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The Carol Moss 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.

$3.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
74
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$1.0M
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 2024.

Animals$3.7MHealth$3.0MHuman Services$2.3MFood & Nutrition$1.7MEducation$464kRecreation & Sports$357kEmployment$267kPublic Benefit$242kOther$0
02FY2024 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k43 grants · $102k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $326k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$65M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF HOPE$1,000,000
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$300,000
LOS ANGELES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE FOUNDATION$220,000
GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC$200,000
FENCES FOR FIDO$150,000
FEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS$150,000
STRAY CAT ALLIANCE$130,000
PUPPY RESCUE MISSION$130,000
PAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE$100,000
FOOD FINDERS INC$100,000
ST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN NUTRITION PROGRAM INC$100,000
ANGEL CITY PIT BULLS$90,000
KITTEN RESCUE$80,000
SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY$70,000
JVS SOCAL$65,000
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 (FY18–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SILICON VALLEY: $60k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $200k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $65k → 11%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 14%FOOD DEPOT: $25k → 12%THE INN BETWEEN: $2k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SILICON VALLEY: $60k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $200k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $60k → 11%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%FOOD DEPOT: $20k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SILICON VALLEY: $50k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $150k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $50k → 11%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%FOOD DEPOT: $20k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SILICON VALLEY: $3k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $75k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $2k → 8%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%PEOPLE ASSISTING THE HOMELESS: $2k → 14%FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $10k → 14%LOVE ON 4 PAWS INC: $6k → 14%LOVE ON 4 PAWS INC: $5k → 14%LOVE ON 4 PAWS INC: $1k → 14%ONEVOICE: $10k → 14%ONE VOICE: $5k → 14%ONE VOICE: $4k → 14%ONE VOICE: $3k → 14%ONE VOICE: $2k → 14%ONE VOICE: $1k → 14%WOMENS & CHILDRENS CRISIS SHELTER: $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

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ID
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MA
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CA
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CO
KY
NM
TN
HI
LA
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 64 repeat orgs$463k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

64 repeat relationships: 50 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

64
44

Total granted

$11M
$386k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+9%

Still filing today

84%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +55%
  • GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $677k · revenue +86%
  • FP
    FEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS AKA PETS OF THE HOMELESS
    5× · 2018–2024 · $550k · revenue +220%

Funded once

  • SF
    SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $135k · revenue +43%
  • HS
    HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue -5%
  • SF
    SPCLA FOR THE DISASTER ANIMAL RESPO
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
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
California Animal Rescue and Education Sanctuary Inc

C.A.R.E.S.MISSION STATEMENT*Rescue, foster and find good homes for abandoned and homeless domestic and farm animals.*Spay/neuter abandoned and homeless cats and dogs, as well as help low income families with same.*Conduct TNR+ programs to…

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2
Amazing Dogs

Our mission is to save dogs in distressing conditions on both sides of the California/Mexican border. We provide them with essential medical treatment and care to help them regain their health, and ultimately match them with loving homes…

Animals
3
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
4
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
5
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
6
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
7
Animal Compassion Team of California

Providing shelter for domestic animals, through rescue, rehabilitation, adoption, and sanctuary and act as an advocate for the humane treatment of animals. to educate the public regarding the responsibilities of pet ownership, as well as…

Animals
8
Animal Rescue Mission

To rescue and rehabilitate dogs and cats and place them in forever homes.

Animals
9
Community Animal Treatment Center

Community Animal Treatment Center (CATC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to delivering high-quality, high-volume spay and neuter (HQHVSN) services for community cats and pets, with a focus on supporting low-income…

Animals
10
Sante Dor Foundation

Sante DOr is a no-kill animal adoption center serving the Los Angeles community, predominantly staffed by volunteers.

