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Coull 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.

$522k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Health$823kEducation$687kHuman Services$394kReligion$347kPhilanthropy$167kArts & Culture$90kYouth Development$80kCivil Rights$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $174k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $340k
$30,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$9.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DO NO HARM$100,000
PROVIDENCE LCM WOMEN AND CHILDREN$75,000
SARATOGA SPONSOR A SCHOLAR$65,000
TORRANCE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$50,000
FIRST CHANCE FOUNDATION$50,000
THE HAWLEY FOUNDATION$35,000
CHILDREN TODAY LONG BEACH$30,000
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$25,000
THE SALVATION ARMY - JUST BRASS$24,238
CHILDREN OF FALLEN PATRIOTS FOUNDATION$20,000
SECURE BEGINNINGS$15,000
JAKES HELP FROM HEAVEN$15,000
LONG BEACH SYMPHONY$10,000
THE LOS ANGELES CHALLENGE$7,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–22, $173k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SECURE BEGINNINGS: $7k → 10%NAN TOLBERT NURTURING CENTER: $5k → 10%SECURE BEGINNINGS: $5k → 10%NAN TOLBERT NURTURING CENTER: $3k → 10%NAN TOLBERT NURTURING CENTER: $3k → 10%WATTS LABOR COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE: $1k → 14%CHILDREN TODAY: $25k → 14%CHILDREN TODAY: $25k → 14%CHILDREN TODAY: $25k → 14%CHILDREN TODAY: $25k → 14%CHILDREN TODAY: $25k → 14%CHILDREN TODAY: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.5M · 22 repeat orgs$152k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +49% since the first grant, against +46% for the ones you funded once.

22 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
14

Total granted

$2.5M
$127k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+46%

Still filing today

55%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionPublic Safety & DisasterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SS
    SARATOGA SPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR
    8× · 2017–2024 · $300k · revenue +49%
  • DN
    DO NO HARM
    2× · 2023–2024 · $175k · revenue +102%
  • CT
    Children Today Inc
    6× · 2017–2022 · $150k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +11%
  • JW
    JIRRAHLINGA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY- AUSTRALIA
    one grant, 2020 · $14k
  • AW
    A WINDOW BETWEEN WORLDSgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +80%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
Partners for Pediatric Vision

To turn possibilities into achievements for children with visual impairment and their families. we envision a world where all children with visual impairment have equal access to healthcare,education, and support to be successful in life.

Health
3
Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services

To provide comprehensive, family-centered social, educational and behavioral health services that encourage children, adolescents and their families to lead self reliant, stable and productive lives.

Human Services
4
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
5
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
6
Brighter Beginnings

Brighter beginnings was formed to provide various perinatal services to eligible recipients throughout the use of a network of case management service agencies and in-house staff. brighter beginnings offers its services to eligible…

Health
7
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
8
Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco

PPS-SF's mission is to promote the fundamental value of public education and pursue the success of every public school by sharing knowledge, bridging communities, and informing policy.

9
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
10
Los Angeles Mission College Foundation

The specific purpose for which the los angeles mission college foundation has been established is to advance the college's educational and cultural goals.

11
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles

To provide convenient and affordable access to a comprehensive range of quality reproductive health care and sexual health information through patient services, education, and advocacy.

Health
12
Trauma Informed La
Civil Rights

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Switzer Learning Center and the most unlike its peers is Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%9%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr17%32%20–35yr11%27%35–55yr13%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%12%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr17%38%20–35yr11%44%35–55yr13%1%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 12% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/24
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,954

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PROVIDENCE LCM WOMEN AND CHILDREN — $345,700 · OtherPROVIDENCE LCM WOMEN AND CHILDRENFIRST CHANCE FOUNDATION — $280,000 · OtherFIRST CHANCE FOUNDATIONUSC NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER — $200,000 · OtherUSC NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTERTHE HAWLEY FOUNDATION — $167,000 · OtherTHE HAWLEY FOUNDATIONJUST BRASS SALVATION ARMY — $80,987 · OtherJUST BRASS SALVATION ARMYLONG BEACH SYMPHONY — $70,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY - JUST BRASS — $68,952 · OtherCHILDREN TODAY LONG BEACH — $55,000 · Other+13 more — $114,650 · Other+13 moreTorrance Memorial Medical Center Health Care Foundation — $370,000 · HealthTorrance Memorial M…JAKE'S HELP FROM HEAVEN INC — $70,000 · HealthJAKE'S HELP FROM HE…+2 more — $8,000 · HealthSARATOGA SPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR — $300,350 · Arts & CultureSARATOGA SPON…+2 more — $20,000 · Arts & Culture+2 moreChildren Today Inc — $150,000 · Human ServicesSECURE BEGINNINGS — $47,000 · Human Services+1 more — $1,000 · Human ServicesDO NO HARM — $175,000 · Public Safety & DisasterChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation — $30,000 · EducationLOS ANGELES CHALLENGE CORPORATION — $26,500 · EducationTropical Health Alliance Foundation — $19,000 · EducationPENINSULA LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC — $50,000 · Civil Rights
Other$1,382,289Health$448,000Arts & Culture$320,350Human Services$198,000Public Safety & Disaster$175,000Education$85,500Civil Rights$50,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTorrance Memorial Medical Center Health Care Foundation — $370,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetSARATOGA SPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR — $300,350 over 8y, 16% of budgetFIRST CHANCE FOUNDATION — $280,000 over 8y, 52% of budgetDO NO HARM — $175,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetChildren Today Inc — $150,000 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetJAKE'S HELP FROM HEAVEN INC — $70,000 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECURE BEGINNINGS — $47,000 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES CHALLENGE CORPORATION — $26,500 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTropical Health Alliance Foundation — $19,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetA WINDOW BETWEEN WORLDS — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPENINSULA LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSWITZER LEARNING CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BEACON HOUSE ASSOCIATION OF SAN PEDRO — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDANAO ASSOCIATION USA INC — $1,650 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetPENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATTS LABOR COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssistance League of San Pedro-South Bay — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Torrance Memorial Medical Center Health Care Foundation
  • Who funds SARATOGA SPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR
  • Who funds FIRST CHANCE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds DO NO HARM
  • Who funds Children Today Inc
  • Who funds JAKE'S HELP FROM HEAVEN INC
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC
  • Who funds SECURE BEGINNINGS
  • Who funds Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES CHALLENGE CORPORATION
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Tropical Health Alliance Foundation
  • Who funds A WINDOW BETWEEN WORLDS
  • Who funds PENINSULA LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds PALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION
  • Who funds SWITZER LEARNING CENTER
  • Who funds MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH NOW INC
  • Who funds THE BEACON HOUSE ASSOCIATION OF SAN PEDRO
  • Who funds DANAO ASSOCIATION USA INC
  • Who funds PENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED
  • Who funds WATTS LABOR COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE
  • Who funds Assistance League of San Pedro-South Bay

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris FoundationCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris Foundation · California Community Foundation · John Gogian Family Foundation · Keesal Young & Logan Charitable Foundation · The Crail-Johnson Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Coull Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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