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Ethel Josephine Scantland Foundation at a glance

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Ethel Josephine Scantland Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$223k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$787kHousing & Shelter$237kEmployment$229kHuman Services$185kInternational$158kPublic Safety & Disaster$119kEducation$89kYouth Development$79k
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $152k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER$11,000
ANTHESIS$11,000
OPERATION SECOND CHANCE$10,000
FROSTIG CENTER$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
GOODWILL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$10,000
DISABLED RESOURCES CENTER$10,000
UNION STATION HOMELESS CENTER$10,000
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS$10,000
DOOR OF HOPE$10,000
HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES$10,000
FAMILIES FORWARD$10,000
ROTOPLAST INTERNATIONAL$10,000
DIRECT RELIEF$10,000
FRIENDS IN DEED$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $243k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $4k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $3k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $6k → 14%UNION STATION HOMLESS SERVICES: $10k → 14%UNION STATION HOMLESS SERVICES: $10k → 14%UNION STATION HOMLESS SERVICES: $10k → 14%UNION STATION HOMLESS SERVICES: $10k → 14%UNION STATION HOMLESS SERVICES: $10k → 14%UNION STATION HOMLESS SERVICES: $9k → 14%ABILITY FIRST: $10k → 14%ABILITY FIRST: $5k → 14%ABILITY FIRST: $5k → 14%ABILITY FIRST: $5k → 14%ABILITY FIRST: $5k → 14%ABILITY FIRST: $4k → 14%RNCH SAN ANTONIO BOYS HOME: $5k → 14%RNCH SAN ANTONIO BOYS HOME: $5k → 14%RNCH SAN ANTONIO BOYS HOME: $5k → 14%ABILITY FIRST: $5k → 14%RANCHO SAN ANTONIO BOYS HOME: $5k → 14%ABILITY FIRST: $5k → 14%RANCHO SAN ANTONIO BOYS HOME: $5k → 14%ABILITY FIRST: $5k → 14%RANCHO SAN ANTONIO BOYS HOME: $5k → 14%ABILITY FIRST: $5k → 14%RNCH SAN ANTONIO BOYS HOME: $4k → 14%ABILITY FIRST: $4k → 14%DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 14%DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 14%DISABLED RESOURCES CENTER: $10k → 14%DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 14%DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 14%DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 14%DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 14%DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER: $9k → 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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 34 repeat orgs$213k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
3

Total granted

$1.7M
$155k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
-10%

Still filing today

53%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationInternationalEmploymentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MF
    MARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $89k · revenue +79%
  • DO
    DOOR OF HOPE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $89k · revenue +369%
  • DR
    DISABLED RESOURCES CENTER INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $79k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • CA
    Coryell Autism Center
    one grant, 2017 · $140k · revenue -10%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • WF
    WAYFINDER FAMILY
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Community Research Foundation Inc

Crf, in partnership with our clients and stakeholders, designs, delivers and evaluates innovative and exemplary behavioral health and social services in a manner that is both culturally and trauma competent, providing these services with…

Unclassified
2
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition

The anti-recidivism coalition (arc) works to end mass incarceration in california. to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, arc empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network,…

Crime & Legal
3
Rancho Research Institute

The mission of Rancho Research Institute (RRI) is to conduct medical research and education activities at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (Rancho)See Schedule O for more details.

Unclassified
4
Disability Rights California

Drc works in partnership with disabled people to defend rights, advance opportunities, grow power, and expand public support for disability justice in california and beyond.

Civil Rights
5
Serra Residential Center Inc

To provide dignity, respect and choice for persons with developmental disabilities

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6
Interval House

The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…

Human Services
7
Healthright 360

To give hope and change lives. we do this by offering a continuum of prevention, intervention, behavioral health and wellness services to adults and families throughout california. these services aim to reduce costs of societal problems by…

—
8
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service

The roots of the los angeles didi hirsch psychiatric service dba didi hirsch mental health services ("dhmhs") extend back to the 1930s, when a group of women funded psychiatric care for people whose lives were devastated by the depression.…

Health
9
Mercy House Living Centers

Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…

Housing & Shelter
10
California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central

The mission of california communications access foundation (ccaf) is to serve as an educator, convener and resource that works collaboratively to ensure communications and information access in service of individuals who are deaf or…

Human Services
11
The Arc of San Diego

The arc of san diego supports and empowers persons with disabilities to achieve their life goals.

Human Services
12
Interim Inc

Interim, inc.'s mission is to provide services and affordable housing to supporting members of our community with mental illness in building productive and satisfying lives.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wayfinder Family Services. 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

23 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. 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS IN DEED: $89,000 · OtherFRIENDS IN DEEDDOOR OF HOPE: $89,000 · OtherDOOR OF HOPEDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: $79,000 · OtherDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSFAMILIES FORWARD: $79,000 · OtherFAMILIES FORWARDIndividual grant recipient: $70,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGOODWILL OF SO CALIFORNIA: $69,000 · OtherGOODWILL OF SO CALIFORNIAANTHESIS: $42,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherSHRINERS CHILDREN HOSPITAL: $35,000 · OtherMAKE A WISH FDN: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $34,000 · OtherST JUDES CHILDRENS HSPITAL: $34,000 · Other+14 more: $177,000 · Other+14 moreDISABLED RESOURCES CENTER INC: $79,000 · Human ServicesDISABLED RESOURCES…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $69,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National …UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $59,000 · Human ServicesUNION STATION HOME…ABILITYFIRST: $58,000 · Human ServicesABILITYFIRSTRancho San Antonio Boys Home Inc: $34,000 · Human ServicesRancho San Antonio…+2 more: $13,468 · Human ServicesCoryell Autism Center: $140,000 · HealthCoryell Autis…American Heart Association Inc: $73,000 · HealthAmerican Hear…SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $11,000 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthROTAPLAST INTERNATIONAL INC: $79,000 · InternationalROTAPLAST…DIRECT RELIEF: $79,000 · InternationalDIRECT RE…MARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY: $89,000 · EducationVILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES: $35,000 · EducationHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $79,000 · Youth DevelopmentOperation Second Chance Inc: $59,000 · Public BenefitANTHESIS SERVICES: $40,000 · EmploymentGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · Employment
Other$872,000Human Services$312,468Health$229,000International$158,000Education$124,000Youth Development$79,000Public Benefit$59,000Employment$50,000

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 budgetCoryell Autism Center: $140,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetMARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY: $89,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetDOOR OF HOPE: $89,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetDISABLED RESOURCES CENTER INC: $79,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetROTAPLAST INTERNATIONAL INC: $79,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $79,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $79,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $79,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $73,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $69,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Second Chance Inc: $59,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $59,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetABILITYFIRST: $58,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetANTHESIS SERVICES: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRancho San Antonio Boys Home Inc: $34,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAccess Central Coast formerly Independent Living Resource Ctr: $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $7,468 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWayfinder Family Services: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $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.

  • Who funds Coryell Autism Center ↗
  • Who funds MARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY ↗
  • Who funds DOOR OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds DISABLED RESOURCES CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ROTAPLAST INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Operation Second Chance Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ABILITYFIRST ↗
  • Who funds ANTHESIS SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Rancho San Antonio Boys Home Inc ↗
  • Who funds Access Central Coast formerly Independent Living Resource Ctr ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Wayfinder Family Services ↗

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 Rose Hills Founda…The Ahmanson Foundati…Weingart FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Rose Hills FoundationCA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Weingart Foundation · American Endowment 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 Ethel Josephine Scantland Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ethel Josephine Scantland Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s 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)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 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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