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Conant 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.

$196k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$276kSocial Science$209kYouth Development$175kPublic Safety & Disaster$143kEducation$126kPhilanthropy$125kHealth$89kCivil Rights$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$6.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUNG LIFE$55,000
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$30,000
MONTESSORI CHILDRENS HOUSE AND SCHOOL INC$20,000
REFUGE CHURCH$20,000
FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY$15,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$15,000
YOUNG LIFE$10,000
KIDS IN NEED FOUNDATION$10,000
TOGETHER WE RISE CORPORATION$5,000
HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION$5,000
SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS FOUNDATION OF DALLAS$2,500
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF HUNTINGTON VALLEY$2,500
ST ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$2,000
LIFE IN BALANCE MIND BODY SPIRIT$2,000
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NEWPORT-MESA$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%BOYS' TOWN: $150 → 12%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NEWPORT-MESA: $1k → 10%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NEWPORT-MESA: $1k → 10%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NEWPORT-MESA: $1k → 10%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NEWPORT-MESA: $1k → 10%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NEWPORT-MESA: $1k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $15k → 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

MN
IL
WI
NY
IA
OH
CA
UT
CO
NE
VA
AZ
DC
HI
AL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 33 repeat orgs$204k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
33

Total granted

$1.2M
$124k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+15%

Still filing today

73%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LV
    LUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $209k · revenue +294%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2018–2025 · $143k · revenue +9%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    3× · 2017–2025 · $100k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • LM
    Ligonier Ministries Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -17%
  • CJ
    CENTRAL JEFFCO YOUNG LIFE
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • MM
    MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +2%
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
United States Naval Institute

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.

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2
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
6
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
7
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
8
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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9
Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Inc

Our mission is to support the naval postgraduate school by providing funding and programmatic support for education, research, technology development, institutional initiatives, and community programs that advance national security and…

Education
10
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
11
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.

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12
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Memorial Medical Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. 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

52 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 52 of the 77 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/52
Grantees still filing
33/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

first congregational church of ripon: $213,000 · Otherfirst congregational church of riponLUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC: $209,000 · OtherLUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INCIndividual grant recipient: $121,390 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNADA Foundation: $80,000 · OtherNADA Foundation+42 more: $246,530 · Other+42 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $142,968 · Human ServicesAmerican Nat…+3 more: $10,150 · Human Services+3 moreYOUNG LIFE: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFEBoys and Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley: $30,100 · Youth DevelopmentBoys and G…+1 more: $3,150 · Youth DevelopmentHIGH SCHOOL INC ACADEMIES FOUNDATION: $55,000 · EducationMontessori Childrens House and School Inc: $20,000 · EducationKIDS IN NEED FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationNEWPORT HARBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION C/O EMILY EVANS: $7,275 · Education+4 more: $3,800 · EducationNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GRAHAM RAHAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $13,500 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,800 · PhilanthropyLibertas Network: $55,000 · Public BenefitMEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $8,085 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $6,250 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 · Health+5 more: $2,600 · Health
Other$869,920Human Services$153,118Youth Development$133,250Education$96,075Philanthropy$76,300Public Benefit$55,000Health$34,935

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 budgetLUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC: $209,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $142,968 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNADA Foundation: $80,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetHIGH SCHOOL INC ACADEMIES FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetLibertas Network: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley: $30,100 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GRAHAM RAHAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMontessori Childrens House and School Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE BUCKEYE RANCH FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY: $15,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOC Driven for Success: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSea Star Village: $10,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $8,085 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHY SMILES FOR KIDS OF ORANGE COUNTY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEWPORT HARBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION C/O EMILY EVANS: $7,275 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $6,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO ADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION DBA ADAPTIVE SPORTS & RECREATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssistance League of Newport-Mesa: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG AMERICANS FOR LIBERTY INC: $3,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC: $2,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITTIER CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $2,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLife In Balance: $2,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetNEWPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetORANGE COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORMA J ROSS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCERRITOS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL NATURE CENTER: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIOLA UNIVERSITY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $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.

Orange County Communi…Farmers & Merchants B…Oneroot FoundationThe Devto Support Fou…Edwards Lifesciences …California Community …Renaissance Charitabl…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…
Orange County Community FoundationCA29.1× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Oneroot Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · California Community Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Conant Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Conant Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 77 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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