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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 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 2023.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
MIRACLES FOR KIDS INC$40,000
HUMAN OPTIONS$40,000
THE ELIZABETH HOSPICE INC$40,000
BAND OF PARENTS$30,000
FAMILY HOUSE$30,000
APA FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES$30,000
ST MADELEINE SOPHIES CENTER$25,000
NORTH COUNTRY LIFELINE INC$25,000
BEIT T'SHUVAH$25,000
PROKIDS GOLF ACADEMY INC$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
VALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
THE CENTERS FOR HABILITATION (TCH)$10,000
02The need
03

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 (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 its 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%COMMUNITY BRIDGES DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%CAMP KESEM: $5k → 14%LAURA'S HOUSE: $25k → 10%ELDERHELP: $25k → 11%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%STARS: $5k → 11%MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $25k → 10%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $10k → 11%WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES: $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
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

ME
WA
MT
NY
CA
CO
AZ
DC
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.

13%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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%
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
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
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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7
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
8
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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9
San Diego Center for Children

Founded in 1887, the center is the oldest children's nonprofit in the region accredited by the joint commission for its excellence in quality of care. the center provides a continuum of therapeutic & educational services to youth &…

Human Services
10
The Arc of San Diego

The arc of san diego supports and empowers persons with disabilities to achieve their life goals.

Human Services
11
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is A New Leaf; the most unlike its peers is So Say We All. 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

128 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.

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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
127/128
Grantees still filing
92/128
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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…CocoKids Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $25,000 · Human ServicesMission Neighborhood Centers Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesWHITE PONY EXPRESS: $25,000 · Human ServicesSt Anne's Family Services: $25,000 · Human ServicesNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $25,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesLAURA'S HOUSE: $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 NETWORKEDGEWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $20,000 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $20,000 · HealthVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $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 DevelopmentMIRACLES FOR KIDS INC: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsDYF: $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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetBoys to Men Mentoring Network Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSN: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOC OF OC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOKIZU FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $49,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $40,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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 budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDYF: $40,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEmilio Nares Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $35,100 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHOME START INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO: $35,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetOLD GLOBE THEATRE: $30,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBAND OF PARENTS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 3.5% 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 budgetLUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCocoKids Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYES Nature to Neighborhoods: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetREIMAGINE NETWORK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLAGUNA FOOD PANTRY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Madeleine Sophies Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFree Arts dba Free Arts for Abused Children: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSHELTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMission Neighborhood Centers Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Access Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWHITE PONY EXPRESS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKATHYS LEGACY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetPRO KIDS GOLF ACADEMY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION GRADUATES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSt Anne's Family Services: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

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

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 Barney & Barney Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barney & Barney Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's 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
    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 100 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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