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Sogg Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$259k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$252k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Education$122kHealth$26kPhilanthropy$17kReligion$10kArts & Culture$9kCommunity Improvement$7kHousing & Shelter$5kHuman Services$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $7k
  • $250k+1 grant · $252k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$369k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUDSON FOUNDATION$252,300
WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY$5,000
ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC$1,000
THE KIRTLAND COUNTRY CLUB$500
02The need
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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 (FY18–19, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $250 → 10%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%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

VT
IL
MI
MA
OH
RI
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$387k · 8 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
17

Total granted

$387k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+47%

Still filing today

75%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • JF
    JUDSON FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $260k · revenue +130%
  • CITY YEAR INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $92k · revenue +15%
  • TR
    THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • UU
    UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY OF WELLESLEY HILLS
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLS SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +47%
  • HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +235%
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
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…

Education
6
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
9
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
10
Cleveland Botanical Garden

The cleveland botanical garden connects people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants, to inspire action for healthy communities.

Environment
11
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
12
Ohio Bankers League

Provide comprehensive services that benefit the financial institution industry in ohio.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Naples Botanical Garden Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Kirtland Country Club Scholarship Fund. 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

21 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. 21 of the 30 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUDSON FOUNDATION: $259,800 · PhilanthropyJUDSON FOUNDATIONJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $9,000 · PhilanthropyCITY YEAR INC: $91,500 · OtherCITY YEAR INCUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY OF WELLESLEY HILLS: $10,000 · OtherUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY …CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $8,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONYELLOW HOUSE COMMUNITY: $5,000 · OtherThe League Club Inc: $4,500 · Other+7 more: $10,000 · Other+7 moreFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $8,000 · EducationBUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLS SCHOOL: $7,500 · Education+2 more: $800 · EducationBROWN UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · Community ImprovementTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $7,500 · Arts & CulturePlayhouse Square Foundation: $1,200 · Arts & CultureROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureLIFEACT: $5,500 · HealthRonald McDonald House Global: $2,500 · HealthBeech Brook: $1,000 · HealthWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $5,000 · EnvironmentNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $500 · Environment+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesPaws With A Cause: $250 · Human Services
Philanthropy$268,800Other$129,000Education$16,300Community Improvement$15,000Arts & Culture$9,700Health$9,000Environment$5,600Human Services$5,250

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 budgetJUDSON FOUNDATION: $259,800 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $91,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLS SCHOOL: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEACT: $5,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe League Club Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPlayhouse Square Foundation: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeech Brook: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE KIRTLAND COUNTRY CLUB COMPANY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOLDEN ARBORETUM: $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.

Jane and Jon Outcalt …Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jane and Jon Outcalt FoundationOH13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jane and Jon Outcalt Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Sogg Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sogg Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Buckingham Browne & Nichols School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Sogg Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Sogg Foundation Inc 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 30 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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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