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DeFalco Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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DeFalco Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$315k
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$583kHealth$536kYouth Development$337kArts & Culture$327kEducation$300kAnimals$260kFood & Nutrition$238kRecreation & Sports$133kOther$0
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $98k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $218k
$7,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$7.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$27,500
Shoes That Fit$25,000
Young Life Arizona Region$25,000
Banner Health Foundation$10,000
Emergency Food Network$10,000
Hustle USA$10,000
Umom New Day Center Inc$10,000
Washington Women in Need$10,000
Salmon for Soldiers$10,000
Elder Help of San Diego$10,000
Lindquist Dental Clinic for Childre$10,000
Optimist Club Fdn Point Loma$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Waste Not Inc$10,000
Mentorkids USA$10,000
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 (FY17–25, $416k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Elder Help of San Diego: $10k → 11%Shoes That Fit: $25k → 14%Youth Outdoors Unlimited: $13k → 14%Elder Help of San Diego: $10k → 11%Shoes That Fit: $25k → 14%Youth Outdoors Unlimited: $8k → 14%Elder Help of San Diego: $10k → 11%Shoes That Fit: $25k → 14%Youth Outdoors Unlimited: $5k → 14%Elder Help of San Diego: $10k → 11%Shoes That Fit: $15k → 14%Elder Help of San Diego: $10k → 11%Shoes That Fit: $15k → 14%Elder Help of San Diego: $7k → 11%Shoes That Fit: $15k → 14%Elder Help of San Diego: $5k → 11%Shoes That Fit: $14k → 14%Elder Help of San Diego: $5k → 11%Shoes That Fit: $14k → 14%Elder Help of San Diego: $5k → 11%Shoes That Fit: $13k → 14%OASIS Institute: $5k → 11%OASIS Institute: $5k → 11%OASIS Institute: $5k → 11%OASIS Institute: $5k → 11%OASIS Institute: $3k → 11%OASIS Institute: $3k → 11%YWCA of San Diego County: $10k → 11%YWCA of San Diego County: $5k → 11%YWCA of San Diego County: $5k → 11%YWCA of San Diego County: $5k → 11%YWCA of San Diego County: $3k → 11%L'Arche Tacoma Hope Community: $5k → 9%L'Arche Tacoma Hope Community: $3k → 9%L'Arche Tahoma Hope Community: $3k → 9%TEARS Foundation: $15k → 9%TEARS Foundation: $10k → 9%TEARS Foundation: $10k → 9%TEARS Foundation: $10k → 9%TEARS Foundation: $10k → 9%TEARS Foundation: $10k → 9%TEARS Foundation: $10k → 9%TEARS Foundation: $10k → 9%TEARS Foundation: $10k → 9%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

NH
WA
NY
CA
CO
AZ
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of DeFalco Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

DeFalco Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$3.5M · 78 repeat orgs$175k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

78 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 46 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
22

Total granted

$3.5M
$128k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+15%

Still filing today

85%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MF
    MULTICARE FOUNDATIONS
    5× · 2017–2021 · $185k · revenue +163%
  • ST
    SHOES THAT FIT
    9× · 2017–2025 · $160k · revenue +149%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    6× · 2017–2025 · $143k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • LI
    LITTLE ITALY ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -16%
  • TM
    TRA MEDICAL IMAGING FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +44%
  • WASHINGTON HEALTHCARE ACCESS ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +50%
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
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
2
Senior Life Resources Northwest

To preserve and enhance the quality of life at home, with dignity and care.

Human Services
3
Tucson Audubon Society

Inspire people to enjoy and protect birds through recreation, education, conservation, and restoration of the environment, upon which we all depend.

Animals
4
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
5
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
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
Seattle Foundation

Seattle foundation's mission is to ignite powerful and rewarding philanthropy to make greater seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all.

Philanthropy
8
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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9
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
10
Horizon House

Purposeful living in a diverse community. using the power of resident driven community to enhance wellbeing.

Human Services
11
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
12
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Diego Oasis; the most unlike its peers is The Rolling Dog Farm. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

