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Ross Family Legacy Foundation Charitable Tr Dtd 01-16-09

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30k
Granted FY2021
9
Grants FY2021
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
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 2021.

Education$56kRecreation & Sports$44kHuman Services$26kPhilanthropy$25kArts & Culture$15kFood & Nutrition$10kReligion$7kPublic Benefit$5kOther$0
02FY2021 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$4,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Able Arts Work$5,000
KW Cares$5,000
Huntington Beach Youth Shelter$5,000
Long Beach Organic Inc$5,000
CDA Futbol Club$4,000
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Ma$2,500
Beyond Blindness$2,180
Individual grant recipient$500
Hillel of Long Beach$500
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 (FY19–21, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Able Arts Work: $5k → 14%Able Arts Work: $5k → 14%Caterina's Club: $5k → 10%Arts & Services for Disabled Inc: $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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$125k · 7 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2021, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
11

Total granted

$125k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+99%

Still filing today

29%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterEducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • TW
    Tiger Woods Charity
    2× · 2017–2020 · $40k
  • RR
    Ronald Regan Presidential Foundatio
    2× · 2018–2020 · $39k
  • AO
    Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Ma
    3× · 2019–2021 · $13k

Funded once

  • RF
    ROOSTERS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +99%
  • LB
    Long Beach Memorial Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Consumer Attorneys of California

To advance the science of jurisprudence; to establish a closer relationship of the members with the state bar association of california; to promote the administration of justice and the uniformity of legislation and judicial decisions; to…

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2
Marin Open Studios

Marin open studios is a non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to engaging and supporting marin county artists and their audiences through events, programs and services. marin open studios champions a diverse and inclusive community…

Arts & Culture
3
Alternative Schools Inc

To help each child reach his/her full potential by cultivating an active village of parents, community members, and stakeholders involved in providing an individual, personal, and conceptual learning environment for each student.

Education
4
Los Angeles Bulls Soccer Club

Support, educate, organize, administrate and develop southern california youth to achieve their highest potential through the game of soccer.

Recreation & Sports
5
The California Channel

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…

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6
California Magic Sc

California Magic SC is a community-based club whose mission is to educate, inspire,and empower youth in a positive way through the beautiful game of soccer.While this small and select club is committed to high achievement in soccer,the…

Recreation & Sports
7
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
8
California Chamber of Commerce

Represent members and cal employers to members of cal legislature and other agencies of state government through in-house legislative analysts, lobbying staff, and contract lobbyists. cal chamber publishes books and software related to…

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9
Los Angeles Breakers Fc

The organization provides an opportunity for los angeles area youth to learn and play soccer. the organization is committed to helping everyone involved with the club to develop as people and players by teaching and living the club values…

Recreation & Sports
10
Lamorinda Soccer Club

Lamorinda Soccer Club (LMSC) is a youth soccer club that prioritizes long-term player development through technical, tactical, mental and physical training. LMSC participates in top leagues locally and nationally including WPSL, MLS Next,…

Recreation & Sports
11
California Vocations Inc

The organization provides residential and vocation support to persons with developmental disabilities.

Employment
12
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Beyond Blindness; the most unlike its peers is Long Beach Organic Inc. 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

10 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. 10 of the 23 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
10/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Tiger Woods Charity: $40,000 · OtherTiger Woods CharityRonald Regan Presidential Foundatio: $39,000 · OtherRonald Regan Presidential FoundatioAssumption of the Blessed Virgin Ma: $12,500 · OtherAssumption of the Blessed Virgin MaIndividual grant recipient: $11,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLong Beach Memorial Foundation: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherSecond Harvest Food Bank: $5,000 · OtherMetropolis of San Francisco: $5,000 · OtherHuntington Beach Youth Shelter: $5,000 · Other+7 more: $15,680 · Other+7 moreARTS AND SERVICES FOR DISABLED INC DBA ABLE ARTS WORK: $11,000 · Human ServicesARTS AND …CATERINAS CLUB: $5,000 · Human ServicesCATERINAS…ROOSTERS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $15,000 · PhilanthropyKELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CARES: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterLONG BEACH ORGANIC INC: $5,000 · Community Improvement826 Valencia: $5,000 · EducationNAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$143,680Human Services$16,000Philanthropy$15,000Public Safety & Disaster$10,000Community Improvement$5,000Education$5,000Arts & Culture$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetROOSTERS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $15,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetARTS AND SERVICES FOR DISABLED INC DBA ABLE ARTS WORK: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CARES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLONG BEACH ORGANIC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budget826 Valencia: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATERINAS CLUB: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCDA FUTBOL CLUB: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEYOND BLINDNESS: $2,180 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.

  • Who funds ROOSTERS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ARTS AND SERVICES FOR DISABLED INC DBA ABLE ARTS WORK ↗
  • Who funds KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CARES ↗
  • Who funds LONG BEACH ORGANIC INC ↗
  • Who funds 826 Valencia ↗
  • Who funds CATERINAS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME ↗
  • Who funds CDA FUTBOL CLUB ↗
  • Who funds RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND BLINDNESS ↗

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.

William Ross Family FoundationCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: William Ross Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Ross Family Legacy Foundation Charitable Tr Dtd 01-16-09 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ross Family Legacy Foundation Charitable Tr Dtd 01-16-09. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%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
    1get 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.
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    Find your warmest path to Ross Family Legacy Foundation Charitable Tr Dtd 01-16-09 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 23 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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