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Billingsley Foundationcharle & Ruth

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.

$243k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
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 FY2018–2025.

Human Services$367kFood & Nutrition$190kHealth$173kArts & Culture$163kYouth Development$160kEducation$125kHousing & Shelter$90kAnimals$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $215k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NOAH HOMES INC$15,000
FEEDING SAN DIEGO$15,000
HOME START INCORPORATED$15,000
CARLSBAD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$10,267
LIVING COAST DISCOVERY CENTER$10,000
SAN MARCOS PROMISE$10,000
SAN DIEGO MASTER CHORALE$10,000
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF LA JOLLA$10,000
CUREBOUND INC$10,000
A STEP BEYOND$10,000
ACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY$10,000
COMMUNITY HOUSINGWORKS$10,000
SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC$10,000
THEATRE ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COU$10,000
COASTAL ROOTS FARM$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 (FY19–25, $303k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $10k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $10k → 11%GENERATEHOPE INC: $10k → 11%ZERO8HUNDRED INC: $10k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $10k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%ST PAULS EPISCOPAL HOME INC: $10k → 11%SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC: $10k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $30k → 11%NOAH HOMES INC: $30k → 11%NOAH HOMES INC: $30k → 11%NOAH HOMES INC: $15k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $10k → 11%NOAH HOMES INC: $15k → 11%NOAH HOMES INC: $10k → 11%CASA DE AMPARO: $10k → 11%CASA DE AMPARO: $8k → 11%THE ELIZABETH HOSPICE INC: $10k → 11%OASIS INSTITUTE: $10k → 11%SAN DIEGO OASIS: $5k → 11%SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 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

MN
IL
NY
PA
CA
VA
TN
DC
GA

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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$957k · 32 repeat orgs$600k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +21% since the first grant, against +13% for the ones you funded once.

32 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
46

Total granted

$957k
$520k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+13%

Still filing today

97%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationAnimalsOther

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

  • FS
    FEEDING SAN DIEGO
    6× · 2020–2025 · $125k · revenue +29%
  • NH
    NOAH HOMES INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $100k · revenue +38%
  • HS
    HOME START INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • LE
    LONELY ENTREPRENEUR INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +590%
  • AS
    ALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGOgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue +39%
  • MI
    Mingei International Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +1%

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
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
2
United Way of San Diego County

To spark breakthrough community action that elevates every child and family toward a brighter future.

Philanthropy
3
San Diego Municipal Employees Assn

The san diego municipal employees association (sdmea) is dedicated to being a strong and effective advocate for san diego city employees. sdmea is united to improve employees' standard of living and promote their fair treatment by…

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4
San Diego Habitat Conservancy

Acquire, manage and protect land in perpetuity that supports sensitive habitats and species, and to educate and inspire people and communities as stewards and advocates of their natural environment.

Arts & Culture
5
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
6
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
7
Building Industry Association of San Diego

The mission of the building industry association of san diego is to proactively promote a positive business environment for the land development, home building and commercial development industry throughout san diego county.

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8
San Diegans for Health Care Coverage

Promote Access to Health Care for all San Diegans

Health
9
San Diego County Bar Association

The mission of the san diego county bar association is to be the representative of the san diego county legal profession, serving the prblic and the profession by enhancing the legal system and promoting justice, professional excellence,…

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10
San Diego Diplomacy Council

Programmed and coordinated visits to san diego by international visitors and escorts, working in association with appropriate united states government agencies and the global ties u.s. network.

Community Improvement
11
Associated Students of San Diego State University

To support the social, recreational, cultural and education programs and facilities, both on campus and in the community, and to advocate for student interests, provide leadership opportunities and participate in shared governance.

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12
San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council Afl-Cio

The Labor Council offers an avenue for local unions to come together as one group.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Diego Seniors Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is San Diego Museum of Art. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCharter and Alternative Sch…Youth Sports OrganizationsBusiness & Professional Ass…Fraternal & Civic Organizat…College Foundation SupportEthnic Cultural Heritage Or…Biomedical Research Organiz…Jewish Community FoundationsSan Diego Community Foundat…Professional Association Ne…Family FoundationsSubstance Abuse Recovery Ho…Disability Services Organiz…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

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 number25%0%<5yr16%5%5–10yr21%24%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr10%22%35–55yr12%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%0%<5yr16%7%5–10yr21%30%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr10%24%35–55yr12%11%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/81
the rest of the field
14%
2,129/14,680

