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Gh Palmer Family Foundation at a glance

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Gh Palmer 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.

$500k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$277k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$8.0MArts & Culture$7.1MPhilanthropy$1.8MHealth$150kPublic Safety & Disaster$136kHousing & Shelter$28kRecreation & Sports$25kYouth Development$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $223k
  • $250k+1 grant · $277k
$277,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$26k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY$277,000
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART$222,500
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 (FY17–22, $159k) 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%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $10k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $10k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $8k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $120k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%THE LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $1k → 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.
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 8 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
12

Total granted

$16M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+10%

Still filing today

75%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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
    7× · 2017–2024 · $6.9M · revenue +51%
  • MA
    MUSEUM ASSOCIATES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6.5M · revenue +89%
  • NC
    Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation
    3× · 2018–2020 · $150k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • HS
    HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $1.1M · revenue +10%
  • CE
    COMITATO EVENTO CAPRI GALA
    one grant, 2022 · $268k
  • WW
    Western Wall Heritage Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue +57%
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
Los Angeles City College Foundation

We are committed to breaking the cycle of poverty and creating programs that drive change. by addressing students' basic needs, including food, housing, utilities, transportation, and healthcare, we enable low-income students to enroll,…

Education
2
Los Angeles Pacific University

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

Education
3
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
4
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
5
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc

The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.

Arts & Culture
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
California Western School of Law

California western school of law is an independent, aba/aals and wasc senior college and university commission (wscuc) accredited s.d. law school that prepares graduates for the practice of law through a carefully sequenced program of…

Education
8
Los Angeles County Bar Association (Lacba)

Meeting the professional needs of los angeles lawyers, and improving the administration of justice.

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9
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
10
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
11
California State University Los Angeles Foundation

To advance the educational, cultural, scholarly, and creative activities and the role of community service of csula by increasing private funding, responsibly managing donated resources and supporting the university and its diverse and…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ucla Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Midnight Mission. 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

16 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. 16 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $6,901,000 · EducationPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITYHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $1,100,000 · EducationHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL+2 more: $15,000 · EducationMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $6,497,759 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES+2 more: $45,000 · Arts & CultureF I D F: $2,550,110 · OtherF I D FCOMITATO EVENTO CAPRI GALA: $267,517 · OtherCOMITATO EVENTO CAP…Western Wall Heritage Foundation Inc: $250,000 · OtherWestern Wall Herita…+4 more: $110,300 · OtherLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $131,000 · Human ServicesTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $27,500 · Human ServicesNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $150,000 · PhilanthropyMACCABI WORLD UNION INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentSANTA BARBARA POLICE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN UNITING NATIONS INC: $2,500 · International
Education$8,016,000Arts & Culture$6,542,759Other$3,177,927Human Services$158,500Philanthropy$150,000Youth Development$30,000Crime & Legal$5,000International$2,500

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 budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $6,901,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $6,497,759 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $1,100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWestern Wall Heritage Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $150,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $131,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $27,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMACCABI WORLD UNION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE HISTORIC ITALIAN HALL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH WORLD WATCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA POLICE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCHILDREN UNITING NATIONS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE RAPE FOUNDATION: $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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Gh Palmer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gh Palmer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    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 · 0–15%
    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 21 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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