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· Private foundation
The Terrell Family Foundation
This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests — it funds preselected organizations.
$16k
Granted FY2024
4
Grants
2
Communities
$5k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified
What you funded, over time
Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2021–2024.
Environment$28kEducation$19kAnimals$5kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$5k
02FY2024 · 4 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$573k
Total assets
Largest grants
- ROARING FORK CYCLING INC$5,000
- MONO ARTS COUNCIL$5,000
- HEAL THE BAY$3,250
- DOHENY STATE BEACH INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION$3,000
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:
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12% — the area typically sits at 11%. 53% of your dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
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 line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
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, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your 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.
1
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
The museum inspires a thirst for discovery and a passion for the natural world.
Arts & Culture
2
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation
The mission of the Monterey Bay Aquarium is to inspire conservation of the ocean. Millions of people worldwide draw inspiration from the Aquarium and look to us to advocate for the ocean and its wildlife.
Animals
3
South Bay Boardriders Club
Promote ocean sport activities within the South Bay community and protect our local beaches and ocean environments.
Environment
4
Monterey Zoological Society Inc
Our goal is to educate visitors about the challenges facing both captive and wild animals to increase understanding and support while promoting conservation. monterey zoological society strives to maintain a diverse group of wildlife…
Animals
5
Surf Point Foundation
Arts & Culture
6
Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Developing and operating a major performing arts center presenting the finest in performing arts.
Arts & Culture
7
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
To be the recognized flagship institution for information on the Santa Barbara Channel by showcasing our rich maritime history, presenting inspirational programs, and promoting insightful disussions about the future of our coastal…
Arts & Culture
8
San Diego Coasters
Arts & Culture
9
Coastal Conservation Association
Protection of the marine, animal and plant life and resources of the coastal areas of the united states, both onshore and offshore, for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public. such objectives will be accomplished by: (a)…
Environment
10
Southern California Public Radio
Noncommercial educational public radio production and broadcasting.
Arts & Culture
11
Santa Cruz Sailing Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Santa Barbara Foundation
The mission of the santa barbara foundation (sbf) is to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive and resilient communities.sbf is a community foundation established in 1928 to enrich the lives of…
Philanthropy
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Doheny State Beach Interpretive and the most unlike its peers is Mono Arts Council. 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
8 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2024.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
7/8
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Environment$27,500Education$19,000Animals$5,250Other$5,000Recreation & Sports$5,000
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
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.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation The Terrell 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.
2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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. 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.
04Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
medium risk
~6 months of operating runway; revenue grew over 6 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
6 years of Form 990 filings, still active; revenue up +61% since.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 274055328 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- WatchFinancial stability— Roughly 6 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue grew over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 5% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
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How do I get to The Terrell Family Foundation?
Find your warmest path to The Terrell Family Foundation through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines