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Ducommun & Gross 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.

$861k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$375k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.0MArts & Culture$838kScience & Tech$831kInternational$135kHealth$89kHuman Services$50kFood & Nutrition$40kEnvironment$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $298k
  • $250k+1 grant · $375k
$12,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Stanford University$375,470
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutio$224,371
Wake Forest University$73,273
East Palo Alto Academy Foundation$25,000
National Public Radio$25,000
National History Museum of Los Ang$20,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art$15,000
Partners in Health$15,000
The American Red Cross of LA$12,500
American Museum of Natural History$12,500
American History Unbound$10,000
The Harvard College Fund$10,000
The Museum of Modern Art$10,000
Edgewood Childrens Center$7,500
The Episcopal School$7,500
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 (FY17–17, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 23 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
5

Total granted

$2.7M
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+46%

Still filing today

74%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHealthScience & TechFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • WH
    WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $831k · revenue +68%
  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $278k · revenue +24%
  • NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $200k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • HR
    Hypopara Research Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -99%
  • TQ
    THE QUOGUE LIBRARY CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • NT
    NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERV
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
2
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
3
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
4
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
5
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
6
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
7
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
9
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
10
Pomona College

Throughout its history, pomona college has educated men and women of exceptional promise. we gather individuals, regardless of financial circumstances, into a small residential community that is strongly rooted in southern california yet…

Education
11
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
12
California Academy of Sciences

The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of Modern Art; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

21 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. 21 of the 31 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,380,432 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR U…WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $277,809 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYEAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $225,000 · EducationEAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION+3 more: $52,500 · EducationWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $831,271 · Science & TechWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHI…NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $200,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PUBLIC RA…KQED INC: $175,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INCMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEU…Museum of Modern Art: $85,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern A…American Museum of Natural History: $78,500 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of…MUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $45,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES+1 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HARVARD COLLEGE FUND: $90,000 · OtherTHE HARVAR…NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGEL: $65,000 · OtherNATURAL HI…The Episcopal School: $50,000 · OtherThe Episco…National History Museum of Los Ang: $50,000 · OtherNational H…Edgewood Childrens Center: $50,000 · OtherEdgewood C…Individual grant recipient: $17,500 · OtherThe American Red Cross of LA: $12,500 · OtherPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $18,500 · Other+4 more: $12,500 · OtherPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $135,000 · HealthMARYCREST MANOR: $45,000 · HealthHypopara Research Foundation: $25,000 · HealthREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $40,000 · Food & NutritionMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Animals
Education$1,935,741Science & Tech$831,271Arts & Culture$685,500Other$366,000Health$205,000Food & Nutrition$40,000Animals$30,000

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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,380,432 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $831,271 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $277,809 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $200,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $175,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $135,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $100,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $85,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $78,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMARYCREST MANOR: $45,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HISTORY UNBOUND INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHypopara Research Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $18,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSONOMA ACADEMY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAN CLAIDHEAMH SOLUIS INC: $2,000 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 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds MARYCREST MANOR ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM ASSOCIATES ↗
  • Who funds REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN HISTORY UNBOUND INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Hypopara Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds SONOMA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds AN CLAIDHEAMH SOLUIS 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Fidelity Investments …
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA6.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Ducommun & Gross Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ducommun & Gross Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 63%
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 31 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home