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Spogli Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$120k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$209kArts & Culture$197kAnimals$161kHuman Services$30kHealth$18kCivil Rights$13kPublic Benefit$10kRecreation & Sports$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $98k
$6,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITIZEN FILM$25,000
J PAUL GETTY TRUST$25,000
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY$25,000
THRIVE ANIMAL RESCUE$22,500
THE COLLEAGUES$6,500
FEDERALIST SOCIETY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
WAGS & WALKS$2,500
DIDI HERSH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES$2,000
EXCEPTIONAL CHILDRENS FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE COLLEAGUES: $7k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $4k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $3k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $3k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $3k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $3k → 14%WESTSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $500 → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%HERE TO SERVE: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
IN
NJ
CT
CA
CO
AZ
SC
DC
LA
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$457k · 11 repeat orgs$189k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
22

Total granted

$457k
$156k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+39%

Still filing today

91%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropySocial ScienceOther
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

  • TJ
    THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST
    3× · 2018–2024 · $150k · revenue +19%
  • TA
    THRIVE ANIMAL RESCUE INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $120k · revenue +85%
  • CU
    CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2020–2024 · $100k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • UR
    UC REGENTS
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REGENTS
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • UW
    US WAR DOGS ASSN
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
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
Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Spcala is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through education, law enforcement, intervention and advocacy.

Animals
2
Lange Foundation

Our mission is to rescue pets that have been impounded at los angeles county's 25 overcrowded public shelters - providing proper care, shelter, and then placement. we also provide pet owners with alternatives when they think they have no…

Human Services
3
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
4
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
5
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
6
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
7
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
8
Doris Day Animal League

Doris day animal league (ddal) was a nonprofit, national, citizen's lobbying organization that worked to improve the humane treatment of animals. ddal supported those who worked with the u.s. congress, government agencies, and state…

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9
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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10
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc

The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.

Arts & Culture
11
Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy Inc
Philanthropy
12
Fauna & Flora International Usa Inc

Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The J Paul Getty Trust. 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

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
24/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UC REGENTS: $50,000 · OtherUC REGENTSUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REGENTS: $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REGE…CENTER FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $20,000 · OtherCENTER FOR AMERICAN STUDIESTURNING POINT USA INC: $10,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: $7,500 · OtherUS WAR DOGS ASSN: $7,500 · Other+12 more: $28,000 · Other+12 moreTHRIVE ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $120,000 · AnimalsTHRIVE ANIMAL RESCUE INCDOGS TRUST USA INC: $10,000 · AnimalsDOGS TRUST USA INCRESCUE LIFE INC: $7,500 · Animals+7 more: $23,000 · Animals+7 moreTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $150,000 · PhilanthropyTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUSTCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITYCITIZEN FILM INC: $25,000 · EducationCITIZEN FILM INCTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationTHE COLLEAGUES INC: $21,500 · Human ServicesHERE TO SERVE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $8,750 · HealthUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$173,000Animals$160,500Philanthropy$150,000Education$132,500Human Services$25,000Health$8,750Recreation & Sports$7,500

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 budgetTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVE ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $120,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZEN FILM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE COLLEAGUES INC: $21,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOGS TRUST USA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $8,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRESCUE LIFE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUUS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAcadiana Animal Aid: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWags and Walks: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDANNY & RONS RESCUE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAngel Force USA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFROSTED FACES FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHERE TO SERVE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAS MADRINAS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRANCHO LOS ALAMITOS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAllies for Every Child Inc: $500 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.

The Otis Booth Founda…Wm Keck FoundationRobert and Elizabeth …The Annenberg Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
The Otis Booth FoundationCA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Otis Booth Foundation · Wm Keck Foundation · Robert and Elizabeth Lowe Family Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Spogli Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Spogli Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 Spogli Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Spogli Family 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 39 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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