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The Cameron Family 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.

$642k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
65%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 17
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$19M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 65% of the organizations The Cameron Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $779k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyReligionArts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving19$642k37%
FY202417$1.1M65%
FY20237$185k57%
FY202210$383k70%
FY20215$620k20%
FY20206$701k17%
FY201910$218k60%
FY201814$248k50%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.3MHealth$919kInternational$510kReligion$369kPhilanthropy$260kHousing & Shelter$251kArts & Culture$123kHuman Services$82kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
CA
MD
AR
TN
NC
SC
HI
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Santa Fe Christian Schools$1,120,00032%
Samaritan's Purse$475,00030%
Daybreak Community Church$205,0005n/a
Tim Tebow Foundation Inc$160,00051%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$155,50020%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$140,00040%
Solutions for Change Inc$95,00051%
Segerstrom Center for the Arts$90,00060%
Hospice of the North Coast$71,00060%
Turning Point USA Inc$50,00010%
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All grantees of The Cameron Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Santa Fe Christian Schools$1,120,00032%
Samaritan's Purse$475,00030%
Daybreak Community Church$205,0005n/a
Tim Tebow Foundation Inc$160,00051%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$155,50020%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$140,00040%
Solutions for Change Inc$95,00051%
Segerstrom Center for the Arts$90,00060%
Hospice of the North Coast$71,00060%
Turning Point USA Inc$50,00010%
Priest James Foundation$50,000161%
Children's Hospital Corporation$50,00010%
The Discovery Land Company Foundation$20,00011%
Daybreak Church$15,0001n/a
Harvest Ministries Inc$15,000112%
Moonlight Cultural Foundation$12,50020%
California Fire Foundation$10,00010%
The Hangry Project Inc$10,0001n/a
Purpose Doesnt Pause Inc$9,000221%
The Salvation Army$7,0002n/a
She's the First Inc$7,00020%
Good Dog Autism Companions$5,00012%
Operation Game On$5,00011%
Pepperdine University$5,00010%
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$3,00020%
Mikeroweworks Foundation$2,50010%
Scripps Health$2,50010%
Aseltine School$2,00020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Cameron Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSanta Fe Christian Schools: $1,120,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $475,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTim Tebow Foundation Inc: $160,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetHomes for Our Troops Inc: $155,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $140,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSolutions for Change Inc: $95,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the North Coast: $71,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPriest James Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 61% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Discovery Land Company Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHarvest Ministries Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetMoonlight Cultural Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Fire Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPurpose Doesnt Pause Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetShe's the First Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGood Dog Autism Companions: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetOperation Game On: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPepperdine University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCanine Companions for Independence Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMikeroweworks Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetScripps Health: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAseltine School: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 24.

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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 San Diego FoundationCA18.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving 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.

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About The Cameron Family Foundation

How much does The Cameron Family Foundation give?
The Cameron Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $642,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Cameron Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Health (22%), International (12%).
Who are The Cameron Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Santa Fe Christian Schools ($1.1M), Samaritan's Purse ($475k), Daybreak Community Church ($205k).
Does The Cameron Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Cameron Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Cameron Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Sempra Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is The Cameron Family Foundation based?
The Cameron Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 52 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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