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Durfee Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
67
Grants FY2024
27
Organizations funded FY2023
56%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$16,848
Largest grant, FY2024
$120,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 77
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$60M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Durfee Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $676k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther
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 arriving66$1.6M55%
FY202327$1.1M56%
FY202236$1.5M42%
FY202135$2.6M37%
FY202077$1.9M56%
FY201936$1.3M47%
FY201840$1.6M68%
FY201745$1.7Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Community Improvement$3.8MEnvironment$2.6MHuman Services$1.8MArts & Culture$1.3MPhilanthropy$1.0MYouth Development$692kHealth$642kCivil Rights$504kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
OR
OH
NJ
CA
CO
MO
MD
DC
HI
LA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 178 grantees
All grantees of Durfee Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Earthwatch Institute Inc$1,912,37558%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$655,08051%
Community Partners$563,84360%
Lost Angels Childrens Project Inc$515,100638%
La-Mas Inc$440,000422%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy$340,00035%
La Compost$301,400618%
Projectq$289,025517%
Third Sector New England Inc$284,60040%
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California$280,02533%
Pilipino Workers Center of Southern$255,00034%
Inclusive Action for the City$230,00023%
All Peoples Community Center$197,00346%
Barrio Action Youth & Family Center$196,900311%
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment$195,00041%
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$175,00051%
Comunidades Indigenas En Liderazgo Corp$140,16026%
Food Forward Inc$125,00030%
Fulcrum Arts$122,80033%
Engage Inc$122,50043%
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking$117,77241%
Meztli Projects Inc$110,00126%
National Performance Network Inc$110,00012%
Coalition for Responsible Community Development$110,00031%
United Way Inc$110,00030%
Neurotalent Works Inc$105,000212%
National Immigration Law Center$105,00030%
Prevention Institute$105,00031%
Urban Voices Project$105,000218%
Creative Visions Foundation$105,00021%
Black Cooperative Impact Fund$100,000126%
Southern California Grantmakers$100,00010%
Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management$93,04851%
Concerned Citizens Community Involvement New Focus Children Cen$80,000212%
Watts of Power Foundation Corporation$80,00029%
Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy$80,00022%
Coalition for Clean Air$80,00033%
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc$75,00011%
1in6 Inc$75,000114%
Allies for Every Child Inc$75,00020%
Haven Hills Inc$75,00021%
Saje$75,00022%
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES SUPPORT FUND INC dba The LA Trust$75,00021%
California Association of Nonprofits$73,04841%
South La Community Foundation$72,80027%
Cultivala Inc$70,000221%
Ten Toes In$70,0002n/a
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra$70,000218%
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles$65,00030%
Inner City Law Center$65,00030%
La Family Housing Corporation$65,00030%
Innercity Struggle$65,00031%
St Joseph Center$65,00030%
Central American Resource Center$60,12531%
La Voice$60,00022%
Catalyst California$60,00020%
El Nido Family Centers$60,00020%
YWCA of Glendale and Pasadena$60,00022%
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice$60,00022%
Upward Bound House$60,00021%
Physicians for Social Responsibility$60,00021%
Fractured Atlas Inc$60,00010%
Koreatown Youth and Community Center$59,78021%
Strategic Concepts In Organizing & Policy Education$56,03922%
East Los Angeles Women's Center$54,16522%
El Centro de Ayuda$53,00025%
Proyecto Pastoral$53,00021%
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center$51,70412%
Community Development Technologies Center$48,00014%
Mockingbird Incubator$45,00014%
Popstheclubcom Inc$35,000118%
March on Maryland$35,00011%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California$35,00010%
Leading from Within$35,00024%
Policylink$31,04010%
Mountainside Communion - a Church of the Nazarene$30,0001n/a
Forgotten Children Inc$30,00012%
Filipino Migrant Center$30,00014%
College Access Plan$30,00012%
Gente Organizada$30,00011%
United Cambodian Community Inc$30,00012%
Thai Community Development Center$30,00012%
South Asian Network Inc$30,00012%
Alma Backyard Farm$30,00011%
Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute$30,00012%
Mujeres de la Tierra$30,00016%
Pacoima Beautiful$30,00011%
California Black Womens Health Project$30,00011%
Open Paths Counseling Center$30,00012%
Khmer Girls in Action$30,00011%
Sierra Health Foundation$30,00010%
Diy Girls$30,00011%
Visual Communications Media$30,00013%
Women's Center for Creative Work$30,00013%
Operation Jump Start$30,00013%
Self Help Graphics & Art Inc$30,00011%
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice$30,00011%
Better Youth Inc$30,00013%
Al Wooten Jr Youth Center$30,00013%
Cooperation L A$30,00015%
Positive Results Center$30,00016%
Philanthropy New York Inc$25,00010%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$25,00010%
Mental Health Advocacy Services Inc$15,00020%
Community Health Alliance of Pasadena$10,18920%
The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles$10,00010%
Legacy la Youth Development Corp$10,00010%
Peace Over Violence$6,25630%
Center for the Pacific-Asian Family Inc$6,05030%
A New Way of Life Reentry Project$5,20020%
The People Concern$5,10020%
The Children's Clinic 'Serving Children and Their Families'$5,00010%
Naleo Educational Fund$5,00010%
Crossroads Inc$5,00011%
Topa Institute Pka Yiddishkayt$5,00012%
Homeboy Industries$5,00010%
A Place Called Home$5,00010%
Venice Family Clinic$5,00010%
Jwch Institute Inc$5,00010%
Climate Resolve$5,00010%
18th Street Arts Complex$5,00010%
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation$5,00010%
Community Conservation Solutions$5,000116%
Jobs to Move America$5,00010%
Maternal and Child Health Access$5,00010%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$5,00010%
Los Angeles Conservancy$5,00010%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$5,00010%
Armory Center for the Arts$5,00010%
Tikvah-Etta and Lazear Israel Center for the Developmentally Disabled$5,00010%
Asian Pacific Health Care Venture Inc$5,00010%
A World Fit for Kids$5,00010%
Children's Law Center of California$5,00010%
THE H E ART PROJECT dba ARTWORXLA$5,00010%
Wildwood School Inc$4,50030%
Museum of Jurassic Technology$4,10050%
WOMEN CROSS DMZ Attn CATHI CHOI$2,00010%
Downtown Women's Center$2,00010%
University of Hawaii Foundation$1,50010%
Lahaina Community Land Trust$1,50010%
Berkeley Repertory Theatre$1,25010%
A Little Help$1,03810%
Public Service Law Corporation Dba Riverside Legal Aid$1,00010%
Center for Good Food Purchasing$8001n/a
The Crowden Music Center$64540%
Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action$52110%
