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Elliot Family 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.

$410k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$1.5MEducation$350kFood & Nutrition$316kPhilanthropy$125kInternational$125kAnimals$111kHuman Services$79kHousing & Shelter$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $340k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNICEF USA$100,000
TRANSCENDANCE YOUTH ARTS PROJECT$75,000
JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK$65,000
PALOMAR HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
LAUGHING PONY RESCUE$50,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$30,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
FUNDAMENTAL HEALTH$15,000
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 (FY25–25, $30k) 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%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $30k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
CA
MD
KS
TN
DC
HI
FL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 15 repeat orgs$359k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
10

Total granted

$2.7M
$359k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+60%

Still filing today

67%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TY
    transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project
    6× · 2020–2025 · $325k · revenue +101%
  • JC
    JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK
    5× · 2018–2025 · $235k · revenue +149%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    2× · 2024–2025 · $125k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • RC
    RADY'S CHILDREN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $150k
  • J
    JDHF
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
  • DR
    DIABETES RESEARCH CONNECTIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +60%
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
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
3
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
4
Kfhpw Holdings

Supporting kaiser permanente organizations which provide high-quality, affordable health care services to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve.

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5
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
6
California Healthcare Foundation

Chcf is dedicated to advancing meaningful, measurable improvements in the way the health care delivery system provides care to the people of california, particularly those with low incomes and those whose needs are not well served by the…

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7
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
8
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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9
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
10
Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation

To raise funds in order to support the operation of the usc verdugo hills hospital, an organization exempt under irc 501(c)(3).

Health
11
Usc Care Medical Group Inc

To promote health by engaging in the practice of medicine for patients of hospitals affiliated with the university of southern california keck school of medicine and elsewhere. to provide medical care to the sick and injured who may come…

Health
12
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

18 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. 18 of the 27 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PALOMAR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $850,000 · HealthPALOMAR HEALTH FOUNDATIONLAUGHING PONY RESCUE: $100,000 · HealthLAUGHING PONY RESCUE+3 more: $75,000 · Health+3 moreJDRF: $305,500 · OtherJDRFRADY'S CHILDREN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherRADY'S CHILDREN HOSPITAL FOUNDATIO…Individual grant recipient: $150,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJDHF: $100,000 · OtherJDHFST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $90,000 · OtherST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITALSAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $81,299 · OtherSAN DIEGO FOOD BANK+7 more: $73,500 · Other+7 moretranscenDANCE Youth Arts Project: $325,000 · EducationtranscenDANC…UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO…RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $300,000 · PhilanthropyRADY CHILDR…HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMM…+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $235,000 · Food & NutritionUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $125,000 · InternationalWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $78,773 · Human ServicesSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $20,000 · Human Services
Health$1,025,000Other$950,299Education$350,000Philanthropy$325,000Food & Nutrition$235,000International$125,000Human Services$98,773

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 budgetPALOMAR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $850,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgettranscenDANCE Youth Arts Project: $325,000 over 6y, 8.3% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $300,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $235,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAUGHING PONY RESCUE: $100,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $78,773 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH CONNECTION: $30,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUNDAMENTAL HEALTH: $25,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHONOR THE EARTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUPS WITHOUT BORDERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSocial Impact Fund: $5,000 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.

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 Conrad Prebys Fou…Sempra FoundationDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Conrad Prebys FoundationCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Sempra Foundation · 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 Elliot Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elliot Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 27 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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