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Crystal 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.

$4k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$1.1MHealth$5kHousing & Shelter$2kPublic Benefit$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$775
Median grant
2
States reached
$400
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MP3 FARMS PET SANC$2,127
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ANIMAL SERVICES$775
PITS & PALS K9 RESCUE$600
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BAILING OUT BENTLEY: $5k → 10%OLLIES PACK RESCUE & TRANSPORT: $2k → 10%THE CANTU FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%RESILIENT DOG RESCUE: $3k → 14%SEVIN'S SANCTUARY INC: $11k → 15%MIRANDA'S RESCUE: $98k → 18%HAPPY CAT: $4k → 7%FARM SANCTUARY: $3k → 12%ANIMAL RECOVERY MISSION INC: $2k → 15%TURNING POINT DONKEY RESCUE: $2k → 16%DREAMCHASER HORSE RESCUE: $2k → 15%MP3 FARMS PET SANC: $6k → 13%LOVED AGAIN PET RESCUE: $9k → 15%NO PAW LEFT BEHIND: $2k → 17%CAN TV: $3k → 14%TRI-COUNTY PITBULL RESCUE: $2k → 9%PETA: $2k → 19%KINDNESS RANCH ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $3k → 12%LOST BALL CANINE RESCUE: $2k → 37%SPEAK UP FOR HORSES: $3k → 14%Animal Legal Defense Fund: $3k → 9%WOOFY ACRES: $119k → 10%NO STRAY LEFT BEHIND: $6k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOPITAL LA: $5k → 14%SEVIN'S SANCTUARY INC: $5k → 15%MP3 FARMS PET SANC: $5k → 13%THE WALLFLOWERS SHINE PROJECT: $20k → 15%WOOFY ACRES: $77k → 10%CALIFORNIA BULLY RESCUE: $9k → 10%SMILE TRAIN: $3k → 17%MP3 FARMS PET SANC: $2k → 13%CALIFORNIA BULLY RESCUE: $5k → 10%LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY MUTTS: $92k → 14%Santa Barbara Wildlife: $6k → 14%AUSSIE RESCUE NETWORKING: $2k → 14%LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY MUTTS: $21k → 14%SPARK RESCUE: $6k → 14%WAGMOR PETS: $153k → 14%SPARK RESCUE: $4k → 14%WAGMOR PETS: $90k → 14%Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society: $80k → 14%WAGMOR PETS: $22k → 14%SANTA YNEZ VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $19k → 14%ROVER'S RETREAT DOG RESCUE: $28k → 14%ROVER'S RETREAT DOG RESCUE: $5k → 14%LOVE LEO RESCUE: $11k → 14%HANDS PAWS & HEARTS RESCUE: $53k → 14%HANDS PAWS & HEARTS RESCUE: $12k → 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

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
CA
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
DC
OK
LA
MS
GA
TX
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$911k · 26 repeat orgs$246k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
82

Total granted

$911k
$245k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+13%

Still filing today

62%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthPublic BenefitOther
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

  • LO
    League of Extraordinary Mutts
    2× · 2022–2023 · $114k · revenue +42% · 78% of their budget
  • CB
    California Bully Rescue
    2× · 2022–2023 · $14k · revenue +105%
  • ST
    SHELTER TRANSPORT ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM
    3× · 2020–2022 · $14k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • MR
    MIRANDAS RESCUE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $98k · revenue -40%
  • LR
    LOVELEO RESCUE
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue -11%
  • LA
    LOVED AGAIN PET RESCUE
    one grant, 2023 · $9k
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
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
2
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
3
Raskels Rescue
Animals
4
Donna's Love Pet Rescue
Animals
5
Shelters and Shelves Rescue Inc

foster based dog rescue working with shelters to save dogs

Animals
6
Happy Acres Pet Rescue
Animals
7
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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8
Anas Safe Haven Rescue Inc

Animal Welfare

Animals
9
Muttsnstuff

Rescue animals

Animals
10
J-Lo's Animal Rescue & Sanctuary in

Animal care and rescue

Animals
11
Mountain View Animal Rescue

Rescue of abused or abandoned animals

Animals
12
Peppy Pet Rescue

rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome animals in need

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; the most unlike its peers is House of Hope. 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

