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The Dwight D Opperman Foundation at a glance

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The Dwight D Opperman 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.

$181k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.6MEducation$63kHealth$55kCivil Rights$40kPhilanthropy$30kPublic Benefit$10kYouth Development$5kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$9.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES BALLET$50,000
AMERICAN POPS ORCHESTRA$45,000
LIBRARY OF CONGRRESS$25,000
LA ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS$25,000
LIBRARY OF CONGRRESS$20,000
THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA$5,000
LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN MEDICAL CENTER$5,000
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$5,000
HARRIET BUHAI CENTER FOR FAMILY LAW$1,250
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 (FY22–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SAN DIEGO YOUTH SERVICES: $5k → 11%LA ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $25k → 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

ME
MN
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
UT
MD
AZ
DC
LA
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 80% of The Dwight D Opperman Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Dwight D Opperman Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 57% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 4 repeat orgs$469k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +449% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
17

Total granted

$1.4M
$333k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+449%
+28%

Still filing today

25%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesSocial ScienceOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
    2× · 2020–2022 · $1.1M
  • AP
    AMERICAN POPS ORCHESTRA
    4× · 2021–2024 · $225k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k

Funded once

  • DP
    DIVINE PROVIDENCE STUDIOS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +346% · 71% of their budget
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +13%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +71%
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
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
2
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
3
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
4
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
5
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation

The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…

Human Services
6
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
7
American Lung Association

The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.

Health
8
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
9
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

At la jolla institute for immunology, our scientists focus on understanding how the immune system works in order to promote human health and prevent disease. our discoveries apply to many diseases, ranging from diabetes to heart disease,…

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10
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
11
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
12
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Divine Providence Studios Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 29 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: $1,050,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESSAMERICAN POPS ORCHESTRA: $225,000 · OtherAMERICAN POPS ORCHESTRAUNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW: $50,000 · Other+8 more: $76,000 · Other+8 moreDIVINE PROVIDENCE STUDIOS INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyDIVINE PROVIDE…LAW ROCKS INC: $30,375 · PhilanthropyLAW ROCKS INCThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $50,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES BALLET INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureLA Alliance for Human Rights: $25,000 · Human ServicesSAN DIEGO YOUTH SERVICES: $5,000 · Human ServicesALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Social ScienceTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $12,000 · EducationWLALA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationJOINT COUNCIL OF LIBRARIANS OF COLOR INC: $1,000 · EducationMAYO CLINIC: $5,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $3,000 · HealthTHE MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Health+2 more: $1,000 · HealthHARRIETT BUHAI CENTER FOR FAMILY LAW: $1,250 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,401,000Philanthropy$230,375Arts & Culture$100,000Human Services$30,000Social Science$25,000Education$23,000Health$19,000Crime & Legal$1,250

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 budgetAMERICAN POPS ORCHESTRA: $225,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetDIVINE PROVIDENCE STUDIOS INC: $200,000 over 1y, 71% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES BALLET INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLAW ROCKS INC: $30,375 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLA Alliance for Human Rights: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWLALA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO YOUTH SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARRIETT BUHAI CENTER FOR FAMILY LAW: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOINT COUNCIL OF LIBRARIANS OF COLOR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealthTree Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN10.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 The Dwight D Opperman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dwight D Opperman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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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How do I get to The Dwight D Opperman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Dwight D Opperman 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 29 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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