Skip to content

· Private foundation

Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$9.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
263
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$425k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$20MHuman Services$5.8MHealth$4.5MHousing & Shelter$3.7MYouth Development$2.1MReligion$1.9MPublic Benefit$1.2MCrime & Legal$1.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 263 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k218 grants · $5.1M
  • $50k–250k32 grants · $2.8M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.2M
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$215M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARCHDIOCESE OF LADEPARTMENT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS$425,000
DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE$300,000
MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY$270,500
COUNSELING PARTNERS OF LOS ANGELES$250,500
MARYVALE$160,000
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY$155,000
UNION RESCUE MISSION$138,000
OUR LADY QUEEN OF ANGELS HOUSING ALLIANCE$130,000
OUTREACH CONCERN INC$122,000
CLARIS HEALTH$105,000
MEND INC$100,000
DOOR OF HOPE$100,000
PROYECTO PASTORAL AT DOLORES MISSION$100,000
ST VINCENT DE PAUL CHURCH$100,000
COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA$95,000
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 (FY20–24, $6.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%NEUROTALENT WORKS: $60k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $100k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $95k → 14%ST ANNE'S FAMILY SERVICES: $80k → 14%ST ANNE'S FAMILY SERVICES: $80k → 14%ST ANNE'S FAMILY SERVICES: $80k → 14%ST ANNE'S FAMILY SERVICES: $80k → 14%ST ANNE'S FAMILY SERVICES: $70k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $138k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $100k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $70k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $70k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $50k → 14%CLARIS HEALTH: $105k → 14%ALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $200k → 14%ALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $200k → 14%ALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $50k → 14%HARVEST HOME INC: $75k → 14%HARVEST HOME INC: $60k → 14%MARYVALE: $160k → 14%MARYVALE: $75k → 14%MARYVALE: $75k → 14%MARYVALE: $60k → 14%MARYVALE: $55k → 14%LOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTH: $122k → 14%PROYECTO PASTORAL AT DOLORES MISSION: $100k → 14%PROYECTO PASTORAL AT DOLORES MISSION: $95k → 14%PROYECTO PASTORAL AT DOLORES MISSION: $95k → 14%PROYECTO PASTORAL AT DOLORES MISSION: $85k → 14%PROYECTO PASTORAL AT DOLORES MISSION: $70k → 14%LOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTH: $50k → 14%LOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTH: $50k → 14%LOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTH: $50k → 14%LOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTH: $50k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $110k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $80k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $80k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $75k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $70k → 14%MEND INC: $120k → 14%MEND INC: $100k → 14%MEND INC: $95k → 14%MEND INC: $95k → 14%MEND INC: $80k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $85k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $65k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $60k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $60k → 14%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

NH
IL
WI
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$43M · 284 repeat orgs$478k to everyone else

284 repeat relationships: 252 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

284
23

Total granted

$43M
$309k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+70%

Still filing today

49%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $169k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentReligionFood & NutritionOther
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

  • DE
    DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +34%
  • MS
    MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +10%
  • CP
    COUNSELING PARTNERS OF LOS ANGELES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $988k · revenue +171% · 32% of their budget

Funded once

  • AO
    ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • VD
    VERBUM DEI HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $48k
  • LR
    LA REINA HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $23k
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
Family Promise of Los Angeles

Family promise of the south bay assists families experiencing housing insecurity with short-term shelter, case management, and navigation with the goal of creating a sustainable solution for their family.

Human Services
2
Interval House

The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…

Human Services
3
Los Angeles Youth Network

Youth Emerging Stronger (YES) empowers young people, between ages of 12 and 24 within Los Angeles County, including but not limited to run-away and homeless youth. YES mission is to end homelessness one youth at a time to become…

Human Services
4
Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services

To provide comprehensive, family-centered social, educational and behavioral health services that encourage children, adolescents and their families to lead self reliant, stable and productive lives.

Human Services
5
Mercy House Living Centers

Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…

Housing & Shelter
6
Hillsides

We are a premier provider dedicated to healing children and young adults, strengthening families, and transforming communities through quality comprehensive services and advocacy. we envision a world in which children and young adults,…

Human Services
7
Mary's Shelter

Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
8
Instituto De Educacion Popular Del Sur De California

strengthening the leadership and workforce skills of Day Laborers and Domestic Workers. through 5 Day Labor Centers, Workers Health Program & Mujeres en Accion using Education & outreach empowerment tools

Unclassified
9
Colette's Children's Home Inc

Colettes childrens home provides housing and supportive services to homeless women and children with nowhere to turn. we work to remove the barriers that cause displacement and provide the means for transition from homelessness to stable…

Housing & Shelter
10
End Homelessness California

To build capacity and community engagement to better serve the most vulnerable population suffering poverty and the homeless crisis.

