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Society of American Military Engineers Orange County Post

To maintain and enhance the relationship between the uniformed military services of the United States of America and the private consulting engineering community to foster the more efficient use of the private sector in support the services' peacetime missions, improve the quality of the service of the private sector, promote the…

$120k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Youth Development$65kAnimals$40kRecreation & Sports$25kEmployment$20kPhilanthropy$20kEducation$17kHuman Services$17kScience & Tech$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $94,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $120,216 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $26,216 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $80k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$616k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Paws 4 Vets$20,000
Camp Pendleton ASYMCA$20,000
SYA Foundation$15,000
DOD Starbase$15,000
Hiring Our Heroes$10,000
Patriots and Paws$7,000
CarePossible Inc$7,000
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 (FY18–24, $72k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%EOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%Paws 4 Vets: $20k → 12%Paws 4 Vets: $20k → 12%Patriots and Paws: $7k → 10%CAFs Operation Rebound: $15k → 11%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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$105k · 3 repeat orgs$144k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
9

Total granted

$105k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+27%

Still filing today

67%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionEducationPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • AS
    ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA
    3× · 2018–2023 · $45k
  • PI
    PAWS4PEOPLE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $40k · revenue -22%
  • SF
    SYA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2024 · $20k · revenue 0%

Funded once

  • CA
    CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -15%
  • JG
    JOE GROHMAN GOLF FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • OH
    OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +24%
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
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
2
Homes for Veterans a Nj Non Profit Corporation

Our mission is to provide a holistic approach to support veterans with disabilities by removing barriers in every aspect of their lives. this includes funding customized, barrier-free home modificationssuch as wheelchair-accessible…

Housing & Shelter
3
Soldiers of America
Human Services
4
Paralyzed Veterans of America

Paralyzed veterans of america (pva) was founded by a group of world war ii veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders in 1947. following decades of dedicated advocacy and service for other similarly situated veterans, pva was…

Health
5
Support Our Soldiers

Provide financial support for veterans.

Human Services
6
Special Operators Transition Foundation Inc

The special operators transition foundation ("sotf") assists special operation forces veterans transition from the military into their next successful career.

Public Benefit
7
Military Officers Association of America

Preserve and protect earned benefits for our uniformed services, veterans, their families, and surviving spouses through advocacy, leadership, education and service. provide first-class service to our members. we are the leading voice on…

Public Benefit
8
Special Ops Survivors

Special ops survivors advances the mission "to embrace and empower surviving spouses of fallen special operations heroes to build healthy post-loss futures as they transition and rebuild their new lives." the foundation provides programs…

Human Services
9
For Veterans Sake Foundation

For veteran's sake foundation is here to provide an alternative solution to dealing with pts (post traumatic stress). we use a combination of a (non-therapeutic) neuro-traumatic resourcing, service dogs and consulting. working with the…

Health
10
Naval War College Foundation Inc

Help the naval war college to: a. develop strategic and operational leaders: provide professional military education programs that are current, rigorous, relevant, and accessible to the maximum number of qualified u.s. officers and navy…

Education
11
Hire Heroes Usa Inc

Hire heroes usa empowers u.s. military members, veterans and military spouses to succeed in the civilian workforce. as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, hire heroes usa's services are provided at no cost to the client.

Education
12
Peaceful Warrior Foundation

The peaceful warrior foundation is a non-profit organization with the aim of connecting our nation's warriors with the support and care they need.at peaceful warrior we strive to help our active-duty operators & veterans be at their very…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Operation Homefront Inc; the most unlike its peers is Second Harvest of Silicon Valley. 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

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 17 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $45,000 · OtherARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USADOD Starbase: $15,000 · OtherDOD StarbaseJOE GROHMAN GOLF FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherJOE GROHMAN GOLF FOUNDATIONHIRE OUR HEROES: $10,000 · OtherHIRE OUR HEROESHONORING OUR TROOPS: $7,500 · OtherHONORING OUR TROOPSNAVY SEABEE FOUNDATION: $7,000 · OtherNAVY SEABEE FOUNDATIONCAREPOSSIBLE INC: $7,000 · OtherCAREPOSSIBLE INCPAWS4PEOPLE INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesPAWS4PEOPLE INCCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATHLETES INCEOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesEOD WARRIOR FOUNDATIONPATRIOTS AND PAWS: $7,000 · Human ServicesPATRIOTS AND PAWSSYA FOUNDATION: $20,475 · Community ImprovementSYA FOUNDATIO…OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementOPERATION HOM…CANDID: $20,000 · PhilanthropyCANDIDWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $10,000 · EmploymentSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $7,840 · Food & NutritionTHE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE: $7,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$101,500Human Services$72,000Community Improvement$30,475Philanthropy$20,000Employment$10,000Food & Nutrition$7,840Arts & Culture$7,500

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 budgetPAWS4PEOPLE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSYA FOUNDATION: $20,475 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetCANDID: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEOD WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $7,840 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATRIOTS AND PAWS: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAVY SEABEE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCAREPOSSIBLE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC7.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Society of American Military Engineers Orange County Post funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Society of American Military Engineers Orange County Post. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    ⤢ 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.
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    Find your warmest path to Society of American Military Engineers Orange County Post 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 17 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 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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