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SPIRITT Family Services

SPIRITT Family Services since 1972 has been working with low income families.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$238k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% 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$3.0MHealth$769kCrime & Legal$602kEducation$124kYouth Development$64kRecreation & Sports$36kCommunity Improvement$14k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $495,120, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,999,098 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,503,978 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$129,801
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PACTL$237,947
Human Services Association$129,801
Somos Latino Equity Alliance$127,372
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Human Services Association: $152k → 14%Human Services Association: $143k → 14%Human Services Association: $130k → 14%HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $119k → 14%HumaBn Services Association: $103k → 14%HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $92k → 14%HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $74k → 14%HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $70k → 14%PACTL: $238k → 14%PACTL: $180k → 14%PasadenaAltadena Coalition: $150k → 14%PasadenaAltadena Coalition: $130k → 14%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.
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 11 repeat orgs$270k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
8

Total granted

$4.3M
$143k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+280%

Still filing today

64%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalOther
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

  • HS
    Human Services Association
    8× · 2018–2025 · $882k · revenue +74%
  • HY
    Helpline Youth Counseling Inc
    5× · 2018–2022 · $597k · revenue +201%
  • HEALTHRIGHT 360
    5× · 2020–2024 · $541k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WHITTIER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $64k · revenue +280%
  • IP
    INTEGRAL PRUDENCE SOLUTIONS
    one grant, 2018 · $19k
  • CS
    CARRIE SLICK
    one grant, 2019 · $19k
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
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
2
The Alliance for Community Wellness Dba La Familia Counseling Services

La Familia Counseling Service is an inclusive Latino community-based, multi-cultural organization committed to strengthening the emotional wellness of individuals and the preservation of families.

—
3
Wellnest Emotional Health & Wellness

Through a holistic approach to emotional well-being, Wellnest offers hope, healing, and opportunity to the children, young adults, families, and communities we serve. Our commitment remains steadfast as we enter our second century of…

Human Services
4
Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles

Working together to strengthen families and ensure high-quality child care and early learning across los angeles county.

Human Services
5
Plaza de la Raza Child Development Services Inc

To provide families with children from newborn to five years old comprehensive services in a safe, culturally sensitive, and diverse environment that assists them in moving towards self-sufficiency.

Education
6
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
7
International Institute of Los Angeles

Providing low-cost, diverse social services throughout los angeles county.

Human Services
8
Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Our Vision is to enhance the educational and economic well-being of the people we serve by means of direct human services, advocacy, and referrals.Our Mission is to save lives, unite families, and protect the community through addiction…

—
9
Bayfront Youth and Family Services Inc

Bayfront Youth & Family Services is a quality provider of behavioral and mental health treatment services for children, adolescents, and their caregivers. Our mission is to provide a comprehensive support system that promotes safe and…

Health
10
Pathways La

Pathways LA strengthens low-income and vulnerable working families, promotes high quality early care and education services for children of all abilities, develops knowledgeable early care providers, and promotes economically resilient…

Human Services
11
Trauma Informed La
Civil Rights
12
Quality Childrens Services

QCS provides early childhood development and childcare program services to children from underserved and disadvantaged families. The programs are funded by various governmental entities and are located in the counties of Los Angeles Madera…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alma Family Services; the most unlike its peers is Healthright 360. 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

12 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. 12 of the 20 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Human Services Association: $881,764 · Human ServicesHuman Services AssociationPASADENA ALTADENA COALITION OF TRANSFORMATIVE LEAD: $698,325 · Human ServicesPASADENA ALTADENA COALITION OF TRANSFOR…HEALTHRIGHT 360: $540,536 · OtherHEALTHRIGHT 360PLAZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC DBA PLAZA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $419,590 · OtherPLAZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC DBA PLAZA …PROTOTYPES: $264,949 · OtherPROTOTYPESLOS ANGELES UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL: $117,446 · OtherLOS ANGELES UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOLBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WHITTIER INC: $63,672 · Other+8 more: $118,203 · Other+8 moreEAST LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S CENTER: $491,659 · HealthEAST LOS ANGELES …ALMA FAMILY SERVICES: $228,684 · HealthALMA FAMILY SERVI…Helpline Youth Counseling Inc: $596,698 · Crime & LegalHelpline Youth…COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $127,372 · Community ImprovementINCLUSIVE ACTION FOR THE CITY: $13,741 · Community Improvement
Human Services$1,580,089Other$1,524,396Health$720,343Crime & Legal$596,698Community Improvement$141,113

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 budgetHuman Services Association: $881,764 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPASADENA ALTADENA COALITION OF TRANSFORMATIVE LEAD: $698,325 over 4y, 33% of budgetHelpline Youth Counseling Inc: $596,698 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetHEALTHRIGHT 360: $540,536 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEAST LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S CENTER: $491,659 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetPLAZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC DBA PLAZA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $419,590 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetALMA FAMILY SERVICES: $228,684 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $127,372 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL: $117,446 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WHITTIER INC: $63,672 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGRANDPARENTS AS PARENTS INC: $17,491 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetINCLUSIVE ACTION FOR THE CITY: $13,741 over 1y, 0.4% 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 Human Services Association ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA ALTADENA COALITION OF TRANSFORMATIVE LEAD ↗
  • Who funds Helpline Youth Counseling Inc ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHRIGHT 360 ↗
  • Who funds EAST LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PLAZA COMMUNITY CENTER INC DBA PLAZA COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ALMA FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WHITTIER INC ↗
  • Who funds GRANDPARENTS AS PARENTS INC ↗
  • Who funds INCLUSIVE ACTION FOR THE CITY ↗

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.

California Community FoundationCA20.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The California Endowment · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Community Partners · Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation · Shelter Partnership Inc · United Way Inc · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Weingart 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 SPIRITT Family Services funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from SPIRITT Family Services. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%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 · 0–40%
    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

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    How do I get to SPIRITT Family Services?

    Find your warmest path to SPIRITT Family Services 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 20 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 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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