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The Anthony and Carie Ferry Foundation at a glance

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The Anthony and Carie Ferry Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$183k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$81k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Health$464kEducation$252kArts & Culture$68kHuman Services$27kCrime & Legal$23kInternational$8kYouth Development$5kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $81k
$13,192
Median grant
3
States reached
$477k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$80,590
SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS$34,100
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY$23,101
MOVEMBER FOUNDATION$15,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$13,192
SADDLEBACK COLLEGE FOUNDATION$7,000
WELLS OF LIFE$5,104
SAKS FIFTH AVENUE FOUNDATION$3,392
THE WOODEN FLOOR$925
CHILDEN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY FOUNDATION$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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.

area typical 10%THE TEEN PROJECT INC: $5k → 10%WELLS OF LIFE: $5k → 10%WELLS OF LIFE: $3k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$699k · 6 repeat orgs$151k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
6

Total granted

$699k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+12%

Still filing today

50%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPublic BenefitCivil RightsOther
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

  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $329k
  • SC
    SADDLEBACK COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $252k · revenue +79%
  • SC
    Segerstrom Center for the Arts
    3× · 2023–2025 · $67k · revenue -15%

Funded once

  • TT
    The Teen Project Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +30%
  • GI
    GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ORANGE COUNTY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +12%
  • CF
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
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
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
3
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
4
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
5
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
6
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

—
7
The Heart Foundation

The heart foundation (thf) was created to save lives from heart disease by increasing awareness, educating the public, and supporting innovative research at smidt heart institute at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, california.…

Philanthropy
8
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
9
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
10
CSNK2A1 Foundation

Focus on finding a cure for okur-chung neurodevelopmental syndrome and ensuring individuals have the opportunities and support necessary for happy and full lives.

Health
11
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
12
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement; the most unlike its peers is Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation. 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

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 19 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
4/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION: $328,654 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATIONMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $80,590 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICATHE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN'S RIDE (MOVEMBER FOUNDATION): $22,010 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $22,000 · Other+3 more: $5,710 · OtherSADDLEBACK COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $252,100 · EducationSADDLEBACK COLLEGE FOUNDATIONSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $66,600 · Arts & CultureSegerstro…+1 more: $925 · Arts & CultureMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $13,192 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $2,563 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY: $23,101 · Civil RightsWELLS OF LIFE INC: $7,604 · Human ServicesThe Teen Project Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesSAKS FIFTH AVENUE FOUNDATION: $3,392 · PhilanthropyBROTHERS IN ARMS FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Public Benefit
Other$458,964Education$252,100Arts & Culture$67,525Health$31,755Civil Rights$23,101Human Services$12,604Philanthropy$3,392Public Benefit$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 budgetSADDLEBACK COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $252,100 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $80,590 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $66,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY: $23,101 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $13,192 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELLS OF LIFE INC: $7,604 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Teen Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAKS FIFTH AVENUE FOUNDATION: $3,392 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $2,563 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCURE DUCHENNE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT: $925 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROTHERS IN ARMS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Orange County Communi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 The Anthony and Carie Ferry Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Anthony and Carie Ferry Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–5%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Anthony and Carie Ferry Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Anthony and Carie Ferry Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 19 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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