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Society for Incentive Travel Excellence Southern California Chapter

Promote professionalism and best practices in travel incentive industry

$54k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0176% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Human Services$130kAnimals$91kArts & Culture$66kHealth$64kYouth Development$33kPhilanthropy$14kCommunity Improvement$6kInternational$1kOther$125k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$508k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VARIETY CHILDREN'S CHARITIES OF THE DESERT TENT 66$25,000
I-5 FREEDOM NETWORK$25,000
OPERATION SAFE HOUSE INC$2,500
SITE FOUNDATION$1,500
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $130k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 25% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GENERATE HOPE INC: $10k → 11%VARIETY CHILDREN'S CHARITIES OF THE DESERT TENT 66: $25k → 11%UNBRIDLED ACTS: $32k → 12%OPERATION SAFE HOUSE INC: $3k → 11%I-5 FREEDOM NETWORK: $25k → 11%THE DREAM BUILDERS PROJECT: $795 → 14%MITCHELL THORP FOUNDATION: $35k → 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.

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 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
Blue Waters Dog Rescue

We are a non-profit organization dedicated to helping animals in need. Our focus is on rescuing and rehabilitating animals. We provide the full curriculum of care for each dog rescued, This includes: shelter, food, spaying & neutering,…

Animals
2
Their Lives Matter

Dog rescue and care nurturing finding a home

Animals
3
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
4
Hopeful Tails Rescue

Our purpose is to make a positive impact on the lives of animals by rescuing, rehabilitating, and finding them loving homes or providing them sanctuary. Through education and advocacy, we strive to foster responsible ownership and ensure…

Animals
5
Where the Wild Things Are Rescue in

The rescue and rehabilitation of canines.

Animals
6
Barks of Love Animal Rescue and Placement Services Corporation

To decrease the total number of animals being euthanised

Animals
7
Jet Wag Animal Rescue Inc

Our mission is to move adoptable dogs and cats primarily from heavily-burdened areas to loving homes. We work with trusted partners throughout the country and around the world and facilitate vet care, transport, and adoptions to help…

Animals
8
Furever Bully Love Rescue

we rescue last chance shelter dogs that are scheduled to be euthanized

Animals
9
Dogs Unbroken

Dog Rescue Dogs Unbroken supports Colorado dogs at higher risk for euthanasia evaluating their behavioral stability and applying training methods appropriate for their needs. The goal of helping each dog learn to make good choices in…

Animals
10
Animals First Rescue of the Carolinas Inc

Rescue unwanted dogs and cats from high kill shelters and other dire circumstances. Provide veterinary care shelter and love until the pet is placed into an appropriate new home.

Animals
11
Straybeautifullimited

Stray Beautiful is a registered non-profit org, committed to the rescue & enhancement of the lives of vulnerable & neglected stray dogs, cats, puppies, & kittens across the world. Our primary focus lies in extending financial aid to local…

Animals
12
Anas Safe Haven Rescue Inc

Animal Welfare

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shelter to Soldier Inc and the most unlike its peers is Animal Rescuers Without Borders. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 14 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%5%<5yr16%14%5–10yr20%57%10–20yr17%14%20–35yr11%10%35–55yr13%0%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%7%<5yr16%14%5–10yr20%61%10–20yr17%13%20–35yr11%6%35–55yr13%0%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 7% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/22
the rest of the field
16%
18,508/119,380

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

19 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. 19 of the 22 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
8/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Mitchell Thorp Foundation — $35,000 · Human ServicesMitchell Thorp FoundationUNBRIDLED ACTS — $31,600 · Human ServicesUNBRIDLED ACTSI-5 FREEDOM NETWORK — $25,000 · Human ServicesI-5 FREEDOM NETWORKVariety Childrens Charities of the Desert Tent 66 — $25,000 · Human ServicesVariety Childrens Charities…GENERATEHOPE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesGENERATEHOPE INC+2 more — $3,295 · Human ServicesBrackens Kitchen Inc — $35,000 · OtherBrackens Kitchen IncDONOVANS SMILE INC — $34,486 · OtherDONOVANS SMILE INC2 HANDS 2 EMPLOY — $33,334 · Other2 HANDS 2 EMPLOYKAUSE — $22,500 · OtherKAUSESITE Foundation — $5,500 · Other+1 more — $1,000 · OtherCOMPASSIONATE ANIMAL RESCUE FOR MEDICAL AID INC — $35,000 · AnimalsCOMPASSIONATE ANIMA…Animal Rescuers Without Borders — $33,334 · AnimalsAnimal Rescuers Wit…SHELTER TO SOLDIER INC — $22,500 · AnimalsSHELTER TO SOLDIER …The Rock Club- Music is the Remedy — $34,486 · Arts & CultureThe Rock Club-…ARTS BRIDGING THE GAP — $31,600 · Arts & CultureARTS BRIDGING …SAN DIEGO BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION — $32,542 · HealthSAN DIEGO BRA…Iverson Foundation for Active Awareness — $31,600 · HealthIverson Found…MEGAN'S WINGS INC — $33,334 · Youth DevelopmentTHE ABOVE AND BEYOND FOUNDATION — $13,500 · Philanthropy
Human Services$129,895Other$131,820Animals$90,834Arts & Culture$66,086Health$64,142Youth Development$33,334Philanthropy$13,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOMPASSIONATE ANIMAL RESCUE FOR MEDICAL AID INC — $35,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBrackens Kitchen Inc — $35,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Rock Club- Music is the Remedy — $34,486 over 1y, 24% of budgetAnimal Rescuers Without Borders — $33,334 over 1y, 26% of budgetMEGAN'S WINGS INC — $33,334 over 1y, 15% of budgetSAN DIEGO BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION — $32,542 over 1y, 18% of budgetUNBRIDLED ACTS — $31,600 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetARTS BRIDGING THE GAP — $31,600 over 1y, 26% of budgetI-5 FREEDOM NETWORK — $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetVariety Childrens Charities of the Desert Tent 66 — $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSHELTER TO SOLDIER INC — $22,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ABOVE AND BEYOND FOUNDATION — $13,500 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetGENERATEHOPE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSITE Foundation — $5,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOPERATION SAFE HOUSE INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECPAT-USA INC — $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DREAM BUILDERS PROJECT — $795 over 1y, 1.4% 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.

The San Diego Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…Network for GoodThe Blackbaud Giving …The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA12.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Network for Good · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Society for Incentive Travel Excellence Southern California Chapter 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 · 00%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.

    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 22 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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