· Private foundation
Barbara Ross Charitable Trust
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
- $50k–250k9 grants · $813k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CATHEDRAL CHAPEL SCHOOL | $112,561 |
| VISION OF HOPE | $100,000 |
| USC NORRIS CANCER CENTER | $100,000 |
| HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES | $100,000 |
| GOOD SHEPHERD SHELTER | $100,000 |
| CITY OF HOPE | $100,000 |
| MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK | $50,000 |
| ST VINCENT MEALS ON WHEELS | $50,000 |
| CARMEL BACH FESTIVAL | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2022, 8 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MMMEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION5× · 2017–2022 · $850k · revenue +30%
HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES4× · 2017–2022 · $275k · revenue +175%- LALOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK5× · 2017–2022 · $185k · revenue +315%
Funded once
- GSGOOD SHEP CEN HOMELESS WOM & CHILDone grant, 2020 · $100k
- SCSonoma County Farm Bureau Foundatioone grant, 2019 · $50k
- SLSONOMA LAND TRUSTgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +387%
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.
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.
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…
The food bank of contra costa and solano (food bank) was incorporated on july 28, 1975. the food bank was established in order to efficiently gather, warehouse, and distribute food products to contra costa county charities meeting…
California association of food banks (cafb) is a non-profit public benefit corporation located in oakland, california. together with its 41-member foodbanks, cafb is the largest charitable hunger-relief and anti-hunger leader in the state.…
The mission of the California Farmland Trust is to help farmers protect the best farmland in the world.
Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…
Ccfb is dedicated to ending hunger, working with over 200 partner agencies to provide food to those experiencing hunger. our mission: transforming lives together, in the passionate pursuit to end hunger in central ca - one meal, one…
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…
Dedicated to assisting those in need by alleviating their immediate pain and problems and moving them toward self-sufficiency and financial independence.
Second harvest food bank's mission is to end hunger and malnutrition by educating and involving the community.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 27 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Carmel Bach Festival Inc ↗
- Who funds FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds SONOMA LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Barbara Ross Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barbara Ross Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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