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The Senyei Family Foundation at a glance

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The Senyei Family 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.

$43k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$39k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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$354kArts & Culture$266kRecreation & Sports$176kHuman Services$40kHealth$19kAnimals$14kYouth Development$12kReligion$1k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $39k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$38,500
LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY$2,500
HUMANE SOCIETY UNITED STATES$1,950
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $255k → 11%SUSAN B KOMEN: $100 → 14%SOCIETY FOR MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE: $1k → 14%THE WATERSTONE GROUP: $1k → 9%HUNGARIAN SCOUT ASSOCIATION: $10k → 17%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $51k → 14%MARCH OF DIMES: $3k → 7%LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $7k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY UNITED STATES: $2k → 14%HUNGARIAN SCOUT ASSOCIATION: $2k → 17%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $50k → 14%THE BISHOPS SCHOOL: $7k → 11%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $50k → 14%LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $3k → 11%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $25k → 14%LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $1k → 11%EVANS SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%BISHOPS: $500 → 11%MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%LAS PATRONAS: $20k → 11%LAS PATRONAS: $20k → 11%FACE FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $50k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $50k → 11%SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY: $11k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $10k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE: $10k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $10k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $39k → 11%UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $31k → 11%PADRES PEDAL THE CAUSE: $5k → 11%THE MONARCH SCHOOL: $30k → 11%THE MONARCH SCHOOL: $30k → 11%THE MONARCH SCHOOL: $25k → 11%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$826k · 7 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$826k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+95%

Still filing today

86%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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

  • Northwestern University
    4× · 2017–2020 · $176k · revenue +41%
  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2024 · $129k · revenue +78%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
    4× · 2017–2020 · $120k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • SD
    SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue +134%
  • TM
    THE MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +68%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation

To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.

Education
2
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
3
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
4
Zoological Society of San Diego

San diego zoo wildlife alliance is committed to saving species worldwide by uniting our expertise in wildlife care and conservation science with our dedication to inspiring passion for nature.

Animals
5
Associated Students of San Diego State University

To support the social, recreational, cultural and education programs and facilities, both on campus and in the community, and to advocate for student interests, provide leadership opportunities and participate in shared governance.

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6
San Diego Convention and Tourist Bureau

To drive visitor demand to economically benefit the san diego region.

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7
San Diego County Bar Association

The mission of the san diego county bar association is to be the representative of the san diego county legal profession, serving the prblic and the profession by enhancing the legal system and promoting justice, professional excellence,…

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8
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
9
San Diego Municipal Employees Assn

The san diego municipal employees association (sdmea) is dedicated to being a strong and effective advocate for san diego city employees. sdmea is united to improve employees' standard of living and promote their fair treatment by…

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10
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
11
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
12
National University

To deliver accessible world-class student experiences by providing quality programs and services that ensure student success through meaningful learning. to be an inclusive and innovative university serving life-long learners who…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is San Diego Humane Society and Spca. 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

12 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. 12 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $264,804 · Arts & CultureLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $129,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $85,000 · EducationMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECTUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $120,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGOLAS PATRONAS: $40,000 · OtherLAS PATRONASHUNGARIAN SCOUT ASSOCIATION: $11,500 · OtherHUNGARIAN SCOUT ASSOCIATI…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE: $10,000 · Other+7 more: $14,050 · Other+7 moreNorthwestern University: $176,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern Universit…THE MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthCUREBOUND: $5,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $2,500 · HealthSOCIETY FOR MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE: $1,000 · HealthSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $10,500 · Animals
Arts & Culture$265,804Education$214,000Other$195,550Recreation & Sports$176,000Health$18,500Animals$10,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY: $264,804 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNorthwestern University: $176,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $129,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $120,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $85,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetLAS PATRONAS: $40,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MPN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCUREBOUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE: $1,000 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Senyei Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Senyei Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 21 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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