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Second Core Foundation at a glance

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Second Core Foundation

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.

$276k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$1.0MHealth$111kReligion$80kHuman Services$51kSocial Science$48kYouth Development$46kInternational$20kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $98k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$50,000
ALTERNATIVES PREGNANCY CENTER$50,000
ASSOCIATION OF PRO-LIFE OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS$50,000
EVERYONE MATTERS MINISTRIES$28,150
POWER HOUSE MINISTRIES$25,000
THE MORNING STAR FOUNDATION$25,000
PASSIONLIFE MINISTRIES INC$20,000
TWIN LAKES FOOD BANK$8,000
ORANGEVALE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$8,000
WILLIAM JESSUP UNIVERSITY$6,700
YOUTH FOR CHRIST SACRAMENTO$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EVERYONE MATTERS MINISTRIES: $28k → 6%HART OF FOLSOM: $10k → 12%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
OR
NV
IN
PA
CA
UT
CO
NE
NM
DC
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 33% of Second Core Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 89% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 60%.

Second Core Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 19 repeat orgs$385k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
36

Total granted

$1.0M
$191k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+24%

Still filing today

37%
19%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $194k 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
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEnvironmentReligionSocial ScienceOther
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

  • WJ
    WILLIAM JESSUP UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2024 · $379k · revenue +28%
  • PU
    PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $350k · revenue +35%
  • TM
    THE MORNING STAR FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $48k · revenue +137%

Funded once

  • CC
    CAPITAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • UR
    UC REGENTS
    one grant, 2019 · $16k
  • AW
    ALTERNATIVES WOMENS CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
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.

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California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
2
Fresno Pacific University

The university is the central valley's only accredited christian university, offering leading academic programs and ethical and spiritual development through traditional bachelor's degree, adult degree completion, master's, certificate,…

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3
Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education
4
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
5
Baylor University

The mission of baylor university is to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and christian commitment within a caring community.

Education
6
University of Northwestern - St Paul

See schedule o. founded in 1902, university of northwestern - st. paul is a nondenominational christian university that integrates the educational philosophy of "faith, learning and living" through two focuses: higher education and media.…

Education
7
Portersville Christian School

The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…

Education
8
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
9
Desales University

Desales is a catholic, salesian university that inspires transformative learning through the liberal arts and professional studies by energizing students to be who they are and be that well.

Education
10
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
11
John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
12
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Baptist University; the most unlike its peers is The Morning Star Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 63 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
18/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WILLIAM JESSUP UNIVERSITY: $379,200 · OtherWILLIAM JESSUP UNIVERSITYTHE HARBOR CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherTHE HARBOR CHURCHASSOCIATION OF PRO-LIFE OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS: $50,000 · OtherASSOCIATION OF PRO-LIFE OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTSAlternatives Pregnancy Center: $50,000 · OtherAlternatives Pregnancy Center+45 more: $298,250 · Other+45 morePRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $350,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONSierra College Foundation: $28,500 · EducationSierra College FoundationBIOLA UNIVERSITY INC: $23,000 · EducationBIOLA UNIVERSITY INC+4 more: $14,174 · EducationTHE MORNING STAR FOUNDATION: $48,000 · Social ScienceCAMPUS LIFE CONNECTION: $31,000 · Youth DevelopmentFresnoMadera Youth For Christ Inc: $10,150 · Youth DevelopmentEVERYONE MATTERS MINISTRIES: $28,150 · Human ServicesHART OF FOLSOM: $10,000 · Human ServicesPASSIONLIFE MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 · ReligionWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 · Environment
Other$827,450Education$415,674Social Science$48,000Youth Development$41,150Human Services$38,150Religion$20,000Environment$5,000

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 budgetWILLIAM JESSUP UNIVERSITY: $379,200 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $350,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetASSOCIATION OF PRO-LIFE OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS: $50,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetAlternatives Pregnancy Center: $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE MORNING STAR FOUNDATION: $48,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCAMPUS LIFE CONNECTION: $31,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSierra College Foundation: $28,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetEVERYONE MATTERS MINISTRIES: $28,150 over 1y, 10% of budgetBIOLA UNIVERSITY INC: $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFresnoMadera Youth For Christ Inc: $10,150 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHART OF FOLSOM: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetTwin Lakes Food Bank: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetORANGEVALE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH FOR CHRIST SACRAMENTO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $1,174 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds WILLIAM JESSUP UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION OF PRO-LIFE OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS ↗
  • Who funds Alternatives Pregnancy Center ↗
  • Who funds THE MORNING STAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAMPUS LIFE CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds Sierra College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds EVERYONE MATTERS MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds BIOLA UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds PASSIONLIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds FresnoMadera Youth For Christ Inc ↗
  • Who funds HART OF FOLSOM ↗
  • Who funds Twin Lakes Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds ORANGEVALE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH FOR CHRIST SACRAMENTO ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Biddle Family Foundat…Sacramento Region Com…Servant FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Biddle Family Foundation IncCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Biddle Family Foundation Inc · Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Servant Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Second Core Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Second Core Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
    3report 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.

    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 63 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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