· Public charity
Mission Produce Foundation
The organization's purpose is to improve living standards within the community through education, training, nourishment and support.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $48k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES | $37,500 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $10,000 |
| MAKE A WISH | $6,500 |
| BORDER OLYMPICS INC | $5,000 |
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 (FY18–25, $263k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families6× · 2018–2025 · $263k · revenue +0%- AHAmerican Heart Association Inc4× · 2019–2025 · $50k · revenue +43%
- VCVENTURA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS FOUNDATION2× · 2022–2023 · $29k · revenue +58%
Funded once
- ACA COMMUNITY THRIVES PART OF USA TODAY NETWORKone grant, 2018 · $75k
- TRTHE RESERVE AT RANCHO MISSION VIEJOone grant, 2022 · $15k
- VCVENTURA COUNTY FOOD SHAREone grant, 2018 · $10k
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.
To increase awareness and understanding of agriculture among california educators and students.
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.
To implement policies and develop work programs that will improve the financial well-being and quality of life of california farmers and ranchers.
The mission of the california association ffa is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for previer leadership,personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
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.…
The mission of the california council on economic education is to improve california's economic future by teaching economics and financial literacy, especially in under-served communities. ccee provides a broad range of resources and…
To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…
The organization's mission is to represent the ethical members of the rental housing industry in all aspects of government affairs within the state of california, and to provide information, products and services which contribute to the…
Deliver quality education and build knowledge to foster excellence and advance individuals and the accounting profession through innovation and in partnership with the cpa profession
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…
Accelerating life science success.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 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.
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 Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds VENTURA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture Inc ↗
- Who funds Border Olympics Inc ↗
- Who funds JACKS HELPING HAND INC ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP FOUND ↗
- Who funds CAL POLY CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds HOUSE FARM WORKERS ↗
- Who funds FUTURE CITIZENS FOUNDATION DBA THE FIRST TEE OF MONTEREY COUNTY ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION 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: California Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Mission Produce Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mission Produce Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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