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Barney & Barney Foundation

The BARNEY & BARNEY FOUNDATION is committed to serving those in need, supporting our youth, advancing the arts, standing against societal injustice, and protecting the environment.

$461k
Granted FY2023
31
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2023.

Health$770kHuman Services$650kPhilanthropy$230kYouth Development$185kFood & Nutrition$174kHousing & Shelter$110kArts & Culture$83kRecreation & Sports$70kOther$0
02FY2023 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k15 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $385k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ELIZABETH HOSPICE INC$40,000
HUMAN OPTIONS$40,000
MIRACLES FOR KIDS INC$40,000
BAND OF PARENTS$30,000
FAMILY HOUSE$30,000
APA FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES$30,000
ST MADELEINE SOPHIES CENTER$25,000
PROKIDS GOLF ACADEMY INC$25,000
NORTH COUNTRY LIFELINE INC$25,000
BEIT T'SHUVAH$25,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY$25,000
DAY FOR CHANGE$10,000
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTHWEST$10,000
COMMUNITY BRIDGES INC$10,000
THE CENTERS FOR HABILITATION (TCH)$10,000
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:

Your human-services grants (FY17–23, $521k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BAND OF PARENTS: $30k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $6k → 14%CIRCLE THE CITY: $5k → 13%COCOKIDS INC: $25k → 9%ELDERHELP: $25k → 11%CAMP KESEM: $5k → 14%COMMUNITY BRIDGES DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%LAURA'S HOUSE: $25k → 10%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $20k → 11%ST ANNE'S MATERNITY HOME: $25k → 14%WHITE PONY EXPRESS: $25k → 9%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $20k → 11%MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $25k → 10%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $10k → 11%WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 11%STARS: $5k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $20k → 11%PARENTIS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $20k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $10k → 11%MITCHELL THORP FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%WESTMINSTER VILLAGE: $10k → 11%FRIENDS OF SCOTT FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%CASA DE AMPARO: $20k → 11%NORTH COUNTRY LIFELINE INC: $25k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 11%THE ELIZABETH HOSPICE INC: $40k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
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 linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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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 — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

13%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$309k · 10 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

10 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
61

Total granted

$309k
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+43%

Still filing today

100%
97%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $396k 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 ServicesHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • DF
    DAY FOR CHANGE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $56k · revenue +51%
  • NH
    NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSN
    3× · 2017–2019 · $50k · revenue +48%
  • YO
    YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $50k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • RC
    RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -15%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $55k · revenue +30%
  • PF
    PARENTIS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +34%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
2
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
3
New Alternatives Inc

New alternatives, inc. is committed to providing abused and negelected youth with hope and opportunities through a comprehensive array of social, residential and mental health services that we provide in san diego and orange county.

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4
Valle Del Sol Inc

Valle del sol inspires positive change by investing in health and human services to strengthen families with tools and skills for self-sufficiency and by building the next generation of latino and diverse leaders.

Health
5
Family Care Network Inc

The mission of the Family Care Network is to enhance the wellbeing of children, adults, and families in partnership with our community.

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6
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
7
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
8
Compass Family Services

Compass family services helps homeless families and those at imminent risk to achieve housing stability, economic self-sufficiency, and well-being.

Human Services
9
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
10
Instituto Familiar De La Raza

Instituto provides hiv related services and social service including health promotion, education, prevention, early intervention, case management and clinical and artistic mentoring services, psychological and psychiatric interventions as…

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11
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
12
La Casa de las Madres

La Casa de las Madres' mission is to respond to calls for help from DV victims, of all ages, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We give survivors the tools to transform their lives. We seek to prevent future violence by educating the…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Home Fur Good Animal Rescue and Placement. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%1%<5yr16%6%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr17%28%20–35yr10%27%35–55yr12%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%2%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr17%31%20–35yr10%35%35–55yr12%19%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.8% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.8%1/129
the rest of the field
15%
15,702/103,225

