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JAG Molina Family Foundation at a glance

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JAG Molina Family Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$750k
Granted FY2021
20
Grants FY2021
4
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.

Environment$710kSocial Science$200kCivil Rights$175kFood & Nutrition$150kHousing & Shelter$123kCrime & Legal$115kHuman Services$108kArts & Culture$103kOther$0
02FY2021 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • $10k–50k15 grants · $375k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $375k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAINFOREST TRUST$125,000
HUBBS-SEA WORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE$75,000
CARE CLOSET LBC$75,000
THE MOLINA FOUNDATION$50,000
NATIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION$50,000
AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC$45,000
FEEDING AMERICA$35,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$30,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$30,000
CENTRO LEGAL DE LA RAZA$25,000
WILD HONEY FOUNDATION$25,000
COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS$25,000
FARMWORKER JUSTICE FUND$25,000
MALDEF$25,000
LONG BEACH RESCUE MISSION$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $105k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BORDER ANGELS: $10k → 11%CARE CLOSET LBC: $75k → 14%THORN: $20k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
AL
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 19 repeat orgs$651k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2021, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
33

Total granted

$1.4M
$486k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
-2%

Still filing today

68%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $165k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21
Civil RightsEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • RT
    RAINFOREST TRUST
    2× · 2020–2021 · $225k · revenue +54%
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2021 · $200k · revenue +145%
  • AO
    AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION
    3× · 2019–2021 · $93k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • AC
    ARTS COUNCIL OF LONG BEACH
    one grant, 2019 · $75k
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • LB
    LONG BEACH ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIPgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +32%
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
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
2
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
3
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
4
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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7
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
8
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
9
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
10
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
11
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
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 Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wild Honey Foundation. 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

35 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. 35 of the 56 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
21/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONARTS COUNCIL OF LONG BEACH: $75,000 · OtherARTS COUNCIL OF LONG BEACHFEEDING AMERICA: $70,000 · OtherFEEDING AMERICATHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $60,000 · OtherAIDS FOOD STORE OF LONG BEACH: $45,000 · OtherCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $45,000 · OtherUSO: $40,000 · OtherLONG BEACH RESCUE MISSION: $65,000 · OtherLONG BEACH RESCUE MISSIONWILD HONEY FOUNDATION: $47,500 · OtherCENTRO LEGAL DE LA RAZA: $50,000 · Other+31 more: $473,000 · Other+31 moreRAINFOREST TRUST: $225,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST T…THE MOLINA FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Social ScienceTHE MOLINA…AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $92,500 · AnimalsAQUARIUM …HUBBS-SEA WORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $75,000 · AnimalsHUBBS-SEA…AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC: $10,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN …MALDEF - MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND: $50,000 · Civil RightsFARMWORKER JUSTICE FUND INC: $40,000 · Civil RightsUNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $15,000 · Civil RightsCARE CLOSET LBC: $75,000 · Human ServicesTHORN: $20,000 · Human ServicesBORDER ANGELS: $10,000 · Human ServicesWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $60,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $10,000 · Environment
Other$1,170,500International$225,000Social Science$200,000Animals$177,500Civil Rights$125,000Human Services$105,000Environment$85,000

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 budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $225,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MOLINA FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $92,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCARE CLOSET LBC: $75,000 over 1y, 80% of budgetHUBBS-SEA WORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $75,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLONG BEACH RESCUE MISSION: $65,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRO LEGAL DE LA RAZA: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMALDEF - MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWILD HONEY FOUNDATION: $47,500 over 3y, 64% of budgetFARMWORKER JUSTICE FUND INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFOOD FINDERS INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK AND BROWN FOUNDERS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHORN: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHORSES WITH HEART INC: $15,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINC HOUSING CORPORATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATHWAYS VOLUNTEER HOSPICE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCommunity Hospital of Long Beach Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFIRST AMENDMENT COALITION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOCEANA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBORDER ANGELS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLong Beach Education Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

California Community …Long Beach Community …The Rudolph J & Daphn…Farmers & Merchants B…Liberty Hill Foundati…Earl B & Loraine H Mi…The California Endowm…Sempra FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Tides FoundationThe Chicago Community…National Philanthropi…
California Community FoundationCA20.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Long Beach Community Foundation · The Rudolph J & Daphne a Munzer Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Earl B & Loraine H Miller Foundation · The California Endowment · Sempra Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization JAG Molina Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from JAG Molina Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 56 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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