Sustainable Conservation$50010%
The Corps Network$50010%
Dance Resource Center of Greater LA$50010%
Makauila Inc$50010%
Kanu Hawaii$35010%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$27010%
Lincoln Heights Dollars for Scholars$2501n/a
The Blake School$25010%
Berkeley Food Network$25010%
Executive Service Corps of Southern California$25010%
Bob Baker Marionette Theater$25010%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$20020%
Asian American Drug Abuse Program Inc$20010%
American Near East Refugee Aid$15010%
Grace Diner$12510%
Southern California Public Radio$12510%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$12010%
Creative Reaction Lab$11510%
First Place for Youth$10010%
The Willows Community School$10010%
Guttmacher Institute Inc$10010%
Walker Methodist Foundation$10010%
Black Thumb Farm$10010%
1979 Legacy Corp$10010%
Breast Cancer Action$10010%
California Immigrant Policy Center$8010%
Padres Unidos Inc$7810%
Thrive Scholars$7510%
HomeWorks Trenton$7510%
Mercy Corps$5210%
Grand Performances$5010%
Syrian American Medical Society$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($977k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Durfee Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 174 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEarthwatch Institute Inc: $1,912,375 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetSocial and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc: $655,080 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Partners: $563,843 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLost Angels Childrens Project Inc: $515,100 over 6y, 38% of budgetLa-Mas Inc: $440,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetLos Angeles Alliance for a New Economy: $340,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetLa Compost: $301,400 over 6y, 18% of budgetProjectq: $289,025 over 5y, 17% of budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $284,600 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKorean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California: $280,025 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetPilipino Workers Center of Southern: $255,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetInclusive Action for the City: $230,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetAll Peoples Community Center: $197,003 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetBarrio Action Youth & Family Center: $196,900 over 3y, 11% of budgetCommunity Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: $195,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHeart of Los Angeles Youth Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetComunidades Indigenas En Liderazgo Corp: $140,160 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetFood Forward Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFulcrum Arts: $122,800 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetEngage Inc: $122,500 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetCoalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking: $117,772 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetMeztli Projects Inc: $110,001 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetNational Performance Network Inc: $110,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCoalition for Responsible Community Development: $110,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNeurotalent Works Inc: $105,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetNational Immigration Law Center: $105,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPrevention Institute: $105,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetUrban Voices Project: $105,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetCreative Visions Foundation: $105,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBlack Cooperative Impact Fund: $100,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetSouthern California Grantmakers: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSouthern California Center for Nonprofit Management: $93,048 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetConcerned Citizens Community Involvement New Focus Children Cen: $80,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetWatts of Power Foundation Corporation: $80,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetTongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy: $80,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCoalition for Clean Air: $80,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetLos Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget1in6 Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAllies for Every Child Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHaven Hills Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSaje: $75,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSTUDENT HEALTH SERVICES SUPPORT FUND INC dba The LA Trust: $75,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCalifornia Association of Nonprofits: $73,048 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSouth La Community Foundation: $72,800 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetCultivala Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetKaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra: $70,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetLegal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% 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 174.

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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.

Weingart FoundationCA111.7× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Weingart Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · The California Endowment · The Ahmanson Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · United Way Inc · The Rose Hills Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Community Partners

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 Durfee Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Durfee Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Durfee 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.

About Durfee Foundation

How much does Durfee Foundation give?
Durfee Foundation reported 67 grants totaling $1,614,268 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 77 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Durfee Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (27%), Environment (18%), Human Services (13%).
Who are Durfee Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Earthwatch Institute Inc ($1.9M), Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc ($655k), Community Partners ($564k).
Does Durfee Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Durfee Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Durfee Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Weingart Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, California Community Foundation.
Where is Durfee Foundation based?
Durfee Foundation 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 217 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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