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· Private foundation

The California Endowment

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.

$216M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1,125
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$9.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$281MCommunity Improvement$216MPhilanthropy$186MCivil Rights$184MEducation$77MCrime & Legal$67MHuman Services$64MYouth Development$60MOther$0
02FY2024 · 1125 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k65 grants · $122k
  • $10k–50k249 grants · $5.6M
  • $50k–250k590 grants · $67M
  • $250k+221 grants · $143M
$100,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$4.5B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION$9,775,125
CALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION$3,479,999
CALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION$2,600,000
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,500,000
CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND$2,500,000
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,375,000
PICO CALIFORNIA$2,200,000
LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION$2,083,193
COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION$2,000,000
THE CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP$2,000,000
COMMUNITY PARTNERS$2,000,000
NEO PHILANTHROPY INC$1,876,061
COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE$1,800,000
ACCE INSTITUTE$1,600,000
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UNIVE$1,596,295
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 (FY17–24, $55.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JAKARA MOVEMENT: $400k → 19%NATIONAL COMPADRES NETWORK INC: $750k → 8%NATIONAL COMPADRES NETWORK INC: $750k → 8%GATHERING FOR JUSTICE INC: $450k → 17%NATIONAL COMPADRES NETWORK INC: $625k → 8%NATIONAL COMPADRES NETWORK INC: $625k → 8%NATIONAL COMPADRES NETWORK INC: $625k → 8%ALAMEDA POINT COLLABORATIVE INC: $3.0M → 10%VALLEY ONWARD: $375k → 19%NATIONAL COMPADRES NETWORK INC: $450k → 8%GATHERING FOR JUSTICE INC: $400k → 17%NATIONAL COMPADRES NETWORK INC: $400k → 8%GATHERING FOR JUSTICE INC: $400k → 17%FAMILIES USA FOUNDATION INC: $442k → 14%FAMILIES USA FOUNDATION INC: $393k → 14%PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS: $2.7M → 11%PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS: $500k → 11%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5.0M → 10%TIDES CENTER: $450k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $450k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $441k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $425k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $425k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $411k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $400k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $400k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $375k → 10%POSSIBILITY LABS: $1.1M → 10%POSSIBILITY LABS: $1.0M → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $715k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $715k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $575k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $475k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $465k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $400k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $375k → 10%SPECIAL SERVICE FOR GROUPS INC: $395k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $463k → 14%INNERCITY STRUGGLE: $451k → 14%INNERCITY STRUGGLE: $375k → 14%INNERCITY STRUGGLE: $375k → 14%INNERCITY STRUGGLE: $375k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP: $2.0M → 14%COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE: $1.8M → 10%COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE: $1.5M → 10%CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP: $400k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP: $375k → 14%COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE: $500k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of The California Endowment’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 91% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 98%.

The California Endowmentlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2B · 1224 repeat orgs$57M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

1224 repeat relationships: 569 still active in FY2024, 655 since wound down; 95 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1224
619

Total granted

$1.2B
$45M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+38%

Still filing today

84%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementCivil 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

  • SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
    8× · 2017–2024 · $39M · revenue ×16 · 28% of their budget
  • CP
    COMMUNITY PARTNERS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $35M · revenue +266%
  • Public Health Institute
    8× · 2017–2024 · $29M · revenue +130%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2023 · $5.3M
  • AP
    ALAMEDA POINT COLLABORATIVE
    one grant, 2022 · $3.0M · revenue +11%
  • ME
    MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
    one grant, 2023 · $1.6M · revenue -6%
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 Donor Table

California Donor Table anchors a hub of donors, foundations, and community leaders. We pool together our resources to shape California into a truly democratic state that works for the people, not the powerful. Rooted in our commitment to…

Civil Rights
2
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
3
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
4
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
5
Active San Gabriel Valley

Active San Gabriel Valley (ActiveSGV) is a community-based environmental advocacy and public health non-profit organization. Our mission is to promote a more sustainable, equitable, and livable San Gabriel Valley.

Community Improvement
6
Statewide California Coalition

The New California Coalition (NCC) is a forward-thinking organization with a bold mission: to identify and implement solutions that will pave the way for enduring, generational change in Sacramento and across the entire state of California.

Public Benefit
7
Legal Link

Legal Link removes legal barriers that prolong poverty by adding critically needed capacity to the legal ecosystem.

Crime & Legal
8
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy

CAUSE's mission is to build grassroots power to realize social, economic and environmental justice for the people of the Central Coast Region through policy research, leadership development, organizing and advocacy.

