· Private foundation
Iron Ranger 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $28k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| URBAN STREET ANGEL INC | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $8,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,000 |
| SAN DIEGO SAINTS HOCKEY CLUB | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| USAFA ENDOWMENT | $2,000 |
| MAGELLAN COLLEGE | $1,095 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IGIndividual grant recipient5× · 2019–2023 · $179k
- IGIndividual grant recipient2× · 2019–2020 · $15k
- AFAIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION5× · 2019–2024 · $10k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $50k
- TETHE ELIZABETH HOSPICE INCone grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -9%
- PCPIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +284%
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.
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.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.
To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.
The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
To spark breakthrough community action that elevates every child and family toward a brighter future.
Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.
To support the social, recreational, cultural and education programs and facilities, both on campus and in the community, and to advocate for student interests, provide leadership opportunities and participate in shared governance.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds URBAN STREET ANGELS INC ↗
- Who funds THE ELIZABETH HOSPICE INC ↗
- Who funds AIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
- Who funds PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ↗
- Who funds DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Carlsbad High School Touchdown Club ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Iron Ranger Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Iron Ranger Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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