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The Ayrshire Foundation at a glance

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The Ayrshire Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$691k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$1.4MHousing & Shelter$1.2MArts & Culture$877kHuman Services$721kEnvironment$450kPhilanthropy$423kAnimals$204kPublic Benefit$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $415k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VILLA ESPERANZA$250,000
KECK MEDICINE OF USC$100,000
ONE ARROYO FOUNDATION$100,000
THE GOODEN CENTER$65,000
GREAT LAKES CENTER FOR THE ARTS$50,000
WALTER HOVING HOME$50,000
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER N MICHIGAN$50,000
HILLSIDES$10,000
MANNA FOOD PROJECT$10,000
COMPUTERS 2 KIDS$6,100
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 (FY19–25, $620k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% 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 ELI HOME: $5k → 10%HILLSIDES: $10k → 14%HILLSIDES: $10k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $175k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $154k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $100k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $25k → 14%HILLSIDES: $10k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $5k → 14%SYCAMORES: $100k → 14%RED CROSS: $1k → 14%RED CROSS: $1k → 14%HILLSIDES: $10k → 14%HILLSIDES: $10k → 14%PASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $2k → 14%PASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 34 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
24

Total granted

$4.8M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
0%

Still filing today

59%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsEducationInternationalOther
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

  • VE
    VILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES
    4× · 2019–2025 · $555k · revenue +16%
  • HP
    HOLLENBECK PALMS
    5× · 2017–2023 · $527k · revenue +59%
  • US
    UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES
    4× · 2019–2023 · $459k · revenue +158%

Funded once

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARBORETUM
    one grant, 2019 · $250k
  • KM
    KECK MEDICINE OF USE
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • CO
    CITY OF HARBOR SPRINGS
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
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
Heritage Housing Partners

To promote historic preservation and neighborhood revitalization by developing, owning, and operating rental or for sale low-income housing property.

Housing & Shelter
2
Mary Health of the Sick Convalescent & Nursing Hospital Incorporated

To provide the highest level of long-term care in Southern California. The Servants of Mary and Ministers to the Sick are dedicated to helping in the personal life transition of the residents and their famiiles in a spirit and expression…

Health
3
Barlow Respiratory Hospital

A not-for-profit, long-term acute care specialty healthcare organization is to improve the quality of life for patients with respiratory and other diseases that may require prolonged acute hospitalization of specialized treatment.

Health
4
The California Home for the Aged Inc Dba California Armenian Home

Building on the legacy and vision of our founders, the california armenian home, as a progressively lead non-profit community, is committed to provide a one-of-a-kind, people centered, planned senior community to serve all levels of senior…

Health
5
Mary's Shelter

Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
6
Heritage Group Homes Inc

Our mission is to serve foster youth, families and our community through intensive clinical evidence-based treatment services, along with personalized and compassionate care. we provide mental health treatment that changes lives through a…

Unclassified
7
Pomona Community Health Center

Pomona community health center's mission is to be the medical home for the underserved in our community by providing high quality preventive and primary care health services.

Health
8
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
9
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
10
Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association

Livingston provides a variety of home health services ranging from rehabilitative care to hospice care of the highest quality in the most cost-effective manner to residents of ventura county.

Health
11
Pih Health Whittier Hospital

Mission: we provide high quality healthcare without discrimination, and contribute to the health and well-being of our communities in an ethical, safe, and fiscally prudent manner in recognition of our charitable purpose.

Health
12
Mount Olivet Home

To provide high quality long term care for residents in a loving and caring environment.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Villa Esperanza Services; the most unlike its peers is Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery. 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

33 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. 33 of the 61 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
21/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HILLSIDES HOME FOR CHILDREN: $512,000 · OtherHILLSIDES HOME FOR CHILDRENIndividual grant recipient: $500,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSOUTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIO: $436,030 · OtherSOUTHERN CA PUBLIC RADIOLOS ANGELES COUNTY ARBORETUM: $250,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES COUNTY ARBORETUMKECK MEDICINE OF USE: $100,000 · OtherCITY OF HARBOR SPRINGS: $100,000 · OtherWOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER N MICHIGAN: $100,000 · OtherKECK MEDICINE OF USC: $100,000 · OtherONE ARROYO FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherONE ARROYO FOUNDATION+28 more: $630,570 · Other+28 moreMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $440,000 · HealthMCLAREN NORTHERN…THE GOODEN CENTER: $215,000 · HealthTHE GOODEN CENTE…WALTER HOVING HOME INC DBA HOVING HOME: $150,000 · HealthWALTER HOVING HO…Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $80,000 · HealthPasadena Hospita…UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $458,500 · Human ServicesUNION STATI…HATHAWAY-SYCAMORES CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $100,000 · Human ServicesHATHAWAY-SY…HILLSIDES: $50,000 · Human ServicesHILLSIDES+3 more: $11,000 · Human ServicesVILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES: $555,387 · EducationVILLA ESPE…+1 more: $6,100 · EducationHOLLENBECK PALMS: $527,000 · Housing & ShelterHOLLENBEC…Great Lakes Center for the Arts: $184,619 · Arts & CulturePasadena Conservatory of Music: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GAMBLE HOUSE CONSERVANCY: $50,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $50,000 · Arts & CultureMuseIque: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $12,500 · Arts & CulturePASADENA HUMANE: $153,000 · AnimalsANIMAL TRACKS INC: $40,000 · AnimalsLITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $11,000 · Animals
Other$2,928,600Health$885,000Human Services$619,500Education$561,487Housing & Shelter$527,000Arts & Culture$427,119Animals$204,000

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 budgetVILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES: $555,387 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHOLLENBECK PALMS: $527,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $458,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $440,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetTHE GOODEN CENTER: $215,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetONE ARROYO FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $184,619 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetPASADENA HUMANE: $153,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWALTER HOVING HOME INC DBA HOVING HOME: $150,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetHATHAWAY-SYCAMORES CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPasadena Conservatory of Music: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLegacy Connections: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetHILLSIDES: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GAMBLE HOUSE CONSERVANCY: $50,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA TERESITA INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL TRACKS INC: $40,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetMuseIque: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMONTE VISTA GROVE HOMES: $13,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPUTERS 2 SD KIDS: $6,100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ELI HOME INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S BAKERY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOLD MILL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 VILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds HOLLENBECK PALMS ↗
  • Who funds UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE GOODEN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ONE ARROYO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Great Lakes Center for the Arts ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds WALTER HOVING HOME INC DBA HOVING HOME ↗
  • Who funds HATHAWAY-SYCAMORES CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Pasadena Conservatory of Music ↗
  • Who funds Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd ↗
  • Who funds Legacy Connections ↗
  • Who funds HILLSIDES ↗
  • Who funds THE GAMBLE HOUSE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
  • Who funds SANTA TERESITA INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL TRACKS INC ↗
  • Who funds MuseIque ↗
  • Who funds NEW HOPE FOR CAMBODIAN CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds MONTE VISTA GROVE HOMES ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗

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.

Pasadena Community Fo…The Ahmanson Foundati…The Ralph M Parsons F…California Community …The Rose Hills Founda…Pasadena Showcase Hou…Harvey and Ellen Knel…Wm Keck FoundationThe Confidence Founda…The Fitzberg Foundati…Rotary Club of Pasade…Henry a Yost and Cynt…
Pasadena Community FoundationCA29.7× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts · Harvey and Ellen Knell Foundation · Wm Keck Foundation · The Confidence Foundation · The Fitzberg Foundation · Rotary Club of Pasadena Foundation · Henry a Yost and Cynthia Yost Family 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 Ayrshire Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ayrshire Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 61 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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