Animals
11
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
12
High Sierra Animal Rescue Inc

High Sierra Animal Rescues mission is to save the lives of homeless dogs in the regions served. Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to making our communities better through successful adoptions advancing their welfare and creating human…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feeding Pets of the Homeless Aka Pets of the Homeless; the most unlike its peers is Doheny Eye Institute. 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

111 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. 111 of the 129 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/111
Grantees still filing
69/111
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF HOPE: $2,504,500 · OtherCITY OF HOPEST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN NUTRITION PROGRAM INC: $500,000 · OtherST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN NUTRITION PROGRAM…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $190,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $160,000 · OtherUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $175,000 · OtherELITE ATHLETE SERVICES LLC: $165,000 · OtherJVS SOCAL: $234,500 · Other+53 more: $760,279 · Other+53 moreFEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS AKA PETS OF THE HOMELESS: $550,000 · AnimalsFEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS A…STRAY CAT ALLIANCE: $456,000 · AnimalsSTRAY CAT ALLIANCETHE PUPPY RESCUE MISSION INC: $360,000 · AnimalsTHE PUPPY RESCUE MISSION INCKITTEN RESCUE: $280,000 · AnimalsKITTEN RESCUEPAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE: $276,000 · AnimalsPAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUEANGEL CITY PIT BULLS: $249,000 · AnimalsANGEL CITY PIT BULLSLOS ANGELES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE FOUNDATION: $222,000 · AnimalsLOS ANGELES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE…Downtown Dog Rescue: $213,000 · AnimalsDowntown Dog RescueFENCES FOR FIDO: $206,000 · AnimalsFENCES FOR FIDONAPA COMMUNITY ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM: $125,000 · Animals+28 more: $343,000 · Animals+28 moreCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $1,370,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI …+7 more: $37,000 · HealthGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $677,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS …JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $175,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMI…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $172,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMI…THE FOOD DEPOT: $65,000 · Human ServicesTHE FOOD DE…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $42,000 · Human Services+7 more: $56,000 · Human ServicesFOOD FINDERS INC: $370,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $255,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD FORWARD INC: $87,500 · Food & NutritionFEEDING THE FOOTHILLS: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $1,000 · Food & NutritionUCLA FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY: $214,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Education+1 more: $1,500 · EducationOPERATION GRATITUDE INC: $241,500 · Public BenefitDogs to Dog Tags Inc: $155,000 · Public Benefit
Other$4,689,279Animals$3,280,000Health$1,407,000Human Services$1,187,500Food & Nutrition$738,500Education$505,500Public Benefit$396,500

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 budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $1,370,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $677,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFEEDING PETS OF THE HOMELESS AKA PETS OF THE HOMELESS: $550,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN NUTRITION PROGRAM INC: $500,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetSTRAY CAT ALLIANCE: $456,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetFOOD FINDERS INC: $370,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PUPPY RESCUE MISSION INC: $360,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetKITTEN RESCUE: $280,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetPAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE: $276,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $255,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL CITY PIT BULLS: $249,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetOPERATION GRATITUDE INC: $241,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetJVS SOCAL: $234,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE FOUNDATION: $222,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY: $214,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDowntown Dog Rescue: $213,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetFENCES FOR FIDO: $206,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $190,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $175,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $172,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetELITE ATHLETE SERVICES LLC: $165,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $160,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDogs to Dog Tags Inc: $155,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetGUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT: $150,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetSACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES: $135,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAPA COMMUNITY ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM: $125,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetCarson Cats Rescue: $103,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetFOOD FORWARD INC: $87,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMission K9 Rescue Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetEMERGENCY FOOD BANK: $80,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOOD DEPOT: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF CERRO GORDO: $50,000 over 3y, 80% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $42,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOTPRINT PROJECT: $31,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFEEDING THE FOOTHILLS: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOne Voice: $24,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetMustang Heritage Foundation: $21,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPLACER FAMILY HOUSING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION: $17,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE ANIMAL RESCUE FOR MEDICAL AID INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $12,000 over 5y, 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.

Thornton S Jr and Kat…Greater Good CharitiesCalifornia Community …Mary Jo and Hank Gree…Sempra FoundationThe Annenberg Foundat…Laffintr of John & Ma…The Winnick Family Fo…The American Society …Petco LoveThe Michelson Found A…Conrad N Hilton Found…
Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide FoundationCA37× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Greater Good Charities · California Community Foundation · Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Animal Welfare Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Laffintr of John & Maria Tuw Main · The Winnick Family Foundation Inc · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petco Love · The Michelson Found Animals Foundation Inc · Conrad N Hilton 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 The Carol Moss Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Carol Moss Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Jewish Vocational Service Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Carol Moss 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 129 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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