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Finch Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$508k
Granted FY2024still arriving
43
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$35k
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 2024.

Education$445kArts & Culture$293kEnvironment$237kPublic Safety & Disaster$143kYouth Development$119kRecreation & Sports$95kAnimals$87kFood & Nutrition$73kOther$0
02FY2024 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $440k
$10,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY HENRY H AND LEAH N$35,000
YOUNG AMERICAS FOUNDATION$35,000
THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION$30,000
MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION$25,000
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE POLICY INSTITUTE$25,000
THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY$25,000
NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER$25,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$20,000
CALIFORNIA 4-H FOUNDATION$20,000
OREGON FFA FOUNDATION$15,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION CU BOULDER LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS$15,000
USCNORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER- DEVELOPMENT OFFICE$15,000
MOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION$15,000
UTAH SYMPHONYUTAH OPERA DEER VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL$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 (FY17–23, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 51% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%AAEP FOUNDATION (DBA THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE): $10k → 15%AAEP FOUNDATION (DBA THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE): $10k → 15%American Red Cross: $10k → 10%American Red Cross: $8k → 10%REINS OF HOPE: $1k → 10%REINS OF HOPE: $1k → 10%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

MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
WY
IA
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
TX
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Finch Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Finch Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.7% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$1.5M · 50 repeat orgs$201k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
34

Total granted

$1.5M
$158k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+25%

Still filing today

70%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsYouth 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

  • TU
    THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2024 · $140k · revenue +148%
  • YA
    Young America's Foundation
    4× · 2021–2024 · $88k · revenue +5%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER
    5× · 2018–2024 · $77k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • MR
    MONICA ROS SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +5%
  • GW
    GEORGE WASHINGTONS MOUNT VERNON MOUNT VERNON LADIES ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • VC
    VENTURA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue +58%
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
Colorado Open Lands

Colorado open lands' mission is to preserve the significant open lands and natural heritage of colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation, and strategic leadership.

Environment
2
California Rangeland Trust

To serve the land, people and wildlife by conserving california's working rangelands.

Food & Nutrition
3
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County

To conserve natural resources, agricultural land and open spaces for present and future generations.

Environment
4
Montana Wildlife Federation

The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.

Animals
5
Cuenca Los Ojos

Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.

Environment
6
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
7
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
8
California Farmland Trust

The mission of the California Farmland Trust is to help farmers protect the best farmland in the world.

Environment
9
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
10
Los Padres Forestwatch Inc

Los padres forestwatch protects the los padres national forest and the carrizo plain national monument through education, advocacy, and when necessary, legal action for the benefit of our communities, climate and future generations.

Environment
11
Friends of the Desert Mountains

The mission of the friends of the desert mountains is to preserve land, to support education, conservation and research in the coachella valley, and to act as the support organization for the santa rosa & san jacinto mountains national…

Animals
12
Zoological Society of San Diego

San diego zoo wildlife alliance is committed to saving species worldwide by uniting our expertise in wildlife care and conservation science with our dedication to inspiring passion for nature.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union; the most unlike its peers is Ventura County Sheriff S&R Volunteer Search & Rescue Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

59 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. 59 of the 95 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/59
Grantees still filing
42/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY HENRY H AND LEAH N: $91,500 · OtherBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY HENRY H AND LEAH NYoung America's Foundation: $88,000 · OtherYoung America's FoundationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION 202 COUSTEAU PLACE CA&ES EXPERIENTIAL: $85,000 · OtherTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION 202 COUSTEAU PLACE CA&ES EXPERIE…AMERICAN RED CROSS LOS ANGELES REGION: $45,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION CU BOULDER LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $42,500 · OtherSUMMIT LAND CONSERVANCY PARK CITY: $40,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FDN ATLANTIC VETERINARY COLLEGE: $37,500 · OtherPROPERTY AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH CENTER: $42,500 · Other+54 more: $382,450 · Other+54 moreTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $140,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUN…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $30,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGEMONICA ROS SCHOOL INC: $25,000 · EducationMONICA ROS SCHOOL…THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE: $19,500 · EducationTHE RONALD REAGAN…PARK CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $16,000 · EducationPARK CITY HISTORI…UC RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION: $11,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $10,500 · Education+2 more: $6,000 · EducationMUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY: $76,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF VENT…CLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: $75,000 · Arts & CultureCLARE BOOTHE L…THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $60,500 · Arts & CultureTHE MOUNT VERN…+2 more: $7,050 · Arts & CultureTHE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY: $59,500 · EnvironmentTHE OJAI …Ducks Unlimited Inc: $24,000 · EnvironmentDucks Unl…NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $20,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL …BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN OF AMERICA: $12,500 · EnvironmentBACK COUN…VENTURA LAND TRUST: $10,000 · EnvironmentVENTURA L…GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY: $7,000 · EnvironmentOjai Raptor Center: $6,000 · Environment+2 more: $5,500 · EnvironmentAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $52,500 · Human ServicesTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $15,500 · Human Services+3 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $76,900 · Recreation & SportsVENTURA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS FOUNDATION: $12,700 · Recreation & SportsMOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION: $42,500 · Civil RightsHOUSE FARM WORKERS: $8,500 · Civil Rights
Other$854,450Education$258,000Arts & Culture$218,550Environment$144,500Human Services$95,500Recreation & Sports$89,600Civil Rights$51,000

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 budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $140,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $88,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $76,900 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY: $76,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: $75,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $60,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY: $59,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $52,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROPERTY AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH CENTER: $42,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION: $42,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONICA ROS SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA 4-H FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE HORSE FKA THE AAEP FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP FOUND: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE: $19,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM: $16,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPARK CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $16,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $15,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON FFA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOJAI VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM: $15,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetBACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN OF AMERICA: $12,500 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetUC RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVENTURA LAND TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSE FARM WORKERS: $8,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetOJAI VALLEY WOMANS CLUB: $7,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetGRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMESA VERDE FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetOjai Raptor Center: $6,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SNOWSPORTS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConcerned Resource & Environmental Workers: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Thacher School Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetK9 YOUTH ALLIANCE: $4,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFront Range Equine Rescue: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREINS OF HOPE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 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.

Ventura County Commun…The Wood-Claeyssens F…Santa Barbara Foundat…Monimos FoundationJohn J Moller Family …David & Sylvia Weisz …Marin Community Found…Share a Smile IncBruce and Marilyn Wal…The Shanbrom Family F…PatagoniaorgImpactassetsinc
Ventura County Community FoundationCA21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ventura County Community Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Monimos Foundation · John J Moller Family Foundation · David & Sylvia Weisz Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Share a Smile Inc · Bruce and Marilyn Wallace Foundation · The Shanbrom Family Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Impactassetsinc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 Finch Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Finch Family 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 95 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home