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Mark C Lemons 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.

$513k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$144k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.1MCommunity Improvement$783kRecreation & Sports$443kHealth$181kEnvironment$173kHuman Services$134kCivil Rights$78kPhilanthropy$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $316k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $144k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$143,500
Individual grant recipient$30,865
NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE$25,000
PARK CITY COMMUNITY FDN$25,000
THE FORMAN SCHOOL$25,000
ALL FOR KIDS$20,000
NATUREBRIDGE$20,000
AAPLE ACADEMY FOUNDATION$15,500
USSSA FDN (SKI AND SNOWBOARD)$15,000
ROD DEDEAUX FOUNDATION$15,000
MENTAL WELLNESS CENTER$15,000
LAS MADRINAS$15,000
DREAM FOUNDATION$13,025
THE COLLEAGUES$11,500
SBNL$10,100
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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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE COLLEAGUES: $12k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $5k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $10k → 14%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $10k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $13k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE: $3k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%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

VT
IN
CT
CA
UT
VA
DC
LA
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 44 repeat orgs$286k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
27

Total granted

$1.8M
$221k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+6%

Still filing today

57%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • TT
    The Thacher School Inc
    3× · 2019–2021 · $117k · revenue +31%
  • FS
    FORMAN SCHOOL INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $115k · revenue +19%
  • LM
    LAS MADRINAS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $105k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIF
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • T
    TCU
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • AI
    ATLANTIC INITIATIVE (ATLANTIC COMMUNITY)
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
Pitzer College

Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

Education
2
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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3
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

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…

Education
4
Santa Barbara Middle School

To operate a school for grades 6-9, delivering a holistic program of academics, arts & athletics, community service, and outdoor education that fosters passion for life and learning, self trust, strength and courage to succeed, and…

Education
5
Santa Barbara Education Foundation

Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Education
6
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

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.

Philanthropy
7
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

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8
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
9
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
10
Summit Leadership - High Desert

Summit leadership academy (sla) is a tuition-free public charter school where students excel under the mentorship and care of teachers and staff members. sla provides students in grades seven through twelve a traditional educational…

Education
11
Marin Academy

Marin academy asks every individual to think, question, and create in an environment of encouragement and compassion, and challenges each person to accept the responsibilities posed by education in a democratic society.

Education
12
Sage Hill School

We inspire in our students a love of knowledge and the ability to use that knowledge creatively, compassionately and courageously throughout their lives.sage hill school's commitment to academic excellence and our outstanding college…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tiger Woods Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rod Dedeaux Foundation. 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

42 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. 42 of the 82 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
30/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FORMAN SCHOOL INC: $115,000 · OtherFORMAN SCHOOL INCLAS MADRINAS: $105,000 · OtherLAS MADRINASCHILDREN'S BUREAU: $105,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S BUREAUYOUTH SPORTS ALLIANCE: $82,500 · OtherYOUTH SPORTS ALLIANCEROYAL PRIDE FOUNDATION: $77,750 · OtherROYAL PRIDE FOUNDATIONUSSSA FDN (SKI AND SNOWBOARD): $67,500 · OtherLA BLANCA SCHOOL: $62,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $58,115 · OtherSANTA BARBARA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $55,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIF: $50,000 · OtherNATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE: $50,000 · OtherSAN MARCOS HIGH SCHOOL: $48,500 · Other+46 more: $419,046 · Other+46 morePARK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $758,000 · PhilanthropyPARK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIO…ROD DEDEAUX FOUNDATION: $68,000 · PhilanthropyROD DEDEAUX FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $303,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN …The Thacher School Inc: $116,600 · EducationThe Thacher School IncPARK CITY DAY SCHOOL: $77,690 · EducationPARK CITY DAY SCHOOLTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EducationTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION …Park City Education Foundation: $63,000 · EducationPark City Education Fou…+5 more: $37,100 · Education+5 moreSummit Land Conservancy: $103,000 · EnvironmentNATUREBRIDGE: $70,000 · EnvironmentPage Youth Center: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsUTAH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP DEL CORAZON INC: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsAAPLE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $68,500 · Public BenefitJOHN TRACY CLINIC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE COLLEAGUES INC: $16,500 · Human ServicesDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $15,525 · Human ServicesUNITY SHOPPE INC: $2,551 · Human Services
Other$1,295,911Philanthropy$826,000Education$672,390Environment$173,000Recreation & Sports$87,500Public Benefit$68,500Human Services$54,576

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 budgetPARK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $758,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $303,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Thacher School Inc: $116,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFORMAN SCHOOL INC: $115,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLAS MADRINAS: $105,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetSummit Land Conservancy: $103,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPARK CITY DAY SCHOOL: $77,690 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNATUREBRIDGE: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAAPLE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $68,500 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetROD DEDEAUX FOUNDATION: $68,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetPark City Education Foundation: $63,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPage Youth Center: $50,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetSCPGA FOUNDATION INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMONTECITO TRAILS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetUTAH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOHN TRACY CLINIC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COLLEAGUES INC: $16,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $15,525 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARTS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM INC: $12,500 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCENTRAL COAST JR GOLF INC: $8,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPark City Performances: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWESTSIDE GUILD OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $5,055 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCAMP DEL CORAZON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChemical Educational Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWESTMONT COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITY SHOPPE INC: $2,551 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FORESTERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEDDY BEAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $2,010 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Wireless of Park City: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARK CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds PARK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds The Thacher School Inc ↗
  • Who funds FORMAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds LAS MADRINAS ↗
  • Who funds Summit Land Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds PARK CITY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATUREBRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds AAPLE ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROD DEDEAUX FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Park City Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Page Youth Center ↗
  • Who funds SCPGA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTECITO TRAILS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UTAH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOHN TRACY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds THE COLLEAGUES INC ↗
  • Who funds DALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ↗

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.

Santa Barbara Foundat…Ann Jackson Family Fo…Hutton Foundation Dba…Alice Tweed Tuohy Fou…Volentine Family Foun…June G Outhwaite Char…Patricia Bragg Founda…Ssir Cares IncWilliams-Corbett Foun…The Wood-Claeyssens F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Latkin Charitable Fou…
Santa Barbara FoundationCA24.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · Volentine Family Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · Patricia Bragg Foundation · Ssir Cares Inc · Williams-Corbett Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Latkin Charitable 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 Mark C Lemons Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mark C Lemons Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 82 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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