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Sempra 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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1,501
Grants FY2024still arriving
48
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Education$4.0MEnvironment$3.6MHealth$2.3MPhilanthropy$1.7MHuman Services$1.4MFood & Nutrition$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$812kArts & Culture$753kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1501 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1478 grants · $971k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $290k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $560k
$260
Median grant
48
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOLAR ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND$100,000
STATE CENTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$100,000
GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION$75,000
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$75,000
THE ACTUARIAL FOUNDATION$60,000
VICTORY INSTITUTE$50,000
MONARCH SCHOOL$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
UNITED WAY INC$32,683
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO$26,865
AMERICAN RED CROSS - NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS$25,000
HEALING WITH HORSEPLAY INC$25,000
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA - HEADQUARTERS$25,000
TEAM RUBICON$25,000
THE OLD GLOBE$20,000
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:

Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $50k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $7k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10k → 14%CAROLS KITCHEN INC: $8k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $7k → 14%THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPITAL AREA: $15k → 19%KIDS MEALS INC: $40k → 16%ST NICHOLAS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $16k → 17%INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER: $10k → 14%ALLIED EDUCATION INITIATIVE: $14k → 11%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $8k → 14%PROJECT BY PROJECT: $59k → 17%NEW LIFE COUNSELING INC: $10k → 17%CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $7k → 10%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS: $15k → 19%ALLIED EDUCATION INITIATIVE: $12k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $150k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS - NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS: $25k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $17k → 14%MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC: $20k → 16%NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $15k → 16%SERVING SENIORS: $50k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $41k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $11k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $11k → 11%AVALON-CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 14%CATERINAS CLUB: $10k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS SAN DIEGOIMPERIAL COUNTIES HQ: $25k → 11%WALDEN ENVIRONMENT: $21k → 11%CENTRAL CITY NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS: $8k → 14%WALDEN ENVIRONMENT: $13k → 11%MIDNIGHT MISSION: $12k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $10k → 14%WALDEN ENVIRONMENT: $10k → 11%WALDEN ENVIRONMENT: $8k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES A COMMUNITY SERVICE MINISTRY OF THE DIOCESE OF: $7k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $6k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $25k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $6k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $6k → 14%HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $15k → 14%SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $6k → 14%EL MONTE-SOUTH EL MONTE EMERGENCY RESOURCES ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%MAAC PROJECT: $20k → 11%ASIAN YOUTH CENTER: $15k → 14%NORTH VALLEY CARING SERVICES: $10k → 14%EASTMONT COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 14%SOMALI BANTU ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $25k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
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 linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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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 — 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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$14M · 1402 repeat orgs$4.7M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

1402 repeat relationships — 767 still active in FY2024, 635 since wound down; 66 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1402
502

Total granted

$14M
$4.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+22%

Still filing today

76%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $413k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsArts & CultureAnimalsOther

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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    6× · 2019–2024 · $238k · revenue +39%
  • MS
    MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT
    6× · 2019–2024 · $213k · revenue +46%
  • LJ
    LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    5× · 2019–2023 · $212k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • GA
    GRID ALTERNATIVES
    one grant, 2021 · $578k
  • OC
    ONCOR CARES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue -54%
  • DF
    DALLAS FOUNDATION A TX NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $200k

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
California School Boards Association

Promoting k-12 public education success through aggressive advocacy and effective school board governance.

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2
Santa Barbara Education Foundation

To promote community investment in public education to ensure equity and access to an innovative, world-class education that inspires confidence, competence, and creativity in every student in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Education
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
California Forward

California forward (ca fwd) brings people together across regions to improve government and create resilient growth statewide.

Public Benefit
5
California College of the Arts

To educate students of diverse backgrounds in areas of fine arts, architecture, design, & writing.

Education
6
Marin Academy

Independent, co-educational, college preparatory high school located in san rafael, california.

Education
7
The American Institute of Architects

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

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8
California Life Sciences Association

Advance ca life sciences ecosystem by advocating public policies & supporting businesses.

Community Improvement
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University of the Pacific

To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.

Education
10
The California Education Partners

Supporting learning and collaboration between california's school districts and their partners to improve student success.

Education
11
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools

Transform schools to revolutionize school systems to empower all students with a high-quality education.

Education
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League of California

The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is International Guiding Eyes Inc and the most unlike its peers is Uss Midway Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsEnvironmental Conservation …Animal Rescue and ShelterCancer Support ServicesCommunity Arts CentersYouth Sports ProgramsChristian Missionary Organi…Local History MuseumsOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…School Parent OrganizationsImmigrant Worker SupportLgbtq+ Community SupportJewish Community Organizati…School District FoundationsAddiction Recovery ServicesEquine Therapy ProgramsYouth Development ServicesAffordable Housing Construc…Domestic Violence ServicesDevelopmental Disabilities …Policy Research and AdvocacyIndependent K-12 SchoolsLocal Food System Organizat…Women & Girls Leadership De…Public Library OperationsElementary Literacy TutoringChristian Youth CampsYouth Mentoring ProgramsPregnancy Support ServicesFaith-Based Social ServicesYmca Youth DevelopmentMilitary Veterans SupportAffordable Housing Developm…Community Food PantriesDance Arts OrganizationsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Youth Development CentersCommunity College Foundatio…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Senior Support ServicesUnited Way AffiliatesVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Health Access Advocacy and …Community FoundationsFood Banks and Pantries
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%3%<5yr15%10%5–10yr20%22%10–20yr17%26%20–35yr11%18%35–55yr13%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%1%<5yr15%8%5–10yr20%11%10–20yr17%25%20–35yr11%26%35–55yr13%29%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%66/3,985
the rest of the field
14%
25,956/182,993

