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Sweet Geeks Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$162k
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2022–2025.

Youth Development$107kHealth$100kHuman Services$36kArts & Culture$32kEducation$26kHousing & Shelter$24kCrime & Legal$20kPhilanthropy$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k34 grants · $92k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $70k
$2,994
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Green Arrow CoLab$20,000
DIY Girls$15,000
ArtsUP LA$15,000
Laurel House IncHope Harbor$10,000
Young Lives Redeemed$10,000
Individual grant recipient$6,096
P F Bresee Foundation$4,000
Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore$4,000
Walk With Sally$3,750
P F Bresee Foundation$3,500
Individual grant recipient$3,300
Individual grant recipient$3,111
Individual grant recipient$3,067
Hidden Genius Project$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY23–25, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%My Sister's Keeper Success Institute Inc: $4k → 11%Patriots and Paws: $10k → 10%Partnership for Growth LA: $3k → 14%Patriots and Paws: $5k → 10%The Change Reaction: $3k → 14%Unearth and Empower Communities: $5k → 14%Walk With Sally: $4k → 14%Walk With Sally: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$94k · 7 repeat orgs$305k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +11% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

7 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
38

Total granted

$94k
$171k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
0%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $133k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentEducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PA
    PATRIOTS AND PAWS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue +39%
  • TH
    THOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue +9%
  • SA
    Stem Advantage
    2× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • UK
    UNCLE KORY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -7%
  • RL
    RAINBOW LABS MENTORING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +87%
  • RN
    ROBYNES NEST
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +15%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Trauma Informed La
Civil Rights
2
Los Angeles Team Mentoring Inc

Los Angeles Team Mentorings (LATM) mission is to guide middle school students growing up in challenging urban environments to recognize and reach their full potential. See Schedule O for more details.

Youth Development
3
All About Kids La
Philanthropy
4
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
5
Youth Mentoring Action Network

A youth organization that facilitates transformative MENTORING, EDUCATION, and WELLNESS opportunities for young people.

Education
6
Social Justice Learning Institute

Social Justice Learning Institute (SJLI) is a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation dedicated to improving the education, health, and well-being of youth and communities of color. By empowering communities to enact social…

Housing & Shelter
7
Urban Compass

Urban Compass provides a safe, welcoming, and innovative environment that challenges our youth to envision and navigate a course for a rewarding future characterized by achievement, independent thought, and social responsibility through…

Youth Development
8
The Relational Center
Philanthropy
9
Plug in South Los Angeles Plug in Ventures

Our mission is to enable and empower talented early-stage founders and entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities in and around Los Angeles and beyond.

Human Services
10
The Miracle House Foundation

Mentorship and housing assistant for women returning from incarceration

Human Services
11
Save Black Boys-California

Save Black Boys-California's mission is to provide youth and family programs, including but not limited to, preventing gang affiliation, after-school tutoring, safe passage to and from school, group counseling for kids, single parent…

Youth Development
12
Los Angeles Youth Network

Youth Emerging Stronger (YES) empowers young people, between ages of 12 and 24 within Los Angeles County, including but not limited to run-away and homeless youth. YES mission is to end homelessness one youth at a time to become…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Partners and the most unlike its peers is Uncle Kory Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPerforming Arts Organizatio…Dog and Cat RescueJewish Community Organizati…Community Health CentersTransitional Support Servic…Family Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 12 years old; the field is 12. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%13%<5yr16%25%5–10yr20%35%10–20yr17%18%20–35yr10%8%35–55yr12%3%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%5%<5yr16%29%5–10yr20%41%10–20yr17%13%20–35yr10%10%35–55yr12%2%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 13% of your grantees by number, and just 5% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/41
the rest of the field
15%
9,957/65,073

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 77 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
19/38
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTER — $15,000 · OtherTHOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTERPATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE — $12,500 · OtherPATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCEPF Bresee Foundation — $10,000 · OtherLaurel House IncHope Harbor — $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $7,322 · OtherUNCLE KORY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Other+41 more — $133,468 · Other+41 moreDIY GIRLS — $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentDIY GIRLSStem Advantage — $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentStem AdvantageRAINBOW LABS MENTORING INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentRAINBOW LABS MENTORI…ROBYNES NEST — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentROBYNES NESTURBAN TXT TEENS EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentURBAN TXT TEENS EXPL…THE SOLA FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE SOLA FOUNDATIONHERO FOR KIDS — $3,750 · Youth DevelopmentColor Compton Inc — $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentPATRIOTS AND PAWS — $15,001 · Human ServicesPATRIOTS …WALK WITH SALLY — $5,020 · Human ServicesWALK WITH…UNEARTH AND EMPOWER COMMUNITIE — $5,000 · Human ServicesUNEARTH A…My Sister's Keeper Success Institute Inc — $3,750 · Human ServicesMy Sister…THE CHANGE REACTION — $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE CHANG…PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH — $2,500 · Human ServicesPARTNERSH…ARTSUP LA — $15,000 · Arts & CultureHack the Hood Inc — $5,000 · Arts & CultureDREAMS FOR SCHOOLS — $5,000 · Arts & CultureORANGE COUNTY CHILDRENS THERAPEUTIC ARTS CENTER — $3,250 · Arts & CultureYOUNG LIVES REDEEMED — $13,750 · HealthCALIBRATE A NON PROFIT CORPORATION — $4,000 · HealthCancer Kinship — $3,000 · HealthResounding Joy Inc — $2,500 · HealthTHE AMAAD INSTITUTE — $2,500 · HealthGREEN ARROW CO-LAB — $20,000 · Crime & LegalREADING TO KIDS — $5,000 · EducationTHE BOOK TRUCK INC — $3,250 · EducationHIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT — $3,000 · EducationSTREET POETS INC — $2,500 · EducationLet's Be Kind — $2,500 · EducationFAMILIES FORWARD LEARNING CENTER — $2,500 · Education
Other$198,290Youth Development$73,750Human Services$33,771Arts & Culture$28,250Health$25,750Crime & Legal$20,000Education$18,750

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDIY GIRLS — $17,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetPATRIOTS AND PAWS — $15,001 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARTSUP LA — $15,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTER — $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetStem Advantage — $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG LIVES REDEEMED — $13,750 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE — $12,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPF Bresee Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNCLE KORY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRAINBOW LABS MENTORING INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetROBYNES NEST — $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetURBAN TXT TEENS EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWALK WITH SALLY — $5,020 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREADING TO KIDS — $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUNEARTH AND EMPOWER COMMUNITIE — $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE SOLA FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHack the Hood Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBuild Futures — $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHINKWATTS FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDREAMS FOR SCHOOLS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSUNNYSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH — $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCALIBRATE A NON PROFIT CORPORATION — $4,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMy Sister's Keeper Success Institute Inc — $3,750 over 1y, 28% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS — $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOOK TRUCK INC — $3,250 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetORANGE COUNTY CHILDRENS THERAPEUTIC ARTS CENTER — $3,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCancer Kinship — $3,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetResounding Joy Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSTREET POETS INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLet's Be Kind — $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD LEARNING CENTER — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

California Community …Orange County Communi…Community PartnersThe Ralph M Parsons F…Snap FoundationThe Crail-Johnson Fou…Weingart FoundationThe Annenberg Foundat…United Way IncCalifornia Foundation…Kaiser Foundation Hos…The Play Equity Fund
California Community FoundationCA32.8× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Community Partners · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Snap Foundation · The Crail-Johnson Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · United Way Inc · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Play Equity Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Sweet Geeks Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Sweet Geeks Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Sweet Geeks 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 77 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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