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Strome Family Foundation at a glance

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Strome Family 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.

$13k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$13k
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.

Philanthropy$1.4MHealth$127kInternational$65kCommunity Improvement$19kYouth Development$16kHuman Services$15kFood & Nutrition$5kArts & Culture$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$13,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION$13,000
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 (FY23–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GO CAMPAIGN: $2k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 68% of Strome Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Strome Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.0% 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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$195k · 5 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
14

Total granted

$195k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-30%
+25%

Still filing today

60%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthArts & CultureInternationalAnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH
    2× · 2017–2019 · $69k · revenue -38%
  • LR
    LUISAVIA ROMA FOR UNICEF - ST BARTH GALA
    2× · 2021–2022 · $51k
  • ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $51k · revenue -30%

Funded once

  • CC
    CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LEO DICAPRIO
    one grant, 2017 · $19k
  • B
    BABY2BABYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +72%
  • FF
    FARMLINK - FOOD FINDERS
    one grant, 2020 · $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
World Health Foundation
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2
Make-a-Wish Foundation International

None

Human Services
3
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
4
The Lulu Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation

The elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation (egpaf) is a proven leader in the fight against pediatric hiv/aids and has reached over 33 million pregnant women with services to prevent transmission of hiv to their babies. to date, egpaf…

Health
6
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
7
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
8
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
9
World Family Foundation
Philanthropy
10
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles

The make-a-wish foundation of greater los angeles creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

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11
Max Factor Family Foundation
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12
The Little Baby Face Foundation Inc

The little baby face foundation (the "foundation") is a new york 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose mission is to address the needs of children with facial deformities. (see schedule o for continuation).the foundation's primary…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Malibu Friends of Music. 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

15 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. 15 of the 20 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)
14/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,447,473 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+1 more: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $69,200 · HealthELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $50,500 · Health+3 more: $4,136 · HealthLUISAVIA ROMA FOR UNICEF - ST BARTH GALA: $51,207 · OtherCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LEO DICAPRIO: $18,656 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherBABY2BABY: $15,000 · OtherFARMLINK - FOOD FINDERS: $5,000 · Other+2 more: $3,675 · OtherWORLD FAMILY FOUNDATION: $8,960 · InternationalGo Campaign: $2,000 · Human ServicesMALIBU FRIENDS OF MUSIC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureWE THE BEST FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG HEART RANCH: $500 · Animals
Philanthropy$1,450,473Health$123,836Other$108,538International$8,960Human Services$2,000Arts & Culture$2,000Youth Development$1,000Animals$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 budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,447,473 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $69,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $50,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBABY2BABY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD FAMILY FOUNDATION: $8,960 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetGABRIELLE'S ANGEL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $2,636 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMending Kids International dba Mending Kids: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGo Campaign: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMALIBU FRIENDS OF MUSIC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWE THE BEST FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG HEART RANCH: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF MALIBU URGENT CARE CENTER: $500 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.

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 …Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA12.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Strome Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Strome Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 20 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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