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Longwell 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.

$9k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$17kHealth$13kEnvironment$13kAnimals$12kEducation$10kInternational$8kYouth Development$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$294k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN BICYCLING ASSOCIATION$2,000
HENRYS FORK FOUNDATION INC$1,500
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY$1,500
SAN DIEGO MOUNTAIN BIKING ASSOCIATION$1,000
CALIFORNIA TRAILS FOUNDATION$500
COHVCO ACCESS FUND$500
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH COUNTY$500
CALIFORNIA DOODLE RESCUE$500
MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION$500
FALLBROOK CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC$500
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 (FY17–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%FALLBROOK CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $2k → 11%FALLBROOK CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $2k → 11%FALLBROOK CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $500 → 11%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.
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$88k · 17 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
9

Total granted

$88k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
0%

Still filing today

88%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentRecreation & SportsEducationPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $11k · revenue +40%
  • IM
    International Mountain Bicycling Association
    5× · 2021–2025 · $11k · revenue +9%
  • TM
    THE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2025 · $10k · revenue +147%

Funded once

  • DT
    Drive Toward a Cure
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +25%
  • BS
    BENICIA STATE PARKS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • JA
    Jameson Animal Rescue Ranch
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -71%
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
Santa Barbara County Trails Council

Our mission is to protect public trail access build and maintain safe and sustainable trails and promote public engagement in land stewardship and trail use for all types of outdoor recreation.

Recreation & Sports
2
Truckee Trails Foundation Inc

The Truckee Trails Foundation (TTF) is working towards a system of trails and bikeways in and around Truckee, California that will connect people and places, reduce our community's dependence on automobiles, and improve our physical,…

Environment
3
Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

The Boulder Mountainbike Alliance exists to serve as a positive voice for mountain biking in the greater Boulder County, Colorado area by improving the trail experience for all users through social rides and events, advocacy, and trail…

Recreation & Sports
4
Humane Society of the Sierra Foothills

To prevent animal abuse and neglect, enforce the anti-cruelty laws of the State of California and promote the wellbeing of animals.

Animals
5
Northern California Regional Land Trust

The purpose of the organization is to monitor, manage, and preserve conservation easements it stewards in northern california. the organization acquires conservation easements in land exhibiting important natural features to protect and…

Environment
6
California Mountain Biking Coalition

The California Mountain Biking Coalitions mission is to Improve and increase trail access for mountain biking throughout California by providing a unified statewide voice for organizations and individuals

Human Services
7
Sierra Watch

Sierra watch secures conservation outcomes to protect the natural resources, mountain communities, and timeless values of the tahoe sierra.

Environment
8
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
9
Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship

Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship is creating and maintaining world-class trails responsibly, sustainably, and collectively.

Environment
10
The Jmt Wilderness Conservancy

Working to restore the watersheds, wilderness, and wildlife in the high sierra nevada following the john muir trail (est. 1915) for all life in california.

Environment
11
Mltpa Foundation

To plan, steward, interpret, promote, and sustain a system of four-season trails and public access to natural areas in the Mammoth Lakes and Eastern Sierra Nevada region in the state of California while protecting its natural resources.

Environment
12
Bay Area Ridge Trail Council

To plan, promote and sustain a connected 550-mile hiking, cycling and equestrian trail on the ridge lines above the San Francisco Bay - linking people, parks and open spaces for today and future generations.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coast Guard Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fallbrook Animal Sanctuary. 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

21 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. 21 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HENRYS FORK FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · OtherHENRYS FORK FOUNDATION INCBOYS CLUB OF NAPA INC BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NAPA VALLEY: $3,000 · OtherBOYS CLUB OF NAPA INC BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NAP…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC-DOCS WO BORDERS: $3,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC-DOCS WO BORDE…Riding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths: $2,000 · OtherBENICIA YACHT CLUB MARINE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 · OtherBENICIA STATE PARKS ASSOCIATION: $1,500 · OtherBoys & Girls Club of North County: $4,800 · OtherBoys & Girls Club of North CountyFallbrook Child Development Center Inc: $4,500 · OtherFallbrook Child Development Center IncSave The Children Federation Inc: $4,000 · OtherSave The Children Federation IncDrive Toward a Cure: $3,600 · OtherDrive Toward a Cure+4 more: $3,500 · Other+4 moreInternational Mountain Bicycling Association: $11,000 · Recreation & SportsInternational Mo…SAN DIEGO MOUNTAIN BIKING ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · Recreation & SportsSAN DIEGO MOUNTA…FRIENDS OF HARRIMAN STATE PARK INC: $500 · Recreation & SportsFALLBROOK ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $7,500 · AnimalsFALLBROOK ANI…CALIFORNIA DOODLE RESCUE: $2,700 · AnimalsCALIFORNIA DO…Jameson Animal Rescue Ranch: $1,500 · AnimalsJameson Anima…HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER: $500 · AnimalsSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $11,000 · EducationSYRACUSE UNI…THE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthTHE MORGAN …COAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $5,800 · Public BenefitFALLBROOK LAND CONSERVANCY: $3,000 · EnvironmentCOHVCO ACCESS FUND: $1,750 · EnvironmentCalifornia Trails Foundation: $500 · Environment
Other$40,900Recreation & Sports$14,500Animals$12,200Education$11,000Health$10,000Public Benefit$5,800Environment$5,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $11,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Mountain Bicycling Association: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHENRYS FORK FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFALLBROOK ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $7,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $5,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of North County: $4,800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFallbrook Child Development Center Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDrive Toward a Cure: $3,600 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF NAPA INC BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NAPA VALLEY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO MOUNTAIN BIKING ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFALLBROOK LAND CONSERVANCY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA DOODLE RESCUE: $2,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRiding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOHVCO ACCESS FUND: $1,750 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetJameson Animal Rescue Ranch: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVALKYRIE GIVES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCalifornia Trails Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF HARRIMAN STATE PARK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

The San Diego Foundat…The Denver FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
The San Diego FoundationCA16.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Longwell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Longwell Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 27 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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