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The Polis Schutz Family Foundation

To conduct or support activities for the benefit of the jewish community foundation of san diego.

$581k
Granted FY2018
31
Grants FY2018
9
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

97% of The Polis Schutz Family Foundation’s FY2019 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Foundation Of San Diego, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2019 names 32 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year The Polis Schutz Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 29 organizations, $581k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

33
’17
29
’18
32
’19

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2019.

Philanthropy$12MEducation$363kHealth$195kReligion$168kCivil Rights$125kHuman Services$110kEnvironment$103kArts & Culture$76kOther$0
02FY2018 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k11 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $314k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $202k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY$75,000
NEW AMERICAN SCHOOL$72,000
ULTIMATE PEACE INC$55,000
LAMPLIGHTERS YESHIVA$30,000
THINK DIGNITY$25,000
KPBS TV & RADIO - SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION$25,000
HAZON INC$25,000
SEFARIA INC$25,000
ACADEMY OF URBAN LEARNING$25,000
COMMUNITY COMPUTER CONNECTION INC$24,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST$20,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO$20,000
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND$15,000
OPERATION RESPECT$15,000
IYYUN INC$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–19, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $20k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $20k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $20k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
MN
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
NC
DC
AL
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.0M · 28 repeat orgs$302k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +45% since the first grant, against +29% for the ones you funded once.

28 repeat relationships — 25 still active in FY2018, 3 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
12

Total granted

$1.0M
$132k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+29%

Still filing today

86%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
EducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalCivil RightsEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $75k · revenue +45%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO
    3× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +374%
  • AO
    ACADEMY OF URBAN LEARNING
    3× · 2017–2019 · $40k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +111%
  • IN
    INVESTIGATIVE NEWSOURCEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +288%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH THOUGHT ANDCULTURE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture
3
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
4
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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5
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
6
Public Justice Foundation

Public justice takes on the biggest systematic threats to justice of our time-abusive corporate power and predatory practices, the assault on civil rights and liberties, and the destruction of the earth's sustainability. we connect…

Crime & Legal
7
Indivisible Civics

The mission of indivisible civics is to build civic leadership to empower a grassroots movement that's advancing progressive values and policies. it educates and builds the capacity of grassroots activists with organizing support,…

Civil Rights
8
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
9
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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10
Public Knowledge

Public knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. we work to shape policy on behalf of the public interest.

Public Benefit
11
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
12
Open Transformation Lab Inc

The missions is to provide information and resources to counter disinformation, propaganda, and offer a window to trusted content about the events that are going on in the Middle East.

Science & Tech

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc and the most unlike its peers is Ultimate Peace Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyJewish Community FederationsYouth Sports Booster Organi…Public Library SupportCancer Support OrganizationsClassical Music EnsemblesUrban Agriculture & Food Ac…Pregnancy Support ServicesLgbtq+ Community CentersGovernment Accountability R…Environmental Advocacy Orga…Legal Aid & Immigration Ser…Community Arts OrganizationsPublic University Foundatio…Independent K-8 SchoolsCommunity Health Centers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%2%<5yr15%2%5–10yr20%24%10–20yr17%33%20–35yr11%12%35–55yr13%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%2%10–20yr17%4%20–35yr11%1%35–55yr13%94%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/59
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,919

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

56 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 56 of the 59 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/56
Grantees still filing
37/56
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO — $12,249,468 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO+1 more — $25,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY — $180,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY COMPUTER CONNECTION INC — $72,000 · OtherLAMPLIGHTERS YESHIVAH — $55,000 · OtherHAZON INC — $45,000 · OtherIYYUN INC — $45,000 · OtherYAD YAAKOV — $26,000 · OtherACADEMY OF URBAN LEARNING — $40,000 · Other+24 more — $301,000 · OtherNEW AMERICA SCHOOL — $143,000 · EducationSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $75,000 · EducationOPERATION RESPECT INC — $45,000 · EducationThink Dignity — $30,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · EducationSEFARIA INC — $25,000 · Education+2 more — $20,000 · EducationMAYO CLINIC — $100,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST — $25,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc — $15,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC — $10,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $10,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO — $10,000 · HealthKAPAYIM INC — $10,000 · HealthULTIMATE PEACE INC — $70,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC — $15,000 · InternationalSEEDS OF PEACE INC — $10,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — $10,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC — $5,000 · InternationalJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO — $60,000 · Human ServicesTHE BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER — $50,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 · Civil RightsNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $25,000 · Civil RightsMALDEF - MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND — $15,000 · Civil RightsFOOD FREEDOM FOUNDATION — $12,000 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$12,274,468Other$764,000Education$363,000Health$180,000International$110,000Human Services$110,000Civil Rights$82,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO — $12,249,468 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY — $180,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMAYO CLINIC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COMPUTER CONNECTION INC — $72,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetULTIMATE PEACE INC — $70,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO — $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLAMPLIGHTERS YESHIVAH — $55,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER — $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHAZON INC — $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOPERATION RESPECT INC — $45,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetThink Dignity — $30,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYAD YAAKOV — $26,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEFARIA INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetIMMATERIAL INCORPORATED — $20,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetAPPALACHIAN VOICES — $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBas Bleu Theater Company — $20,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetVerified Voting Foundation — $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetUrban Adamah — $16,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMETTA EARTH INSTITUTE INC — $16,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetMALDEF - MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPFLAG — $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FREEDOM FOUNDATION — $12,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetINVESTIGATIVE NEWSOURCE — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSEEDS OF PEACE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SENTENCING PROJECT — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES OF OUR CITY CHOIR INC — $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetURBAN JUSTICE CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAPAYIM INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJAKE TV INC — $9,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Community Foun…The Opaline FundThe Orphiflamme Found…Leichtag FoundationThe Parker FoundationRose Community Founda…The Porphyry Road Fou…Upstart Bay AreaThe Harold Grinspoon …The Conrad Prebys Fou…Jewish Federation of …Jewish Community Fede…
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA46× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Opaline Fund · The Orphiflamme Foundation · Leichtag Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Porphyry Road Foundation · Upstart Bay Area · The Harold Grinspoon Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Polis Schutz Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    13report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Polis Schutz Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Polis Schutz Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 59 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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