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Sophiagrace Foundation

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.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2025
1
Organizations funded FY2024
100%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,760,962
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,760,962
Organizations funded a year
1 to 66
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$13M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Sophiagrace Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’24
Human ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterFood & NutritionPhilanthropyInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving1$2.8M0%
FY20241$3.4M100%
FY20211$2.7M100%
FY202066$3.5M18%
FY201962$1.0M13%
FY201864$1.5Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$6.3MInternational$2.3MEnvironment$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$632kFood & Nutrition$505kHousing & Shelter$281kArts & Culture$238kPublic Benefit$153kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
OneSky$685,38037%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$565,26727%
Sierra Club Foundation$400,00030%
Oxfam-America Inc$380,00030%
Mercy Corps$260,00030%
The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles$200,00010%
Direct Relief$200,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$180,00030%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$175,00010%
Meals on Wheels America$150,00010%
Show all 76 grantees
All grantees of Sophiagrace Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
OneSky$685,38037%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$565,26727%
Sierra Club Foundation$400,00030%
Oxfam-America Inc$380,00030%
Mercy Corps$260,00030%
The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles$200,00010%
Direct Relief$200,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$180,00030%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$175,00010%
Meals on Wheels America$150,00010%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$135,00030%
Ploughshares Fund Inc$120,0003n/a
Earthjustice$110,00030%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$100,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$90,00010%
St Joseph Center$80,00030%
Self-Realization Fellowship Church$80,0001n/a
The People Concern$75,00010%
Share Our Strength$75,00010%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$70,00020%
Los Angeles County Fire Department Foundation$67,00022%
Overtone Industries$66,000326%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$65,00030%
Southern California Public Radio$65,00030%
Heifer Project International$60,00030%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$55,00030%
Courage California Institute C3$55,00026%
Mi Familia En Accion$50,00021%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$45,00030%
Treepeople Inc$44,00030%
Honor the Earth$42,50031%
The Pachamama Alliance$36,00030%
Museum of New Mexico Foundation$36,00030%
Oceana Inc$35,00030%
Safe Horizon Inc$35,00010%
Resource Media$30,00011%
Collective Heritage Institute$30,00030%
Conservative Energy Network$30,00011%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$30,00030%
Stand$30,00030%
Homeboy Industries$26,00030%
Alliance for a Just Society$25,00010%
Lawyers for Good Government Inc$25,00017%
Common Cause Education Fund$21,00030%
California Public Interest Research Group Edu Fund$20,000212%
Green America$19,00030%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$19,00030%
Global Fund for Women Inc$19,00030%
Children's Cross-Border Pediatrics Foundation$16,00025%
Kcrw Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Freedom United$15,00022%
Free Wheelchair Mission$15,00030%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$12,00030%
Rainforest Action Network$11,00020%
Paws for Purple Hearts$10,50030%
Pittsburgh United$10,00011%
Save The Children Federation Inc$10,00020%
Charity Navigator$10,00010%
Justice Resource Institute Inc$9,00030%
Klcs Education Foundation$9,00032%
K9s for Warriors Inc$9,00030%
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery$7,50030%
Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice$6,00020%
The Zonta Club of Kauai Foundation$6,000210%
Curry College$6,00030%
Public Media Group of Southern California$6,00020%
Los Angeles Mission Inc$5,5003n/a
Friends of the Earth$4,50030%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$3,50030%
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc$3,50030%
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Inc$3,50030%
Organic Consumers Association$3,00020%
Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery$3,00030%
The Barack Obama Foundation$1,50020%
Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation$90030%
The Pacifica Foundation$50010%

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Sophiagrace Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 73 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOneSky: $685,380 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetLos Angeles Fire Department Foundation: $565,267 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $400,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $380,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMercy Corps: $260,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDirect Relief: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $180,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $175,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels America: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $135,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEarthjustice: $110,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $90,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Joseph Center: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe People Concern: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShare Our Strength: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Popular Democracy Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLos Angeles County Fire Department Foundation: $67,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetOvertone Industries: $66,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern California Public Radio: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHeifer Project International: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $55,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCourage California Institute C3: $55,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetMi Familia En Accion: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHarlem Children's Zone Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTreepeople Inc: $44,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHonor the Earth: $42,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetThe Pachamama Alliance: $36,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMuseum of New Mexico Foundation: $36,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOceana Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Horizon Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetResource Media: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCollective Heritage Institute: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetConservative Energy Network: $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStand: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHomeboy Industries: $26,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for a Just Society: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLawyers for Good Government Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetCommon Cause Education Fund: $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Public Interest Research Group Edu Fund: $20,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetGreen America: $19,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $19,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Fund for Women Inc: $19,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Cross-Border Pediatrics Foundation: $16,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetKcrw Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 73.

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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.

Tides FoundationCA29.1× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Rose Foundation for Communities the Environment · United States Energy Foundation · California Community Foundation · The California Endowment · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund

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.

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Find your warmest path to Sophiagrace Foundation 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.

About Sophiagrace Foundation

How much does Sophiagrace Foundation give?
Sophiagrace Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $2,760,962 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 66 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Sophiagrace Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), International (11%), Environment (5%).
Who are Sophiagrace Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: OneSky ($685k), Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation ($565k), Sierra Club Foundation ($400k).
Does Sophiagrace Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sophiagrace Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sophiagrace Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, Impactassetsinc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Where is Sophiagrace Foundation based?
Sophiagrace Foundation is based in CA.

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 89 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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