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Chapman Family 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.

$142k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.3MYouth Development$109kHealth$50kHuman Services$20kFood & Nutrition$15kArts & Culture$15kPhilanthropy$10kRecreation & Sports$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $68k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION$50,000
FLINTRIDGE PREPATORY SCHOOL$38,450
FLYING T CLUB$10,000
OPTIMIST YOUTH HOMES AND FAMILY SERVICES$10,000
HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL$10,000
FOLDS OF HONOR$7,500
GRANTS UNDER 5000$6,400
SAN MARINO SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$5,000
FIVE ACRES$5,000
CHARITABLE DONATION K-1 PASS THRU$1
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 (FY19–20, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FOOTHILL FAMILY SERVICE: $10k → 14%TAKING THE REINS: $10k → 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

NY
IN
CA
CO
VA
DC
OK
TX
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 16 repeat orgs$145k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
24

Total granted

$1.4M
$118k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+41%

Still filing today

50%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
    4× · 2020–2023 · $815k · revenue +42%
  • FP
    FLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
    5× · 2019–2024 · $91k · revenue +30%
  • PH
    Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd
    4× · 2019–2024 · $25k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -7%
  • SM
    SAN MARINO HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • HI
    HATCH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +847%
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
Vistamar School

Vistamar school empowers students, preparing them to contribute and excel in higher education and in life, and commits to: a broad and balanced program that challenges and engages students, building their individual skills and inspiring a…

Education
2
Hollywood Schoolhouse Inc

Hollywood Schoolhouse knows, values, and encourages fearless curiosity. Through a blended program of innovative academics and structured learning, our diverse community inspires students to be academically strong, artistically proud,…

Education
3
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

—
4
The Seven Hills School

The institution provides educational instruction and activities to students ranging from preschool through 8th grade.

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5
Presidio Hill School

Presidio hill school is a co-ed k-8 independent, progressive school. learning is collaborative and an active experience with an emphasis on inquiry. students are engaged in their own learning and guided by an expert faculty through a…

Education
6
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
7
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
8
The Buckley School

The buckley school is a dynamic, nurturing learning community committed to equity and inclusion. our innovative teachers and challenging programs inspire creativity, courage, and collaboration. by promoting a balanced development of mind,…

—
9
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

—
10
San Francisco University High School

At san franicisco university high school, we engage our community of diverse voices in a transformational experience that embraces the spirited pursuit of learning and empowers purpose larger than self.

Education
11
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

—
12
San Francisco Friends School

At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young & Healthy; the most unlike its peers is San Marino Schools Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 44 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)
24/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $815,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGOCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATIONSEMESTER AT SEA: $106,137 · OtherSEMESTER AT SEAGRANTS UNDER 5000: $55,055 · Other+23 more: $151,065 · Other+23 moreFLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $90,500 · EducationFLINTRIDG…San Marino Schools Foundation: $35,000 · EducationSan Marin…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $7,500 · EducationFOLDS OF …+3 more: $3,096 · EducationJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $79,000 · InternationalPasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $25,000 · HealthOptimist Boys' Home and Ranch Inc: $10,000 · HealthYOUNG SURVIVAL COALITION INC: $4,705 · HealthSONGS BY HEART FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Health+2 more: $1,250 · HealthTAKING THE REINS: $10,000 · Human ServicesFoothill Family Service: $10,000 · Human ServicesNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureHATCH INC: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,277,257Education$136,096International$79,000Health$45,455Human Services$20,000Arts & Culture$15,000Food & Nutrition$15,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $815,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $90,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $79,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSan Marino Schools Foundation: $35,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHATCH INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTAKING THE REINS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFoothill Family Service: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOptimist Boys' Home and Ranch Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFive Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN MARINO COMMUNITY ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION: $8,700 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG SURVIVAL COALITION INC: $4,705 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam L Valentine Elementary School Parent Teacher Association: $3,700 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetALTADENA NURSERY SCHOOL INC: $2,496 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCASA TREATMENT CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG & HEALTHY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $100 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.

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.

Silent Partner GrantsThe Rose Hills Founda…Pasadena Community Fo…The Ahmanson Foundati…The Ralph M Parsons F…California Community …Orange County Communi…Gail G Ellis Foundati…Western Asset Managem…The Patron Saints Fou…The Fishbein Family F…Ann Peppers Foundation
Silent Partner GrantsCA26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silent Partner Grants · The Rose Hills Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc · Western Asset Management Company Charitable Foundation · The Patron Saints Foundation · The Fishbein Family Foundation Inc · Ann Peppers Foundation

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 Chapman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chapman Family 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 44 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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