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California Scottish Rite Foundation

The mission of the CALIFORNIA SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION (csrf) is dedicated to support and assist the children in california to develop their full potential by providing childhood language services, scholarships and other charitable programs.

$270k
Granted FY2021
5
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$45k
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 2021.

Education$494kYouth Development$74kHealth$67kHuman Services$30kHousing & Shelter$18kCrime & Legal$17kPublic Benefit$390
02FY2021 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $65,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $270,140 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $205,140 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $45k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$64M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION$45,000
CALIF DEMOLAY NORTH$5,000
JOB'S DAUGHTERS OF CALIFORNIA$5,000
CALIF DEMOLAY SOUTH$5,000
RAINBOW GIRLS OF CALIFORNIA$5,000
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 (FY17–20, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%MIDNIGHT MISSION: $7k → 14%VETERANS ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS: $4k → 10%MIDNIGHT MISSION: $6k → 14%MIDNIGHT MISSION: $5k → 14%MIDNIGHT MISSION: $50 → 14%PATRIOTS & PAWS: $8k → 10%MASONIC FAMILIES HELPING VETERANS: $600 → 10%STARS & STRIPES: $9k → 10%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.
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.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$325k · 6 repeat orgs$375k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2021, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
20

Total granted

$325k
$310k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+16%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TR
    The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    2× · 2018–2019 · $135k · revenue +56%
  • CS
    CAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $105k · revenue +87%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ANAHEIM-CYPRESS
    3× · 2017–2020 · $30k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • AA
    ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF VALLEY OF SAN FRANCISCO
    one grant, 2017 · $157k
  • SR
    SCOTTISH RITE BODIES BAKERSFIELD
    one grant, 2017 · $52k · revenue -33%
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $26k · revenue -7%
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
California Scottish Rite Foundation

The mission of the california scottish rite foundation (csrf) is dedicated to support and assist the children in california to develop their full potential by providing childhood language services, scholarships and other charitable…

Education
2
California Masonic Foundation

The california masonic foundation's mission is to apply masonic principles in support of education, leadership, and communities through several important programs that touch the lives of thousands each year.

—
3
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of California

We build in our members a foundation of values focused on service, integrity and a sense of belonging. by strengthening our moral character, we are able to affect positive change in the wider world.

—
4
The California Boys & Girls State Foundation
Philanthropy
5
The Scholarship Fund Grand Lodge Af & Am of Virginia

To award scholarships to needy and qualified students for tuition to institutions of higher learning.

—
6
Dallas Scottish Rite Library & Museum Inc

Maintain scottish rite library and museum to provide educational benefits for scottish rite members and general public

—
7
California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

The sons of the american revolution are direct descendants of those patriots that achieved the independence of the american people. the objectives of our organization are intended to perpetuate a more profound reverence for the principles…

Arts & Culture
8
Scottish Rite Foundation Valley of Birmingham - Orient of Alabama
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9
The California Endowment
Philanthropy
10
Vfw Department of California Foundation

To provide for the social well being of veterans of the various branches of the armed forces of the united states of america who has served in a foreign war.

Animals
11
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
12
Amvets Department of California Service Foundation

Proudly serves veterans and their families in your community through service programs such as service officers, welcome home program to our homeless veterans, and grants used for various other veteran programs.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Rainbow for Girls Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Masonic Families Helping Veterans. 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

26 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. 26 of the 31 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF VALLEY OF SAN FRANCISCO: $157,085 · OtherANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF VALLEY OF S…SCOTTISH RITE BODIES BAKERSFIELD: $52,341 · OtherSCOTTISH RITE BODIES BAKERSFIELDBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ANAHEIM-CYPRESS: $30,250 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ANAHEIM-CYPRESSCALIFORNIA MASONIC FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA MASONIC FOUNDATIONAncient and Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Santa Barbara and Bodies: $18,742 · OtherAncient and Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Sant…+10 more: $29,495 · Other+10 moreThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $135,321 · EducationThe Research Foundation for The Stat…THE SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION SOUTHERN JURISDICTION USA INC: $45,000 · EducationTHE SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION SOUTHER…CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES FOUNDATION: $26,250 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGE…+5 more: $20,500 · Education+5 moreCAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $105,120 · PhilanthropyCAL STATE FULLERT…THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $17,678 · Human ServicesSTARS AND STRIPES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $8,650 · Human ServicesPATRIOTS AND PAWS: $8,000 · Human ServicesUSA Homeownership Foundation Inc: $3,500 · Human Services+1 more: $600 · Human ServicesVETERANS LEGAL INSTITUTE: $16,567 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $5,150 · Community Improvement
Other$307,913Education$227,071Philanthropy$105,120Human Services$38,428Housing & Shelter$16,567Community Improvement$5,150

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $135,321 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $105,120 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSCOTTISH RITE BODIES BAKERSFIELD: $52,341 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetTHE SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION SOUTHERN JURISDICTION USA INC: $45,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ANAHEIM-CYPRESS: $30,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES FOUNDATION: $26,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA MASONIC FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAncient and Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Santa Barbara and Bodies: $18,742 over 1y, 24% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $17,678 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS LEGAL INSTITUTE: $16,567 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSTARS AND STRIPES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $8,650 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPATRIOTS AND PAWS: $8,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $5,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEMOLAY INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCALIFORNIA RAINBOW FOR GIRLS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetANCIENT & ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE VALLEY OF BURLINGAME & COORD BODIES: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUSA Homeownership Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW DIRECTIONS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $250 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…California Community …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA20.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 31 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $174k 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 FY2021, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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