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The Androcles Foundation Inc

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.

$7.2M
Granted FY2023
97
Grants FY2023
19
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through 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, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$14MReligion$1.6MAnimals$1.4MHuman Services$1.4MHealth$1.1MEducation$885kRecreation & Sports$830kInternational$795kOther$0
02FY2023 · 97 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 97 grants below total $6,411,532, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,194,032 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $782,500 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.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k12 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k65 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+3 grants · $3.2M
$20,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$44M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Scripps Howard Foundation$1,137,720
Scripps Howard Foundation$1,062,500
Scripps Howard Foundation$959,085
Scripps Howard Foundation$243,234
Ceres Community Project$165,000
FIC$150,000
Scripps Howard Foundation$149,198
Challenged Athletes Foundation$125,000
Planned Parenthood$120,000
International Center for Journalists, Inc.$100,000
Razom (a/k/a Razom for Ukraine)$100,000
Russian Orthodox Church of Christ the Savior$100,000
Scripps Howard Foundation$90,000
World Central Kitchen$90,000
Scripps Howard Foundation$89,795
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$24M · 109 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

109 repeat relationships: 74 still active in FY2023, 35 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

109
44

Total granted

$24M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+31%

Still filing today

73%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $568k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TS
    The Scripps Howard Foundation
    5× · 2019–2023 · $12M · revenue +365% · 32% of their budget
  • THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT
    5× · 2019–2023 · $665k · revenue +367%
  • BZ
    Bradley Zankel Foundation
    5× · 2019–2023 · $450k · revenue +18% · 86% of their budget

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE WINE COUNTRY
    one grant, 2019 · $308k · revenue -54%
  • CA
    Challenged Athletes Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $105k
  • BA
    BOISE ADAPTIVE SNOWSPORT EDUCATION
    one grant, 2022 · $60k · revenue +19% · 49% of their budget
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.

03Its 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
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
2
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
3
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
4
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
San Francisco Zoological Society

To connect all people with wildlife, inspire caring for nature, and advance conservation action.

Animals
7
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
8
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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9
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
10
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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11
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
12
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Mexico Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Bradley Zankel Foundationinc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

113 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. 113 of the 175 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/113
Grantees still filing
85/113
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Scripps Howard Foundation: $12,489,330 · PhilanthropyThe Scripps Howard FoundationCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $472,500 · Philanthropy+10 more: $757,500 · Philanthropy+10 moreFJC: $1,075,000 · OtherFJCPlanned Parenthood: $395,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood+106 more: $5,670,000 · Other+106 moreTHE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $665,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $555,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA: $190,000 · Human ServicesMIDDLE WAY HOUSE INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesTHE FOOD DEPOT: $60,000 · Human Services+5 more: $115,000 · Human ServicesRANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $150,000 · AnimalsSPANISH MUSTANG FOUNDATION: $135,000 · AnimalsSANTA FE ANIMAL SHELTER AND HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $120,000 · AnimalsMARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC: $80,000 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $75,000 · AnimalsFOOD ANIMAL CONCERNS TRUST (FACT INC): $65,000 · AnimalsSONOMA COUNTY WILDLIFE RESCUE: $60,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN WILD HORSE PRESERVATION CAMPAIGN: $60,000 · AnimalsTHE BIRD RESCUE CENTER: $50,000 · AnimalsSAVE A PET ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $45,000 · AnimalsDOGWOOD ANIMAL RESCUE PROJECT INC: $45,000 · AnimalsATLANTA WILD ANIMAL RESCUE EFFORT INC: $40,000 · AnimalsCENTER FOR AMERICAS FIRST HORSE: $40,000 · Animals+8 more: $160,000 · AnimalsWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $350,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $205,000 · InternationalTHE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC: $170,000 · InternationalUnited States Association for UNHCR: $140,000 · InternationalRAZOM INC: $100,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $60,000 · InternationalPOLARIS PROJECT: $40,000 · InternationalBradley Zankel Foundation: $450,000 · HealthVHL ALLIANCE INC: $135,000 · HealthWEST COUNTY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $120,000 · HealthSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $60,000 · HealthNO LIMITS FOUNDATION D/B/A CAMP NO LIMITS: $60,000 · HealthCANCER FOUNDATION FOR NEW MEXICO: $40,000 · Health+5 more: $90,000 · HealthREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $190,000 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST INC: $85,000 · Food & NutritionJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $60,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $60,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $50,000 · Food & NutritionProject Open Hand: $30,000 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$13,719,330Other$7,140,000Human Services$1,660,000Animals$1,125,000International$1,065,000Health$955,000Food & Nutrition$475,000

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 budgetThe Scripps Howard Foundation: $12,489,330 over 5y, 32% of budgetTHE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $665,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $555,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $472,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBradley Zankel Foundation: $450,000 over 5y, 86% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $350,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE WINE COUNTRY: $307,500 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $230,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $205,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SONOMA COUNTY: $200,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS: $200,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA: $190,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $190,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRivers Wish Animal Sanctuary: $185,000 over 5y, 31% of budgetTHE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC: $170,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $160,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $150,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $140,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVHL ALLIANCE INC: $135,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetSPANISH MUSTANG FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 4y, 84% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $120,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $120,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWEST COUNTY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $120,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKQED INC: $120,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA FE ANIMAL SHELTER AND HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $120,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUrban Arts Partnership: $110,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $110,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLaguna De Santa Rosa Foundation: $100,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetRAZOM INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetThe Ocean Foundation: $90,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $85,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC: $80,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLE WAY HOUSE INC: $75,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetScripps Howard Fund: $75,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetVANESSA BEHAN: $75,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBurn Institute: $75,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY: $70,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSebastopol Area Senior Center: $70,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetFOOD ANIMAL CONCERNS TRUST (FACT INC): $65,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetDAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOISE ADAPTIVE SNOWSPORT EDUCATION: $60,000 over 1y, 49% 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 The Scripps Howard Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Bradley Zankel Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE WINE COUNTRY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SONOMA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA ↗
  • Who funds REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Rivers Wish Animal Sanctuary ↗
  • Who funds THE INT'L CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
  • Who funds VHL ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SPANISH MUSTANG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress ↗
  • Who funds THE GIVING BACK FUND ↗
  • Who funds WEST COUNTY HEALTH CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE ANIMAL SHELTER AND HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Urban Arts Partnership ↗
  • Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
  • Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Laguna De Santa Rosa Foundation ↗
  • Who funds RAZOM INC ↗

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.

Sonoma County Communi…McNabb FoundationThe Heck FoundationRedwood Credit Union …Neil & Amelia McDanie…Weinreb Pilecki Segal…Marin Community Found…The Avista FoundationSanta Fe Community Fo…Sonoma County Vintner…Innovia FoundationShell USA Company Fou…
Sonoma County Community FoundationCA28× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sonoma County Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The Heck Foundation · Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Inc · Neil & Amelia McDaniel Charitable Trust Dtd 11/01/77 · Weinreb Pilecki Segal Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Avista Foundation · Santa Fe Community Foundation · Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · Innovia Foundation · Shell USA Company 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Androcles Foundation Inc 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 175 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $7.8M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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