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The Sunshine Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.8M
Granted FY2020
25
Grants FY2020
9
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2020 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k22 grants · $85k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.6M
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Community Foundations of Texas$1,649,979
Catholic Relief Services$12,000
Global Advance$10,000
North Texas Food Bank$5,000
Lyme Diseaseorg$5,000
Shoes That Fit$5,000
Go Strategic Christian Services$5,000
Austin Street Center$5,000
Los Angeles County Animal Care Fund$5,000
Childhelp$5,000
All Hands and Hearts$5,000
Los Angeles County Fire Department$5,000
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$5,000
Union Rescue Mission$5,000
Action Against Hunger$4,000
02The need
02

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 (FY20–20, $19k) 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%Childhelp: $5k → 11%Union Rescue Mission: $5k → 14%Network of Community Ministries: $1k → 14%Shoes That Fit: $5k → 14%North Dallas Shared Ministries: $3k → 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

NY
MA
CA
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
TX
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 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
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
2
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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3
Animal Equality

Animal equality is an international organization working with society, governments, and companies to end cruelty to farmed animals.

Animals
4
Hollywood Food Coalition

Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…

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5
Los Angeles Mission Inc

The los angeles mission breaks the cycle of homelessness and poverty, by stabilizing people in a safe and spiritual environment, connecting them to solutions and walking with them on their journey.

Housing & Shelter
6
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
7
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
8
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
9
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County Inc

Habitat for humanity's mission is to give witness to the christian gospel by working with god's people to build decent habitats for those who are inadequately sheltered in orange county.

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10
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
11
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
12
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is American Humane Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 25 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Community Foundations of Texas: $1,649,979 · OtherCommunity Foundations of Texas+9 more: $47,500 · OtherSHOES THAT FIT: $5,000 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesUNION RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 · Human ServicesNORTH DALLAS SHARED MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesNETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesGLOBAL ADVANCE INC: $10,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,500 · ReligionALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $5,000 · Public Safety & DisasterLOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Public Safety & DisasterPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $3,000 · AnimalsSPCA of Texas: $3,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · AnimalsACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $4,000 · InternationalENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $3,000 · EnvironmentEXODUS MINISTRIES: $2,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,697,479Human Services$19,000Religion$12,500Public Safety & Disaster$10,000Animals$8,500International$4,000Environment$3,000Crime & Legal$2,500

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 budgetGLOBAL ADVANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHOES THAT FIT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLYMEDISEASEORG: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH DALLAS SHARED MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEXODUS MINISTRIES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $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.

National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA11.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · 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 Sunshine Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sunshine Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–40%
    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.

    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 25 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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