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Curci Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
51
Grants FY2024
42
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 42
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$22M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Curci Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $144k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthEnvironmentRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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 arriving44$925k30%
FY202342$956k31%
FY202238$896k39%
FY202120$294k50%
FY202035$1.0M46%
FY201934$727k32%
FY201834$1.1Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$2.2MPhilanthropy$1.4MReligion$933kYouth Development$455kEducation$422kFood & Nutrition$396kHuman Services$245kEnvironment$172kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 63 grantees
All grantees of Curci Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Eisenhower Medical Center$1,048,00060%
Hoag Hospital Foundation$960,00060%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast$440,00052%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc$305,60050%
Land of the Free Foundation$287,50076%
Goodwill Industries of Orange County California$130,00060%
Orange County Rescue Mission Inc$125,00060%
Orange County Sheriffs Advisory Council$100,00015%
Christ Cathedral Academy$80,0004n/a
Homeword$70,00071%
Valley Christian Assembly$70,0005n/a
Caterinas Club$55,00051%
Santa Catalina Island Conservancy$55,00040%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$50,00040%
Hoag Charity Sports$47,500522%
Augustine Institute Inc$45,00060%
Galilee Center Inc$40,00061%
Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles$40,0004n/a
Environmental Nature Center$35,00032%
Taller San Jose Hope Builders$30,00011%
Segerstrom Center for the Arts$30,00010%
Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc$30,00031%
Share Our Selves Corporation$25,00020%
Harbor Day School$25,00020%
Catholic Charities of Orange County Inc$25,00011%
Mariners Church$25,0001n/a
Friendship Shelter Inc$20,00020%
University of California Irvine Foundation$20,00030%
Hope in Motion International$15,00037%
Buchanan Children's Charities Inc$15,000210%
Pacific Legal Foundation$15,00020%
The Salvation Army$15,0002n/a
White Buffalo Land Trust$12,00020%
Catalina Island Medical Center Foundation Inc$10,00012%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$10,00010%
Project Self-Sufficiency of Sussex County Inc$10,00020%
Boulder Crest Foundation$10,00010%
First Step House of Orange County Inc$10,00022%
Ecology Center$10,00020%
Kathi Koll Foundation$10,00019%
Jf Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Inc Fka Fran Joswick Therap Riding Ctr Inc$10,00030%
Newport Harbor Athletic Foundation$6,00022%
New Directions for Women Inc$5,00010%
Mariners Christian School$5,00010%
Orange County Coastkeeper$5,00010%
AVPFirst$5,00012%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles$5,00010%
The Navigators$5,0001n/a
Ocean Defenders Alliance$5,00012%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$5,00010%
Newport Harbor Educational Foundation C/O Emily Evans$5,00011%
Starlings Volleyball USA$5,00011%
Bridge House$5,00010%
Samueli Academy$5,00010%
Foster Love Inc$5,0001n/a
First Point Volleyball Foundation$5,00011%
Freedom Alliance$5,00010%
Choc Foundation$5,00010%
The Capuchin Franciscan Mission Foundation$5,0001n/a
Morro Coast Audubon Society$3,50021%
Speak Up Newport Foundation$2,00018%
Oaks International$2,0001n/a
The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Curci Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $1,048,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHoag Hospital Foundation: $960,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast: $440,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc: $305,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLand of the Free Foundation: $287,500 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Orange County California: $130,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $125,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOrange County Sheriffs Advisory Council: $100,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetHomeword: $70,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetCaterinas Club: $55,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSanta Catalina Island Conservancy: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHoag Charity Sports: $47,500 over 5y, 22% of budgetAugustine Institute Inc: $45,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGalilee Center Inc: $40,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetEnvironmental Nature Center: $35,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetTaller San Jose Hope Builders: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBighorn Golf Club Charities Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetShare Our Selves Corporation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHarbor Day School: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Charities of Orange County Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFriendship Shelter Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of California Irvine Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHope in Motion International: $15,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetBuchanan Children's Charities Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWhite Buffalo Land Trust: $12,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCatalina Island Medical Center Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Self-Sufficiency of Sussex County Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoulder Crest Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFirst Step House of Orange County Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetEcology Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKathi Koll Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetJf Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Inc Fka Fran Joswick Therap Riding Ctr Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNewport Harbor Athletic Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetNew Directions for Women Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMariners Christian School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrange County Coastkeeper: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAVPFirst: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOcean Defenders Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican Friends of Hebrew University Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNewport Harbor Educational Foundation C/O Emily Evans: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStarlings Volleyball USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBridge House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSamueli Academy: $5,000 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 54.

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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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA48× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · The Confidence Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · California Community Foundation · 2003 Eagle Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Janet Curci Family Foundation · Connelly Family Foundation · The Crean Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

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.

Compare Curci Fund with peer funders

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How do I get to Curci Fund?

Find your warmest path to Curci Fund 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 Curci Fund

How much does Curci Fund give?
Curci Fund reported 51 grants totaling $1,007,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Curci Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (31%), Philanthropy (21%), Religion (13%).
Who are Curci Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Eisenhower Medical Center ($1.0M), Hoag Hospital Foundation ($960k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast ($440k).
Does Curci Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Curci Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Curci Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, The Devto Support Foundation, Argyros Family Foundation.
Where is Curci Fund based?
Curci Fund 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 116 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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