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Champion Family Foundation at a glance

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Champion Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$272k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$106k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$605kHealth$293kAnimals$175kHuman Services$164kCrime & Legal$145kFood & Nutrition$139kArts & Culture$124kEducation$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $106k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$6.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Homes for our Troops$106,000
Individual grant recipient$35,000
Syria Foundation$25,000
Syrian American Med Soceity Foundat$25,000
Placentia K9 Foundation$10,000
Animal Relief Fund$10,000
NDR Therapeutic Riding$10,000
Pauly's Project$8,000
Country Strong Project$7,500
Assistance Legue of Covina$7,500
Pomona Valley Hospital$5,000
Mary Roberts Pet Rescue$5,000
Vietnam Veterans Memoral Wall$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,900
Jessie Rees Foundation - NEGU$3,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $49k) 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%Las Vegas Rescue Mission: $5k → 13%Safe House: $4k → 13%Pauly's Project: $12k → 14%Safe House: $1k → 13%Pauly's Project: $9k → 14%Pauly's Project: $8k → 14%Pauly's Project: $5k → 14%Pauly's Project: $5k → 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

MA
NV
IA
CA
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 35 repeat orgs$230k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
31

Total granted

$1.8M
$167k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
-8%

Still filing today

31%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k 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
HealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionAnimalsHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
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

  • HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $561k · revenue +68%
  • CW
    COVINA WOMANS CLUB
    6× · 2019–2025 · $109k · revenue +198% · 53% of their budget
  • SP
    SHEPHERDS PANTRY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $88k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • KP
    K-9 Partners of Covina
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -35% · 38% of their budget
  • FK
    FOREVER KIDS
    one grant, 2021 · $13k · revenue +22%
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
Hope Ranch Animal Sanctuary

Animal rescue

Animals
2
Phil Anthropy House

The organization provides vacant houses to be utilized for the purpose of facilitating philanthropic programs. Each house serves as a venue to conduct a non-profit program; a variety of philanthropic program can be run out of any of our…

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3
Afghan Hound Rescue of So California Inc

Afghan Hound Rescue of So. California, Inc. is organized to support our mission to rescue stray, abandoned, relinquished and/ or impounded Afghan Hounds by raising funds, conducting events, and recruiting volunteers.

Animals
4
Palomino Valley Pet Rescue Inc

To rescue, rehabilitate and rehome companion animals from high-kill shelters or owner surrenders. We also hole low cost vaccine clinics for ur communities animals who would otherwise not be able to afford them. We also help feed our…

Animals
5
Soulas Way Animal Rescue

To rescue animals, with last chances at local, Southern California animal shelters. Once rescued, we rehabilitate the animals to make for a smoother transition to their forever homes. We strive to connect the animals we rescue with the…

Animals
6
Ranch Rescue Team

Rescue, provide vet care and rehome dogs

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7
Humane Society Silicon Valley

At humane society silicon valley, our mission is to save lives, keep families together, and create a better future for pets and their people.(see schedule o for continuation)

Animals
8
Wolfe Ranch Rescue
Animals
9
Friends of Orange Countys Homeless Pets

Friends of Orange County's Homeless Pets (FOCHP) is a licensed 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our mission is to make homeless and unwanted pets more adoptable and provide them the opportunity to find lifelong families. This mission…

Animals
10
Victory Mission

To operate and maintain a rescue mission at Salinas, California provide Job training

Human Services
11
Valley of the Sun Dog Rescue

Rescue Dogs and place them in safe homes

Animals
12
California Coastal Horse Rescue

To help end neglect and abuse to horses

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Forever Kids; the most unlike its peers is Paulys Project. 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 74 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COVINA WOMANS CLUB: $108,623 · OtherCOVINA WOMANS CLUBEmante Health Foundation: $105,500 · OtherEmante Health FoundationIndividual grant recipient: $89,164 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPlacentia K9 Foundation: $80,000 · OtherPlacentia K9 FoundationMary Roberts Pet Rescue: $72,000 · OtherMary Roberts Pet RescueIndividual grant recipient: $58,650 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $57,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $55,555 · OtherProject 29-11: $48,060 · OtherCal Poly Pomona: $41,590 · Other+50 more: $390,735 · Other+50 moreHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $561,482 · Housing & ShelterHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INCPomona Valley Hospital Medical Center: $70,000 · HealthNDR THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $55,000 · HealthJessie Rees Foundation: $28,400 · Health+2 more: $2,900 · HealthSHEPHERDS PANTRY: $87,500 · Food & NutritionACTION Food Pantry: $48,500 · Food & NutritionPAULYS PROJECT: $39,000 · Human ServicesLAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HOUSE INC: $4,876 · Human ServicesANIMAL RELIEF FUND INC: $25,000 · AnimalsTRINITY THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $10,000 · AnimalsK-9 Partners of Covina: $25,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,107,377Housing & Shelter$561,482Health$156,300Food & Nutrition$136,000Human Services$48,876Animals$35,000Crime & Legal$25,000

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 budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $561,482 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCOVINA WOMANS CLUB: $108,623 over 6y, 53% of budgetSHEPHERDS PANTRY: $87,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetPomona Valley Hospital Medical Center: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNDR THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $55,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetACTION Food Pantry: $48,500 over 5y, 20% of budgetPAULYS PROJECT: $39,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetJessie Rees Foundation: $28,400 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL RELIEF FUND INC: $25,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetK-9 Partners of Covina: $25,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetFOREVER KIDS: $12,598 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetCOVINA ROTARY CHARITIES: $5,450 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetPacific Railroad Society: $5,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTHE GABRIEL HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE HOUSE INC: $4,876 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $500 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 HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds COVINA WOMANS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERDS PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds NDR THERAPEUTIC RIDING ↗
  • Who funds ACTION Food Pantry ↗
  • Who funds PAULYS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Jessie Rees Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL RELIEF FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds K-9 Partners of Covina ↗
  • Who funds FOREVER KIDS ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COVINA ROTARY CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds Pacific Railroad 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Joseph & Katherin…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
The Joseph & Katherine Castucci FoundationCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Joseph & Katherine Castucci Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–5%
    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 74 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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