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The Carroll Family Foundation at a glance

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The Carroll Family Foundation

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.

$23k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$145kHuman Services$22kInternational$17kReligion$6kAnimals$4kPhilanthropy$3kRecreation & Sports$2kHousing & Shelter$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$2,591
Median grant
2
States reached
$132k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Sage Hill School$19,500
OLQA School$2,591
Babylon United Methodist Church$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Lighthouse for the Blind: $250 → 14%Laura's House: $1k → 10%Jewish Community Center of Orange C: $137 → 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

NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
VA
DC
HI
GA
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$173k · 11 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
21

Total granted

$173k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+49%

Still filing today

45%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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
EducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsInternationalPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • SH
    SAGE HILL SCHOOL
    4× · 2021–2024 · $43k · revenue +52%
  • IP
    IRVINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2021 · $22k · revenue +5%
  • VV
    VISTA VERDE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $14k · revenue +162%

Funded once

  • WC
    W C Mephan High School
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • SJ
    St John's University
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue -61%
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
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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2
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
3
Irvine Hebrew Day School

Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…

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4
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
5
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
6
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
7
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
8
Aim High for High School

To increase educational equity by providing joyful, enriching learning experiences for middle school students, aspiring teachers, and experienced educators.

Education
9
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
10
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
11
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
12
The Chandler School

Chandler's mission is to provide each student with the highest quality and most academically challenging education in a nurturing, balanced and diverse environment. chandler strives to have its students gain a love of learning, a means of…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orange County Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is St John's University. 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 36 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OLQA School: $53,887 · OtherOLQA SchoolChild Aid: $12,450 · OtherChild AidVarious: $8,910 · OtherVariousOC Resuce Mission: $6,000 · OtherOC Resuce MissionW C Mepham High School: $5,000 · OtherRescue Mission: $3,500 · Other+14 more: $14,580 · Other+14 moreSAGE HILL SCHOOL: $43,250 · EducationSAGE HILL SCHOOLVISTA VERDE FOUNDATION: $13,955 · EducationVISTA VERDE FOUNDATIONSt John's University: $2,500 · EducationTHE IRVINE CHILDRENS FUND: $2,500 · Education+2 more: $658 · EducationIRVINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $22,100 · PhilanthropyIRVINE PUBLIC…ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY…Global Impact: $16,000 · InternationalGlobal Im…BRAC USA INC: $1,000 · InternationalBRAC USA …LAURA'S HOUSE: $1,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $250 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY: $137 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · HealthSLAMMERS FUTBOL CLUB: $400 · Recreation & SportsCRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY: $195 · Recreation & Sports
Other$104,327Education$62,863Philanthropy$24,600International$17,000Human Services$1,387Health$1,000Recreation & Sports$595

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAGE HILL SCHOOL: $43,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIRVINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $22,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Impact: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA VERDE FOUNDATION: $13,955 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetSt John's University: $2,500 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IRVINE CHILDRENS FUND: $2,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIRVINE SWIM LEAGUE INC: $1,554 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRAC USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAURA'S HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSLAMMERS FUTBOL CLUB: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY: $195 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTARBUT V'TORAH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL: $158 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY: $137 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRANDOM ACTS INC: $122 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.

Samueli FoundationThe Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Samueli FoundationCA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Samueli Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Carroll Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Carroll Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report 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 36 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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