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The Armand Hammer Foundation at a glance

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The Armand Hammer Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$834k
Granted FY2022
7
Grants FY2022
4
States reached
$774k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Education$954kHealth$860kArts & Culture$512kReligion$160kYouth Development$156kRecreation & Sports$63kFood & Nutrition$16kEnvironment$3kOther$0
02FY2022 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
  • $250k+1 grant · $774k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$89M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$773,656
NASHVILLE LIFE CHURCH$15,000
WORLD MISSIONS GROUP$15,000
CHRIST HOLY SANCTIFIED CHURCH OF AMERICA$15,000
DENNIS TINERINO MINISTRIES$5,000
THE TRANSFORMING CENTER$5,000
RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%DREAM FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $15k → 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

MN
IL
NY
NV
PA
CA
MO
DE
AZ
TN
DC
OK
FL
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.

33%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 7 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2022, 7 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
30

Total granted

$1.4M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+13%

Still filing today

71%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $834k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
ReligionYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • PA
    PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $352k · revenue +116%
  • PU
    PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $150k · revenue +30%
  • AC
    ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $25k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $1.5M
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SB COUNTY
    one grant, 2020 · $69k
  • BM
    BUD Ministries Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $52k · revenue +160%
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
California Baptist University

A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.

Education
2
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
3
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
4
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
5
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
6
Azusa Pacific University

Apu is an evangelical christian community of disciples and scholars who seek to advance the work of god through academic excellence in liberal arts and professional programs of higher education that encourage development of a christian…

Education
7
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
8
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
9
Pitzer College

Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

Education
10
Claremont Graduate University

Claremont Graduate University prepares individuals to be leaders for positive change in the world. Unique in its transdisciplinary approach, the University is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge and…

Education
11
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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12
University Camps

Unicamp student volunteers harness the healing power of the wilderness to provide a unique outdoor camping experience for at-risk children. through relationship-building, leadership and character development, and just plain fun, unicamp…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County; the most unlike its peers is Project Seven Institute. 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

21 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. 21 of the 44 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
12/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $1,518,916 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $773,656 · OtherGRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY+31 more: $493,751 · Other+31 more911 AT EASE INTERNATIONAL INC: $800,000 · Health911 AT EASE INTERNATI…PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $351,500 · Arts & CulturePETERSEN A…ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAM…PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationBUD Ministries Inc: $51,921 · ReligionKEITH HUDSON MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 · ReligionTHE TRANSFORMING CENTER: $5,000 · ReligionUNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentWilderness Youth Project Inc: $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Human Services
Other$2,786,323Health$800,000Arts & Culture$401,500Education$175,000Religion$61,921Youth Development$47,000Human Services$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budget911 AT EASE INTERNATIONAL INC: $800,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetPETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $351,500 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUD Ministries Inc: $51,921 over 1y, 23% of budgetMontecito Motor Classic: $50,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLE FLIGHTS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGenYOUTH Incorporated: $10,298 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS EAGLES BASKETBALL CLUB: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWilderness Youth Project Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWATER BUFFALO CLUB INC DBA WE BENEFIT CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA AVOCADO FESTIVAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetKEITH HUDSON MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE TRANSFORMING CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT SEVEN INSTITUTE: $1,716 over 1y, 100% of budgetCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $1,000 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.

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.

Santa Barbara Foundat…Alice Tweed Tuohy Fou…G a Fowler Family Fou…Patricia Bragg Founda…Ann Jackson Family Fo…Hutton Foundation Dba…The Turpin-Allebrand …Brittingham Family Fo…June G Outhwaite Char…James S Bower Foundat…Towbes FoundationMosher Foundation
Santa Barbara FoundationCA17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · G a Fowler Family Foundation · Patricia Bragg Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation · Brittingham Family Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · James S Bower Foundation · Towbes Foundation · Mosher 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 Armand Hammer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Armand Hammer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Armand Hammer Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Armand Hammer 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 44 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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