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Archer 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.

$904k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$332k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Philanthropy$332kHealth$235kHuman Services$197kReligion$110kEducation$71kHousing & Shelter$50kYouth Development$35kAnimals$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $167k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $395k
  • $250k+1 grant · $332k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION - DONOR ADVISED FUND$331,782
LES AMIES$115,000
CASA DE AMMA$100,000
SHARE OURSELVES$75,000
ST ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$55,000
HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA - ORANGE COUNTY$50,000
SAVE OUR YOUTH$25,000
NORTHEAST OF THE WELL$25,000
ST ANASTASIA SCHOOL$25,000
CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$25,000
HUNTINGTON SOCIETY OC$25,000
Individual grant recipient$22,000
SAVE OUR YOUTH$10,000
MARINERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOUNDATION$10,000
NEWPORT HARBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $190k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LES AMIES: $115k → 14%SHARE OURSELVES: $75k → 10%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 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
Sage Hill School

We inspire in our students a love of knowledge and the ability to use that knowledge creatively, compassionately and courageously throughout their lives.sage hill school's commitment to academic excellence and our outstanding college…

Education
2
Vistamar School

Vistamar school empowers students, preparing them to contribute and excel in higher education and in life, and commits to: a broad and balanced program that challenges and engages students, building their individual skills and inspiring a…

Education
3
Saint Mary's College of California

Saint mary's college of california invites you to passionately embrace knowledge, the challenges of scholarship, and the capacity to make lasting change in the world. the foundation for this is our mission. to probe deeply the mystery of…

Education
4
San Domenico School

Our mission is to provide exceptional education rooted in inquiry, reflection, and purpose. as a global community of lifelong learners, san domenico inspires students to joyfully discover their passions, develop the skills and knowledge to…

Education
5
Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families

Casa Pacifica inspires hope and nurtures mental health and well-being of children, young adults, and families to realize their full potential.

Human Services
6
Nuestra Casa de East Palo Alto

Nuestra Casa exists to uplift Latino families in East Palo Alto and the mid-peninsula through community education, leadership and advocacy

Human Services
7
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
8
Marin Academy

Marin academy asks every individual to think, question, and create in an environment of encouragement and compassion, and challenges each person to accept the responsibilities posed by education in a democratic society.

Education
9
Mexican Medical Inc

Bring healing and hope to the people of mexico.

International
10
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.

Education
11
Mary's Shelter

Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
12
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Share Our Selves Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Save Our Youth Soy. 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

11 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. 11 of the 24 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)
11/11
Grantees still filing
3/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION - DONOR ADVISED FUND: $331,782 · OtherRENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION - DONOR ADVISED FUNDST ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $55,000 · OtherST ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHLAS MADRINAS: $50,000 · OtherLAS MADRINASHUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA - ORANGE COUNTY: $50,000 · OtherHUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA - ORANGE COUNTYST ANASTASIA SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherHuntington's Disease Society: $25,000 · OtherHUNTINGTON SOCIETY OC: $25,000 · OtherCALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherMONTECITO COVENANT CHURCH SANTA BARBARA CA: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $22,000 · Other+4 more: $17,000 · OtherLES AMIES INC: $115,000 · Human ServicesLES AMIES INCShare Our Selves Corporation: $75,000 · Human ServicesShare Our Selves Co…CASA DE AMMA: $110,000 · HealthCASA DE AMM…SANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterSAVE OUR YOUTH SOY: $35,000 · Crime & LegalPRICELESS PUPPY RESCUE CORP: $25,000 · AnimalsNortheast of the Well: $25,000 · ReligionMariners Elementary School Foundation: $10,000 · EducationNEWPORT HARBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION C/O EMILY EVANS: $5,000 · EducationWESTMONT COLLEGE: $1,063 · Education
Other$650,782Human Services$190,000Health$110,000Housing & Shelter$50,000Crime & Legal$35,000Animals$25,000Religion$25,000Education$16,063

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 budgetLES AMIES INC: $115,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetCASA DE AMMA: $110,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetShare Our Selves Corporation: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLAS MADRINAS: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSAVE OUR YOUTH SOY: $35,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetPRICELESS PUPPY RESCUE CORP: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMariners Elementary School Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetNEWPORT HARBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION C/O EMILY EVANS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWESTMONT COLLEGE: $1,063 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 LES AMIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA DE AMMA ↗
  • Who funds Share Our Selves Corporation ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds LAS MADRINAS ↗
  • Who funds SAVE OUR YOUTH SOY ↗
  • Who funds PRICELESS PUPPY RESCUE CORP ↗
  • Who funds Northeast of the Well ↗
  • Who funds Mariners Elementary School Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NEWPORT HARBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION C/O EMILY EVANS ↗
  • Who funds WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗

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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Archer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Archer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%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
    0get no government money at all
    1report 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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Archer Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Archer 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 24 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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