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Elerding Family 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.

$220k
Granted FY2017
22
Grants FY2017
22
Organizations funded FY2017
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80% of Elerding Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Donors Trust Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year Elerding Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 16 organizations, $220k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

16
’17
7
’19
4
’20
7
’21
8
’22
8
’23
10
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2017
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2017
$25,000
States reached, FY2017
6
Total assets, FY2017
$31M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$7.0MHealth$1.0MEducation$615kArts & Culture$363kHuman Services$216kHousing & Shelter$100kPublic Safety & Disaster$90kPublic Benefit$70kOther$0

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
Orange County School of the Arts$605,00060%
Children's Hospital of Orange County$385,00040%
Orange County Music and Dance Inc$277,00057%
Families Forward$100,00031%
Alzheimer's Family Services Center$95,00041%
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc$90,00040%
Palm Springs Air Museum Inc$80,00051%
Let Them Breathe$70,000368%
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society$65,00020%
Share Our Selves Corporation$50,00020%
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All grantees of Elerding Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Orange County School of the Arts$605,00060%
Children's Hospital of Orange County$385,00040%
Orange County Music and Dance Inc$277,00057%
Families Forward$100,00031%
Alzheimer's Family Services Center$95,00041%
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc$90,00040%
Palm Springs Air Museum Inc$80,00051%
Let Them Breathe$70,000368%
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society$65,00020%
Share Our Selves Corporation$50,00020%
Caterinas Club$45,00021%
Miracles for Kids Inc$40,00020%
Orangewood Foundation$30,00020%
HANDS Together A Center for Children$25,00012%
The Coral Reef Alliance$10,00010%
Folds of Honor Foundation$10,00010%
Arms of Love International$10,00011%
Darkness to Light Inc$10,00010%
Camp Kesem National$10,00010%
Orange County Coastkeeper$10,00010%
Riding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths$10,00011%
The Dragon Kim Foundation$10,00013%
Custom Canine Service Dog Academy Inc$10,00011%
The Surfrider Foundation$5,00010%
Nepal Youth Foundation$5,00010%
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation$5,00010%
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$1,00010%
Institute for Justice$1,0001n/a
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($572k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Elerding Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOrange County School of the Arts: $605,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Orange County: $385,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOrange County Music and Dance Inc: $277,000 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetFamilies Forward: $100,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAlzheimer's Family Services Center: $95,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPalm Springs Air Museum Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLet Them Breathe: $70,000 over 3y, 68% of budgetNavy-Marine Corps Relief Society: $65,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetShare Our Selves Corporation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCaterinas Club: $45,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMiracles for Kids Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOrangewood Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHANDS Together A Center for Children: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThe Coral Reef Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArms of Love International: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDarkness to Light Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOrange County Coastkeeper: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRiding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Dragon Kim Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCustom Canine Service Dog Academy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Surfrider Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNepal Youth Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPediatric Cancer Research Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPuppies Behind Bars Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $1,000 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 28.

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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.

Orange County Communi…Sempra FoundationEdwards Lifesciences …California Community …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…
Orange County Community FoundationCA21× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · California Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Elerding Family Foundation

How much does Elerding Family Foundation give?
Elerding Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $220,000 in its FY2017 IRS filing.
What does Elerding Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (73%), Health (11%), Education (6%).
Who are Elerding Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Orange County School of the Arts ($605k), Children's Hospital of Orange County ($385k), Orange County Music and Dance Inc ($277k).
Does Elerding Family Foundation 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 Elerding Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Sempra Foundation, Edwards Lifesciences Foundation.
Where is Elerding Family Foundation based?
Elerding 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 39 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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