· Private foundation
Mettler Family Charitable 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $7k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JAY NOLAN COMMUNITY SERVICES | $100,000 |
| EARLIERORG | $5,000 |
| CABRILLO BEACH YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION | $750 |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ARCADIA | $250 |
| BACK TO BASICS INC | $250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $150 |
| PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOD PROJECT | $150 |
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 (FY19–20, $150k) 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.
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 +8% since the first grant, against -65% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 4 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, 95% 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
- JNJAY NOLAN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC9× · 2017–2025 · $730k · revenue +169%
- HEHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY6× · 2018–2023 · $15k · revenue +112%
- ALAssistance League of Arcadia6× · 2018–2025 · $8k · revenue +3%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $2k
- WCWOMEN'S COMMITTEE OF PASADENA SYMPHONYone grant, 2024 · $2k
- APARCADIA PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue -65%
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…
To present the breadth of california art and design through exhibitions that explore the cultural dynamics and influence that are unique to california.
The mission of polytechnic school is to develop the unique intellect, talents, and character of each student in a community dedicated to academic excellence, personal responsibility, and service to others. the school envisions a community…
The primary and specific purposes of pasadena showcase house for the arts are to foster public interest in and appreciation for symphony, further the work of the los angeles philharmonic association and other local public benefit symphonic…
To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.
Pasadena Community Foundation builds and preserves permanently endowed charitable funds, provides grants and assistance to nurture and strengthen community organizations, serves donors to meet their philanthropic goals and promotes and…
To bring the excitement of birds to our community through birding, education, and the conservation of bird habitats.
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…
A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.
Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 22 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 JAY NOLAN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Pasadena Child Development Associates Inc doing business as PCDA ↗
- Who funds FOOTHILL UNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
- Who funds Assistance League of Arcadia ↗
- Who funds HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS FOR AN EARLIER BREAST CANCER TEST INC ↗
- Who funds THE PASADENA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds ARCADIA PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Back to Basics Inc ↗
- Who funds PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOD PROJECT INC ↗
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mettler Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mettler Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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