86 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. 86 of the 107 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
84/86
Grantees still filing
59/86
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Young Life Arizona Region: $100,000 · OtherYoung Life Arizona RegionIndividual grant recipient: $93,750 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLindquist Dental Clinic for Childre: $88,000 · OtherOptimist Club Fdn Point Loma: $70,000 · OtherSALMON FOR SOLDIERS: $117,000 · OtherSALMON FOR SOLDIERSMentorKids USA: $78,750 · OtherUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $70,000 · OtherHUSTLE USA: $58,000 · Other+55 more: $1,011,500 · Other+55 moreMULTICARE FOUNDATIONS: $185,000 · HealthMULTICARE FOUND…Banner Health Foundation: $63,000 · HealthBanner Health F…CATHERINE PLACE: $48,750 · HealthCATHERINE PLACETHE NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CLINIC INC: $40,500 · HealthTHE NEIGHBORHOO…THE CAROL MILGARD BREAST CENTER: $40,000 · HealthTHE CAROL MILGA…Downtown Emergency Service Center: $29,500 · HealthDowntown Emerge…Acres of Diamonds: $20,000 · Health+7 more: $65,000 · Health+7 moreSHOES THAT FIT: $160,000 · Human ServicesSHOES THAT FITTears Foundation: $95,000 · Human ServicesTears Foundati…ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $71,500 · Human ServicesELDERHELP OF S…Tacoma Community House: $45,000 · Human ServicesTacoma Communi…YWCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $28,000 · Human ServicesYWCA OF SAN DI…YOUTH OUTDOORS UNLIMITED: $25,500 · Human ServicesSAN DIEGO OASIS: $25,500 · Human ServicesNW FURNITURE BANK: $25,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,500 · Human ServicesGREENTRIKE: $125,000 · Arts & CultureGREENTRIK…ADMIRAL THEATRE FOUNDATION: $47,000 · Arts & CultureADMIRAL T…TACOMA YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTACOMA YO…SAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO…LITTLE ITALY ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO: $25,000 · Arts & CultureLITTLE IT…Fern Street Community Arts Inc: $17,500 · Arts & CultureFern Stre…+3 more: $24,200 · Arts & Culture+3 morePOINT DEFIANCE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $140,000 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $100,000 · AnimalsHARBOR ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEERS FOR ANIMALS: $19,500 · AnimalsTHE ROLLING DOG FARM: $10,000 · AnimalsYOUNG LIFE: $143,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENINSULA: $27,550 · Youth DevelopmentCHOOSE 180: $26,500 · Youth DevelopmentJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY: $78,500 · Food & NutritionWaste Not Inc: $70,000 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $36,500 · Food & NutritionMAMA'S KITCHEN: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,687,000Health$491,750Human Services$486,000Arts & Culture$318,700Animals$269,500Youth Development$222,050Food & Nutrition$210,000

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 budgetMULTICARE FOUNDATIONS: $185,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSHOES THAT FIT: $160,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $143,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPOINT DEFIANCE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $140,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetGREENTRIKE: $125,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetSALMON FOR SOLDIERS: $117,000 over 9y, 20% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $100,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTears Foundation: $95,000 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetMentorKids USA: $78,750 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY: $78,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $71,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $70,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWaste Not Inc: $70,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $63,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHUSTLE USA: $58,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF AMERICAN LAKE VETERANS GOLF COURSE: $55,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetCATHERINE PLACE: $48,750 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetADMIRAL THEATRE FOUNDATION: $47,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTacoma Community House: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMY SISTERS PANTRY: $44,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetThe New School: $44,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CLINIC INC: $40,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CAROL MILGARD BREAST CENTER: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTACOMA YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $40,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $40,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $39,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Women in Need: $37,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetHANCE PARK CONSERVANCY: $37,500 over 5y, 54% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $37,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $36,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGENEVA FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOME START INC: $31,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED THROUGH READING: $30,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetGREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGOT YOUR 6 FISHING: $30,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetDowntown Emergency Service Center: $29,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $28,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENINSULA: $27,550 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCHOOSE 180: $26,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH OUTDOORS UNLIMITED: $25,500 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetSAN DIEGO OASIS: $25,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNW FURNITURE BANK: $25,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR TACOMA STUDENTS: $25,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLITTLE ITALY ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% 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 MULTICARE FOUNDATIONS ↗
  • Who funds SHOES THAT FIT ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds POINT DEFIANCE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds GREENTRIKE ↗
  • Who funds SALMON FOR SOLDIERS ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds Tears Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MentorKids USA ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Waste Not Inc ↗
  • Who funds Banner Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HUSTLE USA ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF AMERICAN LAKE VETERANS GOLF COURSE ↗
  • Who funds CATHERINE PLACE ↗
  • Who funds ADMIRAL THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Tacoma Community House ↗
  • Who funds MY SISTERS PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds The New School ↗
  • Who funds THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CAROL MILGARD BREAST CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TACOMA YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Washington Women in Need ↗
  • Who funds HANCE PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds PROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GENEVA 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.

The Norcliffe Foundat…Greater Tacoma Commun…Kilworth Florence Cha…Fuchsg & M Fdn TaiThe Bamford FoundationThe Dimmer Family Fou…Sequoia FoundationWoodworth Family Foun…The Russell Family Fo…Gary E Milgard Family…Franciscan FoundationForest Foundation
The Norcliffe FoundationWA35.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Norcliffe Foundation · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · The Bamford Foundation · The Dimmer Family Foundation · Sequoia Foundation · Woodworth Family Foundation · The Russell Family Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · Franciscan Foundation · Forest 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 DeFalco Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from DeFalco Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    31report 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.

    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 107 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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