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

128 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
127/128
Grantees still filing
93/128
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PARENTIS FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Human ServicesPARENTIS FOUNDATIONNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSN — $50,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSNYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY — $49,900 · Human ServicesYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTYTHE ELIZABETH HOSPICE INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE ELIZABETH HOSPICE INCHuman Options Inc — $40,000 · Human ServicesHuman Options IncBAND OF PARENTS INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesBAND OF PARENTS INCFRIENDS OF SCOTT FOUNDATION — $30,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF SCOTT FOUNDATI…Mission Neighborhood Centers Inc — $25,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER — $25,000 · Human ServicesSt Anne's Family Services — $25,000 · Human ServicesCocoKids Inc — $25,000 · Human ServicesELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO — $25,000 · Human ServicesLAURA'S HOUSE — $25,000 · Human ServicesNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES — $25,000 · Human ServicesWHITE PONY EXPRESS — $25,000 · Human ServicesCasa De Amparo — $20,000 · Human Services+8 more — $51,000 · Human Services+8 moreRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $55,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUT…OKIZU FOUNDATION — $50,000 · OtherOKIZU FOUNDATIONKITCHENS FOR GOOD — $50,000 · OtherKITCHENS FOR GOODMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES — $40,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC — $35,100 · OtherAPA FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES — $30,000 · OtherSUMMER SEARCH — $40,000 · OtherChinese for Affirmative Action — $40,000 · OtherHOME START INC — $35,000 · Other+29 more — $475,000 · Other+29 moreGeorge Mark Childrens Fund — $50,000 · HealthGeorge Mark Child…UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOC OF OC — $50,000 · HealthUNITED CEREBRAL P…Emilio Nares Foundation — $40,000 · HealthEmilio Nares Foun…ALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO — $35,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S SAN D…FAMILY HOUSE INC — $30,000 · HealthFAMILY HOUSE INCLUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION — $25,000 · HealthLUCKY DUCK FOUNDA…REIMAGINE NETWORK — $25,000 · HealthREIMAGINE NETWORKVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION — $20,000 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN — $20,000 · HealthEDGEWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES — $20,000 · HealthPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC — $20,000 · HealthCARE FUND — $15,000 · Health+4 more — $25,000 · Health+4 moreRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO — $100,000 · PhilanthropyRADY CHILDREN'S …THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $95,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN DIEGO FO…DAY FOR CHANGE — $56,000 · PhilanthropyDAY FOR CHANGEORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $25,000 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY CO…CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $22,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMU…ROB MACHADO FOUNDATION — $20,000 · PhilanthropyROB MACHADO FOUN…THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION — $19,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN FRANCISC…+2 more — $12,500 · PhilanthropyBoys to Men Mentoring Network Inc — $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentYES Nature to Neighborhoods — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentICAN IMPROVING CHANDLER AREA NEIGHBORHOODS — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentDYF — $40,000 · Recreation & SportsMIRACLES FOR KIDS INC — $40,000 · Recreation & SportsPRO KIDS GOLF ACADEMY INC — $25,000 · Recreation & SportsSAGE FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH — $5,000 · Recreation & SportsOLD GLOBE THEATRE — $30,200 · Arts & CultureFree Arts dba Free Arts for Abused Children — $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $22,500 · Arts & CultureDO IT FOR THE LOVE — $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$560,900Other$850,100Health$375,000Philanthropy$349,500Youth Development$130,000Recreation & Sports$110,000Arts & Culture$82,700

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO — $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $95,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDAY FOR CHANGE — $56,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $55,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPARENTIS FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetOKIZU FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGeorge Mark Childrens Fund — $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetKITCHENS FOR GOOD — $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSN — $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys to Men Mentoring Network Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOC OF OC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY — $49,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH — $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDYF — $40,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES — $40,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEmilio Nares Foundation — $40,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetMIRACLES FOR KIDS INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ELIZABETH HOSPICE INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Options Inc — $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action — $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC — $35,100 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO — $35,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHOME START INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOLD GLOBE THEATRE — $30,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAPA FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES — $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILY HOUSE INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH — $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBAND OF PARENTS INC — $30,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSt Madeleine Sophies Center Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYES Nature to Neighborhoods — $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetLAGUNA FOOD PANTRY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMISSION GRADUATES — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPRO KIDS GOLF ACADEMY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFree Arts dba Free Arts for Abused Children — $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMission Neighborhood Centers Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHELTER INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Anne's Family Services — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCocoKids Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Access Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO — $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLAURA'S HOUSE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWHITE PONY EXPRESS — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
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.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The San Diego Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…David C Copley Founda…Rancho Santa Fe Found…Price Philanthropies …The Conrad Prebys Fou…Sempra FoundationWalter J & Betty C Za…The Nordson Corporati…Kaiser Foundation Hos…The Cushman FoundationThe Country Friends
The San Diego FoundationCA53.4× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · David C Copley Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Cushman Foundation · The Country Friends

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Barney & Barney 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.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    33report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 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.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 100 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $440k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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