California · Private foundation
Specialty Family Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2020
- 55
- Grants FY2020
- 54
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $348,133
- Organizations funded a year
- 54 to 74
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 31% of the organizations Specialty Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $214k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 54 | $2.1M | 31% |
| FY2019 | 57 | $1.9M | 30% |
| FY2017 | 74 | $2.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shields for Families | $401,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Catholic Schools Collaborative | $349,000 | 3 | 51% |
| The People Concern | $225,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern California Grantmakers | $192,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Roman Archbishop of Los Angeles a Corporation Sole | $164,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Loyola Marymount University | $160,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Homeboy Industries | $155,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Safe Place for Youth Inc | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Francis Center | $119,300 | 3 | 1% |
| St Aloysius Gonzaga School | $117,245 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shields for Families | $401,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Catholic Schools Collaborative | $349,000 | 3 | 51% |
| The People Concern | $225,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern California Grantmakers | $192,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Roman Archbishop of Los Angeles a Corporation Sole | $164,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Loyola Marymount University | $160,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Homeboy Industries | $155,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Safe Place for Youth Inc | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Francis Center | $119,300 | 3 | 1% |
| St Aloysius Gonzaga School | $117,245 | 3 | n/a |
| St Joseph Center | $100,850 | 3 | 0% |
| Healthright 360 | $100,320 | 2 | 0% |
| Venice Family Clinic | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Skirball Cultural Center | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Westside Food Bank | $78,400 | 3 | 1% |
| The Midnight Mission | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Step Up on Second Street Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Columbkille School | $47,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Association of Catholic Student Councils | $45,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Guardian Angel School | $44,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Raphael School | $41,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart High School | $41,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Art Trek Inc | $41,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Michael School | $37,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking | $36,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Dolores Mission School | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Harvest Home Inc | $33,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc | $28,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Resurrection School | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Upward Bound House | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Extraordinary Families | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the US | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Immaculate Conception School | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Whole Child - Mental Health & Housing Services | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Sense of Home | $13,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Matthias High School | $12,492 | 2 | n/a |
| A Place Called Home | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| La84 Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness | $10,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Fulfillment Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Tomorrow | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| South Pasadena Educational Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Surfaid International USA | $7,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Philanthropy Roundtable | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Johns Seminary in California Jackie Rotter | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Partners for Children South La | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Compass Family Services | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nativity School | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bishop Alemany High School | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chrysalis | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Bernard High School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cathedral High School | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| San Gabriel Mission High School | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Notre Dame High School | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Specialty Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Specialty Family Foundation · Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · California Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Green Foundation · Shelter Partnership Inc
How this is measured
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About Specialty Family Foundation
- How much does Specialty Family Foundation give?
- Specialty Family Foundation reported 55 grants totaling $2,241,622 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 54 and 74 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Specialty Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (38%), Human Services (13%), Housing & Shelter (9%).
- Who are Specialty Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Shields for Families ($401k), Catholic Schools Collaborative ($349k), The People Concern ($225k).
- Does Specialty Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Specialty Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Specialty Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Specialty Family Foundation, Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation, Conrad N Hilton Foundation.
- Where is Specialty Family Foundation based?
- Specialty Family Foundation is based in CA.
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