· Private foundation
John & Beverly Stauffer Foundation
Its FY2025 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k24 grants · $126k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY SAN DIEGO | $25,000 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER | $20,000 |
| SHAKESPEARE-WILL POWER TO YOUTH | $10,000 |
| CALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY | $7,500 |
| COLBURN SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS | $6,500 |
| LOS ANGELES OPERA | $6,500 |
| COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION | $6,000 |
| CALIF STATE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ARTS FNDTN | $6,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA CLARA | $6,000 |
| LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE | $6,000 |
| LAS PATRONAS | $5,500 |
| SKYDOG SANCTUARY | $5,000 |
| NEUROTALENT WORKS INC | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% 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.
47 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HWHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER8× · 2017–2025 · $140k · revenue +84%
- CMCALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +216%
- FOFRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC5× · 2017–2021 · $75k · revenue +311%
Funded once
- SCSHAKESPEARE CENTER OF LOS ANGELESgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +76%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUBone grant, 2017 · $6k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $6k
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 ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
The institute is dedicated to scientific research, the results of which are used to promote public awareness and education in the areas of conservation biology and ecology,including the wise use of natural resources.
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 advance the educational, cultural, scholarly, and creative activities and the role of community service of csula by increasing private funding, responsibly managing donated resources and supporting the university and its diverse and…
See schedule 0founded in 1994, opera santa barbara is the signature provider of professional opera on the california central coast. we aspire to be a cultural leader in the santa barbara region, voicing and advancing our community's spirit…
The California-Mexico Studies Centers mission is to establish programs between higher education institutions and cultural organizations that will enhance the teaching and exchange of faculty and students between California and Mexico and…
To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…
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.
The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…
How this is measured
39 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. 39 of the 68 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 HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds OJAI FESTIVALS LTD ↗
- Who funds LAS PATRONAS ↗
- Who funds COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA MISSION ARCHIVE-LIBRARY INC ↗
- Who funds THE MIDNIGHT MISSION ↗
- Who funds ONEGENERATION ↗
- Who funds THE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC ↗
- Who funds VENTURA COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds VISTA HILL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE OF WILDWORKS ↗
- Who funds Winter Nights Family Shelter Inc ↗
- Who funds EASTERN SIERRA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SKY DOG SANCTUARY INC ↗
- Who funds SEEDS OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds VENTURA EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP ↗
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: The Annenberg Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Kelly Charitable Remainder Ann Tr · California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Cushman Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · Sempra Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John & Beverly Stauffer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John & Beverly Stauffer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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