· Private foundation
Ca Van Dam Family Foundation
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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ROTARY OF LA MIRADA | $9,400 |
| ARTESIA CHRISTIAN HOME | $6,000 |
| WAY OUT MINISTRIES | $4,000 |
| FAITH CHURCH | $2,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $2,000 |
| VINE MAPLE PLACE | $2,000 |
| WORLD VISION | $2,000 |
| FAMILY AREA MINISTRIES (FAM) | $2,000 |
| FULLERTON ASSISTANCE LEAGUE | $2,000 |
| VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS | $1,000 |
| SUNNY HILLS HIGH FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA | $500 |
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, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those 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 +58% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 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, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VCVALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS7× · 2018–2024 · $17k · revenue +58%
- TWThe Way Out Ministries Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $16k · revenue +30%
- ACARTESIA CHRISTIAN HOME INC8× · 2017–2024 · $16k · revenue +88%
Funded once
- TVTHE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $4k
- MMISCELLANEOUSone grant, 2019 · $1k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $500
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.
In the light of the lordship of jesus christ and the authority of god's word, we will educate each unique student in cooperation with the christian community so that he or she is equipped and inspired to make a difference for jesus christ…
To glorify god by pursuing excellence in christ-centered academics.
Mission: western christian schools exists to love the lord jesus christ, to teach the truth, and to serve others. vision: renewed minds. tranformed hearts. forever. core values: love, truth, service.
To collaborate with families in educating students with a biblical worldview as they become followers of Jesus Christ in their homes, church, and community.
The mission of San Jose Christian School is to advance the Kingdom of God by providing exceptional teaching and curriculum fully integrated with biblical perspective. Within our committed Christian community, we live to engage and…
Establishing, maintaining, and supporting a Christian boarding and day school, including related ministries.
Our mission is to equip students for life by providing academic excellence, a biblical foundation, and a christ-centered community
Our mission is to unite the community to fight hunger and homelessness. our vision is a community where every person has food on the table and every person has a roof over their head.
Operation of a boarding school
Christian School grades k-8
Vistamar school empowers students, preparing them to contribute and excel in higher education and in life, and commits to: a broad and balanced program that challenges and engages students, building their individual skills and inspiring a…
To operate a Christian elementary and pre-school, stressing academic excellence while teaching Godly principles and character.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 17 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 VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds The Way Out Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds ARTESIA CHRISTIAN HOME INC ↗
- Who funds Family Promise of San Gabriel Valley ↗
- Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
- Who funds WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds VINE MAPLE PLACE ↗
- Who funds La Mirada High School Boys Basketball Booster Club ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ca Van Dam Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ca Van Dam Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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