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Amicus 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.

$78k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
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.

Philanthropy$2.3MHealth$253kReligion$190kEducation$185kYouth Development$119kCivil Rights$108kInternational$86kRecreation & Sports$66kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION$50,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
GRACES MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL$7,500
RIVERLAKES CHURCH$4,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
CAHP WIDOWS & ORPHANS TRUST FUND$1,500
ENNIS BOOSTER CLUB$1,000
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA$500
GUIDEPOSTS FOUNDATION$300
MONTANA NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION$250
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 (FY17–20, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HONOR FLIGHT: $4k → 7%WOUNDED HEROES FUND: $100 → 18%HOFFMAN HOSPICE: $500 → 18%BAKERSFIELD ARC INC: $12k → 18%BAKERSFIELD ARC INC: $10k → 18%BAKERSFIELD ARC INC: $3k → 18%BAKERSFIELD ARC INC: $1k → 18%HAVEN: $100 → 18%GARDEN PATHWAYS: $5k → 18%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

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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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 39 repeat orgs$461k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +103% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
77

Total granted

$3.1M
$445k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+103%
+16%

Still filing today

62%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthReligionInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • NC
    NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $2.1M · revenue ×103
  • BC
    BAKERSFIELD CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER
    3× · 2017–2021 · $105k · revenue +134%
  • MV
    MADISON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $98k · revenue +224%

Funded once

  • CN
    CITYSERVE NETWORK
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -79%
  • CF
    COMMUNITAS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $45k
  • DF
    DSC FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +136%
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
California Farmland Trust

The mission of the California Farmland Trust is to help farmers protect the best farmland in the world.

Environment
3
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
4
Kern County Cancer Foundation

Dedicated to assisting kern county residents who need financial assistance in obtaining treatment for cancer and associated diseases.

Health
5
National Christian Foundation -- Wisconsin Inc

Equipping followers of christ to give wisely to advance his kingdom by inspiring biblical stewardship and generosity.

Religion
6
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
7
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
8
Ccof Certification Services Llc

Ccof certification services, llc, a wholly owned subsidiary of california certified organic farmers inc., provides a wide array of cost-effective, organic certification programs. ccof certifies farm and livestock operations, processors,…

Food & Nutrition
9
United Way of Central Eastern California Dba United Way of Kern County

The mission of the united way of kern county is to "mobilize donors, advocates and volunteers to improve lives in kern county." the organization accomplishes this by raising and investing financial resources in programs that advance the…

Philanthropy
10
Central Valley Broadcasting Co Inc

To provide Christian Radio Broadcasts.

Religion
11
League of California Community Foundations

The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…

Philanthropy
12
California Certified Organic Farmers Inc

Ccof advances organic agriculture for a healthy world. we accomplish our purpose through organic certification, education, advocacy and promotion. we envision a world where organic is the norm.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bakersfield Crisis Pregnancy Center; the most unlike its peers is Right to Life of Kern County. 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

55 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. 55 of the 123 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/55
Grantees still filing
43/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $2,150,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $9,375 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITAS FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherCOMMUNITAS FOUNDATIONWARRIORS ON QUIET WATERS: $33,950 · OtherUC REGENTS: $30,000 · OtherAFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherBILLY GRAHAM: $30,000 · OtherTEEN CHALLENGE: $25,000 · OtherHAGGAI INTERNATIONAL: $24,000 · OtherLOVE DEAF HAITI: $25,000 · OtherCompassion International Incorporated: $24,101 · OtherBakersfield Arc Inc: $25,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP FOUND: $25,000 · OtherDSC FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Other+86 more: $348,395 · Other+86 moreBAKERSFIELD CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $105,400 · HealthMADISON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $97,600 · Health+3 more: $3,800 · HealthMoms in Prayer Int'l: $60,000 · ReligionINTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC: $36,000 · ReligionTHE BROOM TREE REFUGE: $28,000 · ReligionSTANDING WITH HOPE INC: $13,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $6,200 · Religion+1 more: $1,800 · ReligionUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $55,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EducationKern Literacy Council: $20,000 · Education+3 more: $6,100 · EducationPacific Justice Institute: $65,000 · Civil RightsRight To Life Of Kern County: $43,100 · Civil RightsCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF KERN COUNTY: $10,000 · Civil RightsCITYSERVE NETWORK: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentKERN COUNTY YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $32,500 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $28,000 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$2,159,375Other$695,446Health$206,800Religion$145,000Education$126,100Civil Rights$118,100Youth Development$110,500

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 budgetNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $2,150,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBAKERSFIELD CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $105,400 over 3y, 10% of budgetMADISON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $97,600 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetPacific Justice Institute: $65,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMoms in Prayer Int'l: $60,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCITYSERVE NETWORK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC: $36,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetDSC FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE BROOM TREE REFUGE: $28,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $28,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBakersfield Arc Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP FOUND: $25,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $24,101 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKern Literacy Council: $20,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetSTANDING WITH HOPE INC: $13,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetWOMEN AT RISK INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF KERN COUNTY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,375 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $6,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILD SHEEP FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREASURE STATE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTRIGG - C M RUSSELL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWATER FOR WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetGarden Pathways Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLEGACY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $4,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Francis School Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetOutdoors For Our Heroes: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE LEAGUE OF DREAMS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCHILDREN TO LOVE INTERNATIONAL: $2,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAKERSFIELD RESCUE MISSION DBA THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTANA HOPE PROJECT INC: $1,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLIE RUSSELL RIDERS FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetWreaths Across America: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION FORCE INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BAKERSFIELD: $1,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCountry Christian School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoffmann Hospice of The Valley: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTANA NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealthy Alternatives to Violent Environm: $100 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.

  • Who funds NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BAKERSFIELD CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MADISON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Pacific Justice Institute ↗
  • Who funds Moms in Prayer Int'l ↗
  • Who funds UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CITYSERVE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Right To Life Of Kern County ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds KERN COUNTY YOUTH FOR CHRIST ↗
  • Who funds DSC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BROOM TREE REFUGE ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds LOVE DEAF HAITI ↗
  • Who funds Bakersfield Arc Inc ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP FOUND ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds Kern Literacy Council ↗
  • Who funds STANDING WITH HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN AT RISK INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF KERN COUNTY ↗

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.

Kern Community Founda…Dignity HealthThe Skeet Varner Foun…Bakersfield Memorial …The Virginia and Alfr…Robert Grimm Family F…Diane S Lake Charitab…The Cynthia Lake Char…Seedcore FoundationValley Strong Cu Fka …Blue Adobe FoundationSemloh Foundation
Kern Community FoundationCA35.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kern Community Foundation · Dignity Health · The Skeet Varner Foundation · Bakersfield Memorial Hospital · The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation · Robert Grimm Family Foundation · Diane S Lake Charitable Trust Lake Diane S Ttee · The Cynthia Lake Charitable Trust · Seedcore Foundation · Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union · Blue Adobe Foundation · Semloh 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 Amicus Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Amicus Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    7report 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 123 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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