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Chisick 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.

$910k
Granted FY2025still arriving
40
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$555k
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 2025.

Religion$1.5MHuman Services$708kAnimals$330kHealth$151kEducation$123kInternational$105kPhilanthropy$98kFood & Nutrition$86kOther$0
02FY2025 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k26 grants · $105k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $250k
  • $250k+1 grant · $555k
$5,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH COUNTY CHABAD CENTER$555,000
ASPCA$35,000
CATERINA'S CLUB$30,000
ORANGE COUNTY RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$30,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$25,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$20,000
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$20,000
JEWISH COLLABORATIVE OF ORANGE COUN$15,000
FOOD BANK OF EL DORADO COUNTY$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
LONG BEACH SPAY AND NEUTER FOUNDATI$15,000
HANDS FOR HOPE$10,000
ISRAEL AIR FORCE CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
PATRIA CHURCH RANCHO CUCAMONGA$10,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$6,500
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 (FY17–25, $245k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HANDS FOR HOPE: $10k → 8%THE MUSTARD SEED SCHOOL: $10k → 12%BIG CAT RESCUE: $3k → 13%OSWEGO PLAYSCHOOL: $5k → 8%HANDS FOR HOPE: $10k → 8%THE MUSTARD SEED SCHOOL: $5k → 12%BIG CAT RESCUE: $3k → 13%HANDS FOR HOPE: $10k → 8%THE MUSTARD SEED SCHOOL: $3k → 12%BIG CAT RESCUE: $3k → 13%HANDS FOR HOPE: $8k → 8%BIG CAT RESCUE: $3k → 13%HANDS FOR HOPE: $8k → 8%ST JOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE: $5k → 12%BIG CAT RESCUE: $3k → 13%HANDS FOR HOPE: $8k → 8%ST JOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE: $5k → 12%BIG CAT RESCUE: $3k → 13%HANDS FOR HOPE: $8k → 8%ST JOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE: $5k → 12%BIG CAT RESCUE: $3k → 13%HANDS FOR HOPE: $5k → 8%ST JOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE: $3k → 12%ST JOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE: $3k → 12%HANDS FOR HOPE: $5k → 8%CATERINA'S CLUB: $30k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $20k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $13k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $10k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $10k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $10k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $10k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $10k → 10%THE ELI HOME: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
OR
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
MD
NM
KS
AR
TN
DC
HI
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 52 repeat orgs$431k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

52 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
52

Total granted

$2.8M
$412k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+34%

Still filing today

65%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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
Human ServicesInternationalAnimalsHealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    8× · 2017–2025 · $129k · revenue +17%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $128k · revenue +80%
  • CC
    CATERINAS CLUB
    8× · 2018–2025 · $113k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +34%
  • IR
    INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS
    one grant, 2019 · $12k · revenue +9%
  • CS
    CAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC F
    one grant, 2017 · $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
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
2
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
3
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

The organization's mission is to mobilize resources to fight hunger in our community. to fulfill its mission, the food bank:* sources and acquires nutritious food and other products and distribute them to people experiencing nutrition…

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4
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
5
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
6
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
7
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
8
Hollywood Food Coalition

Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…

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9
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
10
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
11
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
12
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Valley Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Hua Momona 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

53 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. 53 of the 111 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/53
Grantees still filing
38/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTH COUNTY CHABAD CENTER: $979,000 · OtherNORTH COUNTY CHABAD CENTERRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $129,010 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAIndividual grant recipient: $112,500 · OtherLONG BEACH SPAY AND NEUTER FOUNDATION: $90,000 · Other+75 more: $993,500 · Other+75 moreCATERINAS CLUB: $112,500 · Human ServicesCATERINAS C…HANDS FOR HOPE: $70,000 · Human ServicesHANDS FOR H…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $62,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WAR…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $37,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…SAINT JOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE: $20,000 · Human ServicesSAINT JOHN'…BIG CAT RESCUE CORP: $17,500 · Human ServicesSACRAMENTO LOAVES & FISHES: $17,500 · Human Services+2 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $127,500 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $12,000 · AnimalsPUPPY FOOD BANK: $10,000 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $10,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $7,500 · AnimalsST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $110,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 · HealthEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $12,500 · HealthSAVING SOPHIE INC: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $67,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,000 · PhilanthropyNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $11,000 · PhilanthropyISRAEL AIRFORCE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $12,500 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $12,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $7,500 · InternationalPENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED: $5,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · InternationalSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $52,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION: $11,000 · EducationORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $3,500 · Education
Other$2,304,010Human Services$344,500Animals$167,000Health$143,500Philanthropy$140,500International$92,000Education$66,500

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 budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $129,010 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $127,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCATERINAS CLUB: $112,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $110,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLONG BEACH SPAY AND NEUTER FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 9y, 17% of budgetHANDS FOR HOPE: $70,000 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $67,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $62,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $52,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL AIRFORCE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc: $48,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFood Bank of El Dorado County: $42,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $37,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $35,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $25,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $25,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION GRATITUDE INC: $24,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDLY CENTER INC: $21,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE: $20,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTwin Lakes Food Bank: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $18,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBIG CAT RESCUE CORP: $17,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPUPPY FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFISHER HOUSE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTURPENTINE CREEK FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSICAL THEATRE ORANGE COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetOSWEGO PLAY SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUA MOMONA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCharity On Wheels Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELI HOME INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPKD Foundation: $2,500 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 RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds CATERINAS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds LONG BEACH SPAY AND NEUTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HANDS FOR HOPE ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL AIRFORCE CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Interfaith Community Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank of El Dorado County ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds A PLACE CALLED HOME ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC ↗
  • Who funds Orange County Rescue Mission Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION GRATITUDE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDLY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT JOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGE ↗
  • Who funds Twin Lakes Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG CAT RESCUE CORP ↗
  • Who funds SACRAMENTO LOAVES & FISHES ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗

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.

Jewish Community Foun…Orange County Communi…O L Halsell FoundationSamueli FoundationCalifornia Foundation…Jewish Community Foun…The Albertsons Compan…American Endowment Fo…Edward Jones Foundati…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Verizon Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation of Orange CountyCA17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County · Orange County Community Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · Samueli Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Verizon 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 Chisick Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chisick Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 111 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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