· Private foundation
Susan Scott 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $125k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE UCI FOUNDATION ALZHEIMER'S | $100,000 |
| THE LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE | $100,000 |
| CHOC CHILDREN'S FNDTN MENTAL HEALTH | $25,000 |
| STEM FOR LIFE FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| ORANGE COUNTY RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE | $15,000 |
| THE CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $10,000 |
| MONARCH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $10,000 |
| FREEDOM ALLIANCE | $10,000 |
| MORE GOOD DAYS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| PROMISES2KIDS | $5,000 |
| OPERATION SMILE | $5,000 |
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 (FY19–24, $96k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.
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 FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LILUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER5× · 2020–2024 · $505k · revenue +1%
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC6× · 2019–2024 · $60k · revenue +53%
FREEDOM ALLIANCE6× · 2019–2024 · $60k · revenue +89%
Funded once
- LBLA BIOMED RESEARCH INSTITUTEone grant, 2019 · $100k
- TUTHE UCI FOUNDATION STEM CELLone grant, 2019 · $50k
- KLKIPP LA CHARTER SCHOOLSone grant, 2020 · $10k
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.
Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
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…
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.
To improve the health and well-being of veterans and the general public by supporting a world-class biomedical research program conducted by ucsf faculty at the san francisco veterans affairs health care system.
The mission of the mount sinai health system is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.
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.
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 34 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 LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds FREEDOM ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT ↗
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MORE GOOD DAYS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC ↗
- Who funds PROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
- Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated ↗
- Who funds PROJECT DIGNITY ↗
- Who funds JOHN WAYNE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Susan Scott Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Susan Scott Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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