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Cassar Family Foundation

The organization is dedicated to aid and assist charitable organizations, such as, but not limited to, promoting education, scientific research, care for the sick and elderly, and prevention of cruelty to children and animals.

$94k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Human Services$338kArts & Culture$309kEducation$236kHealth$126kYouth Development$17kPhilanthropy$17kHousing & Shelter$12kReligion$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $88k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$40k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REGENTS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES$30,000
CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES$22,500
FIVE STAR THEATRICALS$20,000
NEW WEST SYMPHONY$15,000
SENIOR CONCERNS$5,000
WILDLAND RESIDENT ASSOCIATION$1,000
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, $338k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $131k → 10%CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $29k → 10%CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $28k → 10%CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $23k → 10%CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $20k → 10%CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $16k → 10%CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $15k → 10%CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $15k → 10%CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $9k → 10%SENIOR CONCERNS: $15k → 10%SENIOR CONCERNS: $10k → 10%SENIOR CONCERNS: $10k → 10%SENIOR CONCERNS: $5k → 10%SENIOR CONCERNS: $5k → 10%SENIOR CONCERNS: $4k → 10%SENIOR CONCERNS: $3k → 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$930k · 10 repeat orgs$128k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
13

Total granted

$930k
$127k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-2%
+145%

Still filing today

80%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CV
    CONEJO VALLEY SENIOR CONCERNS INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $52k · revenue +12%
  • CS
    CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY VALLEY VENTURA/SANTA BARBARA INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $38k · revenue +41%
  • CL
    CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • BN
    BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $80k · revenue +63%
  • SR
    SKID ROW HOUSING TRUSTgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue +234%
  • WV
    Westlake Village Rotary Unrestricted Charitable Fo
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
2
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
3
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
4
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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5
California Pacific Medical Center 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
6
Socal Symphony Society

The Culver City Symphony Orchestra strives to enlighten and inspire the diverse citizenry of Culver City and the Los Angeles area through the presentation of orchestral music concerts, to present works of American composers, and to…

Arts & Culture
7
Usc Health System

The Corporation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for public and charitable purposes. The Corporation is…

Health
8
Sutter Coast Hospital

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
9
Scripps Health

Founded in 1924 by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, Scripps Health is a $4.9 billion, private not-for-profit integrated health system in San Diego, Ca. (see Sch O)

Health
10
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

—
11
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.

Education
12
California Youth Symphony Association

The mission of the California Youth Symphony (CYS) is to serve the community while providing talented young musicians with the finest musical experience and the opportunity for personal growth through the training and performance of…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Skid Row Housing Trust; the most unlike its peers is Philanthropy International. 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

20 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. 20 of the 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families: $286,032 · Human ServicesCasa Pacifica Centers for Children …CONEJO VALLEY SENIOR CONCERNS INC: $51,900 · Human ServicesCONEJO VALLEY SENIOR CONCERNS INCCABRILLO MUSIC THEATRE INC: $188,000 · Arts & CultureCABRILLO MUSIC THEATRE INCNEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $87,850 · Arts & CultureNEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONTHOUSAND OAKS ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS: $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHOUSAND OAKS ALLIANCE FOR THE A…+2 more: $2,920 · Arts & CultureREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA: $215,000 · OtherREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIACANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY VALLEY VENTURA/SANTA BARBARA INC: $37,880 · OtherCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY VALL…Westlake Village Rotary Unrestricted Charitable Fo: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $14,500 · OtherBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $80,000 · HealthBARROW NE…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 · HealthST JUDE C…+1 more: $500 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationBEACON HILL CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC: $1,000 · EducationSKID ROW HOUSING TRUST: $12,000 · PhilanthropyPhilanthropy International: $6,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyBoys & Girls Club of Greater Conejo Valley Inc: $17,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY CONSCIENCE: $1,500 · Community Improvement
Human Services$337,932Arts & Culture$308,770Other$277,380Health$86,500Education$21,000Philanthropy$18,500Youth Development$17,000Community Improvement$1,500

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 budgetCasa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families: $286,032 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCABRILLO MUSIC THEATRE INC: $188,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetNEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $87,850 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCONEJO VALLEY SENIOR CONCERNS INC: $51,900 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY VALLEY VENTURA/SANTA BARBARA INC: $37,880 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetTHOUSAND OAKS ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS: $30,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Conejo Valley Inc: $17,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSKID ROW HOUSING TRUST: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhilanthropy International: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIECE BY PIECE: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY CONSCIENCE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBEACON HILL CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConejo Players Inc: $920 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF SANTA BARBARA SUNRISE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

Ventura County Commun…Conrad N Hilton Found…Sherwood Country Club…Sempra FoundationHogan Family Foundati…California Community …Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
Ventura County Community FoundationCA19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ventura County Community Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Sherwood Country Club Charitable Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Hogan Family Foundation Inc · California Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Cassar Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cassar Family 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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

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    How do I get to Cassar Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Cassar 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 25 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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