Human Services
11
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
12
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law

Harriett buhai center for family law is a non-profit corporation organized in 1984 that ensures meaningful access to justice in the family law system by providing free legal services, education, and advocacy for low-income residents of los…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest; the most unlike its peers is Doheny Eye Institute. 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

155 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. 155 of the 318 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
44
Early backer (in before they grew)
153/155
Grantees still filing
129/155
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARCHDIOCESE OF LADEPARTMENT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: $1,930,000 · OtherARCHDIOCESE OF LADEPARTMENT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLSDOHENY EYE INSTITUTE: $1,800,000 · OtherDOHENY EYE INSTITUTE+146 more: $23,058,250 · Other+146 moreALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $645,000 · Human ServicesALEXANDRIA HOUSEUNION RESCUE MISSION: $546,000 · Human ServicesUNION RESCUE MISSI…MEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity: $510,000 · Human ServicesMEND - Meet Each N…Proyecto Pastoral: $505,000 · Human ServicesProyecto PastoralMARYVALE: $487,500 · Human ServicesMARYVALECATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $435,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES…LOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTH: $397,000 · Human ServicesLOS ANGELES HOUSE …St Anne's Family Services: $390,000 · Human ServicesSt Anne's Family S…ST JOSEPH CENTER: $335,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $322,500 · Human ServicesHarvest Home Inc: $245,500 · Human ServicesCLARIS HEALTH: $220,000 · Human Services+13 more: $1,248,500 · Human Services+13 moreMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY: $1,006,000 · EducationLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $755,000 · EducationST MONICA ACADEMY INC: $157,000 · EducationPUENTE LEARNING CENTER: $115,000 · EducationNEIGHBORHOOD HOMEWORK HOUSE: $110,000 · EducationMAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS INC: $90,000 · EducationSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $90,000 · Education+1 more: $80,000 · EducationOUTREACH CONCERN INC: $656,000 · HealthWESTSIDE INFANT-FAMILY NETWORK: $135,000 · HealthKIDS COMMUNITY CLINIC OF BURBANK: $120,000 · HealthCenter for Restorative Justice Works: $102,000 · HealthCROSSROADS INC: $97,000 · HealthSHIELDS FOR FAMILIES: $90,000 · HealthST JOHN OF GOD RETIREMENT AND CARE CENTER: $85,000 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $79,000 · HealthAvenues Pregnancy Clinic: $72,000 · HealthSALESIAN FAMILY YOUTH CENTER: $483,500 · Youth DevelopmentHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $280,000 · Youth DevelopmentJohn Burton Advocates for Youth: $112,500 · Youth DevelopmentHEALING HEARTS RESTORING HOPE: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTRIVE FOUNDATION: $93,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOUNSELING PARTNERS OF LOS ANGELES: $988,000 · Public BenefitCATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE: $179,000 · ReligionJESUIT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $172,500 · ReligionIGNATIANS WEST: $72,000 · ReligionSAINT EDWARD RETREAT CENTER: $65,000 · Religion
Other$26,788,250Human Services$6,287,000Education$2,403,000Health$1,436,000Youth Development$1,069,000Public Benefit$988,000Religion$488,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetDOHENY EYE INSTITUTE: $1,800,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY: $1,006,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOUNSELING PARTNERS OF LOS ANGELES: $988,000 over 5y, 32% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $755,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOUTREACH CONCERN INC: $656,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $645,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $546,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity: $510,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetProyecto Pastoral: $505,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetMARYVALE: $487,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSALESIAN FAMILY YOUTH CENTER: $483,500 over 5y, 16% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $435,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSt Francis Center: $408,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetLOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTH: $397,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetSt Anne's Family Services: $390,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetST JOSEPH CENTER: $335,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $322,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $280,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC: $280,000 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetDOOR OF HOPE: $253,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $250,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetDEPAUL USA INC: $247,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetHarvest Home Inc: $245,500 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetDON BOSCO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE: $223,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCLARIS HEALTH: $220,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetFOSTERALL: $216,500 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetLas Familias Del Pueblo: $212,500 over 5y, 16% of budgetST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN NUTRITION PROGRAM INC: $200,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL: $199,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $185,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE: $179,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetJESUIT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $172,500 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $169,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetOUR LADY QUEEN OF ANGELS HOUSING ALLIANCE: $160,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetST MONICA ACADEMY INC: $157,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $149,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetValley Family Center: $145,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetWESTSIDE INFANT-FAMILY NETWORK: $135,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetKIDS COMMUNITY CLINIC OF BURBANK: $120,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetST BARNABAS SENIOR CENTER OF LOS ANGELES: $115,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetJOURNEY HOUSE INC: $115,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetPUENTE LEARNING CENTER: $115,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetJohn Burton Advocates for Youth: $112,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOMEWORK HOUSE: $110,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetLAKE AVENUE FOUNDATION INC DBA STARS ILLUMINATE EDUCATE ADVOCATE: $109,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $108,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Restorative Justice Works: $102,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetFAMILY HOPE dba ELIZABETH HOUSE: $100,000 over 5y, 1.7% 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.

  • Who funds DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COUNSELING PARTNERS OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OUTREACH CONCERN INC ↗
  • Who funds ALEXANDRIA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds UNION RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds MEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity ↗
  • Who funds Proyecto Pastoral ↗
  • Who funds MARYVALE ↗
  • Who funds SALESIAN FAMILY YOUTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC ↗
  • Who funds St Francis Center ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTH ↗
  • Who funds St Anne's Family Services ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds DOOR OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds DEPAUL USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Harvest Home Inc ↗
  • Who funds DON BOSCO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CLARIS HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds FOSTERALL ↗
  • Who funds Las Familias Del Pueblo ↗

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.

The Ahmanson FoundationCA126.3× affinity70 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ahmanson Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Green Foundation · Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · S Mark Taper Foundation · Shelter Partnership Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    57report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Carrie Estelle Doheny 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 318 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Carrie Estelle Doheny’s filings →

    More from the funding graph