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The Big E Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $225k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $900k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$50,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAIRCHILD MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$500,000
10TH DISTRICT JUNIOR LIVESTOCK COMMITTEE$100,000
WONDERFUL WEED CA$50,000
BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC$50,000
WICKENBURG ELKS CLUB #2160$50,000
CALIFORNIA DEER ASSOCIATION - MT SHASTA CHAPTER$50,000
BUTTE VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT$50,000
SISKIYOU WORKS - BUTTE VALLEY CTE PROGRAM$50,000
CALIFORNIA CATTLEWOMEN HERITAGE FOUNDATION$50,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION - CALIFORNIA CHAPTER$50,000
MT SHASTA RACE ASSOCIATION$50,000
NRA FOUNDATION INC$50,000
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION - COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE$50,000
SKY LAKES MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$50,000
TIMOTHY'S HOUSE ORPHANAGE INDUSTRIES & FARMS INC$50,000
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 (FY25–25, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%TIMOTHY'S HOUSE ORPHANAGE INDUSTRIES & FARMS INC: $50k → 11%MADRONE HOSPICE INC: $25k → 16%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
McCloud Firemans Association

The purpose of the McCloud Fireman's Association shall be to lend support and promote social and cultural activities for the McCloud Fire Department and the residents of the McCloud sphere of influence.

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Trinity County Life Support

To support rural ambulance operations

Health
3
Siskiyou Hospital Inc Dba Fairchild Medical Center

Fairchild medical center offers primary & specialty services including medical, surgical, orthopedic, emergency, obstetrical, pediatric care, outpatient clinic, & other specialties available through telemedicine, our focus is to provide…

Health
4
Mountain Valley Fire Department

Fighting wild fires and rural residential fires provision of emergency services of a medical nature ans reponding to vehicular emergencies

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5
Siskiyou Community Food Bank

We provided free healthy food to low-income families and individuals in need.

Food & Nutrition
6
Tamarack Enviromental Protection Association

To promote envirnoment of valley county idaho

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7
Tillamook County Fair Association

The Association is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes in conjunction with the Tillamook County Fair Board, manager and staff. The Association will work to further and promote the…

Youth Development
8
Friends of Snoqualmie Valley Trail and River
Environment
9
Rural Idaho & Mountain West Primary Care
Health
10
Sierra Health Foundation
Health
11
Rocky Mountain Veterans' Hunts & Excursions Inc
Recreation & Sports
12
Siskiyou Land Conservancy

The Siskiyou Land Conservancy is a state and federally approved non-profit organization that assists landowners who want to protect the natural values of their land, either through purchase or establishment of conservation easements.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sky Lakes Medical Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mt Shasta Race Association. 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 27 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
4/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALIFORNIA DEER ASSOCIATION - MT SHASTA CHAPTER: $50,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA DEER ASSOCIATION - MT SHASTA CHAPTERWEED HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME: $50,000 · OtherWEED HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC HALL OF FAMEDORRIS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $50,000 · OtherDORRIS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTCALIFORNIA CATTLEWOMEN HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA CATTLEWOMEN HERITAGE FOUNDATIONSISKIYOU WORKS - BUTTE VALLEY CTE PROGRAM: $50,000 · OtherSISKIYOU WORKS - BUTTE VALLEY CTE PROGRAMWONDERFUL WEED CA: $50,000 · OtherWONDERFUL WEED CAWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION - COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE: $50,000 · OtherWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION - COLLEG…ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION - CALIFORNIA CHAPTER: $50,000 · OtherROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION - CALIFORNIA CHAP…BUTTE VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT: $50,000 · OtherBUTTE VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTTULELAKE-BUTTE VALLEY FAIR FRIENDS: $50,000 · OtherTULELAKE-BUTTE VALLEY FAIR FRIENDSWICKENBURG ELKS CLUB #2160: $50,000 · OtherWICKENBURG ELKS CLUB #2160CAL POLY HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION (CHASING TALONS): $25,000 · OtherMOUNT HERMON ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN LEGION KELLIS-DRAPER POST 12: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN LEGION POST 8 - KLAMATH FALLS: $25,000 · OtherMINER POWER INC: $25,000 · OtherFairchild Medical Center Foundation Inc: $500,000 · HealthFairchild Medical Center Foundation IncBUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INC: $50,000 · HealthBUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INCSKY LAKES MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthSKY LAKES MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONSTABLE HANDS: $25,000 · Health10th District Junior Livestock Committee Inc: $100,000 · EducationTIMOTHY'S HOUSE ORPANAGE INDUSTRIES AND FARMS: $50,000 · Human ServicesMADRONE HOSPICE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesMT SHASTA RACE ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsNRA FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalJUNCTION CITY LOCAL AID: $25,000 · Food & NutritionWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $25,000 · International
Other$675,000Health$625,000Education$100,000Human Services$75,000Recreation & Sports$50,000Crime & Legal$50,000Food & Nutrition$25,000International$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMT SHASTA RACE ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetTULELAKE-BUTTE VALLEY FAIR FRIENDS: $50,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetTIMOTHY'S HOUSE ORPANAGE INDUSTRIES AND FARMS: $50,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetSKY LAKES MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMADRONE HOSPICE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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 Fairchild Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds 10th District Junior Livestock Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MT SHASTA RACE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NRA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TULELAKE-BUTTE VALLEY FAIR FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds TIMOTHY'S HOUSE ORPANAGE INDUSTRIES AND FARMS ↗
  • Who funds SKY LAKES MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUNCTION CITY LOCAL AID ↗
  • Who funds WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds STABLE HANDS ↗
  • Who funds MADRONE HOSPICE INC ↗

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 27 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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