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The Caruso Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Education$19MHealth$3.0MHuman Services$2.6MReligion$1.9MYouth Development$1.8MArts & Culture$819kPublic Safety & Disaster$762kCivil Rights$270kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $245k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $706k
  • $250k+6 grants · $2.7M
$35,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$36k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY$1,224,410
BABY2BABY$350,000
PARA LOS NINOS$308,199
FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC$286,000
STRIVE FOUNDATION$275,256
LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES$250,000
ST MONICA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH$125,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$115,000
ST LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI CHURCH$106,000
KERING FOUNDATION IN THE AMERICAS INC$100,000
HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$100,000
AVAS HEART INC$60,000
SAINT JOHN'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION$50,000
ST MONICA SCHOOLS$50,000
A CHANCE FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION$42,007
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation: $10k → 17%Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation: $5k → 17%GOOD PLUS FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%THE ORPHANED STARFISH FOUNDATION: $250 → 17%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $25k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $12k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $308k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $256k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $252k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $60k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $353k → 14%Para Los Ninos: $250k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $250k → 14%Para Los Ninos: $250k → 14%Special Service For Groups: $5k → 14%MAPS CHARITIES: $10k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $35k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $5k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
CT
CA
CO
VA
NM
DC
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$25M · 50 repeat orgs$3.9M to everyone else

50 repeat relationships — 23 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
76

Total granted

$25M
$3.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+11%

Still filing today

62%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PU
    PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $11M · revenue +39%
  • PL
    PARA LOS NINOS
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +69%
  • TS
    THRIVE SCHOLARS
    4× · 2018–2022 · $739k · revenue +152%

Funded once

  • BS
    BRENTWOOD SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $1.5M · revenue +6%
  • SH
    SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue ×22 · 59% of their budget
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue +9%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
2
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
3
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
4
Los Angeles Education Partnership

To advance educational equity. together with families, schools and the community, facilitate access to and opportunities for quality educational and wellness practices so that children thrive from diapers to diplomas.

—
5
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
6
Arts for La

Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.

Arts & Culture
7
Occidental College

See schedule othe mission of occidental college is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex,…

Education
8
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.

—
9
University of La Verne

The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…

Education
10
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
11
La's Best

La's best provides free supervised before and after-school activities to over 15,000 children at 200 schools in los angeles unified school district (lausd).

Education
12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint John's Health Center Foundation and the most unlike its peers is The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyUniversity Support Foundati…Israel-Focused Jewish Organ…Union Member Benefit PlansCommunity Support ServicesChristian Churches and Mini…Performing Arts Organizatio…Local Economic and Communit…Healthcare Delivery and Sup…Youth Education and Develop…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%4%<5yr15%4%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr18%26%20–35yr11%29%35–55yr12%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%1%<5yr15%2%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr18%5%20–35yr11%15%35–55yr12%70%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/102
the rest of the field
14%
10,681/75,656

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

87 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 87 of the 140 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
86/87
Grantees still filing
51/87
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY — $10,920,284 · EducationPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $2,126,249 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIABRENTWOOD SCHOOL — $1,500,000 · EducationBRENTWOOD SCHOOLTHRIVE SCHOLARS — $739,483 · Education+11 more — $688,521 · EducationOPERATION PROGRESS STUDENT ASSISTANCE FDN CAL-1 — $1,670,074 · OtherOPERATION PROGRESS STUDENT ASSISTANCE…LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL — $1,600,000 · OtherLOYOLA HIGH SCHOOLSaint John Health Center — $1,535,000 · OtherSaint John Health CenterUSC CARUSO CATHOLIC CENTER — $900,000 · OtherUSC CARUSO CATHOLIC CENTERLOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES — $750,000 · OtherLOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELESBABY2BABY — $560,000 · OtherBABY2BABYCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $428,574 · OtherST LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI CHURCH — $413,949 · Other+83 more — $2,416,564 · Other+83 morePARA LOS NINOS — $1,918,827 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $250,000 · Human ServicesLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION — $80,000 · Human Services+7 more — $108,250 · Human ServicesSIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION — $500,000 · HealthSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION — $300,000 · HealthHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $300,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION — $150,000 · Health+5 more — $30,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC — $360,621 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $225,000 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC — $50,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more — $38,500 · Arts & CultureSTRIVE FOUNDATION — $350,256 · Youth DevelopmentTHE WATTS 2 BOSTON FOUNDATION — $27,500 · Youth DevelopmentSHERIFFS YOUTH FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION — $392,000 · Public Safety & Disaster+2 more — $3,500 · Public Safety & Disaster
Education$15,974,537Other$10,274,161Human Services$2,357,077Health$1,280,000Arts & Culture$674,121Youth Development$402,756Public Safety & Disaster$395,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY — $10,920,284 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $2,126,249 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARA LOS NINOS — $1,918,827 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetOPERATION PROGRESS STUDENT ASSISTANCE FDN CAL-1 — $1,670,074 over 6y, 55% of budgetBRENTWOOD SCHOOL — $1,500,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHRIVE SCHOLARS — $739,483 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetBABY2BABY — $560,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION — $500,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION — $392,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC — $360,621 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSTRIVE FOUNDATION — $350,256 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION — $300,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $300,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION DIOCESE OF EVANSVILLE INC — $285,710 over 2y, 60% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $225,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKERING FOUNDATION IN THE AMERICAS INC — $200,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE — $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION — $140,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA CHANCE FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC — $90,123 over 2y, 13% of budgetAva's Heart — $85,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION — $80,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetVENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $58,282 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond Differences — $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN — $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN — $37,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAPE FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WATTS 2 BOSTON FOUNDATION — $27,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $26,122 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $25,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTRIVE FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetCORO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGeorge Lopez Foundation — $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetSHERIFFS YOUTH FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S BURN FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH WORLD WATCH — $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPARENTS OF WATTS WORKING W YOUTH AND ADULTS — $20,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetLEARNING RIGHTS LAW CENTER — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA — $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES BOYS & GIRLS CLUB — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds PARA LOS NINOS ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION PROGRESS STUDENT ASSISTANCE FDN CAL-1 ↗
  • Who funds BRENTWOOD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THRIVE SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds BABY2BABY ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds STRIVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION DIOCESE OF EVANSVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KERING FOUNDATION IN THE AMERICAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds A CHANCE FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Ava's Heart ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

California Community …Weingart FoundationThe Ahmanson Foundati…The Ralph M Parsons F…The Annenberg Foundat…The J Paul Getty TrustSempra FoundationJohnny Carson Foundat…Cedars-Sinai Medical …Elbridge Stuart Found…Jewish Community Foun…Santa Barbara Foundat…
California Community FoundationCA35.4× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · Sempra Foundation · Johnny Carson Foundation · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Santa Barbara Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Caruso Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Berklee College of Music Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 140 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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