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Selfridge Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Selfridge Family Foundation Inc

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.

$18k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$5k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

International$37kHealth$16kFood & Nutrition$14kEnvironment$13kHuman Services$11kPhilanthropy$3kHousing & Shelter$3kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$186k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY (NOW BLOOD CANCER UNITED)$5,000
BELOVED ASHEVILLE$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
HORIZON DAY CAMP$1,000
URBAN PROMISE INTERNATIONAL$1,000
LITTLE PORTION FARM$1,000
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION$1,000
THE CONSERVATION FUND$1,000
KISS THE GROUND$1,000
YMCA OF CUMBERLAND$750
MARTHA'S TABLE$750
Individual grant recipient$725
AT THE HOUSE INC$250
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 (FY17–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%MERCY CHEFS: $2k → 20%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $1k → 19%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $1k → 19%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $600 → 14%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $1k → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $500 → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $500 → 19%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

NY
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 40% of Selfridge Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Selfridge Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 36% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$79k · 12 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
9

Total granted

$79k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+35%

Still filing today

83%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
Food & NutritionHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UI
    URBANPROMISE INTERNATIONAL
    7× · 2017–2024 · $37k · revenue +136%
  • THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    5× · 2018–2024 · $7k · revenue +57%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    4× · 2018–2023 · $5k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • KS
    KIDS SAFE ZONE (MARYLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVES)
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • FE
    FOOD EQUALITY INITIATIVE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -79%
  • MC
    MERCY CHEFS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +147%
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
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
2
Moveable Feast Inc

Moveable feast's mission is to improve the health of marylanders experiencing food insecurity and chronic illness by preparing and delivering medically tailored meals and providing nutrition education, thereby achieving racial, social, and…

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3
Foodshot Global Inc

Accelerate the transformation to a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system.

Food & Nutrition
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
Eat Real Certified Inc

We empower food service programs and school districts to make food delicious, nourishing, and responsible through our evidence-based certification program. We provide education and support that inspires students, schools, and communities…

Public Benefit
6
Women's Foodservice Forum

Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.

Food & Nutrition
7
Waste Not Inc

Waste Not cultivates sustainable food systems that help people and the planet flourish. We do this by eliminating food waste and hunger through innovative community partnerships.

Food & Nutrition
8
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
9
Well Aware Inc

Well Aware's mission is to provide innovative and sustainable solutions to water scarcity and contamination in East Africa.

International
10
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
11
Food Action

Our mission is to educate, organize and advocate for food and farming systems to become economically prosperous, ecologically sound and socially equitable.

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12
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Food Equality Initiative Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 27 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URBANPROMISE INTERNATIONAL: $36,930 · InternationalURBANPROMISE INTERNATIONALLITTLE PORTION FARM: $7,500 · OtherLITTLE PORTION FARMLEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY (NOW BLOOD CANCER UNITED): $5,000 · OtherLEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIET…KIDS SAFE ZONE (MARYLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVES): $3,221 · OtherKIDS SAFE ZONE (MARYLAND C…Individual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYMCA OF CUMBERLAND: $1,925 · OtherYMCA OF CUMBERLANDSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $1,000 · Other+5 more: $2,725 · Other+5 moreTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $6,750 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVAT…PROTECT OUR WINTERS: $3,500 · EnvironmentPROTECT OUR W…CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BA…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,100 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARR…SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesSUNRISE DAY …MERCY CHEFS INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesMERCY CHEFS …THE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $3,250 · HealthGRASSROOTS CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER CENTER INC: $2,500 · HealthCOOKIES FOR KIDS CANCER A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 · HealthFOOD EQUALITY INITIATIVE INC: $2,500 · Food & NutritionMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $1,925 · Food & NutritionWEDONTWASTE INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionKISS THE GROUND: $1,000 · Food & NutritionThe William S Baer School: $3,333 · PhilanthropyBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $2,500 · Housing & Shelter
International$36,930Other$23,871Environment$12,250Human Services$11,100Health$6,750Food & Nutrition$6,425Philanthropy$3,333Housing & Shelter$2,500

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 budgetURBANPROMISE INTERNATIONAL: $36,930 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $6,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe William S Baer School: $3,333 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $3,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRASSROOTS CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER CENTER INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD EQUALITY INITIATIVE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $1,925 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOOKIES FOR KIDS CANCER A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEDONTWASTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKISS THE GROUND: $1,000 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.

National Philanthropi…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Selfridge Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Selfridge Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–20%
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 27 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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