· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k21 grants · $81k
- $10k–50k21 grants · $444k
- $50k–250k11 grants · $1.0M
- $250k+2 grants · $683k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $348,133 |
| Individual grant recipient | $335,000 |
| SHIELDS FOR FAMILIES | $200,000 |
| PROTOTYPES | $200,000 |
| CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $127,500 |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS | $90,000 |
| SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH | $80,000 |
| ST FRANCIS CENTER | $68,300 |
| HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES | $60,000 |
| CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE | $57,500 |
| ST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAM INC | $50,000 |
| VENICE FAMILY CLINIC | $50,000 |
| NATIONAL CATHOLIC EDUCATION ASSOC | $50,000 |
| THE PEOPLE CONCERN | $45,000 |
| ST JOSEPH CENTER | $44,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $692k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +110% since the first grant, against +55% for those funded once.
51 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2020, 14 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
- CSCATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE3× · 2017–2020 · $349k · revenue +219% · 51% of their budget
- TPTHE PEOPLE CONCERN3× · 2017–2020 · $225k · revenue +696%
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS3× · 2017–2020 · $193k · revenue +351%
Funded once
- SGST GERTRUDE THE GREATone grant, 2017 · $55k
- SCST COLUMBKILLE SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $48k
- SPST PATRICK'S CATHOLIC SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $45k
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.
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.
To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.
Our mission is to create housing and service options that model, with respect and dignity, sustainable, environmentally sensitive, affordable communities for people of limited resources.
The anti-recidivism coalition (arc) works to end mass incarceration in california. to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, arc empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network,…
The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…
The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…
The roots of the los angeles didi hirsch psychiatric service dba didi hirsch mental health services ("dhmhs") extend back to the 1930s, when a group of women funded psychiatric care for people whose lives were devastated by the depression.…
The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.
We work to end homelessness through housing solutions, supportive services, and connection to community. we advocate for equitable and just systems that ensure all individuals and families will have a safe place they can call home.
Family promise of the south bay assists families experiencing housing insecurity with short-term shelter, case management, and navigation with the goal of creating a sustainable solution for their family.
Through a holistic approach to emotional well-being, Wellnest offers hope, healing, and opportunity to the children, young adults, families, and communities we serve. Our commitment remains steadfast as we enter our second century of…
The center provides a place of community to end isolation, build relationships, and introduce housing, health and wellness services to adult individuals experiencing homelessness in hollywood. it contracts with public and non-profit grant…
Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…
How this is measured
44 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. 44 of the 111 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SHIELDS FOR FAMILIES ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE PEOPLE CONCERN ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS ↗
- Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
- Who funds SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds St Francis Center ↗
- Who funds ST JOSEPH CENTER ↗
- Who funds HEALTHRIGHT 360 ↗
- Who funds VENICE FAMILY CLINIC ↗
- Who funds SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds WESTSIDE FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds THE MIDNIGHT MISSION ↗
- Who funds STEP UP ON SECOND STREET INC ↗
- Who funds THE ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC STUDENT COUNCILS ↗
- Who funds ART TREK INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds COALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY & TRAFFICKING ↗
- Who funds Harvest Home Inc ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Specialty Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Specialty Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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