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELS WESTAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,833 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red…SHELTERBOX USA INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $22,500 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST C…SANTA MONICA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION: $14,106 · OtherSANTA MONICA CHAMBER OF …SANTA MONICA GROUP THEATRE: $10,000 · OtherSANTA MONICA GROUP THEAT…UPWARD BOUND HOUSE: $10,000 · OtherUPWARD BOUND HOUSEIndividual grant recipient: $8,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipie…SAINT ANNE SCHOOL: $7,000 · OtherSAINT ANNE SCHOOLGO UKRAINE INC: $5,750 · OtherWestlake Village Rotary Unrestricted Charitable Fo: $5,000 · OtherSanta Monica Police Officers Association Benefit Trust: $5,000 · OtherWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $9,600 · OtherWESTSIDE FOOD BANKTHE AURELIA FOUNDATION: $9,500 · OtherTHE AURELIA FOUNDATIONELEMENTAL MUSIC: $8,250 · OtherELEMENTAL MUSICWISE AND HEALTHY AGING: $32,300 · HealthWISE AND HEA…CLAREMATRIX: $16,205 · HealthCLAREMATRIXWESTSIDE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $10,000 · HealthWESTSIDE FAM…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA INC: $24,100 · Youth DevelopmentSANTA MONICA BLACK LIVES ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Education$113,118International$103,667Human Services$101,951Other$115,206Health$58,505Youth Development$24,100Civil Rights$10,000

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 ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $76,117 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROTARY INTL DISTRICT 5280 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $49,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetWISE AND HEALTHY AGING: $32,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSTEP UP ON SECOND STREET INC: $25,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA INC: $24,100 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SANTA MONICA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $21,640 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCoalition for Engaged Education: $19,518 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCLAREMATRIX: $16,205 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC: $14,350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Monica High School Grad Nite: $12,960 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetSAVING INNOCENCE INC: $12,700 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $12,200 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPLAYA SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetHELPGUIDEORG INTERNATIONAL: $11,700 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA MONICA BLACK LIVES ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetREADY TO SUCCEED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWESTSIDE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $9,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AURELIA FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetELEMENTAL MUSIC: $8,250 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSANTA MONICA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $8,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $6,668 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,833 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROTARY ACTION GROUP FOR FAMILY HEALTH AND AIDS PREVENTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSanta Monica Police Officers Association Benefit Trust: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 Ralph M Parsons F…The Rose Hills Founda…Weingart FoundationKiwanis Charities of …The Ahmanson Foundati…Jewish Community Foun…Providence Saint John…QueensCareThe Green FoundationThe Annenberg Foundat…Conrad N Hilton Found…
California Community FoundationCA31.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Kiwanis Charities of Santa Monica Inc · The Ahmanson Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Providence Saint John's Health Center · QueensCare · The Green Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Conrad N Hilton 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 Santa Monica Rotary Club Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Santa Monica Rotary Club Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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

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    How do I get to Santa Monica Rotary Club Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Santa Monica Rotary Club 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 35 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 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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