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Cable Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$240k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$209kHuman Services$133kEmployment$100kHealth$74kPhilanthropy$67kAnimals$52kRecreation & Sports$43kYouth Development$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $230k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATION$20,000
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$20,000
MAGICAL BUILDERS$20,000
BETTER TOGETHER ANIMAL ALLIANCE$10,000
TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$10,000
THE UCI FOUNDATION$10,000
CITY OF HOPE$10,000
GIGI'S PLAYHOUSE INC$10,000
NEWPORT BEACH POLICE ALLIANCE$10,000
BRADLEY ROFER FOUNDATION$10,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$10,000
CALIFORNIA HOMEBUILDING FOUNDATION$10,000
BUILDING FUTURES & FRIENDS$10,000
PANHANDLE ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATION$10,000
K 9'S FOR WARRIORS$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $116k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Child help: $10k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%CHILD HELP: $6k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%CHILD HELP: $6k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%CHILD HELP: $3k → 11%CHILD HELP: $38k → 11%CHILDHELP: $16k → 11%CHILD HELP: $8k → 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

ID
NY
CA
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
TX
FL
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$697k · 24 repeat orgs$349k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
29

Total granted

$697k
$319k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+43%

Still filing today

79%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • CI
    CHILDHELP INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $86k · revenue +5%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2025 · $65k · revenue +51%
  • WC
    WEST COAST LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE
    4× · 2020–2025 · $31k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • GW
    GENERAL WILLIAM LYON WORKFORCE ACADEMY
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $86k
  • LM
    LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +43%
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
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

—
3
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
4
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
5
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
6
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
7
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
8
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
9
The Heart Foundation

The heart foundation (thf) was created to save lives from heart disease by increasing awareness, educating the public, and supporting innovative research at smidt heart institute at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, california.…

Philanthropy
10
University of California San Francisco Foundation

Organization's mission ====================== the university of california, san francisco(ucsf) is among the world's leading universities dedicated to advancing health worldwide through biomedical research, graduate-level education in the…

Education
11
Ucsf Health Community Hospitals Fka Saint Francis Memorial Hospital

Ucsf health community hospital's mission statement is caring, healing, teaching, and discovering.

Health
12
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orange County Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is National Meningitis Association Inc. 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

33 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. 33 of the 57 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
22/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GENERAL WILLIAM LYON WORKFORCE ACADEMY: $100,000 · OtherGENERAL WILLIAM LYON WORKFORCE ACADEMYIndividual grant recipient: $85,817 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF ORANGE: $50,000 · OtherMATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF ORA…BRADLEY ROFER FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherBRADLEY ROFER FOUNDATIONCITY OF HOPE: $30,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPEBCCC SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $20,000 · OtherBEACH FUND: $20,000 · Other+22 more: $127,650 · Other+22 moreUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $65,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORN…LONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationLONG BEACH STATE FOUND…Panhandle Alliance for Education: $25,000 · EducationPanhandle Alliance for…PATRICK'S PURPOSE FOUNDATION: $22,000 · EducationPATRICK'S PURPOSE FOUN…California Homebuilding Foundation: $20,000 · EducationCalifornia Homebuildin…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL …LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVE…UCSF FOUNDATION INVESTMENT COMPANY: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationCHILDHELP INC: $85,500 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP IN…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARR…WEST COAST LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE: $31,000 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $25,000 · AnimalsFriends of the Shelter Inc dba Better Together Animal Alliance: $25,000 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $20,000 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $10,000 · HealthA NEW LEAF: $5,000 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthPebble Beach Company Foundation: $30,000 · PhilanthropyMAGICAL BUILDERS: $25,000 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $24,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyAnteater Aquatics Foundation: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$478,467Education$212,000Human Services$115,500Animals$82,000Health$82,000Philanthropy$80,000Recreation & Sports$20,000

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 budgetCHILDHELP INC: $85,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWEST COAST LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE: $31,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetLONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPebble Beach Company Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAGICAL BUILDERS: $25,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetFriends of the Shelter Inc dba Better Together Animal Alliance: $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPanhandle Alliance for Education: $25,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPATRICK'S PURPOSE FOUNDATION: $22,000 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Homebuilding Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAnteater Aquatics Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING FUTURES & FRIENDS: $15,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCDM Baseball Boosters Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCSF FOUNDATION INVESTMENT COMPANY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Meningitis Association Inc: $8,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAGE HILL SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA NEW LEAF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CRAIN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetTHE CDM FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARAMA ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDKMS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Orange County Communi…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …The Ayco Charitable F…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …
Orange County Community FoundationCA14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Cable Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cable Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 57 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home