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Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Maggie and Earl Russell 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.

$163k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$40k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$270kCommunity Improvement$247kHealth$205kHuman Services$128kYouth Development$44kInternational$38kFood & Nutrition$15kReligion$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARCS Foundation LA Founder Chapter$40,000
Net-Works Laguna Beach$25,000
Muriel's Angels$15,000
Hoag Hospital Foundation$10,000
Orangewood Foundation$10,000
Kings Academy$9,000
Free Wheelchair Mission$5,000
Laguna Food Pantry$5,000
Foundation Think Again$5,000
Mercy Ships$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach$5,000
Orange County Rescue Mission$5,000
Peace of Heaven Children's Paradise$5,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation$5,000
Bright Spark Learning$4,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 39% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Make-A-Wish America: $15k → 11%Fostering Wishes Foundation: $6k → 11%STARS: $5k → 8%Free Wheelchair Mission: $5k → 10%SF Rebels: $6k → 10%Foundation Think Again: $8k → 14%Peace of Heaven Children's Paradise: $5k → 15%Mercy Ships: $5k → 12%CRU - Campus Crusade: $12k → 13%Samaritan's Purse: $7k → 21%SHARE Outreach: $30k → 7%Free Wheelchair Mission: $5k → 10%Foundation Think Again: $7k → 14%Mercy Ships: $5k → 12%SHARE Outreach: $25k → 7%Free Wheelchair Mission: $5k → 10%Make-a-Wish Foundation: $6k → 14%Mercy Ships: $5k → 12%SHARE Outreach: $20k → 7%Free Wheelchair Mission: $5k → 10%Foundation Think Again: $5k → 14%Mercy Ships: $5k → 12%SHARE Outreach: $20k → 7%Hoag Hospital Foundation: $10k → 10%Hoag Hospital Foundation: $10k → 10%Hoag Hospital Foundation: $10k → 10%Muriel's Angels: $25k → 10%Muriel's Angels: $20k → 10%Kings Academy: $10k → 10%ARCS Foundation LA Founder Chapter: $60k → 14%Muriel's Angels: $15k → 10%ARCS Foundation LA Founder Chapter: $40k → 14%Kings Academy: $9k → 10%ARCS Foundation LA Founder Chapter: $36k → 14%Muriel's Angels: $10k → 10%ARCS Foundation LA Founder Chapter: $36k → 14%ARCS Foundation LA Founder Chapter: $35k → 14%Muriel's Angels: $9k → 10%ARCS Foundation LA Founder Chapter: $30k → 14%Net-Works Laguna Beach: $80k → 10%Net-Works Laguna Beach: $45k → 10%Net-Works Laguna Beach: $44k → 10%Net-Works Laguna Beach: $30k → 10%Net-Works Laguna Beach: $25k → 10%Net-Works Laguna Beach: $24k → 10%Orangewood Foundation: $10k → 10%Orangewood Foundation: $10k → 10%Orangewood Foundation: $10k → 10%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

NH
NY
CA
DE
AZ
NC
TX
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$925k · 19 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
9

Total granted

$925k
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
0%

Still filing today

84%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationInternationalFood & NutritionAnimalsCrime & 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

  • NL
    NET-WORKS LAGUNA BEACH
    6× · 2020–2025 · $247k · revenue +94%
  • SO
    SHARE OUTREACH INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $95k · revenue +43%
  • HH
    HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2025 · $35k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • MA
    Make-A-Wish America
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • CC
    CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC
    one grant, 2024 · $12k
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $7k · revenue 0%
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
Los Angeles Mission Inc

The los angeles mission breaks the cycle of homelessness and poverty, by stabilizing people in a safe and spiritual environment, connecting them to solutions and walking with them on their journey.

Housing & Shelter
2
Los Angeles Christian Health Centers

The mission of los angeles christian health centers is to follow christ by loving and serving our neighbors through the provision of comprehensive quality healthcare. our vision is the healing and restoration of homeless and underserved…

Health
3
Memorial Health Services

To improve the health and well-being of individuals, families and our communities, by benefiting, performing the functions of and carrying out the purposes of the nonprofit, tax-exempt hospitals and other healthcare providers of which the…

Health
4
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
5
Ucla Foundation

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…

Education
6
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
7
La Clinica De La Raza Inc

To improve the quality of life of the diverse communities we serve by providing culturally appropriate, high quality, and accessible health care for all.

Health
8
Children's Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group

To be the preeminent pediatric, multispecialty medical group in the nation, dedicated to providing the highest quality medical care to infants, children and adolescents; and supporting the finest teaching and research endeavors of our…

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9
Loma Linda University Medical Center

Our mission is to continue the healing ministry of jesus christ, "to make man whole," in a setting of advancing medical science and to provide a stimulating clinical and research environment for the education of physicians, nurses, and…

Health
10
Los Angeles County Medical Association

To enhance the professionalism and clinical autonomy of physicians to allow them to advocate for their patients and the health of the community of los angeles.

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11
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

The organization's mission is to mobilize resources to fight hunger in our community. to fulfill its mission, the food bank:* sources and acquires nutritious food and other products and distribute them to people experiencing nutrition…

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12
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital Foundation

Our children's hospital foundation is dedicated to supporting loma linda university children's hospital's mission to bring whole-child healthcare to the region and beyond.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Share Outreach Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stars. 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 29 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NET-WORKS LAGUNA BEACH: $247,000 · OtherNET-WORKS LAGUNA BEACHARCS Foundation LA Founder Chapter: $236,675 · OtherARCS Foundation LA Founder ChapterMake-a-Wish Foundation: $21,000 · Other+13 more: $100,200 · Other+13 moreMuriels Angels: $79,000 · HealthMuriels AngelsHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $35,000 · HealthHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDAT…FOUNDATION THINKAGAIN: $35,000 · HealthFOUNDATION THINKAGAINFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $25,000 · HealthFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSI…+2 more: $11,000 · Health+2 moreSHARE OUTREACH INC: $95,000 · Food & NutritionSHARE OUTR…THE KING'S ACADEMY: $24,000 · EducationBRIGHT SPARK LEARNING INC: $9,000 · EducationMercy Ships International: $20,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,500 · InternationalORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Crime & LegalBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LAGUNA BEACH: $13,500 · Youth Development
Other$604,875Health$185,000Food & Nutrition$95,000Education$33,000International$30,500Crime & Legal$30,000Youth Development$13,500

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 budgetNET-WORKS LAGUNA BEACH: $247,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetSHARE OUTREACH INC: $95,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetMuriels Angels: $79,000 over 5y, 41% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION THINKAGAIN: $35,000 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KING'S ACADEMY: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLAGUNA FOOD PANTRY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LAGUNA BEACH: $13,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT SPARK LEARNING INC: $9,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $7,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAGUNA BEACH COMMUNITY CLINIC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAGUNA BEACH SENIORS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Orange County Communi…Assistance League of …Macgillivray Family F…Laguna Beach Communit…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Assistance League of Laguna Beach · Macgillivray Family Foundation · Laguna Beach Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 29 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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