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Howard & Helen House Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$145k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2024
30
Organizations funded FY2023
60%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 30
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$1.4M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Howard & Helen House Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
HealthInternationalAnimalsArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving31$145k65%
FY202330$120k60%
FY202218$122k61%
FY202016$144kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$112kAnimals$110kEducation$80kArts & Culture$57kInternational$55kEnvironment$30kScience & Tech$26kRecreation & Sports$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NY
MA
IA
PA
CA
CO
VA
AR
NC
DC
HI
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Howard & Helen House Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association$53,00030%
Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$45,00010%
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery$40,00030%
Heifer International Foundation$25,00010%
Rose Bowl Aquatics Center$25,00010%
Occidental College$18,50030%
The New Center for Psychoanalysis$14,00040%
Filmscene$14,00031%
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego$13,25030%
The House Institute Foundation$13,00030%
Yellowstone to Yukon$11,00010%
Palisades High School Booster Club$11,00021%
Pacific Whale Foundation$10,50010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$10,00030%
Samaritan's Purse$10,00010%
Villa Esperanza Services$9,50020%
Edison High School Foundation$8,0001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$7,00020%
Out of the Cold Centre County Inc$6,60031%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc$5,00010%
Mercy Chefs Inc$4,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$4,00010%
Eye Surgeons International$4,0001n/a
Augies Quest to Cure ALS Inc$2,50010%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$2,50010%
Parasites Without Borders Inc$2,50012%
Emergency Ultrasound for Palestine$2,0002n/a
Womens Health Project Inc$2,00020%
Action Against Hunger - USA$2,00010%
MicrobeTV Inc$2,00011%
Redwood Empire Food Bank$2,00010%
United States Fund for Unicef$2,00010%
350org$1,50010%
Pbs Foundation$1,00010%
Huntington Medical Research Institutes$1,00010%
Friends of the Animal Center Foundation$1,00010%
Doheny Eye Institute$1,00010%
Centre Volunteers in Medicine$1,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$50010%
Claremont McKenna College$50010%
Centre County Paws Inc$50010%
American Heart Association Inc$50010%
Pali Quarterback Club$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($141k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Howard & Helen House Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreater Los Angeles Zoological Association: $53,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLos Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $45,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHenry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHeifer International Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRose Bowl Aquatics Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOccidental College: $18,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Center for Psychoanalysis: $14,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFilmscene: $14,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetRady Children's Hospital San Diego: $13,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe House Institute Foundation: $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYellowstone to Yukon: $11,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPalisades High School Booster Club: $11,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPacific Whale Foundation: $10,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVilla Esperanza Services: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOut of the Cold Centre County Inc: $6,600 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Chefs Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAugies Quest to Cure ALS Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParasites Without Borders Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWomens Health Project Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAction Against Hunger - USA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMicrobeTV Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRedwood Empire Food Bank: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350org: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPbs Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuntington Medical Research Institutes: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Animal Center Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDoheny Eye Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentre Volunteers in Medicine: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentre County Paws Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPali Quarterback Club: $50 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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 Patron Saints FoundationCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Patron Saints Foundation · The Otis Booth Foundation · Wm Keck Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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.

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About Howard & Helen House Family Foundation

How much does Howard & Helen House Family Foundation give?
Howard & Helen House Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $144,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 30 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Howard & Helen House Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (21%), Animals (21%), Education (15%).
Who are Howard & Helen House Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association ($53k), Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($45k), Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery ($40k).
Does Howard & Helen House Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Howard & Helen House Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Howard & Helen House Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Patron Saints Foundation, The Otis Booth Foundation, Wm Keck Foundation.
Where is Howard & Helen House Family Foundation based?
Howard & Helen House Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 65 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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