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Sf & Rl Pepper Family Foundation at a glance

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Sf & Rl Pepper Family 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.

$347k
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
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, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$147kEducation$129kArts & Culture$85kHuman Services$53kHousing & Shelter$50kPhilanthropy$40kInternational$34kPublic Benefit$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k35 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $236k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$30k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JFLA$50,000
THE PEOPLE CONCERN$47,000
VOICE HEALTH INSTITUTE$40,000
AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY$40,000
Individual grant recipient$27,000
CEDARS SINAI EMERGENCY DEPT EXPANSION$15,000
CONCERN FOUNDATION$13,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$12,000
THE JEWISH FEDERATION$11,000
UCLA FOUNDATION - FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS$11,000
UCLA FOUNDATION - UROLOGY$10,000
CONSERVATION RESEARCH FOUNDATION MUSEUM$10,000
HILLCREST COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION$5,000
WOMEN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND$5,000
HAMMER MUSEUM$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250 → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $1k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $1k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $47k → 14%WELLS BRING HOPE: $1k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
MD
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$305k · 23 repeat orgs$249k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
30

Total granted

$305k
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+7%

Still filing today

61%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $181k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
InternationalArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • VH
    VOICE HEALTH INSTITUTE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $51k · revenue +43%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    2× · 2022–2024 · $13k · revenue +190%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF ELNET
    3× · 2022–2024 · $7k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • WA
    WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    one grant, 2022 · $28k · revenue +4%
  • UF
    UCLA FOUNDATION - HEALTH SERVICES
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • JF
    JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -35%
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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Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
2
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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5
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
6
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc

Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and…

Religion
7
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Inc

Yivo's mission is to study the thousand-year history of jewish life in eastern europe and russia in all its aspects: language, history, religion, folkways and material culture. yivo's archive and library preserves a significant collection…

Religion
8
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University

We fundraise in the u.s. to support, and raise awareness of, bar-ilan university in israel.

Education
9
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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10
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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11
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
12
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles; 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

45 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. 45 of the 78 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
26/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JFLA: $50,000 · OtherJFLATHE JEWISH FEDERATION: $28,000 · OtherTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONIndividual grant recipient: $27,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCEDARS SINAI EMERGENCY DEPT EXPANSION: $24,352 · OtherCEDARS SINAI EMERGENCY DEPT EXPANSIONUCLA FOUNDATION - FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS: $21,000 · OtherUCLA FOUNDATION - FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPSUCLA FOUNDATION - UROLOGY: $15,000 · OtherUCLA FOUNDATION - UROLOGYUCLA FOUNDATION - HEALTH SERVICES: $10,000 · OtherCONSERVATION RESEARCH FOUNDATION MUSEUM: $10,000 · Other+39 more: $72,375 · Other+39 moreAMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY: $90,000 · EducationAMERICAN JEWISH UN…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationVOICE HEALTH INSTITUTE: $50,500 · HealthVOICE HEALT…DIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE: $3,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $2,000 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $47,000 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE…DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $2,000 · Human Services+3 more: $1,350 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $13,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $9,250 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $7,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF ELNET: $7,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,000 · InternationalPHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $2,000 · International+3 more: $1,700 · InternationalWALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $27,500 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $6,545 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $2,500 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES BALLET INC: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $2,220 · Arts & CultureCONCERN FOUNDATION: $13,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $2,000 · Philanthropy
Other$257,727Education$91,000Health$57,500Human Services$50,350International$41,950Arts & Culture$40,765Philanthropy$25,000

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 budgetAMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY: $90,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVOICE HEALTH INSTITUTE: $50,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $47,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $27,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONCERN FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $9,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ELNET: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $6,545 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBHPOA BENEVOLENT FUND: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEVERLY HILLS POLICE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $2,475 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL AT UCLA: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council of New York: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES BALLET INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDISCOVERY EYE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF FLORENCE MUSIC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELLS BRING HOPE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMACCABI USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVARIETY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGay Mens Chorus of Los Angeles: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBHFA SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL POLICY FORUM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAR VISTA FAMILY CENTER: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFULFILLMENT FUND: $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.

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 Stanley & Joyce B…Jewish Community Foun…Ornest Family Foundat…The Rosalinde and Art…The Annenberg Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…
California Community FoundationCA22.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Stanley & Joyce Black Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Ornest Family Foundation · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Sf & Rl Pepper Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sf & Rl Pepper Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 78 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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