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Sonsma Family Foundation at a glance

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Sonsma Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$193k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.7MHousing & Shelter$294kHuman Services$251kReligion$200kYouth Development$167kPhilanthropy$30kInternational$27kHealth$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $134k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$12,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$483k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALEM UTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL$50,000
CREAN LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL$40,500
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY$25,000
SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH$24,000
CHARITY ON WHEELS$12,155
Individual grant recipient$12,000
LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL OC$10,000
HELPING HANDS MINISTRY$10,000
CHRIST THE CENTER MINISTRIES$3,180
FAMILIES SEE FREE$2,472
OLIVE CREST$2,000
FAMILY BUILDING FOUNDATION$2,000
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 (FY19–24, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%THE BARNABAS GROUP: $2k → 11%HIS LITTLE FEET: $10k → 14%COUNCIL ON AGING SO CALIFORNIA: $2k → 10%FAMILY BUILDING FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%ACRES OF LOVE: $10k → 10%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

IL
MA
PA
CA
CO
VA
DE
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 16 repeat orgs$329k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +81% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
37

Total granted

$2.4M
$229k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+81%
+22%

Still filing today

50%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $99k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesReligionEducationHousing & ShelterHealthInternationalOther
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

  • CO
    Charity On Wheels Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $262k · revenue +553% · 37% of their budget
  • OC
    OLIVE CREST
    7× · 2018–2024 · $211k · revenue +126%
  • CM
    CHAMPION MINISTRIES INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $142k · revenue +149%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SOUND MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • NN
    NCCF NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • HOPE INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +10%
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
American Adoptions of California Dba Family Connection Christian Adoption

Family connections christian adoptions exists to assist the waiting children of the world into permanent, loving families. it is our belief that god's love is best expressed in the family. the work of fcca is a living expression of our…

Unclassified
2
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
3
His University

His university provides graduate and undergraduate degree and diploma education and training for his family ministry specialists who desire to pursue careers in counseling and ministry.

Education
4
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
5
Sole Ministries

None

Religion
6
Our Father's Children Inc

Our father's children, inc (ofc) is an organziation dedicated to abused and neglected children. the ministry's vision is to spread the gospel of christ to children as well as teach them good life skills, good character traits, and provide…

Religion
7
Christian Family Care Agency Inc

The mission of christian family care is to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of jesus christ. the outcome of our work results in building flourishing families and communities focusing on three pillars: preserve,…

Human Services
8
Child Hope International

We minister to orphans and widows in their distress by transitioning children from orphanages into loving families. We do this through Christ- centered care, training and social work.

Arts & Culture
9
Influencers Global Ministries

Religious organization devoted to strengthening members' personal faith.

Religion
10
Orphan Outreach

To glorify the Lord Jesus Christ by ministering to orphans around the world by meeting spiritual, physical, emotional, and educational needs.

International
11
Olivet University

Providing guality Christian education to the network generation

Education
12
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest; the most unlike its peers is Charity On Wheels Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 59 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
19/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALEM LUTHERAN SCHOOL: $535,000 · OtherSALEM LUTHERAN SCHOOLLUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $392,264 · OtherLUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTYLUTHERAN HIGH SOUTH - ORANGE COUNTY CREAN LUTHERAN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL: $357,562 · OtherLUTHERAN HIGH SOUTH - ORANGE COUNTY CREAN LUTHERAN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLST JOHN BOSCO HIGH SCHOOL: $272,500 · OtherST JOHN BOSCO HIGH SCHOOLSALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH: $71,000 · Other+41 more: $303,730 · Other+41 moreCharity On Wheels Inc: $262,305 · Housing & ShelterCharity On …SHELTER PROVIDERS OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterSHELTER PRO…OLIVE CREST: $210,500 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthCHAMPION MINISTRIES INC: $142,000 · Youth DevelopmentMULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES: $61,000 · ReligionTHE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE INC: $20,000 · ReligionRooted Ministries: $17,040 · ReligionCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE: $28,500 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationACQUISTAPACE FOUNDATION INC ACQUISTAPACE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $25,000 · InternationalFAMILIES SET FREE INC: $2,472 · International
Other$1,932,056Housing & Shelter$277,305Health$211,500Youth Development$142,000Religion$98,040Education$63,500International$27,472

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 budgetCharity On Wheels Inc: $262,305 over 8y, 37% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $210,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHAMPION MINISTRIES INC: $142,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetMULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES: $61,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE: $28,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRooted Ministries: $17,040 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SHEEPFOLD INC: $17,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSHELTER PROVIDERS OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetACQUISTAPACE FOUNDATION INC ACQUISTAPACE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 82% of budgetHis Little Feet: $10,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetACRES OF LOVE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOREVER KIDS: $4,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILIES SET FREE INC: $2,472 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILYBUILDING FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AGING - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorking Wardrobes For A New Start: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARNABAS GROUP: $1,860 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJOE ANDRUZZI FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds Charity On Wheels Inc ↗
  • Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPION MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HOPE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Rooted Ministries ↗
  • Who funds THE SHEEPFOLD INC ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER PROVIDERS OF ORANGE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ACQUISTAPACE FOUNDATION INC ACQUISTAPACE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds His Little Feet ↗
  • Who funds ACRES OF LOVE ↗
  • Who funds FOREVER KIDS ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES SET FREE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILYBUILDING FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Orange County Communi…Thrivent Financial fo…Giving UniversityThrivent Charitable I…Servant FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…Christian Community F…Sempra FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…
Orange County Community FoundationCA26.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Giving University · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Servant Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Sempra Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Sonsma Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sonsma Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 59 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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