Community Improvement
9
California School-Age Consortium Inc

The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…

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10
California Center for Movement Legal Services

The California Center for Movement Legal Services (Movement Legal) provides legal services in the pursuit of improving the lives of California's traditionally underserved residents, carrying out legal work that fosters community led policy…

Crime & Legal
11
California Housing Partner Corporation

The California Housing Partnership Corporation creates and preserves affordable and sustainable homes for Californians with low incomes by providing expert financial and policy solutions to nonprofit and public partners.

Unclassified
12
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadersup; the most unlike its peers is Rosenberg Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

1680 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. 1680 of the 2,000 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.

228
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
597
Early backer (in before they grew)
1599/1680
Grantees still filing
1173/1680
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES: $34,500,314 · OtherCALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE …THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UNIVE: $28,613,465 · OtherTHE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALI…HEALTH ACCESS FOUNDATION: $10,605,000 · OtherCATALYST CALIFORNIA: $11,583,073 · Other+76 more: $227,869,538 · Other+76 moreCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $35,334,681 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PARTNERSMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $18,594,957 · Community ImprovementMOVEMENT STRATEGY C…COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT: $11,199,060 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY COALITION…POLICYLINK: $10,665,000 · Community ImprovementPOLICYLINKCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $10,468,670 · Community ImprovementCOMMON COUNSEL FOUN…FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK: $10,288,600 · Community ImprovementFAITH IN ACTION NET…Fresno Building Healthy Communities: $8,613,427 · Community ImprovementPOWER CALIFORNIA: $8,186,875 · Community ImprovementCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $7,905,571 · Community ImprovementDOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION: $6,740,785 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY VISION CAPITAL & CONSULTING: $6,708,604 · Community Improvement+10 more: $27,942,229 · Community Improvement+10 moreSIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: $39,216,530 · HealthSIERRA HEALTH F…Public Health Institute: $28,675,472 · HealthPublic Health I…CALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION: $14,842,998 · HealthCALIFORNIA PRIM…California Pan-Ethnic Health Network: $8,309,263 · HealthCalifornia Pan-…PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES: $5,472,662 · HealthHEALTH IN PARTNERSHIP: $5,375,961 · Health+13 more: $29,805,782 · Health+13 moreAction Council of Monterey County Inc: $14,524,828 · PhilanthropyAction Council…THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $12,300,125 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN FRANCI…HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION: $9,291,252 · PhilanthropyHUMBOLDT AREA …Silicon Valley Community Foundation: $8,863,500 · PhilanthropySilicon Valley…CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,250,875 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COM…LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION: $7,824,311 · PhilanthropyLIBERTY HILL F…SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS: $6,874,800 · PhilanthropySOUTHERN CALIF…TIDES FOUNDATION: $6,170,816 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $5,300,475 · Philanthropy+16 more: $43,517,069 · Philanthropy+16 moreCALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND: $19,104,855 · Civil RightsCALIFORNIA…Californians For Justice Education Fund: $9,826,921 · Civil RightsCalifornia…Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network DBA GSA Network: $9,117,273 · Civil RightsGenders & …CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $5,934,997 · Civil RightsCHILDREN'S…LEADERSHIP COUNSEL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY: $4,906,180 · Civil RightsLEADERSHIP…Chinese for Affirmative Action: $4,509,250 · Civil RightsCALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY CENTER: $3,769,687 · Civil RightsRIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE: $3,732,325 · Civil RightsNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $3,707,500 · Civil RightsELLA BAKER CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $3,701,320 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS EDUCATION FUND: $3,504,000 · Civil RightsMALDEF - MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND: $3,195,650 · Civil Rights+6 more: $13,483,604 · Civil Rights+6 moreTIDES CENTER: $16,154,811 · Human ServicesTIDES CEN…THE CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP: $6,666,277 · Human ServicesTHE CHILD…INNERCITY STRUGGLE: $6,073,071 · Human ServicesINNERCITY…LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,609,005 · Human ServicesLATINO CO…PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS: $5,484,615 · Human ServicesPARTNERSH…MISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO: $5,383,322 · Human ServicesMISSION E…COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE DBA CURYJ: $5,365,811 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITI…NATIONAL COMPADRES NETWORK INC: $4,876,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL …CHILDREN NOW: $4,745,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN …ALAMEDA POINT COLLABORATIVE: $3,000,000 · Human ServicesPOSSIBILITY LABS: $2,766,660 · Human Services+8 more: $14,618,649 · Human Services+8 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $11,551,805 · EducationACCE Institute: $8,476,325 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $3,932,500 · EducationCommunities For A New California Education Fund: $2,675,719 · EducationVISION Y COMPROMISO: $2,627,500 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO FOUNDATION: $2,419,002 · EducationNEW BREATH FOUNDATION: $2,276,500 · EducationCALIFORNIA BUDGET & POLICY CENTER: $2,177,750 · EducationCOMMUNITY ASSET DEVELOPMENT RE-DEFINING EDUCATION: $1,999,000 · EducationGrassroots Power Project: $1,935,000 · Education+8 more: $12,788,208 · Education
Other$313,171,390Community Improvement$162,648,459Health$131,698,668Philanthropy$122,918,051Civil Rights$88,493,562Human Services$80,743,221Education$52,859,309

