· Private foundation
Cecile Stephens Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VOCAL MUSIC PARENTS ASSOCIATION | $5,336 |
| INTERVAL HOUSE | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| AMANDA GILLIS FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| BEYOND BLINDNESS | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| COVENANT HOUSE | $2,000 |
| SEAL BEACH ANIMAL SHELTER | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 50 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BBBEYOND BLINDNESS8× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +68%
INTERVAL HOUSE8× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +18%- CHCOVENANT HOUSE8× · 2017–2024 · $16k · revenue +34%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $10k
- LALos Alamitos Youth Centergraduatedone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +41%
- WWWOMEN WHO WELDone grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +15%
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.
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.
Covenant house is dedicated to serving all of god's children with absolute respect and unconditional love to help youth experiencing homelessness and to protect and safeguard all youth in need.
We exist to empower the vulnerable who have experienced the breakdown of the family unit through restorative relationships and life-skills development. we serve those who have experienced foster care, domestic abuse, homelessness, and…
Covenant house georgia provides shelters, protects and advocates on behalf of homeless, trafficked, runaway and sexually exploited youth.
Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.
Covenant house texas shelters, protects, and advocates on behalf of homeless, trafficked, and sexually exploited youth.
Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…
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)
Safe nest's mission is to provide comprehensive, collaborative, and innovative services for everyone affected by domestic and sexual violence while passionatley working to end this shared epidemic.
Through a holistic approach to emotional well-being, Wellnest offers hope, healing, and opportunity to the children, young adults, families, and communities we serve. Our commitment remains steadfast as we enter our second century of…
The mission of Wayfinder Family Services is to ensure that children, youth and adults facing challenges always have a place to turn. Founded in 1953 as the Foundation for the Junior Blind, the organization initially enabled visually…
Provides philanthropic programs through volunteer activities based on the needs of the community.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 459 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
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
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 GRACE OPENS DOORS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VOCAL MUSIC PARENTS ASSOCIATION OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds BEYOND BLINDNESS ↗
- Who funds INTERVAL HOUSE ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
- Who funds PRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds MIRACULOUS LOVE KIDS ↗
- Who funds Los Alamitos Youth Center ↗
- Who funds WOMEN WHO WELD ↗
- Who funds ROBYNES NEST ↗
- Who funds NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF FULLERTON ↗
- Who funds COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · Network for Good · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cecile Stephens Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cecile Stephens Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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