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Selma & Manuel Udko Foundation at a glance

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Selma & Manuel Udko Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$45k
Granted FY2022
26
Grants FY2022
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Religion$55kHuman Services$52kEducation$30kScience & Tech$25kArts & Culture$14kHealth$12kAnimals$5kCivil Rights$5kOther$0
02FY2022 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k25 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ASSOCIATION OF THE LAJH$10,000
STEPHEN WISE TEMPLE$7,045
VILLAGE SCHOOL$5,000
CROSS ROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCI$2,500
KEHILLAT ISRAEL$2,135
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM$1,800
JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION$1,800
GREATER LOS ANGELES ZOO ASSOC$1,800
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$1,200
MY FRIENDS PLACE$1,000
VISTA DEL MAR$1,000
MYCHALS LEARNING PLACE$1,000
INDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCE CENTER$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY18–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VISTA DEL MAR: $1k → 14%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $100 → 7%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $50 → 7%MYCHALS LEARNING PLACE: $1k → 14%MYCHALS LEARNING PLACE: $1k → 14%MIDNIGHT MISSION: $100 → 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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$209k · 30 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2022, 11 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
18

Total granted

$209k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+60%

Still filing today

47%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $14k · revenue +30%
  • VS
    VILLAGE SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $13k · revenue +136%
  • LS
    LARCHMONT SCHOOLS
    3× · 2017–2020 · $10k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • BS
    BRENTWOOD SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +6%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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
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
2
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
3
Carlthorp School

Carlthorp school is an independent, nonprofit day school for children in grades k-6. carlthorp school provides a strong academic foundation in a diverse and nurturing school community that emphasizes traditional values, disciplined work…

Education
4
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
5
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
6
Westside Neighborhood School

Wns is committed to creating a deeply caring community of lifelong learners that nurtures students from diverse backgrounds to reach their full potential, develop cultural competency, and inspire the world with their curiosity, innovation,…

Education
7
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

—
8
Berkeley Hall School Foundation

Our mission is to "empower children to fulfill their unlimited, god-given potential as fearless scholars and conscientious citizens."

Education
9
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
10
The Mirman School for Gifted Children

We cultivate the boundless potential of highly gifted children, nurture their passions and talents, and develop a diverse community of creative and constructive lifelong learners.

Education
11
Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Spcala is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through education, law enforcement, intervention and advocacy.

Animals
12
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services; the most unlike its peers is Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery. 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

29 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. 29 of the 55 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
25/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STEPHEN S WISE TEMPLE: $39,345 · OtherSTEPHEN S WISE TEMPLEFRIENDS OF THE OBSERVATION: $25,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE OBSERVATIONLOS ANGELES JEWISH HOME ASSOCIATION: $22,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES JEWISH HOME ASSOCIATIONIndividual grant recipient: $19,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $14,200 · OtherJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATIONASSOC IMC - JEWISH HOME FOR AGED: $12,950 · OtherASSOC IMC - JEWISH HOME FOR AGEDVILLAGE SCHOOL INC: $12,500 · OtherVILLAGE SCHOOL INCTHE ASSOCIATION OF THE LAJH: $12,500 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATION OF THE LAJHIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+27 more: $28,915 · Other+27 moreLARCHMONT SCHOOLS: $10,000 · EducationBRENTWOOD SCHOOL: $3,000 · EducationCROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES: $2,500 · EducationSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $3,680 · Arts & CultureTHE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA: $3,300 · Arts & CultureHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $350 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $150 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $5,000 · Crime & LegalCARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $1,500 · HealthSharsheret Inc: $400 · HealthALZHEIMERS GREATER LOS ANGELES: $200 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthGREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $3,700 · Animals+1 more: $100 · AnimalsMYCHALS LEARNING PLACE: $2,000 · Human ServicesVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $1,000 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $150 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human Services
Other$196,910Education$15,500Arts & Culture$7,480Crime & Legal$5,000Health$4,200Animals$3,800Human Services$3,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $14,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVILLAGE SCHOOL INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLARCHMONT SCHOOLS: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $3,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $3,680 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA: $3,300 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetBRENTWOOD SCHOOL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $2,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAccess Central Coast formerly Independent Living Resource Ctr: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMYCHALS LEARNING PLACE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGE FOR VETS: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSharsheret Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMERS GREATER LOS ANGELES: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Monica Group Theatre: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEAUTY BUS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $100 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 JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds LARCHMONT SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds BRENTWOOD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HEAL THE BAY ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Access Central Coast formerly Independent Living Resource Ctr ↗
  • Who funds MYCHALS LEARNING PLACE ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Beit T'Shuvah ↗
  • Who funds VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE FOR VETS ↗
  • Who funds THE PAINTED TURTLE ↗
  • Who funds Sharsheret Inc ↗

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 …Jewish Community Foun…Jewish Community Foun…Billie & Richard Udko…American Endowment Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
California Community FoundationCA19.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Group · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Billie & Richard Udko Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Selma & Manuel Udko Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Selma & Manuel Udko Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report 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 Selma & Manuel Udko Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Selma & Manuel Udko 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 55 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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