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Fedco Charitable Foundation

Supporting organization of california community foundation.

$529k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$2.8MPhilanthropy$125kArts & Culture$40kPublic Safety & Disaster$7kFood & Nutrition$3kSocial Science$2kInternational$1kHuman Services$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $518,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $529,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$13,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION$500,000
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$13,500
THE CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP$5,000
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 (FY25–25, $5k) 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 CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP: $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

NH
IN
PA
CA
UT
MD
NC
DC
HI
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 28 repeat orgs$544k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
22

Total granted

$1.9M
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+65%

Still filing today

68%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $505k 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
EducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
    4× · 2019–2023 · $848k · revenue +129%
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2022 · $400k · revenue +2%
  • CP
    CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $160k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • UNBOUNDED LEARNING INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -13%
  • The Education Trust Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +0%
  • CC
    COLDWATER CANYON ELEMENTARY
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
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
Alternative Schools Inc

To help each child reach his/her full potential by cultivating an active village of parents, community members, and stakeholders involved in providing an individual, personal, and conceptual learning environment for each student.

Education
2
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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3
Elite Public Schools

To ensure students reach their fullest potential through access to learning spaces that honor and celebrate students' rich cultural heritage and challenge them with rigorous and relevant learning experiences designed to make them active…

Education
4
The Language Academy of Sacramento

The las mission is to create a learning community where students: utilize bilingualism and biliteracy (spanish and english) to achieve academic excellence and apply skills in real-world situations and diverse settings; develop and exhibit…

Education
5
High Tech High

High tech high's mission is to develop and support innovative public schools where all students develop the academic, workplace and citizenship skills for postsecondary success.

Education
6
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
7
Fenton Charter Public Schools

To cultivate a love of learning by fostering an environment that promotes self-discovery, independence, and an awareness of the connection between self and others.

Education
8
Pacific Collegiate School

Pacific collegiate school's mission is to provide exemplary, standards based college preparatory and fine arts education for public middle and high school students of santa cruz county and bordering areas.

Education
9
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools

We transform schools to revolutionize school systems, empowering all students with a high-quality education. the partnership's goals are to 1) dramatically accelerate achievement for students in the district's highest need and historically…

Education
10
The Seven Hills School

The institution provides educational instruction and activities to students ranging from preschool through 8th grade.

—
11
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences

Crossroads is an independent school for approximately 1,200 students.

Education
12
Environmental Charter Schools

To reimagine public education in low-income communities of color to prepare conscious, critical thinkers who are equipped to graduate from college and create a more equitable and sustainable world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Value Schools; the most unlike its peers is Utah Shakespeare Festival Foundation. 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

44 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. 44 of the 57 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/44
Grantees still filing
31/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOS ANGELES EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $848,200 · OtherLOS ANGELES EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPLOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION: $500,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATIONLOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $264,939 · OtherLOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT+21 more: $105,964 · Other+21 moreCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $399,571 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRID…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $161,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIACAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC: $160,000 · EducationCAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INCTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $97,786 · EducationTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATIONGREATER LOS ANGELES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $52,000 · EducationGREATER LOS ANGELES EDUCATION FOUNDA…+20 more: $99,270 · Education+20 moreORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $160,000 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNT…CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $159,500 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA C…+2 more: $7,700 · PhilanthropyTHE CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP: $5,000 · Human ServicesPUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,750 · Arts & CultureUTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION: $500 · Arts & CultureWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 · International
Other$1,719,103Education$970,127Philanthropy$327,200Human Services$5,000Arts & Culture$2,250International$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLOS ANGELES EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $848,200 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $399,571 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $161,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC: $160,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $160,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $159,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $97,786 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER LOS ANGELES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $52,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetChorale Bel Canto: $31,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetDailey Family Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetWhittier College: $18,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetABC UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $16,060 over 3y, 22% of budgetEarlham College Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $6,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNBOUNDED LEARNING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE COLLEGE-READY MIDDLE ACADEMY #8: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHTECH LA: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClaremont Graduate University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACCELERATED SCHOOLS: $3,125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMINO NUEVO CHARTER ACADEMY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEM PREPARATORY SCHOOLS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Dot Public Schools: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF ARTS AND ENTERPRISE: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVALUE SCHOOLS: $1,610 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPTA THRIFT SHOP OF LA HABRA: $1,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetWATTS LEARNING CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR COLLEGE-READY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYNERGY ACADEMIES: $975 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLARCHMONT SCHOOLS: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITTIER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WHITTIER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHistorical Glass Museum Foundation: $500 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

California Community …Great Public Schools …The Ralph M Parsons F…Joseph Drown Foundati…Baby2babyWeingart FoundationThe California Wellne…The Ahmanson Foundati…GenYOUTH IncorporatedThe Annenberg Foundat…Los Angeles Universal…The Eli and Edythe Br…
California Community FoundationCA31.3× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Great Public Schools Now · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Joseph Drown Foundation · Baby2baby · Weingart Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · GenYOUTH Incorporated · The Annenberg Foundation · Los Angeles Universal Preschool · The Eli and Edythe Broad 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 Fedco Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fedco Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Fedco Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Fedco Charitable 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.

    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 57 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 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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