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Crawford Family 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
54
Grants FY2024
50
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 50
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$60M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Crawford Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving53$1.3M8%
FY202350$2.7M18%
FY202247$1.3M6%
FY202148$2.1M77%
FY202011$390k9%
FY201912$352k25%
FY201814$627k29%
FY201713$473kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$3.7MHousing & Shelter$1.6MHealth$1.1MArts & Culture$565kEnvironment$483kFood & Nutrition$450kHuman Services$290kReligion$270kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
NV
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
AZ
KS
DC
LA
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Colorado Foundation$2,300,00050%
Flintridge Preparatory School$920,00082%
Union Station Homeless Services$650,00081%
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd$415,00080%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$400,00080%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$350,00040%
The People Concern$350,00040%
Downtown Women's Center$350,00040%
La Canada Presbyterian Church$260,0004n/a
Door of Hope$202,00051%
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All grantees of Crawford Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Colorado Foundation$2,300,00050%
Flintridge Preparatory School$920,00082%
Union Station Homeless Services$650,00081%
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd$415,00080%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$400,00080%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$350,00040%
The People Concern$350,00040%
Downtown Women's Center$350,00040%
La Canada Presbyterian Church$260,0004n/a
Door of Hope$202,00051%
Trout Unlimited Inc$200,00040%
Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy$200,000411%
Catalyst California$100,00011%
Feeding America$100,00010%
The Berkshire School Inc$100,00040%
The Salvation Army$100,0004n/a
Defenders of Wildlife$100,00040%
Wesleyan University$100,00040%
La Canada Flintridge Educational Foundation$95,00051%
Community Partners$70,00020%
Open Medicine Foundation$60,00031%
Fosterall$60,00031%
Greenhouse Scholars$50,50061%
Swim With Mike Foundation$50,00022%
Westover School Inc$50,00010%
Action League of the Foothills$50,000148%
The Paley Center for Media$50,00020%
Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation$50,00041%
California Trout Inc$40,00040%
Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services$40,00040%
National Park Foundation$40,00040%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$35,00040%
Once Upon a Room Inc$21,00061%
American Battle Monuments Foundation$20,00023%
Convalescent Aid Society$20,00040%
Museum of the American Revolution$20,00040%
California Science Center Foundation$20,00040%
The National World War II Museum Inc$20,00040%
Gettysburg Foundation$20,00040%
Beacon Housinginc$20,00021%
Smithsonian Institution$20,00040%
Pasadena Humane$20,00040%
Pioneers Healthcare Foundation Inc$20,00028%
LymeLight Foundation$15,00021%
Blood Cancer United Inc$12,50020%
Friends of Casa Hogar$10,00010%
The Rector Wardens & Vestry of the Church of Our Saviour in San$10,0002n/a
First Descents$10,00020%
El Dorado Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc$10,00020%
Childhelp Inc$10,00010%
The Querencia Foundation$10,00012%
Friends of the Los Angeles River$8,00040%
Children's Health Defense$8,00040%
Roundup River Ranch$5,00010%
Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation Inc$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Crawford Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 53 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $2,300,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFlintridge Preparatory School: $920,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetUnion Station Homeless Services: $650,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $415,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $400,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $350,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe People Concern: $350,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDowntown Women's Center: $350,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDoor of Hope: $202,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTrout Unlimited Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArroyos & Foothills Conservancy: $200,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetCatalyst California: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFeeding America: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Berkshire School Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWesleyan University: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLa Canada Flintridge Educational Foundation: $95,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Partners: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOpen Medicine Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFosterall: $60,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetGreenhouse Scholars: $50,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetSwim With Mike Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetWestover School Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAction League of the Foothills: $50,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetThe Paley Center for Media: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUsc Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation: $50,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCalifornia Trout Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOnce Upon a Room Inc: $21,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Battle Monuments Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetConvalescent Aid Society: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMuseum of the American Revolution: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Science Center Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe National World War II Museum Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGettysburg Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBeacon Housinginc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPasadena Humane: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPioneers Healthcare Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetLymeLight Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Casa Hogar: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFirst Descents: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEl Dorado Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildhelp Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 53.

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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.

Pasadena Community FoundationCA23.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pasadena Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Equitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Greater Horizons · Berns Team Blessings Inc · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Sempra Foundation

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.

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How do I get to Crawford Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Crawford 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.

About Crawford Family Foundation

How much does Crawford Family Foundation give?
Crawford Family Foundation reported 54 grants totaling $1,364,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 50 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Crawford Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (39%), Housing & Shelter (17%), Health (12%).
Who are Crawford Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Colorado Foundation ($2.3M), Flintridge Preparatory School ($920k), Union Station Homeless Services ($650k).
Does Crawford Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Crawford Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Crawford Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pasadena Community Foundation, California Community Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation.
Where is Crawford Family Foundation based?
Crawford Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 75 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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