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Synakos 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.

$104k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
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.

Health$1.7MInternational$291kEducation$264kRecreation & Sports$177kArts & Culture$76kFood & Nutrition$13k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $54k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
College of Creative Studios at USSB$50,000
New Mexico School for the Arts$16,000
Childrens Hospital Branches$15,000
PNW Plateful$13,000
Arts Corps$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 9%CYSTINOSIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%Childrens Hospital Branches: $15k → 10%Lilac Branch of Chldrens Hospital: $12k → 10%College of Creative Studios at USSB: $50k → 14%KING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION US: $160k → 17%PERFORMANCE SANTA FE: $44k → 12%Arts Corps: $10k → 9%PeaceHealthSt Joseph Medical Center: $400k → 12%MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%International Neuroethics Society: $50k → 8%Lilac Brach of Childrens Hospital: $10k → 10%KING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION UNITED STAETS: $160k → 17%PERFORMANCE SANTA FE: $40k → 12%Whatcom Hospice Foundation: $100k → 12%International Neuroethics Society: $35k → 8%KING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION US: $130k → 17%Performance Santa Fe: $30k → 12%PNW Plateful: $13k → 12%International Neuroethics Society: $35k → 8%Creatives Care Network Inc: $20k → 17%Performance Santa Fe: $25k → 12%New Mexico School for the Arts: $16k → 12%PERFORMANCE SANTA FE: $15k → 12%Performance Santa Fe: $15k → 12%WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTER: $500 → 12%Santa Fe Community College: $50k → 12%ACADEMY FOR THE LOVE OF LEARNING INC: $35k → 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.
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.

14%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$306k · 3 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +2004% since the first grant, against -49% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
12

Total granted

$306k
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2004%
-49%

Still filing today

67%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k 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
HealthEducationSocial ScienceRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    6× · 2018–2023 · $169k
  • IN
    INTERNATIONAL NEUROETHICS SOCIETY
    3× · 2021–2024 · $120k · revenue +4% · 30% of their budget
  • FS
    FIRST SERVE-NM INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $17k · revenue ×21

Funded once

  • SR
    SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M
  • PS
    PEACEHEALTH ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $400k
  • KB
    KING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION UNITED STAETS
    one grant, 2020 · $160k
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
Women in Neuroscience

Women in Neuroscience is building a diverse community of women leaders in neuroscience and neurology through student internships, mentorship, and scholarships.

Education
2
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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3
International Society for Arts Science and Technology Dba LeonardoISAST

The mission of the Organization is to identify new avenues to serve the art, science, and technology community. The Organization is recognized as a global leader in the interdisciplinary world of art, science, and technology. For over 50…

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4
California Institute of Integral Studies

Ciis is an institution of higher education that encourages an interdisciplinary approach to learning. over 1,700 students are enrolled in masters, doctoral, bachelor of arts completion programs, and certifications. ours is a mosaic of…

Education
5
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
6
Artist Trust

Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.

Arts & Culture
7
San Francisco Art Studio Foundation
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8
The Lab Sf

The lab gives significant funding, time, and space to traditionally underrepresented artists. we seek to transform alongside artistic practices in order to engage meaningfully with visionary communities whose economic and cultural…

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9
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
10
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
11
Nevada School of the Arts

At nevada school of the arts (nsa), our mission is to provide a dynamic and inclusive performing and visual arts education to a diverse community of students spanning all ages and backgrounds. while educating the artists and audiences of…

Arts & Culture
12
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Academy for the Love of Learning Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pnw Plateful. 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 21 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)
12/12
Grantees still filing
4/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · OtherSANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONPEACEHEALTH ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER: $400,000 · OtherPEACEHEALTH ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $169,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientKING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION UNITED STAETS: $160,000 · OtherKING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION UNITED STAETS+5 more: $132,000 · Other+5 moreMYRIAD USA INC: $290,000 · InternationalMYRIAD USA IN…INTERNATIONAL NEUROETHICS SOCIETY: $120,000 · HealthINTERNATIONA…THE WHATCOM HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthTHE WHATCOM …CYSTINOSIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthCYSTINOSIS R…CREATIVES CARE NETWORK INC: $20,000 · HealthCREATIVES CA…Childrens Hospital Branches Inc: $15,000 · HealthChildrens Ho…ACADEMY FOR THE LOVE OF LEARNING INC: $35,000 · EducationNEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS - ARTS INSTITUTE: $16,000 · EducationFIRST SERVE-NM INC: $16,500 · Recreation & SportsPNW Plateful: $13,000 · Food & NutritionArts Corps: $10,000 · Arts & CultureWOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTER: $500 · Social Science
Other$1,861,000International$290,000Health$275,000Education$51,000Recreation & Sports$16,500Food & Nutrition$13,000Arts & Culture$10,000Social Science$500

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 budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $290,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL NEUROETHICS SOCIETY: $120,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetTHE WHATCOM HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetACADEMY FOR THE LOVE OF LEARNING INC: $35,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCYSTINOSIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCREATIVES CARE NETWORK INC: $20,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetFIRST SERVE-NM INC: $16,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetNEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS - ARTS INSTITUTE: $16,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPNW Plateful: $13,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetArts Corps: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTER: $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.

Santa Fe Community Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Santa Fe Community FoundationNM15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Fe Community Foundation · 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 Synakos Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Synakos Foundation. 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Synakos Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Synakos 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 21 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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