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The Georgia B Ridder Foundation at a glance

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The Georgia B Ridder 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.

$254k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
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.

Education$800kAnimals$785kHealth$701kHuman Services$110kHousing & Shelter$40kYouth Development$38kArts & Culture$25kEmployment$5k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $226k
$60,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCRIPPS COLLEGE$100,000
THE PETCARE FOUNDATION$66,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD-PASADENA SGV$60,000
AFTER THE FINISH LINE$20,000
RETIRED RACEHORSE PROJECT$8,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $130k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%QUILTS FOR KIDS: $22k → 12%QUILTS FOR KIDS: $20k → 12%QUILTS FOR KIDS: $20k → 12%QUILTS FOR KIDS: $20k → 12%QUILTS FOR KIDS: $20k → 12%QUILTS FOR KIDS: $5k → 12%QUILTS FOR KIDS: $3k → 12%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $10k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $10k → 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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 10 repeat orgs$179k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +62% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
10

Total granted

$2.3M
$179k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+62%

Still filing today

80%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationRecreation & 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

  • SC
    Scripps College
    7× · 2017–2024 · $800k · revenue +72%
  • PC
    PET CARE FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $467k · revenue +581%
  • AT
    AFTER THE FINISH LINE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $192k · revenue +28% · 34% of their budget

Funded once

  • Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $72k · revenue +172%
  • BF
    BETTERTOGETHER FOREVERgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue +58%
  • AC
    ARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +230%
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
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
2
Leave No Paws Behind Inc

Conduct animal rescues, rehabilitation and rehome senior animals abandoned to the shelter's system.

Animals
3
Pippys Pals Rescue

Pippys Pals Rescue is dedicated to saving the lives of dogs facing euthanasia in Houston. Our mission is to provide a second chance to these beloved companions by rescuing them from shelters, providing them with necessary medical care, and…

Animals
4
Platte Ranch Forever Home Sanctuary
Animals
5
Friends of Orange Countys Homeless Pets

Friends of Orange County's Homeless Pets (FOCHP) is a licensed 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our mission is to make homeless and unwanted pets more adoptable and provide them the opportunity to find lifelong families. This mission…

Animals
6
Golden State Humane Society

Affordable veterinary care, low-cost spay and neuter services, and pet parent education for the dogs and cats of Southern California.

Animals
7
A Purposeful Rescue Inc

A purposeful rescue is a 501c3 non-profit that saves dogs from high-kill los angeles area shelters.

Animals
8
Lovebugs Rescue

Lovebugs rescue is a foster-based animal rescue located in southern california. we began our mission in october 2010 and focus on rescuing dogs from high kill shelters and neglect. we rescue all breeds and all ages. we provide all medical…

Animals
9
Friends of the Palm SpringsAnimal Shelter

We are dedicated to building a community responsible for pet stewardship and humane treatment of animals.

Animals
10
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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11
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
12
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Autry Museum of the American West; the most unlike its peers is Quilts for Kids Inc co Lynele Jones. 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

16 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. 16 of the 20 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Scripps College: $800,000 · EducationScripps CollegePET CARE FOUNDATION: $466,956 · AnimalsPET CARE FOUNDATIONAFTER THE FINISH LINE: $191,754 · AnimalsAFTER THE FINISH LINEBETTERTOGETHER FOREVER: $40,200 · AnimalsRETIRED RACEHORSE PROJECT LTD: $31,925 · AnimalsUNITED PEGASUS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Animals+2 more: $20,000 · AnimalsPLANNED PARENTHOOD-PASADENA SGV: $616,550 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD-PASADENA S…+3 more: $29,500 · OtherQuilts for Kids Inc co Lynele Jones: $109,585 · Human ServicesUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $20,000 · Human ServicesPlanned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc: $72,000 · HealthUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY HEARTLAND: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $2,000 · HealthOUTWARD BOUND CALIFORNIA: $37,778 · Recreation & SportsARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $15,000 · Arts & CultureAUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$800,000Animals$780,835Other$646,050Human Services$129,585Health$84,000Recreation & Sports$37,778Arts & Culture$25,000

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 budgetScripps College: $800,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPET CARE FOUNDATION: $466,956 over 8y, 18% of budgetAFTER THE FINISH LINE: $191,754 over 8y, 34% of budgetQuilts for Kids Inc co Lynele Jones: $109,585 over 7y, 23% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc: $72,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBETTERTOGETHER FOREVER: $40,200 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetOUTWARD BOUND CALIFORNIA: $37,778 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetRETIRED RACEHORSE PROJECT LTD: $31,925 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED PEGASUS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY HEARTLAND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREYSAVE CO RICH PISANI: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetOld Friends Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIMMUNE DEFICIENCY FOUNDATION: $2,000 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.

California Community …The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA13.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Georgia B Ridder Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Georgia B Ridder Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 The Georgia B Ridder Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Georgia B Ridder 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 20 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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