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The Thomas G & Audrey E Pine Family Foundation at a glance

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The Thomas G & Audrey E Pine Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$40k
Granted FY2023
21
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Thomas G & Audrey E Pine Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The San Diego Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Thomas G & Audrey E Pine Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $40k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’17
5
’18
6
’19
7
’20
12
’21
13
’22
13
’23
0
’25

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

01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$841kHealth$69kReligion$45kInternational$35kYouth Development$32kEducation$27kPublic Benefit$21kArts & Culture$19kOther$0
02FY2023 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH$7,300
GIRLS GARAGE$5,000
MOBILIZATION FOR JUSTICE$2,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$2,000
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE OF CAREGIVERS$2,000
LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND$2,000
CREATIVE GROWTH$2,000
SCRIPPS PRESIDENTS COUNCIL$2,000
SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
KPBS PRODUCERS CLUB$2,000
COMMUNITY & YOUTH OUTREACH$2,000
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE OF THE DISABLED NY$1,000
PHOENIX SOCIETY FOR BURN SURVIVORS$1,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 10%CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE OF THE DISABLED NY: $1k → 17%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $1k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 78% of The Thomas G & Audrey E Pine Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 24%.

The Thomas G & Audrey E Pine Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$231k · 22 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against -19% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2023, 10 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, 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

22
14

Total granted

$231k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
-19%

Still filing today

64%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • SO
    SURVIVORS OF TORTURE INTERNATIONAL
    6× · 2017–2022 · $35k · revenue +193%
  • RJ
    Resounding Joy Inc
    6× · 2017–2022 · $19k · revenue +54%
  • TS
    THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    7× · 2017–2023 · $16k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • MF
    MINNIES FOOD PANTRY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue -19%
  • FS
    FEEDING SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +12%
  • AE
    ASSOCIATION ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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
Disability Rights California

Drc works in partnership with disabled people to defend rights, advance opportunities, grow power, and expand public support for disability justice in california and beyond.

Civil Rights
2
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
3
Access to Independence of San Diego Inc

Access to independence promotes full participation of people with disabilities, to help maintain, sustain, and maximize independence.

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4
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
5
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
6
California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central

The mission of california communications access foundation (ccaf) is to serve as an educator, convener and resource that works collaboratively to ensure communications and information access in service of individuals who are deaf or…

Human Services
7
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

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8
Center for Disabilities

Independent living service to disabled clients including information and referral, advocacy, peer counseling, il skills training, housing, employment, ramp installation, emergency rent, utilities and food.

Human Services
9
Pasadena Bio Collaborative Incubator

Pasadena bio collaborative incubator is a nonprofit organization focused on economic development and job creation in southern california. we encourage the growth of an innovative biotechnology industry by providing educational/training…

Science & Tech
10
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
11
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
12
Abilitypath Housing

Abilitypath housing advances affordable, accessible housing projects that promote independence and inclusive communities for adults with developmental disabilities. through partnerships and innovative program designs, abilitypath housing…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Maris Place. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 48 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $831,507 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONCALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH: $44,200 · OtherCALVARY LUTHERA…SCRIPPS PRESIDENTS COUNCIL: $21,000 · OtherSCRIPPS PRESIDE…AMPUTEE COALITION: $16,000 · OtherAMPUTEE COALITI…COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OUTREACH: $11,600 · OtherCOMMUNITY AND Y…KPBS: $7,200 · OtherSCRIPPS FOUNDATION: $7,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $6,000 · Other+26 more: $42,250 · Other+26 moreResounding Joy Inc: $18,800 · HealthTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $16,000 · HealthCreative Growth Art Center: $8,250 · HealthCalifornia Alliance of Caregivers: $2,000 · HealthSURVIVORS OF TORTURE INTERNATIONAL: $35,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $2,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $1,000 · EducationGIRLS GARAGE: $15,600 · InternationalMINNIES FOOD PANTRY INC: $5,786 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $365 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$831,507Other$155,250Health$45,050Human Services$40,000Education$26,000International$15,600Food & Nutrition$11,151

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 budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $831,507 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSURVIVORS OF TORTURE INTERNATIONAL: $35,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetResounding Joy Inc: $18,800 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $16,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS GARAGE: $15,600 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCreative Growth Art Center: $8,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMINNIES FOOD PANTRY INC: $5,786 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $4,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPARA-CLIFFHANGERS INC: $4,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetPHOENIX SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDUWAMISH TRIBAL SERVICES DBA DUWAMISH TRIBAL SERVICES INC: $2,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMobilization for Justice Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Alliance of Caregivers: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCivil Liberties Defense Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaris Place: $1,100 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE OF THE DISABLED IN NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $250 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA9.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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

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    Find your warmest path to The Thomas G & Audrey E Pine 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 48 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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