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Summerfield Foundation at a glance

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Summerfield Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$66k
Granted FY2017
30
Grants FY2017
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k27 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Myositis Association$10,000
Share Our Selves$10,000
Saint Joseph Hospital$10,000
Cal State Fullerton$7,125
USC Cardinal and Gold$6,100
Franciscan Friars$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,500
Chapman University$2,000
Santa Fe Springs Chamber of Commerc$1,700
CHOC HospitalLittlest Angel Guild$1,600
Santa Fe Springs Youth Enrichment F$1,500
American Cancer Society$1,000
World Eye Cancer Hope USA$1,000
The Nagourney Institute$1,000
American Diabetes Association$1,000
02The need
02

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 (FY17–17, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%The Myositis Association: $10k → 9%Share Our Selves: $10k → 10%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.
03Its 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
American College of Radiology

The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…

Health
2
American College of Rheumatology Inc

The american college of rheumatology is an organization of and for physicians, health professionals, and scientists that advances rheumatology through programs of education, research, advocacy and practice support that foster excellence in…

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3
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
4
Association for Computing Machinery Inc

We are an intl. scientific & educational org. dedicated to advancing art, science & technology.

Science & Tech
5
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
6
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
7
The Central European University

Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…

International
8
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
9
American College of Surgeons

The american college of surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

Education
10
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
11
American College of Radiology Association

The purpose of the association is the promotion of educational and professional association interests including but not limited to the promotion of the interests of radiology and the interests and study of the socioeconomic aspects of the…

Community Improvement
12
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Council of Trustees and Alumni; the most unlike its peers is The Nagourney Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 30 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)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Saint Joseph Hospital: $10,000 · OtherSaint Joseph HospitalCal State Fullerton: $7,125 · OtherCal State FullertonUSC Cardinal and Gold: $6,100 · OtherUSC Cardinal and GoldFranciscan Friars: $5,000 · OtherFranciscan FriarsIndividual grant recipient: $4,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSanta Fe Springs Chamber of Commerc: $1,700 · OtherCHOC HospitalLittlest Angel Guild: $1,600 · OtherSanta Fe Springs Youth Enrichment F: $1,500 · Other+11 more: $2,923 · Other+11 moreThe Myositis Association: $10,000 · Human ServicesThe Myositis AssociationShare Our Selves Corporation: $10,000 · Human ServicesShare Our Selves CorporationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationThe Prentice School: $100 · EducationAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $1,000 · HealthTHE NAGOURNEY INSTITUTE: $1,000 · PhilanthropyCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $100 · PhilanthropySOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC: $300 · Arts & CultureCHARLES W BOWERS MUSEUM CORPORATION: $200 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES AND ALUMNI: $100 · Arts & Culture
Other$40,448Human Services$20,000Education$2,100Health$2,000Philanthropy$1,100Arts & Culture$600

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 budgetThe Myositis Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetShare Our Selves Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NAGOURNEY INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYORBA LINDA SUNRISE ROTARY: $593 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLES W BOWERS MUSEUM CORPORATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES AND ALUMNI: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Prentice School: $100 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.

  • Who funds The Myositis Association ↗
  • Who funds Share Our Selves Corporation ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE NAGOURNEY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
  • Who funds YORBA LINDA SUNRISE ROTARY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH COAST REPERTORY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARLES W BOWERS MUSEUM CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES AND ALUMNI ↗
  • Who funds The Prentice School ↗

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.

Orange County Communi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · 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 Summerfield Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Summerfield Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–40%
    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 30 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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