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Cdvsj 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.

$580k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$180k
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 2024.

Education$4.9MArts & Culture$9kAnimals$2k
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $175k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $394k
$30,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$180,000
SCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART SAN FRANCISCO$90,000
CASTILLEJA SCHOOL$73,500
PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY$50,000
LOYOLA ACADEMY$45,200
ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY$40,000
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY$30,000
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$20,000
HORACE MANN SCHOOL$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND$10,000
ARCHBISHOP RYAN HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OF ST LOUIS$4,000
NY MAIRONIS LITHUANIAN SCHOOL$2,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CASTILLEJA SCHOOL: $80k → 8%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $180k → 16%HORACE MANN SCHOOL: $165k → 28%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS: $50k → 11%LOYOLA ACADEMY: $50k → 14%PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $50k → 5%CASTILLEJA SCHOOL: $74k → 8%SAN FRANCISCO WALDORF SCHOOL: $150k → 10%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $121k → 16%HORACE MANN SCHOOL: $150k → 28%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS: $50k → 11%LOYOLA ACADEMY: $50k → 14%PHILIP EXETER ACADEMY: $50k → 5%CASTILLEJA SCHOOL: $74k → 8%SCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART SAN FRANCISCO: $90k → 10%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $113k → 16%HORACE MANN SCHOOL: $147k → 28%LOYOLA ACADEMY: $50k → 14%PHILIP EXETER ACADEMY: $50k → 5%SAN FRANCISCO WALDORF SCHOOL: $55k → 10%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $104k → 16%HORACE MANN SCHOOL: $147k → 28%LOYOLA ACADEMY: $45k → 14%PHILIP EXETER ACADEMY: $50k → 5%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $95k → 16%HORACE MANN SCHOOL: $146k → 28%LOYOLA ACADEMY: $45k → 14%PHILIP EXETER ACADEMY: $50k → 5%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $94k → 16%HORACE MANN SCHOOL: $145k → 28%LOYOLA ACADEMY: $45k → 14%PHILIP EXETER ACADEMY: $50k → 5%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $70k → 16%HORACE MANN SCHOOL: $121k → 28%PHILIP EXETER ACADEMY: $50k → 5%ALTA VISTA SCHOOL: $50k → 10%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $65k → 16%PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $50k → 5%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $150k → 22%SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY: $80k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $150k → 22%SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY: $50k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $102k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $100k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $100k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50k → 22%ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $50k → 22%ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $50k → 22%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 17 repeat orgs$167k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
4

Total granted

$4.1M
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+74%

Still filing today

59%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • HM
    Horace Mann School
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +21%
  • Cornell University
    8× · 2017–2024 · $842k · revenue +59%
  • PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $400k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • AV
    ALTA VISTA SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +8%
  • TM
    THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +74%
  • CF
    CONWAY FARMS GOLF CLUB FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +91%
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
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
2
Hillsdale College

Hillsdale college is a private liberal arts college with approximately 1,500 students. founded in 1844, the college remains, in the words of its articles of association, "grateful to god for the inestimable blessings resulting from the…

Education
3
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
4
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
5
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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6
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
7
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
8
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
9
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
10
Seton Hill University

Comprehensive institution of higher learning providing undergraduate and graduate student education.

Education
11
Pomona College

Throughout its history, pomona college has educated men and women of exceptional promise. we gather individuals, regardless of financial circumstances, into a small residential community that is strongly rooted in southern california yet…

Education
12
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trustees of Deerfield Academy; the most unlike its peers is The Tom Gold Dance Foundation 51 West 81ST Street. 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

15 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. 15 of the 24 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)
15/15
Grantees still filing
14/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Horace Mann School: $1,035,150 · EducationHorace Mann SchoolCornell University: $842,292 · EducationCornell UniversityTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $652,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAPHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $400,000 · EducationPHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMYCASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $312,000 · EducationCASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATIONPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $245,000 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGESAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $235,000 · EducationSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY+4 more: $200,900 · EducationSAN FRANCISCO WALDORF SCHOOL: $315,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO WALDORF S…LOYOLA ACADEMY: $310,400 · OtherLOYOLA ACADEMYEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $135,000 · OtherEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATI…SCHOOLS OF THE SACRED HEART-SAN FRANCISCO: $90,000 · OtherSCHOOLS OF THE SACRED H…REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $56,250 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSI…DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $55,000 · OtherDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSH…+5 more: $63,900 · Other+5 moreTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $6,440 · Arts & CultureBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $2,000 · Animals
Education$3,922,342Other$1,025,550Arts & Culture$6,440Animals$2,000

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 budgetHorace Mann School: $1,035,150 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $842,292 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $652,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $400,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $312,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $245,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $235,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $114,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $55,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetALTA VISTA SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY: $33,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $6,440 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONWAY FARMS GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION: $3,900 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTHE TOM GOLD DANCE FOUNDATION 51 WEST 81ST STREET: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $2,000 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.

  • Who funds Horace Mann School ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds CASTILLEJA SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds ALTA VISTA SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds CONWAY FARMS GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TOM GOLD DANCE FOUNDATION 51 WEST 81ST STREET ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…
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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 Cdvsj Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cdvsj Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–20%
    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 24 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.

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