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It Takes a Family Foundation Inc

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.

$758k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2024
28
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 51
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$5.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations It Takes a Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $286k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
ReligionHuman ServicesCivil RightsPublic BenefitArts & CultureInternationalOther
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 arriving35$758k31%
FY202328$1.0M18%
FY202233$1.1M30%
FY202151$1.5M41%
FY202035$1.1M46%
FY201924$647k33%
FY201829$1.1M59%
FY201726$451kn/a
76% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.4MPublic Benefit$1.2MReligion$1.0MCivil Rights$788kHuman Services$640kHealth$327kCommunity Improvement$181kArts & Culture$155kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Turning Point USA Inc$1,125,00061%
Family Research Council$574,20071%
Live Action$487,00073%
Church United Inc$277,5002n/a
Jf Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Inc Fka Fran Joswick Therap Riding Ctr Inc$250,81572%
California Family Council$221,100710%
Million Voices Inc$105,0001n/a
Give Me Liberty$100,000185%
Council for National Policy$64,45040%
Pacific Justice Institute$55,00051%
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All grantees of It Takes a Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Turning Point USA Inc$1,125,00061%
Family Research Council$574,20071%
Live Action$487,00073%
Church United Inc$277,5002n/a
Jf Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Inc Fka Fran Joswick Therap Riding Ctr Inc$250,81572%
California Family Council$221,100710%
Million Voices Inc$105,0001n/a
Give Me Liberty$100,000185%
Council for National Policy$64,45040%
Pacific Justice Institute$55,00051%
Vineyard Outreach America$50,0002n/a
Cornerstone Community Church$42,0003n/a
Unreported Story Society$25,00011%
Calvary South Oc$25,0001n/a
Community Church$23,5004n/a
Orange County Sheriffs Advisory Council$22,50051%
Project Veritas$20,0001n/a
Cruisin For a Cure$20,000816%
Cameron Family Ministries$20,000114%
Focus on the Family$20,0002n/a
Childhelp Inc$15,00030%
California Policy Center$12,50021%
Sean Feucht Ministries Inc$10,20020%
Intercessors for America Inc$10,0001n/a
The Good Call Ministries Inc$10,00011%
The Obria Group Inc$10,00010%
Center for American Values$10,00012%
New Dawn Communities Inc$10,0001n/a
The Isaiah 117 Project Inc$8,50021%
Prestonwood Christian Academy$8,3022n/a
Life Training Institute$7,50021%
South Oceanside Elementary PTO$7,00044%
Students for Life of America Inc$7,00020%
Wallbuilder Presentations Inc$7,0003n/a
Children of the Nations$6,20010%
Hill of Hope Inc$5,20013%
Christs Hope U S a Inc$5,07520%
Lincoln Club Institute$5,00012%
The Filling Station Inc$5,00011%
The Center For Medical Progress$5,00010%
Kings Church Inc$5,0001n/a
Main Street Ministries Inc$5,00012%
Whole Heart International$5,00014%
Judicial Watch Inc$5,00010%
Gateways to Better Education$5,00011%
Young Life$4,82720%
For Kids and Country Inc$4,00043%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$3,75080%
With My Own Two Hands Foundation$2,5001n/a
Operation Democracy Inc$2,50012%
Children's Health Defense$2,10020%
The Nazarene Fund$2,00010%
Capitol Ministries$1,00010%
All Eagles Oscar Foundation$50010%
Rushing Streams Ministries Inc$50011%
Dutch Sheets Ministries Inc$50010%
Legacy Coalition$50010%
Free the Oppressed$50010%
Olive Crest$42010%
Salt & Light Council$37510%
Sadd Inc$28810%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

It Takes a Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $1,125,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFamily Research Council: $574,200 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetLive Action: $487,000 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetJf Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Inc Fka Fran Joswick Therap Riding Ctr Inc: $250,815 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetCalifornia Family Council: $221,100 over 7y, 9.7% of budgetGive Me Liberty: $100,000 over 1y, 85% of budgetCouncil for National Policy: $64,450 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPacific Justice Institute: $55,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUnreported Story Society: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOrange County Sheriffs Advisory Council: $22,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCruisin For a Cure: $20,000 over 8y, 16% of budgetCameron Family Ministries: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetChildhelp Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Policy Center: $12,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSean Feucht Ministries Inc: $10,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Good Call Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Obria Group Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for American Values: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThe Isaiah 117 Project Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLife Training Institute: $7,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSouth Oceanside Elementary PTO: $7,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of the Nations: $6,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHill of Hope Inc: $5,200 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetChrists Hope U S a Inc: $5,075 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLincoln Club Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetThe Filling Station Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Center For Medical Progress: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMain Street Ministries Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWhole Heart International: $5,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGateways to Better Education: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYoung Life: $4,827 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFor Kids and Country Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $3,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Democracy Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetChildren's Health Defense: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Nazarene Fund: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapitol Ministries: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAll Eagles Oscar Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRushing Streams Ministries Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDutch Sheets Ministries Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLegacy Coalition: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFree the Oppressed: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOlive Crest: $420 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSalt & Light Council: $375 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSadd Inc: $288 over 1y, 0.0% 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 47.

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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.

Christian Community Foundation IncCO23.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · Lindholm Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · California Community Foundation · Greater Horizons · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 It Takes a Family Foundation Inc

How much does It Takes a Family Foundation Inc give?
It Takes a Family Foundation Inc reported 35 grants totaling $758,271 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 51 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does It Takes a Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (18%), Public Benefit (16%), Religion (13%).
Who are It Takes a Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Turning Point USA Inc ($1.1M), Family Research Council ($574k), Live Action ($487k).
Does It Takes a Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does It Takes a Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as It Takes a Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation, Donors Trust Inc.
Where is It Takes a Family Foundation Inc based?
It Takes a Family Foundation Inc 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 116 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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