59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 110 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/59
Grantees still filing
36/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAGMOR PETS: $264,149 · OtherWAGMOR PETSWOOFY ACRES INC: $196,113 · OtherWOOFY ACRES INCHANDS PAWS & HEARTS RESCUE: $64,944 · OtherHANDS PAWS & HEARTS RESCUEROVER'S RETREAT DOG RESCUE: $32,836 · Other+54 more: $165,288 · Other+54 moreLeague of Extraordinary Mutts: $113,764 · AnimalsLeague of Extraordinary MuttsSANTA YNEZ VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $98,932 · AnimalsSANTA YNEZ VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETYMIRANDAS RESCUE INC: $98,400 · AnimalsMIRANDAS RESCUE INC+47 more: $121,047 · Animals+47 moreSANTA YNEZ VALLEY AIRPORT AUTHORITY INC: $1,000 · Public BenefitPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $1,000 · Health
Other$723,330Animals$432,143Public Benefit$1,000Health$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWAGMOR PETS: $264,149 over 3y, 25% of budgetWOOFY ACRES INC: $196,113 over 2y, 30% of budgetLeague of Extraordinary Mutts: $113,764 over 2y, 78% of budgetSANTA YNEZ VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $98,932 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetMIRANDAS RESCUE INC: $98,400 over 1y, 12% of budgetCalifornia Bully Rescue: $13,824 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetSHELTER TRANSPORT ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM: $13,600 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLOVELEO RESCUE: $11,467 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCANTU FOUNDATION INC: $5,391 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHAPPY CAT INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $4,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPEAK UP FOR HORSES: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPack Lyfe Rescue Inc: $3,375 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KINDNESS RANCH ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOST BALL CANINE RESCUE INC: $2,300 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLIFESAVERS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRover Rescue: $2,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTURNING POINTE DONKEY RESCUE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL RECOVERY MISSION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEASHES OF LOVE RESCUE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPAWSITIVELY SAVED RESCUE: $1,800 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWOUNDED PAW PROJECT: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE US INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PIT BULL RESCUE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS: $1,200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSANTA YNEZ VALLEY AIRPORT AUTHORITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARTHA'S FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $1,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRing Dog Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHooves & Paws Animal Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimals' Angels Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIDEAWEE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKETDOGRESCUE: $900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKINDNESS2CATS INC BROOKS: $894 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDESTINYS HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE DEST: $654 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBETTER WORLD RESCUE: $600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBalooja's Foundation Inc: $583 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GREYHOUND FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAlley Cat Rescue Inc: $500 over 1y, 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 WAGMOR PETS ↗
  • Who funds WOOFY ACRES INC ↗
  • Who funds League of Extraordinary Mutts ↗
  • Who funds SANTA YNEZ VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MIRANDAS RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds California Bully Rescue ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER TRANSPORT ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM ↗
  • Who funds LOVELEO RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds BAILING OUT BENTLEY ↗
  • Who funds No Stray Left Behind ↗
  • Who funds CANTU FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HAPPY CAT INC ↗
  • Who funds FARM SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SPEAK UP FOR HORSES ↗
  • Who funds Pack Lyfe Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE KINDNESS RANCH ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds LOST BALL CANINE RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFESAVERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Rover Rescue ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINTE DONKEY RESCUE INC ↗

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.

Bradford Family Found…PC Fund for Animals C…Surendra and Karen Gu…The Susan and Ford Sc…Kayne Anderson Capita…John R Oltman Charita…Joyce a Ward Foundati…Seckinger Foundation …Davidson Foundation f…Susan & Jerome Ettels…Amg Charitable Gift F…Bernard Weinberg Foun…
Bradford Family FoundationMO32.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bradford Family Foundation · PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation · The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation · Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Foundation · John R Oltman Charitable Foundation · Joyce a Ward Foundation · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · Davidson Foundation for Music Dance and Dramatic Arts · Susan & Jerome Ettelson Fund · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Bernard Weinberg 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 Crystal Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Crystal Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    8get 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 · 0–10%
    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 Crystal Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Crystal 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 110 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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