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Douglas Foundation

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.

$6.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$10MHuman Services$5.0MReligion$2.8MEducation$2.5MHealth$2.4MArts & Culture$2.3MAnimals$1.0MYouth Development$201kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $725k
  • $250k+9 grants · $5.3M
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$121M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$2,000,000
ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY$667,000
SINAI TEMPLE$500,000
CENTER THEATRE GROUP$500,000
MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND$500,000
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$300,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER LOS ANGELES$300,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES$275,000
THE ANNE DOUGLAS CENTER - LOS ANGELES MISSION$251,832
AMERICAN RED CROSS$125,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES LOS ANGELES$100,000
NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY$100,000
GUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT$100,000
LACER AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS$100,000
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$100,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $3.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HANDS TOGETHER - A CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 10%BOYS REPUBLIC: $1k → 14%CONCORDIA PLACE: $25k → 14%SPEC LABS INC: $1k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $502k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $500k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $500k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $500k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $500k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $500k → 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.
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 13 repeat orgs$13M to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
20

Total granted

$18M
$10M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+25%

Still filing today

77%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureInternationalEducationOther
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

  • MP
    MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND
    6× · 2020–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +29%
  • ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +5%
  • EM
    Eisenhower Medical Center
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • PD
    PETER DOUGLAS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $9.0M · revenue -89% · 96% of their budget
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue +14%
  • DG
    DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT UCLA
    one grant, 2023 · $300k
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
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
2
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
3
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
4
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
5
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
6
Pediatric and Family Medical Center Dba Eisner Health

Eisner health is a quality-focused, federally qualified nonprofit community health center dedicated to improving the physical, social, and emotional well-being of people in the communities we serve, regardless of income.

Health
7
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

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
Children's Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group

To be the preeminent pediatric, multispecialty medical group in the nation, dedicated to providing the highest quality medical care to infants, children and adolescents; and supporting the finest teaching and research endeavors of our…

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9
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
10
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
11
Scripps Health

Founded in 1924 by philanthropist ellen browning scripps, scripps health is a $4.8 billion, private not-for-profit integrated health system in san diego, ca. (see sch o)

Health
12
Usc Arcadia Hospital Foundation

Mission statement the mission of usc arcadia hospital foundation educates and inspires the community to generously support quality medical care at usc arcadia hospital.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is Peter Douglas Foundation. 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

32 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. 32 of the 45 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
20/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PETER DOUGLAS FOUNDATION: $9,000,000 · PhilanthropyPETER DOUGLAS FOUNDATIONDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING IN…+1 more: $25,000 · PhilanthropySINAI TEMPLE: $3,300,000 · OtherSINAI TEMPLETHE ANNE DOUGLAS CENTER - LOS ANGELES MISSION: $2,707,386 · OtherTHE ANNE DOUGLAS CENTER - LOS…REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $600,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF …DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT UCLA: $300,000 · OtherLACER AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS: $300,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $400,000 · Other+18 more: $785,000 · Other+18 moreCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $2,000,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI M…Eisenhower Medical Center: $1,000,000 · HealthEisenhower Med…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $852,662 · HealthChildren's Hos…PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $275,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENT…+3 more: $7,000 · HealthMOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $3,001,386 · Human ServicesMOTION PICT…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $125,000 · Human Services+4 more: $52,000 · Human ServicesST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $2,867,000 · EducationST LAWRENC…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $100,000 · EducationCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $2,750,948 · Arts & CultureCENTER TH…+1 more: $85,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000,000 · Animals
Philanthropy$10,025,000Other$8,392,386Health$4,134,662Human Services$3,178,386Education$2,967,000Arts & Culture$2,835,948Animals$1,000,000

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 budgetPETER DOUGLAS FOUNDATION: $9,000,000 over 1y, 96% of budgetMOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND: $3,001,386 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $2,867,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $2,750,948 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $2,000,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $1,000,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $852,662 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $400,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLACER AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS: $300,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $275,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNeighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT: $100,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE: $85,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetST JOHN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA PLACE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM SPRINGS AND DESERT AREA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYONES HARVEST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBoys Republic: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPEC LABS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEVERLY HILLS FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 1.7% 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.

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.

California Community …Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Douglas Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Douglas Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 Douglas Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Douglas 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 45 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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