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

1476 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1476 of the 2,000 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
321
Early backer (in before they grew)
1440/1476
Grantees still filing
1047/1476
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FUNDACION MOZCALTI AC — $1,301,093 · OtherFUNDACION MOZCALTI ACGRID ALTERNATIVES — $577,936 · OtherGRID ALTERNATIVESIndividual grant recipient — $468,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION — $253,594 · Other+97 more — $4,572,708 · Other+97 moreONCOR CARES FOUNDATION — $500,000 · PhilanthropyONCOR CARES FO…United Way of Greater Houston — $200,060 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of …COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC — $200,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES FO…RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO — $191,519 · PhilanthropyRADY CHILDREN'…UNITED WAY INC — $177,170 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY INCCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA — $145,110 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUN…THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $88,900 · PhilanthropySOUTHEAST TEXAS EMERGENCY RELIEF FD — $80,050 · Philanthropy+7 more — $165,414 · Philanthropy+7 moreMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT — $213,032 · EducationMONARCH SCHO…THE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC — $200,000 · EducationTHE SONORAN …FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL — $130,846 · EducationFRANCIS PARK…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $94,955 · EducationTHE BOARD OF…LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $87,500 · EducationLOUISIANA TE…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $70,603 · EducationTHE ACTUARIAL FOUNDATION — $60,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $58,568 · EducationTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION — $53,992 · Education+22 more — $534,491 · Education+22 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $238,143 · Human ServicesSERVING SENIORS — $118,737 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $78,181 · Human ServicesPROJECT BY PROJECT INCORPORATED — $66,049 · Human ServicesSoutheast Texas Food Bank Inc — $61,625 · Human ServicesWALDEN ENVIRONMENT DBA WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES — $60,126 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA — $50,324 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INC — $40,030 · Human ServicesALLIED EDUCATION INITIATIVE — $33,000 · Human Services+12 more — $219,184 · Human ServicesBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $114,528 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles — $107,655 · HealthALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO — $99,357 · HealthTexas Children's Hospital — $86,350 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $69,284 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATION — $68,235 · HealthTHE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER — $45,296 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $41,537 · HealthCUREBOUND — $36,446 · Health+11 more — $258,737 · HealthSOLAR ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND — $690,592 · EnvironmentCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc — $75,000 · EnvironmentGalveston Bay Foundation Inc — $75,000 · EnvironmentSWITCH ENERGY ALLIANCE — $50,000 · EnvironmentLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY — $90,450 · Arts & CultureEAST WIND FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH — $76,300 · Arts & CultureTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE — $71,088 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON — $50,070 · Arts & CultureOCEANSIDE MUSEUM OF ART — $20,780 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST — $19,500 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC — $18,150 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART — $16,126 · Arts & Culture
Other$7,173,331Philanthropy$1,748,223Education$1,503,987Human Services$965,399Health$927,425Environment$890,592Arts & Culture$362,464

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSOLAR ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND — $690,592 over 4y, 16% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION — $253,594 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $238,143 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT — $213,032 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetLA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $212,007 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO — $204,618 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston — $200,060 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SONORAN INSTITUTE INC — $200,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO — $191,519 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY INC — $177,170 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA — $145,110 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL — $130,846 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSERVING SENIORS — $118,737 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $114,528 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK — $108,989 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles — $107,655 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO — $101,581 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING TEXAS — $100,150 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTATE CENTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetLGBTQ Victory Institute Inc — $100,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO — $99,357 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $94,955 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY — $90,450 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN — $89,327 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $88,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $87,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTULSA AREA UNITED WAY — $86,900 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital — $86,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC — $80,200 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTHEAST TEXAS EMERGENCY RELIEF FD — $80,050 over 1y, 11% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $78,181 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEAST WIND FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH — $76,300 over 2y, 54% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK — $76,096 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING TOGETHER INC — $75,168 over 5y, 18% of budgetCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc — $75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc — $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO INC — $72,522 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE — $71,088 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $70,603 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCARE HELP OF SULPHUR INC — $70,160 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $69,284 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION — $68,235 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT BY PROJECT INCORPORATED — $66,049 over 6y, 11% of budgetSoutheast Texas Food Bank Inc — $61,625 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWALDEN ENVIRONMENT DBA WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES — $60,126 over 6y, 0.1% of budget
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.

David C Copley Founda…Walter J & Betty C Za…The Parker FoundationPrice Philanthropies …The Conrad Prebys Fou…The Cushman FoundationRancho Santa Fe Found…Sempra Employee Givin…French Fund Samuel Ka…Samuel I & John Henry…Pratt Memorial FundBoys and Girls Aid So…
David C Copley FoundationCA102.9× affinity120 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: David C Copley Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Sempra Employee Giving Network · French Fund Samuel Katherine Tua · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · Pratt Memorial Fund · Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd

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 organization Sempra 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
64report 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

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 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Sempra Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Sempra 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 2000 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home