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Fairchild Martindale Foundation at a glance

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Fairchild Martindale 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
34
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$135k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$3.5MEducation$3.3MArts & Culture$385kRecreation & Sports$223kYouth Development$192kInternational$160kPublic Benefit$145kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $345k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $673k
$20,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$135,000
LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL$120,000
PARKINSON'S DISEASE FOUNDATION$100,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$100,000
KECK MEDICAL CENTER OF USC$90,000
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY$75,000
US OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC FOUND$53,000
UCLA FOUNDATION$40,000
JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE UCLA$30,000
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM LOS ANGELES$25,000
NAVAL WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION$25,000
GRACELAND UNIVERSITY$20,000
LA FIREMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCATION$20,000
HOOVER INSTITUTION$20,000
LACC FOUNDATION$20,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $80k) 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%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $10k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $10k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $10k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $10k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $10k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $10k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $10k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $5k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $5k → 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

NY
IA
PA
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DC
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.5M · 39 repeat orgs$135k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +59% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
3

Total granted

$7.5M
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+59%

Still filing today

51%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k 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
HealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $890k · revenue +177%
  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
    9× · 2017–2025 · $890k · revenue +578%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    9× · 2017–2025 · $805k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +59%
  • TB
    THE BERKELEY INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +29%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
2
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
3
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
4
Loma Linda University

Loma linda university, a seventh-day adventist christian health sciences institution, seeks to further the healing and teaching ministry of jesus christ "to make man whole" by: - educating ethical and proficient christian health…

Education
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
University of La Verne

The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…

Education
7
Western University of Health Sciences

To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.

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8
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
9
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
10
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
11
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery. 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

31 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. 31 of the 52 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
23/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $890,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INCTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $890,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSO…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $805,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los AngelesKECK MEDICAL CENTER OF USC: $425,000 · HealthKECK MEDICAL CENTER OF USC+2 more: $105,000 · HealthLOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL: $950,000 · OtherLOYOLA HIGH SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $230,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHUS OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC FOUND: $223,000 · OtherUS OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC FOUNDJULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE UCLA: $200,000 · OtherJULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE UCLANATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM LOS ANGELES: $180,000 · OtherNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM LOS ANGELESIndividual grant recipient: $130,500 · OtherST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL: $110,000 · Other+21 more: $791,000 · Other+21 moreLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $675,000 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $370,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN C…MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL: $295,000 · EducationMARLBOROUGH SCHOOLUCLA FOUNDATION: $235,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $165,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF…+4 more: $80,000 · EducationNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $60,000 · Arts & CultureHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $45,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA: $47,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentOUTREACH INTERNATIONAL: $160,000 · InternationalTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $145,000 · Public Benefit
Health$3,115,000Other$2,814,500Education$1,820,000Arts & Culture$200,000Youth Development$172,000International$160,000Public Benefit$145,000

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 budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $890,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $890,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $805,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $675,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetKECK MEDICAL CENTER OF USC: $425,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $370,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARLBOROUGH SCHOOL: $295,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $235,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $165,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOUTREACH INTERNATIONAL: $160,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $145,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $90,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJOHN TRACY CLINIC: $80,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $75,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $60,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $48,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA: $47,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $45,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSTRENGTH IN SUPPORT: $40,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $35,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAVAL WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGRACELAND UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLACC FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetTHE BERKELEY INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $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 PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds KECK MEDICAL CENTER OF USC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
  • Who funds JOHN TRACY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES POLICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM ASSOCIATES ↗
  • Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA ↗
  • Who funds HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY ↗
  • Who funds STRENGTH IN SUPPORT ↗
  • Who funds THE PAINTED TURTLE ↗
  • Who funds PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital ↗
  • Who funds NAVAL WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GRACELAND UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Pasadena Community Fo…California Community …Charities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Pasadena Community FoundationCA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pasadena Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 52 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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