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George and Reva Graziadio Foundation at a glance

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George and Reva Graziadio 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.

$279k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$130k
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.

Health$826kPhilanthropy$767kEducation$643kReligion$419kPublic Benefit$79kArts & Culture$78kEnvironment$75kHuman Services$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $130k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY$130,326
SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH$30,000
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY$25,000
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY$25,000
TURNING POINT USA$10,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO FOUNDATION (CHILDRENS)$10,000
SWIM ACROSS AMERICA$10,000
ORLANDO HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
NAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY$8,000
TORRANCE MEMORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,148
HOWEY IN THE HILLS MUSIC SERIES$5,000
DESERT CANCER FOUNDATION$3,500
AUDUBON PARK PTSA$3,000
CWEF-CO WOMEN'S EDUCATION FOUNDATION (CWEF)$2,000
HELP HOPE LIVE$2,000
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 (FY20–21, $1k) 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%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 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

IL
MI
NY
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NC
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 27% of George and Reva Graziadio Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 88% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 84%.

George and Reva Graziadio Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.0% 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 29 repeat orgs$230k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
23

Total granted

$2.0M
$198k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+73%

Still filing today

72%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 & CultureCrime & LegalPhilanthropyPublic 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

  • PU
    PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2019–2025 · $559k · revenue +39%
  • NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH
    3× · 2019–2021 · $100k · revenue +26%
  • LD
    LIVING DESERT THE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $75k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • HB
    HAZELDEN BETTY FORD
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +88%
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.

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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
2
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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3
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
4
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
5
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
6
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
7
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
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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9
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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10
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.

Education
11
Occidental College

See schedule othe mission of occidental college is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex,…

Education
12
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orange County Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Graziadio Wellness Foundation. 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

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 60 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)
42/44
Grantees still filing
34/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRAZIADIO WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $521,000 · OtherGRAZIADIO WELLNESS FOUNDATIONSELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $380,000 · OtherSELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCHTURNING POINT USA INC: $50,000 · Other+31 more: $258,418 · Other+31 moreORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $717,000 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDA…PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $55,000 · PhilanthropyPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION+1 more: $20,000 · PhilanthropyPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $559,193 · EducationPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY+7 more: $48,100 · Education+7 moreNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $100,000 · HealthTorrance Memorial Medical Center Health Care Foundation: $33,862 · HealthEisenhower Medical Center: $25,000 · HealthDESERT CANCER FOUNDATION: $13,500 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $10,000 · HealthOrlando Health Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $3,000 · HealthLIVING DESERT THE: $75,000 · EnvironmentDR PHILLIPS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureHOWEY MUSIC SERIES INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY: $8,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $2,500 · Public Benefit
Other$1,209,418Philanthropy$792,000Education$607,293Health$195,362Environment$75,000Arts & Culture$32,500Public Benefit$10,500

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 budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $717,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $559,193 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTorrance Memorial Medical Center Health Care Foundation: $33,862 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDR PHILLIPS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIGATOR RON BERGERON EVERGLADES MUSEUM INC: $15,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetDESERT CANCER FOUNDATION: $13,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPALOS VERDES HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB: $10,100 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOrlando Health Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MONARCH LEARNING ACADEMY INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPTA FLORIDA CONGRESS: $6,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetPROJECT VERITAS: $5,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOWEY MUSIC SERIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetWHITE FOREST SANGHA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLEXIT FOUNDATION INC: $1,933 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE L A FIRE DEPARTMENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLACROSSE THE NATIONS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSURFING HERITAGE AND CULTURE CENTER: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPALOS VERDES GOLF CLUB: $300 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 Ayco Charitable F…Verizon FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Renaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
The Ayco Charitable FoundationNY10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 George and Reva Graziadio Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George and Reva Graziadio Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report 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.
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How do I get to George and Reva Graziadio Foundation?

Find your warmest path to George and Reva Graziadio 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 60 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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