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Cox Family Kind Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$85k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What you fund
0184% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172023.

Religion$96kHuman Services$52kEducation$48kPhilanthropy$36kArts & Culture$15kAnimals$6kHealth$1kRecreation & Sports$1kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k4 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $66k
$6,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERVAL HOUSE$26,000
STONECREEK CHURCH$25,000
Individual grant recipient$15,280
BEAUTIFUL JESUS MINISTRIES$6,000
PACIFIC CROSS PREPARATORY$5,000
CROWN CHURCH$5,000
VICTORY CHURCH$2,760
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 (FY17–23, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INTERVAL HOUSE: $26k → 14%YMCA OF ORANGE COUNTY: $495 → 10%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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$178k · 7 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +63% since the first grant, against +28% for the ones you funded once.

7 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
24

Total granted

$178k
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+28%

Still filing today

29%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthEnvironmentOther

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

  • SC
    Stonecreek Church
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k
  • TV
    THE VINE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2020 · $36k · revenue -42%
  • HC
    HEART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $28k

Funded once

  • OC
    OCEANS CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • AV
    AMERICAN VALUES
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +16%
  • SM
    SANTA MARGARITA CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $9k

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
Living Desert the

The living desert mission is to enhance desert conservation through preservation, education and appreciation.

Environment
2
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
3
California Academy of Sciences

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,…

Arts & Culture
4
San Diego Museum of Man Dba Museum of Us

The san diego museum of man, dba museum of us, sits on the unceded ancestral homelands of the kumeyaay nation, in san diegos balboa park. the museum of us extends its respect and gratitude to the kumeyaay peoples who have lived here for…

Arts & Culture
5
Sacramento Zoological Society

The sacramento zoo inspires appreciation, respect and a connection with wildlife and nature through education, recreation and conservation.

Animals
6
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

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.

Animals
7
Naples Zoo Inc

Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…

Animals
8
Orange County Bar Association Charitable Fund

As the charitable giving and fundraising arm of the orange county bar association, the ocba charitable fund provides resources to organizations and programs in order to enhance the system of justice and promote equal justice for all.

Unclassified
9
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
10
The Irvine Museum
11
Azusa Pacific University

Apu is an evangelical christian community of disciples and scholars who seek to advance the work of god through academic excellence in liberal arts and professional programs of higher education that encourage development of a christian…

Education
12
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County Inc

Habitat for humanity's mission is to give witness to the christian gospel by working with god's people to build decent habitats for those who are inadequately sheltered in orange county.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Men's Christian Association of Orange County and the most unlike its peers is American Values. 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

14 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. 14 of the 35 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Stonecreek Church — $50,000 · OtherStonecreek ChurchHEART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — $28,000 · OtherHEART CHRISTIAN ACADEMYIndividual grant recipient — $25,800 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOCEANS CHURCH — $20,000 · OtherOCEANS CHURCHIndividual grant recipient — $19,115 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCrown Church — $12,600 · OtherCrown ChurchSANTA MARGARITA CATHOLIC SCHOOL — $9,480 · Other+20 more — $28,897 · Other+20 moreTHE VINE FOUNDATION — $36,200 · PhilanthropyTHE VINE FOUND…INTERVAL HOUSE — $26,000 · Human ServicesINTERVAL H…+1 more — $495 · Human ServicesAMERICAN VALUES — $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $104 · Arts & CultureBeautiful Jesus Ministries — $6,000 · ReligionOPERATION HELP A HERO — $5,900 · Public BenefitPACIFIC CROSS PREPARATORY — $5,000 · Education
Other$193,892Philanthropy$36,200Human Services$26,495Arts & Culture$15,104Religion$6,000Public Benefit$5,900Education$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE VINE FOUNDATION — $36,200 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetINTERVAL HOUSE — $26,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOPERATION HELP A HERO — $5,900 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPACIFIC CROSS PREPARATORY — $5,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO — $2,574 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY — $1,116 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY — $495 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHANKSGIVING POINT INSTITUTE INC — $246 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION — $195 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLIMOTH PATUXET MUSEUMS INC — $104 over 1y, 0.0% 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 THE VINE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds INTERVAL HOUSE
  • Who funds AMERICAN VALUES
  • Who funds Beautiful Jesus Ministries
  • Who funds OPERATION HELP A HERO
  • Who funds PACIFIC CROSS PREPARATORY
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY
  • Who funds KIWANIS CLUB OF MISSION VIEJO
  • Who funds THANKSGIVING POINT INSTITUTE INC
  • Who funds GREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds PLIMOTH PATUXET MUSEUMS INC

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.

American Endowment FoundationOH7.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Cox Family Kind 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%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 1%
  • Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Cox Family Kind Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cox Family Kind 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 35 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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