· Private foundation
Christen C and Ben H Garrett 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $43k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $127k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $351k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CSULB FOUNDATION | $232,658 |
| CSULB FOUNDATION | $61,900 |
| CRESTVIEW PREPARATORY SCHOOL | $56,000 |
| CHILD EDUCATIONAL CENTER (CEC) | $37,000 |
| SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION | $22,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL BIRD RESCUE | $17,000 |
| HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| ALTADENA MOUNTAIN RESCUE | $10,000 |
| MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM | $10,000 |
| ELIZABETH HOUSE | $6,000 |
| DOWNHILL DERELICTS FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
| ROSE BOWL AQUATIC CENTER | $5,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF PASADENA | $5,000 |
| WESTRIDGE SCHOOL | $4,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $211k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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.
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.
45 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CEChild Education Center8× · 2017–2024 · $143k · revenue +44%
- IBINTERNATIONAL BIRD RESCUE9× · 2017–2025 · $116k · revenue +137%
- CPCRESTVIEW PREPARATORY SCHOOL2× · 2024–2025 · $81k · revenue +35%
Funded once
- CSCAL STATE UNIV LONG BEACH NATURALSCone grant, 2024 · $27k
- PHPASADENA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION LTD DBA HUNTINGTON HOSPITALone grant, 2017 · $13k
- CSCAL STATE UNIV LONG BEACHone 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.
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.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
The institute is dedicated to scientific research, the results of which are used to promote public awareness and education in the areas of conservation biology and ecology,including the wise use of natural resources.
The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…
The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.
The catalina island conservancy protects and stewards 88% of catalina island. more than 42,000 acres of wildlands, coves and coastal habitats. founded to preserve the island's natural resources, the conservancy advances a mission rooted in…
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…
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.
The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
How this is measured
36 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. 36 of the 70 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
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 Child Education Center ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL BIRD RESCUE ↗
- Who funds CRESTVIEW PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd ↗
- Who funds Coastal Corridor Alliance ↗
- Who funds The Altadena Mountain Rescue Team ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds CHILD EDUCATIONAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Inc ↗
- Who funds POPULATION CONNECTION ↗
- Who funds International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds SURFAID INTERNATIONAL USA ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES ARBORETUM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ROSE BOWL AQUATICS CENTER ↗
- Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
- Who funds XERCES SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Claremont Graduate University ↗
- Who funds MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ENGENDERHEALTH INC ↗
- Who funds DOWNHILL DERELICTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds South Bay Wildlife Rehab and Educ ↗
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: Pasadena Community Foundation · Ann Peppers Foundation · Western Asset Management Company Charitable Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Christen C and Ben H Garrett Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Christen C and Ben H Garrett Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
How this is measured
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