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Sapphire Foundation Inc at a glance

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Sapphire Foundation Inc

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.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$25kArts & Culture$22kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kRecreation & Sports$14kEnvironment$11kEducation$10kCrime & Legal$4kEmployment$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$107k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT$5,800
Individual grant recipient$5,500
J PAUL GETTY TRUST$5,000
LOS ANGELES ARBORETUM FOUNDATION$3,500
KOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER$3,500
HUNTINGTON LIBRARY$1,500
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 (FY19–25, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HWARANG YOUTH FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%HWARANG YOUTH FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%HWARANG YOUTH FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%KOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $4k → 14%KOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 14%KOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 14%KOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 14%KOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 14%HWARANG YOUTH FOUNDATION: $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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$111k · 13 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
9

Total granted

$111k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+25%

Still filing today

69%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationPublic Safety & DisasterEnvironmentOther
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

  • HE
    HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY
    5× · 2019–2025 · $16k · revenue +116%
  • KY
    KOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER
    5× · 2021–2025 · $13k · revenue +71%
  • HY
    HWARANG YOUTH FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2023 · $11k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • SM
    San Marino Schools Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -37%
  • SM
    SAN MARINO PUBLIC LIBRARY
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • AF
    ARMENIA FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -98%
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
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
2
Academy Museum Foundation

The academy museum of motion pictures advances the understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema through inclusive and accessible exhibitions, screenings, programs, initiatives, and collections. welcoming visitors from los angeles…

Arts & Culture
3
Hollywood Foreign Press Association Charitable Trust
Philanthropy
4
San Jose Museum of Art Association

Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art

Arts & Culture
5
Museum Associates

To serve the public through the collection, conservation, exhibition and interpretation of significant works of art from a broad range of cultures and historical periods, and through translation of these collections into meaningful…

Arts & Culture
6
Kearny Street Workshop Incorporated

Ksw makes artists out of community members and community members out of artists. since 1972, ksw has nurtured the creative spirit, and offered an important platform for new voices to be heard -full statement on schedule o

Arts & Culture
7
Santa Monica Historical Society

Historical nbsp;preservation nbsp;and nbsp;education

Arts & Culture
8
San Francisco & Bay Area Korea Center

The mission of the korean american community center of san francisco and bay area (kaccsf) is to build community and enhance the quality of life for the korean american residents in the san francisco and bay area. we are a place-based…

Human Services
9
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
10
Los Angeles Retired Fire and Police Benevolent Association
Crime & Legal
11
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
12
Warnecke Institute Inc

Warnecke architectural archives mission:the warnecke archives welcomes and encourages the study of its architectural collection. a wealth of material exists for historians, students, and other researchers to use at warnecke archives. the…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Koreatown Youth and Community Center; the most unlike its peers is The J Paul Getty Trust. 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

15 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. 15 of the 25 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSAN MARINO HIGH SCHOOL TITAN ATHLETIC BOOSTERS: $9,500 · OtherSAN MARINO HIGH SCHOOL TITAN ATHLETIC BOOSTERSIndividual grant recipient: $8,800 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMONROVIA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION: $6,901 · OtherMONROVIA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATIONLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT: $5,800 · OtherLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENTSAN GABRIEL VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,300 · OtherSAN MARINO HIGH SCHOOL TITAN ATHLETIC: $3,000 · OtherPACIFIC ASIAN CONSORTIUM IN EMPLOYMENT: $4,000 · OtherPACIFIC ASIAN CONSORTIUM IN EMPLOYMENT+8 more: $9,769 · Other+8 moreKOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $13,000 · Human ServicesKOREATOWN YOUTH AND…HWARANG YOUTH FOUNDATION: $11,000 · Human ServicesHWARANG YOUTH FOUND…HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $16,213 · Arts & CultureHENRY E HUNTI…LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $10,012 · Public Safety & DisasterLOS ANGELES ARBORETUM FOUNDATION INC: $9,500 · EnvironmentSan Marino Schools Foundation: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,500 · EducationTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $5,000 · PhilanthropyARMENIA FUND INC: $2,000 · Philanthropy
Other$66,070Human Services$24,000Arts & Culture$16,213Public Safety & Disaster$10,012Environment$9,500Education$7,500Philanthropy$7,000

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 budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $16,213 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKOREATOWN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHWARANG YOUTH FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $10,012 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLOS ANGELES ARBORETUM FOUNDATION INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMONROVIA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION: $6,901 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Marino Schools Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC ASIAN CONSORTIUM IN EMPLOYMENT: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN GABRIEL VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARMENIA FUND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLLYWOOD FOOD COALITION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOREAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF LOS ANGELES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAN MARINO COMMUNITY ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 2y, 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.

Sempra FoundationThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Sempra FoundationCA12.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sempra Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Sapphire Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sapphire Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%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 · 0–15%
    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 Sapphire Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Sapphire 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 25 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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