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Paul J Santana & Laura M Santana Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Paul J Santana & Laura M Santana Charitable 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.

$17k
Granted FY2023
13
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$27kHuman Services$19kInternational$14kFood & Nutrition$10kScience & Tech$7kEnvironment$3kPhilanthropy$3kYouth Development$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIRECT RELIEF$3,000
CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$2,000
FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION$1,500
WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION$1,500
JAMMERS STRONG FOUNDATION$1,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$1,000
UCSC FOUNDATION$1,000
ENCOMPASS COMMUNITY SERVICES$500
SMILE TRAIN$500
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE$500
BPOE$250
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 (FY18–23, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $2k → 8%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $2k → 11%EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $509 → 7%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $2k → 8%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $2k → 11%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $1k → 8%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $2k → 11%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $1k → 8%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $1k → 11%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $500 → 8%ENCOMPASS COMMUNITY SERVICES: $500 → 13%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

IL
NY
MA
CA
UT
CO
MD
TN
DC
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$81k · 20 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2023, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
16

Total granted

$81k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+25%

Still filing today

75%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $11k · revenue +224%
  • DIRECT RELIEF
    6× · 2017–2023 · $10k · revenue +94%
  • FH
    FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $8k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +38%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH FOUND
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • VH
    VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue -33%
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
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
2
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
3
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
4
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
5
California Healthcare Foundation

Chcf is dedicated to advancing meaningful, measurable improvements in the way the health care delivery system provides care to the people of california, particularly those with low incomes and those whose needs are not well served by the…

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6
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
7
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
8
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
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
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
11
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Valley Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Just Let Me Learn 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

24 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. 24 of the 40 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)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient: $5,050 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFRIENDS OF LONG MARINE LAB: $4,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF LONG MARINE LABSMILE TRAIN INC: $3,500 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INCUCSC FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherUCSC FOUNDATIONSECOND HARVEST: $2,500 · OtherSECOND HARVESTRocky Mountain Institute: $1,750 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $1,500 · Other+16 more: $6,727 · Other+16 moreALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $11,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESE…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEA…CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthVALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF): $1,000 · Health+1 more: $50 · HealthDIRECT RELIEF: $9,500 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $4,050 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUN…JUST LET ME LEARN FOUNDATION: $500 · InternationalWARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $5,500 · Human ServicesWARRIOR FOUNDA…SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $5,500 · Human ServicesSACRED HEART C…EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $509 · Human ServicesENCOMPASS COMMUNITY SERVICES: $500 · Human ServicesFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $7,000 · Food & NutritionNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyKQED INC: $1,050 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $405 · Arts & Culture
Other$35,027Health$20,050International$14,050Human Services$12,009Food & Nutrition$7,000Philanthropy$2,500Arts & Culture$1,455

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 budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $9,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $4,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $1,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDaily Acts Organization: $1,015 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF): $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERGREEN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH: $509 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENCOMPASS COMMUNITY SERVICES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUST LET ME LEARN FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $405 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAIM AT MELANOMA: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $46 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $20 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.

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.

The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC9.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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
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 Paul J Santana & Laura M Santana Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul J Santana & Laura M Santana Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Enterprise Community Partners Inc: 22% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 40 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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