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Gary Magness Family Foundation at a glance

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Gary Magness 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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$850k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$4.5MEducation$1.8MHealth$1.3MInternational$1.1MRecreation & Sports$825kYouth Development$570kArts & Culture$175kHuman Services$115kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $850k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$850,000
WELD FOOD BANK$100,000
CAREYES FOUNDATION$25,000
CAREYES FOUNDATION$20,000
IN THE LOOKING GLASS - CAREYES CLINIC$15,000
ELK CREEK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT$10,000
PLATTE CANYON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT$10,000
ANIMAL WELLNESS FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $160k) 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%CAREYES FOUNDATION: $40k → 14%CAREYES FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%CAREYES FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%CAREYES FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%CAREYES FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%CAREYES FOUNDATION: $20k → 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
NY
OR
PA
CA
CO
AZ
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.1M · 15 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
21

Total granted

$9.1M
$2.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+8%

Still filing today

73%
67%

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
HealthInternationalEducationFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES
    6× · 2019–2025 · $4.6M · revenue +62%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    3× · 2018–2020 · $1.1M · revenue +27%
  • FRESH AIR FUND
    3× · 2018–2020 · $750k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • CS
    COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $1.4M · revenue -36%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF ROCKIES
    one grant, 2018 · $450k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SENTEBALE
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
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
4
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
5
African Wildlife Foundation Inc

Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…

Animals
6
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
7
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
8
Amazon Conservation Team

The amazon conservation team (act) partners with indigenous and other local communities to protect tropical forests and strengthen traditional culture.

Science & Tech
9
Rare

Rare inspires change so people and nature thrive.

Environment
10
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
11
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
12
Akashinga Inc

Deliver ecological stability and long-term protection of large-scale wilderness by supporting and empowering local communities.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sumba Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Unlikely Heroes Inc. 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

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 37 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $4,618,097 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIESWELD FOOD BANK: $400,000 · Food & NutritionWELD FOOD BANKChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $1,125,000 · HealthChildren's Hospit…IN THE LOOKING GLASS LTD: $679,840 · HealthIN THE LOOKING GL…+4 more: $31,000 · HealthWORK TO RIDE INC: $550,000 · OtherWORK TO RIDE INCFOOD BANK OF ROCKIES: $450,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF ROCKIE…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SENTEBALE: $250,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF…IN THE LOOKING GLASS - CAREYES CLINIC: $197,600 · OtherIN THE LOOKING GLAS…BERKELEY HALL SCHOOL: $180,000 · OtherBERKELEY HALL SCHOO…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SENTEBALE FOUNDATION: $85,000 · OtherANIMAL WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $95,000 · Other+13 more: $235,350 · Other+13 moreCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,400,000 · EducationCOLORADO STATE …ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationARIZONA STATE U…+2 more: $54,375 · EducationFRESH AIR FUND: $750,000 · Recreation & SportsPOLO TRAINING CENTER SANTA BARBARA: $60,000 · Recreation & SportsCAREYES FOUNDATION: $160,000 · Human ServicesUnlikely Heroes Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE ART OF ELYSIUM: $175,000 · Arts & Culture
Food & Nutrition$5,018,097Health$1,835,840Other$2,042,950Education$1,604,375Recreation & Sports$810,000Human Services$180,000Arts & Culture$175,000

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 budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $4,618,097 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,400,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $1,125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $750,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetWORK TO RIDE INC: $550,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetWELD FOOD BANK: $400,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ART OF ELYSIUM: $175,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetCAREYES FOUNDATION: $160,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SENTEBALE FOUNDATION: $85,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetPOLO TRAINING CENTER SANTA BARBARA: $60,000 over 4y, 33% of budgetTHE BUCKLEY SCHOOL: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnlikely Heroes Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGLOBAL VOLUNTEERS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SAMBURU PROJECT INC: $14,250 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetWOMENS INTERNATIONAL POLO NETWORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetSUMBA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR LIVING BEAUTY DBA LIVING BEAUTY CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWILDLIFE WARRIORS USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLife Lab Science Program: $4,375 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY14.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Gary Magness Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gary Magness Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report 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.

    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 37 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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