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Ostin Family Foundation at a glance

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Ostin Family 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.

$156k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$53k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$363kArts & Culture$214kCivil Rights$183kEducation$154kYouth Development$91kPhilanthropy$60kEnvironment$50kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $153k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCLA FOUNDATION$53,250
THE PAINTED TURTLE$50,000
RE WILD$50,000
VIP COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER$2,500
02The need
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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 (FY19–19, $2k) 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%SEASONS HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%A SENSE OF HOME: $1k → 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.
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 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
Los Angeles Conservation Corps

The la conservation corps creates equitable opportunities for young people to build resilience in themselves, their communities and the environment through a program of work, education and support.

Employment
2
League of California Community Foundations

The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…

Philanthropy
3
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
4
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
5
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
6
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
7
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
8
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
9
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
10
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
11
California Community Foundation

We invest in, partner with, and amplify the community to build a good life.

Philanthropy
12
Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of California

The unitarian universalist legislative ministry, ca is a statewide justice ministry that cultivates and connects leaders and communites to empower the public voice of those who share uu values and principles

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University Camps; the most unlike its peers is United Cancer Front a Corporation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 33 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherTHE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATIONLACMA: $200,000 · OtherLACMAUCLA JONSSON CANCER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherUCLA JONSSON CANCER FOUNDATIONJEWISH FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES: $50,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELESIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNLOCK HER POTENTIAL THE GIVING BACK FUND: $40,000 · OtherUNLOCK HER POTENTIAL THE GIVING BACK FUND+18 more: $31,900 · OtherWE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $182,500 · Civil RightsWE ARE FAMILY FOU…UCLA FOUNDATION: $153,250 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIO…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $50,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentREWILD: $50,000 · AnimalsTHE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureVIP COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $2,500 · HealthUnited Cancer Front A Corporation: $1,000 · Health
Other$721,900Civil Rights$182,500Education$154,250Youth Development$51,000Animals$50,000Arts & Culture$10,000Health$3,500

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 budgetTHE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $182,500 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $153,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREWILD: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVIP COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYES WE CAN WORLD FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA SENSE OF HOME: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Cancer Front A Corporation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN MENDING HEARTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY CAMPS: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEASONS HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL PHILANTHROPY FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

California Community …Brotman Foundation of…Jewish Community Foun…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA16.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Brotman Foundation of California · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · 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 Ostin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ostin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    5report 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.
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    How do I get to Ostin Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ostin Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 33 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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