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Sophidion 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.

$167k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
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 2025.

Education$779kHuman Services$280kRecreation & Sports$198kAnimals$65kYouth Development$15kHealth$9kReligion$7kFood & Nutrition$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $67k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$12,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CUESTA COLLEGE NURSING PROGRAM$100,000
CENTRAL OREGON COMM COLLEGE$35,000
BATTLEFIELD TO BALLFIELDS$12,000
CASCADES RAPTOR CENTOR$10,000
BLUE MOUNTAIN WILDLIFE$10,000
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 (FY17–25, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GENERATE HOPE: $1k → 11%COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 11%BATTLEFIELD TO BALLFIELDS: $12k → 12%SHELTERING GRACE MINISTRY: $1k → 8%BATTLEFIELD TO BALLFIELDS: $5k → 12%BATTLEFIELD TO BALLFIELDS: $5k → 12%BATTLEFIELDS TO BALLFIELDS: $3k → 12%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

MN
IL
OR
OH
CA
CO
AR
TN
SC
DC
OK
GA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Sophidion Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 91% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 84%.

Sophidion Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.8% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 12 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
29

Total granted

$1.3M
$69k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
-9%

Still filing today

58%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
Human ServicesAnimalsYouth DevelopmentHealthInternationalCommunity 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    CAMBRIA COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $230k · revenue +257%
  • SW
    STANISLAUS WILDLIFE CARE CENTER
    6× · 2017–2024 · $45k · revenue +51%
  • BT
    BATTLEFIELDS TO BALLFIELDS
    4× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • CE
    Cambria Education Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · 29% of their budget
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • HI
    HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Open Arms Pregnancy Clinic

The open arms pregnancy clinic is a christian ministry which offers life- affirming services to women and men facing unintended pregnancies and reproductive choices.

Health
2
Tijuana Christian Mission City of Refuge

Maintain and operate a home for needy and homeless children in mexico. development of programs and maintenance of home and churches in baja california mexico. also womens shelter for battered woman in rosarito. childrens home for needy…

International
3
Victory Mission

To operate and maintain a rescue mission at Salinas, California provide Job training

Human Services
4
Long Beach Rescue Mission

Provide temporary housing, clothing, counseling services, food and financial assistance for homeless individuals.

Housing & Shelter
5
Wings of Refuge

Wings of refuge is a long-term restoration home for female adults who have survived commercial sexual exploitation and/or trafficking. we provide a safe, christ centered atmosphere of healing and restoration for each participant.

Human Services
6
California Womens Recovery Inc

Provide lodging, meals & safe haven for women

Health
7
California Animal Rescue and Education Sanctuary Inc

C.A.R.E.S.MISSION STATEMENT*Rescue, foster and find good homes for abandoned and homeless domestic and farm animals.*Spay/neuter abandoned and homeless cats and dogs, as well as help low income families with same.*Conduct TNR+ programs to…

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8
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
9
Orange County Rescue Mission Inc

To minister the love of Jesus Christ to the Least, the Last, and the Lost of our Community through the provision of assistance in the areas of guidance, counseling, education, job training, shelter, food, clothing, health care and…

Housing & Shelter
10
Conejo Valley Women's Resource Center

Ohana health pregnancy clinic is a compassionate christian ministry offering life-affirming services to women, men and their families who are faced with unplanned pregnancies. our mission is to provide supportive services that empower…

Health
11
California Human Trafficking Investigators and Prosecuters Asso
Crime & Legal
12
Bread of Life Rescue Mission

To provide meals and shelter to the working poor and homeless in North San Diego County.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Storks; the most unlike its peers is Cambria Education Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 44 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CUESTA COLLEGE NURSING PROGRAM: $690,000 · OtherCUESTA COLLEGE NURSING PROGRAMCAMBRIA COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $229,500 · OtherCAMBRIA COMMUNITY COUNCIL INCCAL POLY WOMEN'S GOLF PROGRAM: $180,000 · OtherCAL POLY WOMEN'S GOLF PROGRAMCENTRAL OREGON COMM COLLEGE: $78,000 · OtherCENTRAL OREGON COMM COLLEGE+28 more: $88,500 · Other+28 moreSTANISLAUS WILDLIFE CARE CENTER: $45,000 · AnimalsCASCADES RAPTOR CENTER: $10,000 · AnimalsBATTLEFIELDS TO BALLFIELDS: $24,500 · Human ServicesSHELTERING GRACE MINISTRY LTD: $1,000 · Human ServicesCOACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $1,000 · Human ServicesGENERATEHOPE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCAMBRIA POST NO 432 AMERICAN LEGION: $14,000 · Public BenefitYOUNG LIFE: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentCENTRAL OHIO YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentALPHA PREGNANCY HELP CENTER: $4,000 · HealthSave the Storks: $2,000 · HealthSAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY WOMENADE: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,266,000Animals$55,000Human Services$27,500Public Benefit$14,000Youth Development$7,000Health$6,000Community Improvement$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAMBRIA COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $229,500 over 8y, 21% of budgetSTANISLAUS WILDLIFE CARE CENTER: $45,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetBATTLEFIELDS TO BALLFIELDS: $24,500 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetCAMBRIA POST NO 432 AMERICAN LEGION: $14,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetCambria Education Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetBlue Mountain Wildlife: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY WOMENADE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetALPHA PREGNANCY HELP CENTER: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetChildren of God DBA COG Global: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRAL OHIO YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Storks: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERING GRACE MINISTRY LTD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUTSIDE THE BOWL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOORS TO FREEDOM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFORT HOPE INC DBA GODS COUNTRY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGENERATEHOPE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 CAMBRIA COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds STANISLAUS WILDLIFE CARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BATTLEFIELDS TO BALLFIELDS ↗
  • Who funds CAMBRIA POST NO 432 AMERICAN LEGION ↗
  • Who funds CASCADES RAPTOR CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Cambria Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Blue Mountain Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY WOMENADE ↗
  • Who funds ALPHA PREGNANCY HELP CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BETHESDA HEALING MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds Children of God DBA COG Global ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL OHIO YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC ↗
  • Who funds Save the Storks ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds SHELTERING GRACE MINISTRY LTD ↗
  • Who funds COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds OUTSIDE THE BOWL ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC ↗

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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA8.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Sophidion Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sophidion Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Blue Mountain Wildlife: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–40%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Sophidion Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Sophidion 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.

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 44 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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More from the funding graph

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
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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