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Squid & Squash 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.

$48k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$459kEducation$195kCivil Rights$178kHealth$105kYouth Development$93kArts & Culture$57kPhilanthropy$28kEnvironment$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $35k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$405k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ONE VOICE$34,700
MARYVALE$5,000
EDUCATION FDN SANTA MONICA$5,000
LOS ANGELES BALLET$2,500
HOLLYWOOD INDIES LITTLE LEAGUE$1,000
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 (FY17–24, $463k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR: $10k → 10%ONE VOICEUNIVERSAL COMMUNITY: $105k → 8%AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $10k → 13%ONE VOICEUNIVERSAL COMMUNITY: $95k → 8%ONE VOICEUNIVERSAL COMMUNITY: $55k → 8%CATERINA'S CLUB: $5k → 10%MARYVALE: $5k → 14%A SENSE OF HOME: $5k → 14%A SENSE OF HOME: $5k → 14%ONE VOICE: $50k → 14%ONE VOICEUNIVERSAL COMMUNITY: $48k → 14%ONE VOICE: $35k → 14%ONE VOICEUNIVERSAL COMMUNITY: $31k → 14%GO CAMPAIGN: $3k → 14%GO CAMPAIGN: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
WI
NY
MA
NV
CT
CA
CO
VA
SC
DC
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 27 repeat orgs$164k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
41

Total granted

$1.1M
$155k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+4%

Still filing today

63%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • OV
    One Voice
    7× · 2017–2024 · $419k · revenue +39%
  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $177k · revenue +102%
  • C
    CLAREMATRIX
    5× · 2017–2021 · $47k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • UC
    UNIVERSAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • G
    GIVEORG
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • LW
    LEARNING WORKS CHARTER
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
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
La's Best

La's best provides free supervised before and after-school activities to over 15,000 children at 200 schools in los angeles unified school district (lausd).

Education
2
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
3
Youth Policy Institute Inc

Youth policy institute (ypi) transforms los angeles neighborhoods, reducing poverty by offering cradle to college & career services.

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4
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
5
Los Angeles Education Partnership

To advance educational equity. together with families, schools and the community, facilitate access to and opportunities for quality educational and wellness practices so that children thrive from diapers to diplomas.

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6
Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative

Los angeles neighborhood initiative was formed in 1994 as an agency designed to be a catalytic program that initiates and encourages neighborhood revitalization in transit-dependent urban neighborhoods.

Community Improvement
7
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
8
Legacy La Youth Development Corp

To make positive interventions in the lives of young people by offering alternatives to gangs and violence. legacy la builds the capacity of youth to reach their full potential and equips them with tools to transform their lives and…

Crime & Legal
9
Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network

Community organizing, education, advocacy, leadership development, direct services and organizational development for communities faced with immense poverty.

Community Improvement
10
Los Angeles Leadership Academy

The los angeles leadership academy prepares urban elementary and secondary students to succeed in college or on chosen career paths, to live fulfilling, self-directed lives, and to be effective in creating a just and humane world.

Education
11
Hunger Action Los Angeles Inc

Hunger action los angeles ends hunger and promotes healthy eating through advocacy, education, and appropriate direct service. the chief program area currently is the market match prgram operated by hala at 22 farmers markets in la county…

Education
12
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maryvale; the most unlike its peers is Legal Education Access Pipeline 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

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 73 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/41
Grantees still filing
28/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

One Voice: $419,314 · Human ServicesOne VoiceAMERICAN WHEELCHAIR FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human Services+4 more: $23,500 · Human ServicesIndividual grant recipient: $74,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMOTHER OF MANY: $31,400 · OtherMOTHER OF MANYA PLACE CALLED HOME: $30,054 · OtherA PLACE CALLED HOMEFA-MLI INC: $28,800 · OtherFA-MLI INCUNIVERSAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CAREIndividual grant recipient: $23,013 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEDUCATION FDN SANTA MONICA: $20,000 · OtherGIVEORG: $20,000 · OtherEDUCATION FDN OF SANTA MONICA: $15,000 · OtherLEARNING WORKS CHARTER: $15,000 · Other+40 more: $104,748 · Other+40 moreAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $176,900 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL …PS Science: $46,000 · EducationPS Scienc…TREE ACADEMY: $40,000 · EducationTREE ACAD…STREET POETS INC: $12,500 · EducationSTREET PO…OPEN ROADS ACADEMY INC: $5,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $4,500 · EducationSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $36,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WALDEN WOODS PROJECT: $12,000 · Arts & CultureLA SENORA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $7,450 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES BALLET INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCLAREMATRIX: $47,000 · Health+3 more: $2,850 · HealthBETTER ANGELS INC: $33,500 · Philanthropy
Human Services$462,814Other$387,015Civil Rights$176,900Education$113,000Arts & Culture$57,950Health$49,850Philanthropy$33,500

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 budgetOne Voice: $419,314 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $176,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCLAREMATRIX: $47,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPS Science: $46,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetTREE ACADEMY: $40,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $36,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $30,054 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFA-MLI INC: $28,800 over 2y, 30% of budgetAMERICAN WHEELCHAIR FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSTREET POETS INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE WALDEN WOODS PROJECT: $12,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetA SENSE OF HOME: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLA SENORA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $7,450 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTHE OJAI FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetMARYVALE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN ROADS ACADEMY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetJUSTIN J WATT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATERINAS CLUB: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAKESPEARE CENTER OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION: $4,950 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGo Campaign: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES BALLET INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAJE: $1,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLava Mae: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDE TOLEDO HIGH SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHollywood Indies Little League co Stanley M Brooks: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL EDUCATION ACCESS PIPELINE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $795 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN GROUPS: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $160 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds One Voice ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CLAREMATRIX ↗
  • Who funds PS Science ↗
  • Who funds TREE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds BETTER ANGELS INC ↗
  • Who funds A PLACE CALLED HOME ↗
  • Who funds FA-MLI INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN WHEELCHAIR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STREET POETS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WALDEN WOODS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds A SENSE OF HOME ↗
  • Who funds LA SENORA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OJAI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARYVALE ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ROADS ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds JUSTIN J WATT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CATERINAS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SHAKESPEARE CENTER OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds The Houston Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds VENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds Go Campaign ↗

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.

California Community …The Annenberg Foundat…Strauss Foundation TdThe Ahmanson Foundati…The Ralph M Parsons F…The Rose Hills Founda…The Green FoundationLiberty Hill Foundati…Weingart FoundationJewish Community Foun…Harry and Barbara Gol…The Rosalinde and Art…
California Community FoundationCA31.3× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Strauss Foundation Td · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Green Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Harry and Barbara Goldman Foundation Co Lynne G Silbert President · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert 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 Squid & Squash Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Squid & Squash Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Walden Woods Project: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 73 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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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home