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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
ArtsUP LA$15,000
DIY Girls$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
Stem To The FutureInner Spark Learning Lab$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
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 (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 its 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
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against 0% for those 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
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

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

Funded once

  • UT
    URBAN TXT TEENS EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • RN
    ROBYNES NEST
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +15%
  • RL
    RAINBOW LABS MENTORING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +190%
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Partners; 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.
04the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 77 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
18/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTER: $15,000 · OtherTHOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTERPATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE: $12,500 · OtherPATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCELaurel House IncHope Harbor: $10,000 · OtherPF Bresee Foundation: $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 AdvantageURBAN TXT TEENS EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentURBAN TXT TEENS EXPL…ROBYNES NEST: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentROBYNES NESTRAINBOW LABS MENTORING INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentRAINBOW LABS MENTORI…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 & CultureDREAMS FOR SCHOOLS: $5,000 · Arts & CultureHack the Hood Inc: $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 · HealthTHE AMAAD INSTITUTE: $2,500 · HealthResounding Joy Inc: $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 · EducationLet's Be Kind: $2,500 · EducationFAMILIES FORWARD LEARNING CENTER: $2,500 · EducationSTREET POETS INC: $2,500 · Education
Other$198,290Youth Development$73,750Human Services$33,771Arts & Culture$28,250Health$25,750Crime & Legal$20,000Education$18,750

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 budgetGREEN ARROW CO-LAB: $20,000 over 1y, 4.2% of 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 budgetStem Advantage: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTER: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetYOUNG LIVES REDEEMED: $13,750 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE: $12,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetURBAN TXT TEENS EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetROBYNES NEST: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRAINBOW LABS MENTORING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUNCLE KORY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPF Bresee Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWALK WITH SALLY: $5,020 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHINKWATTS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDREAMS FOR SCHOOLS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SOLA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREADING TO KIDS: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetBuild Futures: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHack the Hood Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNEARTH AND EMPOWER COMMUNITIE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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 budgetORANGE COUNTY CHILDRENS THERAPEUTIC ARTS CENTER: $3,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOOK TRUCK INC: $3,250 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCancer Kinship: $3,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetLet's Be Kind: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD LEARNING CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTREET POETS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetResounding Joy Inc: $2,500 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.

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 …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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's 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
    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 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 77 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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