· Private foundation
Lisette and Michael Farrell Family 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | $25,000 |
| BOSTON COLLEGE | $25,000 |
| LAS PATRONAS | $7,500 |
| MARY STAR OF THE SEA | $5,500 |
| MILES CHRISTI | $3,000 |
| THE GIVENGAIN FOUNDATION | $500 |
| CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION | $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 (FY22–25, $3k) 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 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, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE3× · 2022–2025 · $75k · revenue +12%
ST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC3× · 2020–2022 · $41k · revenue +32%- TSTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION2× · 2020–2021 · $28k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- CDCENTRO DE SALUD DE LA COMUNIDAD DE SAN YSIDRO INCone grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue 0%
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMY WOMEN'S AUXILIARYone grant, 2024 · $5k
- TCTHE CENTER'S YOUNG PROFESSIONALS COUNCILone grant, 2020 · $3k
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 organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.
Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
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 mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
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.
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,…
The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.
To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.
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.
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 25 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 TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds University of Chicago ↗
- Who funds LAS PATRONAS ↗
- Who funds CENTRO DE SALUD DE LA COMUNIDAD DE SAN YSIDRO INC ↗
- Who funds THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE ↗
- Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds CUREBOUND ↗
- Who funds GivenGain Foundation USA ↗
- Who funds CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC ↗
- Who funds THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
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: Farrell Family Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lisette and Michael Farrell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lisette and Michael Farrell Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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