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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 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 2024.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
FIRST CHANCE FOUNDATION$50,000
TORRANCE MEMORIAL 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
JAKES HELP FROM HEAVEN$15,000
SECURE BEGINNINGS$15,000
LONG BEACH SYMPHONY$10,000
THE LOS ANGELES CHALLENGE$7,500
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 (FY17–22, $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 its 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
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.
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +46% for those 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
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

  • 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
  • SL
    SWITZER LEARNING CENTER
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -6%
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Switzer Learning Center; 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.
04the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 37 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.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetSWITZER LEARNING CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetA WINDOW BETWEEN WORLDS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPENINSULA LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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
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 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 SWITZER LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds A WINDOW BETWEEN WORLDS ↗
  • Who funds PALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds PENINSULA LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • 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 ↗

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.

The Kenneth T and Eil…California Community …John Gogian Family Fo…Keesal Young & Logan …The Crail-Johnson Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…
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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's 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, 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 37 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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