· Private foundation
Bluebird Legacy Inc
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k27 grants · $995k
- $50k–250k10 grants · $630k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CASA OF ORANGE COUNTY | $100,000 |
| DIRECT RELIEF | $75,000 |
| TEAM RUBICON | $65,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $60,000 |
| ALL HANDS AND HEARTS | $60,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TUSTIN | $60,000 |
| LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK | $55,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS ORANGE COUNTY | $55,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY | $50,000 |
| FEEDING AMERICA RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES | $50,000 |
| SAN BERNARDINO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $45,000 |
| PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY | $45,000 |
| ACCESS BOOKS | $45,000 |
| PACIFIC SYMPHONY | $40,000 |
| FAMILIES FORWARD | $40,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $928k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 36% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
46 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
DIRECT RELIEF8× · 2017–2024 · $635k · revenue +94%- CACOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY8× · 2017–2024 · $280k · revenue +161%
- CSCOMMUNITY SENIORSERV INC7× · 2018–2024 · $265k · revenue +61%
Funded once
- SCSCHWAB CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUNDone grant, 2019 · $105k
- RCREDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INCone grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -96%
- FOFRIENDS OF THE CHILDRENone grant, 2022 · $100k
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.
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Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…
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,…
California education partners seeds and grows collaborations among california's school systems, so that they innovate, improve, and build internal capacity as learning organizations in order to close gaps and lead high performing,…
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
The budget center provides dependable, timely, policy guidance and public education through our independent research and analysis, public education, strategic collaborations, and communications to expand economic opportunities and promote…
California casa was founded in 1987. its mission is to ensure that children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have both a voice and the services they need to thrive. we achieve this by strengthening and empowering…
Meeting the professional needs of los angeles lawyers, and improving the administration of justice.
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…
How this is measured
52 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. 52 of the 64 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 DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY SENIORSERV INC ↗
- Who funds PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TUSTIN ↗
- Who funds FAMILIES FORWARD ↗
- Who funds ACCESS BOOKS ↗
- Who funds Pacific Symphony ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC ↗
- Who funds San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra ↗
- Who funds CASA OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH ↗
- Who funds Harmony Project ↗
- Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds John Burton Advocates for Youth ↗
- Who funds SCHOOL ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds SENECA FAMILY OF AGENCIES ↗
- Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
- Who funds HILLSIDES ↗
- Who funds FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC ↗
- Who funds FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
- Who funds SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds Challenge Success ↗
- Who funds Western Youth Services ↗
- Who funds THE JED FOUNDATION ↗
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: Orange County Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Argyros Family Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · Oneoc · Orange County's United Way · The Rose Hills Foundation · Inland Empire Community Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bluebird Legacy Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bluebird Legacy Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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