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Harriet H Samuelsson Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Harriet H Samuelsson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2020
25
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Youth Development$565kHuman Services$145kHealth$125kCrime & Legal$60kArts & Culture$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kPhilanthropy$20kScience & Tech$20kOther$0
02FY2020 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 25 grants below total $995,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,170,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $175,000 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 · FY2020

  • $10k–50k18 grants · $382k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $613k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard & Port Hueneme$150,000
Boys & Girls Club of Moorpark & Simi Valley Inc$100,000
St John's Healthcare Foundation$88,000
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley$75,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura$75,000
Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo$75,000
Assistance League of Ventura County$50,000
Casa of Ventura County$40,000
One Step A La Vez$30,000
No Limits for Deaf Children$25,000
Girl Scouts of CA's Central Coast$25,000
Help of Ojai, Inc.$25,000
Assistance League of Conejo Valley$25,000
El Concilio Family Services$25,000
Future Leaders of America, Inc.$20,000
02Its 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
The Antelope Valley Boys and Girls Club

The Antelope Valley Boys and Girls Club mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Youth Development
2
Boys and Girls Clubs of Diablo Valley

The boys & girls clubs of diablo valley's mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

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3
Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley

The club's mission is to enable all young people, specially those who need it most, to reach their potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

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4
Boys & Girls Club of San Fernando Valley

Boys and girls clubs provide a safe place for youth to develop character, leadership, education, career guidance, health, art, sports and fitness while becoming responsible and caring citizens.

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5
Boy Scouts of America Ventura County Council

The mission of the ventura county council, boy scouts of america, is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law. the ventura county council…

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6
Ventura Breakers Basketbll Club

Provide youth basketball experience to boys and girls in the 4th to 8th grade levels.

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7
Boys & Girls Club of South San Luis Obispo County

To operate a boys and girls club facility and after-school and summer camp programs for all area children regardless of ability to pay in the Five Cities area of San Luis Obispo County.

Youth Development
8
West Valley Boys & Girls Club Inc

To improve the health, social, educational, vocational and character development of boys and girls presiding in the West San Fernando Valley; to offer guidance to them for their continued development as productive members of society.

Unclassified
9
Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley

To inspire and empower all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring adults.

Youth Development
10
Boys & Girls Clubs of Capistrano Valley

To inspire and enable all youth to reach their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens by providing stimulating and challenging programs through interaction with dedicated, caring people.

Youth Development
11
Santa Clarita Valley Boys and Girls Club

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Youth Development
12
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley

To provide opportunities for youth to learn and succeed.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley; the most unlike its peers is Pinkard Youth Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 25 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHN'S HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $88,000 · OtherST JOHN'S HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAMARILLO: $75,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAMARILLOBoys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura: $75,000 · OtherBoys & Girls Club of Greater VenturaOne Step A La Vez: $30,000 · OtherOne Step A La VezGirl Scouts of CA's Central Coast: $25,000 · OtherGirl Scouts of CA's Central CoastRescue Mission Alliance DBA Lighthouse for Women & Children: $20,000 · OtherVentura Police Activities League, Inc.: $20,000 · OtherVentura County Discovery Center: $20,000 · OtherSpecial Olympics Ventura County: $15,000 · Other+1 more: $10,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER OXNARD & PORT HUENEME: $150,000 · Crime & LegalBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF G…CASA OF VENTURA COUNTY INC: $40,000 · Crime & LegalCASA OF VENTURA COUNTY …CITY IMPACT INC: $20,000 · Crime & LegalCITY IMPACT INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MOORPARK & SIMI VALLEY INC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MO…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA CLARA VALLEY: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SA…Future Leaders of America: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentFuture Leaders of Ameri…Pinkard Youth Institute: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentPinkard Youth InstituteASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF CONEJO VALLEY: $25,000 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE…EL CONCILIO FAMILY SERVICES: $25,000 · Human ServicesEL CONCILI…HELP OF OJAI INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHELP OF OJ…REINS OF HOPE: $17,000 · Human ServicesREINS OF H…OUTREACH ALLIANCE OF VENTURA COUNTY: $50,000 · Community ImprovementNO LIMITS THEATER GROUP INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyLIVINGSTON MEMORIAL VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Health
Other$378,000Crime & Legal$210,000Youth Development$210,000Human Services$92,000Community Improvement$50,000Arts & Culture$25,000Philanthropy$20,000Health$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER OXNARD & PORT HUENEME: $150,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MOORPARK & SIMI VALLEY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetST JOHN'S HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $88,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA CLARA VALLEY: $75,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAMARILLO: $75,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetOUTREACH ALLIANCE OF VENTURA COUNTY: $50,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCASA OF VENTURA COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetOne Step A La Vez: $30,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF CONEJO VALLEY: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetEL CONCILIO FAMILY SERVICES: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHELP OF OJAI INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNO LIMITS THEATER GROUP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFuture Leaders of America: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVentura County Discovery Center: $20,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetUNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetREINS OF HOPE: $17,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetLIVINGSTON MEMORIAL VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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…Conrad N Hilton Found…Sherwood Country Club…Meadowlark Service Le…Mufg Union Bank Found…Swift Memorial Health…Santa Barbara Foundat…Weingart FoundationCalifornia Community …The Annenberg Foundat…The Amgen Foundation …
Ventura County Community FoundationCA30.3× affinity12 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 · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Sherwood Country Club Charitable Foundation · Meadowlark Service League · Mufg Union Bank Foundation Ag · Swift Memorial Health Care Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Weingart Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Amgen Foundation 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.

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 25 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.2M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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