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

80 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. 80 of the 88 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
79/80
Grantees still filing
53/80
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NOAH HOMES INC — $100,000 · Human ServicesNOAH HOMES INCSAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $45,000 · Human ServicesSAN DIEGO SENIORS COMM…CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC — $40,250 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATHLETES IN…ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO — $30,000 · Human ServicesELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGOASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NORTH COAST — $20,000 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF N…Casa De Amparo — $17,500 · Human ServicesCasa De AmparoSAN DIEGO OASIS — $15,000 · Human Services+6 more — $55,000 · Human Services+6 moreA STEP BEYOND — $34,000 · OtherA STEP BEYONDPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION — $30,000 · OtherCOASTAL ROOTS FARM — $30,000 · OtherCARLSBAD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $25,267 · OtherHOME START INC — $55,000 · OtherHOME START INCSUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT INC — $35,000 · OtherSUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT INCCalifornia Labradors Retrievers & More Rescue — $25,000 · OtherPRO KIDS GOLF ACADEMY INC — $25,000 · Other+32 more — $377,500 · Other+32 moreTHE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM — $45,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW CHIL…A Step Beyond — $30,000 · Arts & CultureA Step Beyon…Mingei International Inc — $20,000 · Arts & CultureMingei Inter…SAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM — $15,000 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO CH…MOONLIGHT CULTURAL FOUNDATION — $15,000 · Arts & CultureMOONLIGHT CU…THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE — $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATER & AR…SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART — $12,500 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO MU…INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO — $10,000 · Arts & CultureINSTITUTE OF…OLD GLOBE THEATRE — $10,000 · Arts & CultureOLD GLOBE TH…+2 more — $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 moreFEEDING SAN DIEGO — $125,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING S…MEALS-ON-WHEELS GREATER SAN DIEGO INC — $5,000 · Food & NutritionACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY — $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys to Men Mentoring Network Inc — $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentOUTSIDE THE LENS — $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTARPAL — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SAN DIEGO — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO — $30,000 · HealthPEDIATRIC SPINE FOUNDATION — $20,000 · HealthRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO — $15,000 · HealthEmilio Nares Foundation — $10,000 · HealthHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION — $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS — $10,000 · HealthCUREBOUND — $10,000 · HealthSharp Healthcare Foundation — $10,000 · HealthSCRIPPS HEALTH — $5,000 · HealthLONELY ENTREPRENEUR INC — $30,000 · EducationTHE SAN MARCOS PROMISE — $20,000 · EducationNorth County Education Foundation Inc — $15,000 · EducationLIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF LA JOLLA — $10,000 · EducationPOINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY — $5,000 · EducationRancho Bernardo High School Foundation — $5,000 · Education
Human Services$322,750Other$636,767Arts & Culture$182,500Food & Nutrition$130,000Youth Development$125,000Health$120,000Education$85,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO — $125,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNOAH HOMES INC — $100,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHOME START INC — $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY — $50,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTHE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM — $45,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $45,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC — $40,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT INC — $35,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO — $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLONELY ENTREPRENEUR INC — $30,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetA Step Beyond — $30,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO — $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOASTAL ROOTS FARM — $30,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCARLSBAD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $25,267 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCalifornia Labradors Retrievers & More Rescue — $25,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPRO KIDS GOLF ACADEMY INC — $25,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMingei International Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NORTH COAST — $20,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetLIVING COAST DISCOVERY CENTER — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSAN DIEGO SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAN MARCOS PROMISE — $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEDIATRIC SPINE FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCasa De Amparo — $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH COUNTY HEALTH PROJECT INC — $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO OASIS — $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM — $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNosilenceNoviolence Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBoys to Men Mentoring Network Inc — $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth County Education Foundation Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetMOONLIGHT CULTURAL FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUTSIDE THE LENS — $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART — $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF LA JOLLA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ANIMAL CARE & EDUCATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKITCHENS FOR GOOD — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetZero8Hundred Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD GLOBE THEATRE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTARPAL — $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ELIZABETH HOSPICE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL HOME INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmilio Nares Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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…The Conrad Prebys Fou…Jewish Community Foun…French Fund Samuel Ka…Rancho Santa Fe Found…Masserini Maurice J T…Sempra FoundationDavid C Copley Founda…Price Philanthropies …Walter J & Betty C Za…The Nordson Corporati…The Parker Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA88.3× affinity50 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · French Fund Samuel Katherine Tua · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Masserini Maurice J Tua · Sempra Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · The Parker Foundation

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 Billingsley Foundationcharle & Ruth 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%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 88 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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