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetSIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: $39,216,530 over 8y, 28% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $35,334,681 over 8y, 17% of budgetPublic Health Institute: $28,675,472 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetCALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND: $19,104,855 over 8y, 39% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $18,594,957 over 8y, 13% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $16,154,811 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION: $14,842,998 over 8y, 33% of budgetAction Council of Monterey County Inc: $14,524,828 over 8y, 45% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $12,300,125 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetCATALYST CALIFORNIA: $11,583,073 over 8y, 49% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $11,551,805 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT: $11,199,060 over 8y, 43% of budgetPOLICYLINK: $10,665,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetHEALTH ACCESS FOUNDATION: $10,605,000 over 8y, 84% of budgetCOMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION: $10,468,670 over 8y, 18% of budgetFAITH IN ACTION NETWORK: $10,288,600 over 6y, 11% of budgetCalifornians For Justice Education Fund: $9,826,921 over 8y, 31% of budgetHUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION: $9,291,252 over 8y, 17% of budgetGenders & Sexualities Alliance Network DBA GSA Network: $9,117,273 over 8y, 42% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $8,863,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFresno Building Healthy Communities: $8,613,427 over 7y, 56% of budgetACCE Institute: $8,476,325 over 8y, 45% of budgetYouth Leadership Institute: $8,461,809 over 8y, 23% of budgetCalifornia Pan-Ethnic Health Network: $8,309,263 over 8y, 56% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,250,875 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetPOWER CALIFORNIA: $8,186,875 over 6y, 59% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $8,051,050 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $7,905,571 over 8y, 19% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $7,865,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetLIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION: $7,824,311 over 8y, 16% of budgetWOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA: $7,427,607 over 8y, 14% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS: $6,874,800 over 8y, 8.6% of budgetDOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION: $6,740,785 over 8y, 31% of budgetCOMMUNITY VISION CAPITAL & CONSULTING: $6,708,604 over 8y, 8.6% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP: $6,666,277 over 8y, 61% of budgetYOUTH RADIO: $6,351,109 over 8y, 34% of budgetCalifornia Rural Legal Assistance Foundation: $6,321,145 over 8y, 20% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $6,170,816 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPrevention Institute: $6,111,537 over 8y, 22% of budgetINNERCITY STRUGGLE: $6,073,071 over 8y, 25% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $5,934,997 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetTHE ROSE FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITIES THE ENVIRONMENT: $5,878,662 over 6y, 52% of budgetLATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,609,005 over 8y, 19% of budgetALIANZA COACHELLA VALLEY: $5,594,718 over 5y, 69% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $5,508,078 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS: $5,484,615 over 7y, 36% of budgetPUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES: $5,472,662 over 8y, 46% of budgetMISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO: $5,383,322 over 8y, 27% 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 SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Public Health Institute ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds MOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Action Council of Monterey County Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATALYST CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ↗
  • Who funds POLICYLINK ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH ACCESS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMON COUNSEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Californians For Justice Education Fund ↗
  • Who funds HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network DBA GSA Network ↗
  • Who funds Silicon Valley Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Fresno Building Healthy Communities ↗
  • Who funds ACCE Institute ↗
  • Who funds Youth Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds California Pan-Ethnic Health Network ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds POWER CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS ↗
  • Who funds DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY VISION CAPITAL & CONSULTING ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH RADIO ↗
  • Who funds California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TIDES 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The California Wellne…Sierra Health Foundat…Weingart FoundationThe James Irvine Foun…Latino Community Foun…California Physicians…Sierra Health Foundat…Liberty Hill Foundati…Women's Foundation of…Evelyn and Walter Haa…California Healthcare…The Heising-Simons Fo…
The California Wellness FoundationCA176.4× affinity490 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The California Wellness Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Weingart Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Latino Community Foundation · California Physicians' Service Fdn Dba Blue Shield of California Fdn · Sierra Health Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Women's Foundation of California · Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund · California Healthcare Foundation · The Heising-Simons 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 California Endowment funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The California Endowment. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Jobs for the Future Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
86report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 2000 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home