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New Challenge 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.

$8k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$50kHuman Services$37kFood & Nutrition$14kHealth$10kRecreation & Sports$3kReligion$2kInternational$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$282k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCLA - ASHTON ST GERMAINE$2,500
UC MERCED - MICHAEL RAMIREZ$2,500
RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE - ISABE$1,500
PHOENIX CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$500
CROSS CATHOLIC OUTREACH$200
SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES$200
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$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 (FY17–24, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOR GOODNESS CAKES: $300 → 14%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $50 → 21%RYAN HOUSE: $500 → 11%RYAN HOUSE: $300 → 11%VIKING FOUNDATION: $100 → 10%SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $200 → 11%CATERINA'S CLUB: $4k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $2k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $2k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $2k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $2k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $2k → 10%CATERINA'S CLUB: $1k → 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

MN
IL
IN
CA
UT
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$76k · 21 repeat orgs$51k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
45

Total granted

$76k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+6%

Still filing today

52%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementInternationalOther
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

  • OH
    OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $16k · revenue +41%
  • CC
    CATERINAS CLUB
    7× · 2017–2023 · $14k · revenue +83%
  • MK
    Marys Kitchen
    7× · 2017–2023 · $11k · revenue +144%

Funded once

  • WI
    WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • RC
    RIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
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
Scripps Health

Founded in 1924 by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, Scripps Health is a $4.9 billion, private not-for-profit integrated health system in San Diego, Ca. (see Sch O)

Health
2
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
3
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
4
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
5
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
6
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
7
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
8
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

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

Health
9
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc

To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…

Food & Nutrition
10
Usc Arcadia Hospital Foundation

Mission statement the mission of usc arcadia hospital foundation educates and inspires the community to generously support quality medical care at usc arcadia hospital.

Health
11
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
12
Usc Arcadia Hospital

To provide high-quality healing services while caring for the patient's emotional and spiritual needs and enabling them to achieve health for life.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Viking 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

31 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. 31 of the 72 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)
29/31
Grantees still filing
20/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRIMFIELD HIGH SCHOOL: $7,500 · OtherBRIMFIELD HIGH SCHOOLFULLERTON COLLEGE: $5,500 · OtherFULLERTON COLLEGEAUGIE'S QUEST: $4,700 · OtherAUGIE'S QUESTTHE SALVATION ARMY: $3,250 · OtherUCLA - ASHTON ST GERMAINE: $2,500 · OtherWESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · OtherRIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE: $2,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ: $2,500 · OtherBRIMFIELD CUSD 309: $2,500 · OtherCHAFFEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT: $2,500 · OtherUC MERCED - MICHAEL RAMIREZ: $2,500 · Other+39 more: $33,500 · Other+39 moreOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $16,000 · Community ImprovementOPERATION HOME…CATERINAS CLUB: $14,300 · Human ServicesCATERINAS CLUBRYAN HOUSE: $800 · Human Services+4 more: $650 · Human ServicesMarys Kitchen: $10,900 · Food & NutritionMarys Kitch…ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $850 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S F…JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $600 · Food & NutritionCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS CORPORATION: $1,500 · EducationGrand Canyon University: $1,500 · EducationUniversity of San Francisco: $1,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE: $1,000 · EducationVALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,100 · HealthJessie Rees Foundation: $1,000 · HealthCaringBridge: $500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 · HealthNICK AND KELLY CHILDRENS HEART FUND: $500 · HealthBREAST CANCER FUNDRAISER: $500 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $500 · HealthDIRECT RELIEF: $1,000 · International
Other$71,950Community Improvement$16,000Human Services$15,750Food & Nutrition$12,350Education$5,000Health$4,600International$1,000

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 budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCATERINAS CLUB: $14,300 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMarys Kitchen: $10,900 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS CORPORATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Canyon University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJessie Rees Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of San Francisco: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCASA DE LOS NINOS: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRYAN HOUSE: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROUTE91STRONG: $800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER TUCSON FIRE FOUNDATION: $800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER FUNDRAISER: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE HUMANE SOCIETY PET ADOPTION CENTER: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSBCS CORPORATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLa Casa de las Madres: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetViking Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE: $50 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 OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC ↗
  • Who funds CATERINAS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Marys Kitchen ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Grand Canyon University ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds Jessie Rees Foundation ↗
  • Who funds University of San Francisco ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗

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.

Michael & Susan Dell …The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Michael & Susan Dell FoundationTX13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · 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 New Challenge Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from New Challenge Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 72 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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