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Silent Foundation for the Arts at a glance

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Silent Foundation for the Arts

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.

$10k
Granted FY2021
1
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$10k
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 2021.

Youth Development$30kArts & Culture$28kRecreation & Sports$16kEducation$12kReligion$10kHealth$9kPhilanthropy$6kInternational$5kOther$0
02FY2021 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$43k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAMP DEL CORAZON$10,000
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 (FY18–19, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 17%YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 17%HOMELESS NOT TOOTHLESS: $300 → 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

WA
MI
NY
NJ
CT
CA
AZ
AR
TN
TX
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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$53k · 5 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2021, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
21

Total granted

$53k
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+23%

Still filing today

60%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
PhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsScience & TechOther
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

  • YV
    YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $30k · revenue +7%
  • CD
    CAMP DEL CORAZON INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $15k · revenue +25%
  • WR
    WALLACE RHEUMATIC DISEASE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue -41%

Funded once

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR THE AIDS MONUMENT
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -73%
  • CH
    CAMPBELL HALL -EPISCOPAL-
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • TD
    The Dalai Lama Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -60%
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
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
2
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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3
Hollywood Park Foundation

To promote the health, education and welfare of individuals and communities in inglewood and greater los angeles county, ca. to provide youth development services that help young people grow into healthy, educated, and productive adults.

Education
4
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
5
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
6
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc

The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.

Arts & Culture
7
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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8
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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9
The Wilson Foundation
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10
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
11
The Wallace Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Aclu Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties

ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties, Inc. (the Foundation) is a California Nonprofit Corporation (exempt under Section 501(c)(3)) incorporated on December 23, 1988. The Foundation works to protect and expand fairness, equity,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University Camps; the most unlike its peers is Wallace Rheumatic Disease Foundation. 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

20 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. 20 of the 26 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION IN…+1 more: $300 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION FOR THE AIDS MONUMENT: $25,000 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FOR THE AIDS …MCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCAMPBELL HALL -EPISCOPAL-: $10,000 · OtherCAMPBELL HALL -EPISCOPAL-The Dalai Lama Foundation: $5,000 · OtherThe Dalai Lama FoundationLEDYARD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherLEDYARD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHRHODA GOETZ FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · OtherRHODA GOETZ FOUNDATION INCJ CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE: $2,500 · OtherJ CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE+8 more: $5,750 · Other+8 moreCAMP DEL CORAZON INC: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP DEL CORAZO…FUSION ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsFUSION ACADEMY …WALLACE RHEUMATIC DISEASE FOUNDATION: $4,000 · HealthLUPUS LA CO EMERGE: $1,000 · HealthBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthHEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 · InternationalPLANET HOPE: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTHE HAWN FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyRobert Wilson Arts Foundation Inc: $250 · Philanthropy
Human Services$30,300Arts & Culture$26,000Other$31,250Recreation & Sports$16,000Health$6,000International$5,000Philanthropy$4,250

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 budgetYOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE AIDS MONUMENT: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCAMP DEL CORAZON INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Dalai Lama Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALLACE RHEUMATIC DISEASE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPLANET HOPE: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJ CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WORLD IS JUST A BOOK AWAY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCITY HEARTS KIDS SAY YES TO THE ARTS LA FRINGE THEATRE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAWN FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY CAMPS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG AWARENESS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS NOT TOOTHLESS: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRobert Wilson Arts Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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…Charities Aid Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
California Community FoundationCA15× affinity6 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 · Charities Aid Foundation America · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · 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 Silent Foundation for the Arts funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Silent Foundation for the Arts. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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.

    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 26 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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