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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 FY2024still arriving
54
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% 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
02FY2024 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $550k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $750k
$15,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$60M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PEOPLE CONCERN$100,000
LA REGIONAL FOOD BANK$100,000
DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$100,000
UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES$100,000
TROUT UNLIMITED$50,000
ARROYOS AND FOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY$50,000
DOOR OF HOPE$50,000
HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL$50,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES$50,000
KCET$35,000
UCI HEALTH FOUNDATION$25,000
SWIM WITH MIKE FOUNDATION$25,000
SALVATION ARMY$25,000
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $100k → 14%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $5k → 10%PIONEER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%LYMELIGHT FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $100k → 14%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $5k → 10%PIONEER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%CHILDHELP: $10k → 10%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $100k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $50k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $100k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $100k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $100k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $50k → 14%SYCAMORES: $20k → 14%SYCAMORES: $10k → 14%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF FLINTRIDGE: $50k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $100k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $100k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $100k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $100k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $100k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $50k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $50k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $50k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.9M · 59 repeat orgs$458k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
11

Total granted

$8.9M
$403k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+23%

Still filing today

73%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +58%
  • FP
    FLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $920k · revenue +42%
  • US
    UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $650k · revenue +379%

Funded once

  • CATALYST CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -5%
  • Feeding America
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +23%
  • WS
    WESTOVER SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +14%
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
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
3
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
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
6
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
7
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
8
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

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9
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
10
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
11
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
12
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of the Los Angeles River; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum 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

54 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. 54 of the 75 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
54/54
Grantees still filing
44/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $2,300,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONFLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $920,000 · EducationFLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL+5 more: $350,500 · Education+5 moreLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $350,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKKCET: $310,000 · OtherKCETLA CANADA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $260,000 · OtherLA CANADA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHPALEY CENTER FOR THE MEDIA: $240,000 · OtherPALEY CENTER FOR THE MEDIADOOR OF HOPE: $202,000 · OtherDOOR OF HOPETHE SALVATION ARMY: $100,000 · OtherDARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherLA CANADA FLINTRIDGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $95,000 · OtherCATALYST CALIFORNIA: $100,000 · OtherFeeding America: $100,000 · Other+26 more: $743,500 · Other+26 moreUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $650,000 · Human ServicesUNION STATION HOME…THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $350,000 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE CONCERNDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $350,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S C…+8 more: $175,000 · Human Services+8 morePasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $415,000 · HealthPasadena Ho…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $400,000 · HealthChildren's …OPEN MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $60,000 · HealthOPEN MEDICI…USC VERDUGO HILLS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Health+3 more: $37,500 · HealthTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $200,000 · AnimalsDefenders of Wildlife: $100,000 · AnimalsCALIFORNIA TROUT INC: $40,000 · AnimalsPASADENA HUMANE: $20,000 · AnimalsARROYOS & FOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY: $200,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $35,000 · Environment+2 more: $16,000 · EnvironmentTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $50,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureGETTYSBURG FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $20,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$3,570,500Other$2,600,500Human Services$1,525,000Health$962,500Animals$360,000Environment$251,000Arts & Culture$150,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 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 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds THE PEOPLE CONCERN ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DOOR OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds ARROYOS & FOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CATALYST CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds THE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds OPEN MEDICINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOSTERALL ↗
  • Who funds GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds SWIM WITH MIKE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WESTOVER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds ACTION LEAGUE OF THE FOOTHILLS ↗
  • Who funds THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds USC VERDUGO HILLS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA TROUT INC ↗
  • Who funds HATHAWAY-SYCAMORES CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗

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 Fo…California Community …The Ahmanson Foundati…Equitable Foundation …National Philanthropi…Greater HorizonsBerns Team Blessings …The Rose Hills Founda…The Ayco Charitable F…The Ralph M Parsons F…American Endowment Fo…Sempra Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Crawford Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Crawford Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 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.

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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home