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North Family Foundation at a glance

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North Family 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.

$61k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$15k
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$125kCrime & Legal$56kHealth$36kReligion$13kPublic Benefit$7kHousing & Shelter$5kAnimals$4kArts & Culture$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY$15,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CRISTO REY NETWORK$10,000
SAINT LOUISE HOUSE$5,000
BENILDE ST-MARGARETS$5,000
CENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION$5,000
THROW AWAY DOGS PROJECT$1,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SEAL KIDS: $10k → 9%SEAL KIDS: $4k → 9%SEAL KIDS: $1k → 9%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
NY
IN
PA
CA
NC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$236k · 10 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

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

10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
6

Total granted

$236k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
0%

Still filing today

80%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% 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
EducationPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • PO
    PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $65k · revenue +32%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $40k · revenue +42%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEARTLINK
    5× · 2020–2024 · $36k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • EC
    EMMA CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • CW
    Combat Warriors Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue 0%
  • AS
    ANDREW S RODDICK FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -25%
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
K9S for Warriors Research Institute Inc

Research and advocacy for veterans with post-traumatic stress and the prevention of veteran suicide.

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2
Hero Dogs Inc

Hero Dogs improves the quality of life of our nations heroes and enhances the services of community organizations by placing assistance dogs with customized training & lifetime support.

Human Services
3
Canines for Service Inc

CFS seeks to inspire veterans through life-changing canine partnerships.

Human Services
4
K9 Hurricane's Heroes Inc

K9 hurricane's heroes, a federally recognized, non-profit organization, provides "retired law enforcement and military dogs" with subsidized veterinary care so they can live a long and healthy life. often these incredible dogs are the…

Animals
5
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
6
Service Peace Warriors

Raise and train service dogs for veterans and first responders with ptsd at no charge to them.

Animals
7
United States War Dogs Association Inc

The mission of the corporation is to provide support for the war dogs of the united states military. the organization provides care packages to war dogs and their handlers serving overseas. the organization also provides support for…

Animals
8
Fallen Soldiers March

Providing highly trained service dogs for wounded united states military veterans in need of assistance

—
9
Paws With a Cause

To transform lives and strengthen communities through partnerships with custom trained working dogs.

Human Services
10
Patriot Paws Service Dogs

To train and provide service dogs of the highest quality at no cost to disabled american veterans and others with mobile disabilities in order to help restore their physical and emotional independence.

Human Services
11
Paws 4 Liberty Inc

Raising and training service dogs for disabled military vets.

Human Services
12
Little Angels Service Dogs

To maximize the innate ability of dogs to give the gift of independence to individuals regardless of disability or age.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sealkids; the most unlike its peers is Throw Away Dogs Project. 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

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 17 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $65,100 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGECRISTO REY NETWORK: $25,000 · EducationCRISTO REY NETWORKSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONCHILDREN'S HEARTLINK: $35,700 · OtherCHILDREN'S HEARTLINKIndividual grant recipient: $15,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBENILDE ST MARGARETS HIGH SCHOOL: $13,000 · OtherBENILDE ST MARGARETS HIGH SCHOOLVINCARE SERVICES OF AUSTIN FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherVINCARE SERVICES OF AUSTIN FOUNDA…EMMA CHURCH: $2,500 · Other+2 more: $2,000 · OtherCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION: $40,000 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR CHILD …SEALKIDS: $15,000 · Human ServicesSeal Legacy Foundation Inc: $5,100 · Public BenefitCombat Warriors Inc: $2,000 · Public BenefitThrow Away Dogs Project: $2,000 · Public BenefitANDREW S RODDICK FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentWarrior Dog Foundation: $2,000 · Youth Development
Education$110,100Other$73,700Crime & Legal$40,000Human Services$15,000Public Benefit$9,100Youth Development$4,000

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 budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $65,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEARTLINK: $35,700 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCRISTO REY NETWORK: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEALKIDS: $15,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSeal Legacy Foundation Inc: $5,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCombat Warriors Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetANDREW S RODDICK FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThrow Away Dogs Project: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWarrior Dog Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTEXAS HEARING & SERVICE DOGS INC: $1,000 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.

Topfer Family Foundat…Baird Foundation IncCharities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…The Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Morgan Stanley Global…
Topfer Family FoundationTX13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Topfer Family Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 North Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from North Family 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%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    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 17 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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