· Private foundation
Downey-Short Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| V FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OFOKIZU FOUNDATION6× · 2017–2022 · $195k · revenue +100%
- CFCANCER FOR COLLEGE6× · 2017–2022 · $140k · revenue +411%
- CHChildren's Hospital Los Angeles5× · 2018–2022 · $125k · revenue +27%
Funded once
- CCHOCone grant, 2017 · $75k
- TNThe Nebraska Medical Centergraduatedone grant, 2018 · $40k · revenue +109%
- RDRCDO - DEPARTMENT OF CATHOLIC SHCOOone grant, 2020 · $25k
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.
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.
Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…
CancerFree KIDS exists to raise awareness of the need for more funding for pediatric cancer research and to raise funds that are invested in early stage, potentially game-changing research focused on gentler treatments and cures for…
Connecting families affected by childhood cancer by providing opportunities that encourage relationships and strengthen community.
The mission of the Enzo & Me Pediatric Cancer Foundation is to fund cutting-edge pediatric cancer research to find better treatments and cures for all pediatric cancers as well as promoting the professional education of primary care…
To help kids and families heal the emotional scars of childhood cancer and learn to thrive.
The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.
Children's cancer fund champions kids in their fight against cancer through strategic investments in research and care in north texas.
The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention was incorporated in 2002 in the State of New York as a non-for-profit organization to provide individuals, many of whom are medically underserved - with access to the highest quality…
Our mission is to empower, strengthen and sustain those impacted by cancer in our community through education, support and financial assistance.
The children's cancer fund of new mexico exists to help persons from new mexico who have been diagnosed with and treated for childhood cancer (at a new mexico pediatric oncology facility) and their families cope with the day-to-day…
Our Mission is to inspire our communities to invest in health and scientific advances to improve the health of children and their families in Canada and around the world.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 16 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Downey-Short Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Downey-Short Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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