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The Castillo Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Castillo Charitable 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.

$57k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Youth Development$87kCivil Rights$76kEducation$72kCommunity Improvement$71kPhilanthropy$45kHousing & Shelter$30kHealth$27kReligion$23kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$97k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEGACY LADIES INC$15,000
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND AND EDUCATIONAL FUND INC$10,000
BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE$10,000
LOS ANGELES URBAN LEAGUE$10,000
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC$2,500
THE KIS FOUNDATION$2,500
FRIENDS OF CASTLE HEIGHTS$2,500
LOS ANGELES SPEECH & LANGUAGE CENTER$2,500
EXECUTIVE SERVICE CORPS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$1,500
LORRAINE JACKSON FOUNDATION$550
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 (FY17–24, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LEGACY LADIES INC: $15k → 14%LEGACY LADIES INC: $15k → 14%LEGACY LADIES INC: $15k → 14%LEGACY LADIES INC: $10k → 14%LEGACY LADIES INC: $10k → 14%LEGACY LADIES INC: $10k → 14%LEGACY LADIES INC: $10k → 14%MALBEAN EPHRIAM FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%MABLEAN EPHRIAM FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%MABLEAN EPHRIAM FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$397k · 15 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
10

Total granted

$397k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+13%

Still filing today

87%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
EducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesCivil RightsRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LL
    LEGACY LADIES INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $85k · revenue +85%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES URBAN LEAGUE
    6× · 2018–2024 · $65k · revenue +105%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $45k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • GB
    GRAND BOULE OF SIGMA PI PHI
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • BF
    BOULE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +128%
  • PW
    Piney Woods School
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +22%
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
Link Unlimited Scholars

To connect Black students with resources and opportunities that strengthen the necessary skills to succeed as they advance to, through, and beyond college.

Education
2
Young Black Scholar Institute
Community Improvement
3
La Salle University

See schedule o for complete mission statement.la salle is a lasallian catholic university committed to the principle that all knowledge is practical and empowering, filled with the capacity to transform lives. anchored in the living…

Education
4
Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust

The baltimore educational scholarship trust, in partnership with our seventeen independent member schools, recruits and supports through the admissions process academically ambitious, african american students with financial need from the…

Education
5
Spelman College

Spelman college, a historically black college and global leader in the education of women of african descent, is dedicated to the academic excellence of its students.

Education
6
Larraine Segil Scholars Foundation

Larraine segil scholars foundation has been established to provide mentoring to exceptional women in order to encourage their education and growth so that they may reach their full potential and, in so doing, positively impact their…

Education
7
Latin American Educational Foundation Inc

Laef is organized to generate funds from the general public and private enterprises to provide post high school scholarships to deserving students.

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8
Berkeley Community Scholars Dba Berkeley Community Fund

Berkeley Community Scholars empowers Berkeley youth who face racial, economic, and other barriers to achieving their college dreams by providing a unique experience of scholarships, advising, mentoring, and a community of support.

Philanthropy
9
Parent Institute for Quality Education Inc

To provide families with the knowledge and skills to partner with schools and communities to ensure their children achieve their full potential.

—
10
Inroads Inc

To deliver innovative leadership development programs and creative solutions that identify, accelerate, and elevate underrepresented talent throughout their careers.

Education
11
Black Students of California United

To provide californias african american youth with the tools, education and experiences to prepare them to become fully engaged participants in the states civic and economic life

Youth Development
12
Los Angeles Leadership Academy

The los angeles leadership academy prepares urban elementary and secondary students to succeed in college or on chosen career paths, to live fulfilling, self-directed lives, and to be effective in creating a just and humane world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bridge Builders Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mablean Ephriam Foundation. 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

22 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. 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND AND EDUCATIONAL FUND INC: $75,000 · OtherNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND AND EDUCATIONAL FUND I…LOS ANGELES URBAN LEAGUE: $65,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES URBAN LEAGUEWEST ANGELES CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST INCORPORATED: $23,000 · OtherWEST ANGELES CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST INCORPORAT…GRAND BOULE OF SIGMA PI PHI: $15,000 · OtherGRAND BOULE OF SIGMA PI PHI+4 more: $10,800 · Other+4 moreLEGACY LADIES INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesLEGACY LADIES INCMablean Ephriam Foundation: $4,500 · Human ServicesUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $18,500 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COL…Clark Atlanta University Inc: $12,000 · EducationClark Atlanta Un…BOULE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationBOULE FOUNDATIONPiney Woods School: $10,000 · EducationPiney Woods Scho…Long Beach Education Foundation: $5,000 · EducationLong Beach Educa…THE K I S FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 · EducationTHE K I S FOUNDA…THE LORRAINE JACKSON FOUNDATION: $2,750 · EducationBRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC: $2,250 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $44,500 · PhilanthropyLOS ANGELES…WEST ANGELES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $30,000 · Community ImprovementWEST ANGE…HOLMAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $4,750 · Community ImprovementHOLMAN CO…EXECUTIVE SERVICE CORPS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,500 · Community ImprovementWiley Center for Speech and Language Development: $20,000 · HealthCITIZEN EDUCATION FUND INC: $3,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $500 · Civil RightsGood Golfers Better People of Metro Atlanta Inc: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$188,800Human Services$89,500Education$65,500Philanthropy$44,500Community Improvement$36,250Health$20,000Civil Rights$3,500Recreation & Sports$1,000

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 budgetLEGACY LADIES INC: $85,000 over 7y, 18% of budgetLOS ANGELES URBAN LEAGUE: $65,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $44,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWEST ANGELES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $30,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWiley Center for Speech and Language Development: $20,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $18,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetClark Atlanta University Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOULE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLong Beach Education Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of Castle Heights: $4,800 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHOLMAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $4,750 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMablean Ephriam Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTHE K I S FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCITIZEN EDUCATION FUND INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LORRAINE JACKSON FOUNDATION: $2,750 over 3y, 10% of budgetBRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC: $2,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEXECUTIVE SERVICE CORPS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEFY VENTURES INC: $500 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.

California Community …The California Endowm…Mufg Union Bank Found…The Ralph M Parsons F…Weingart FoundationEnterprise Holdings F…Local Initiatives Sup…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Online Givin…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…
California Community FoundationCA20.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The California Endowment · Mufg Union Bank Foundation Ag · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment 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 Castillo Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Castillo Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Castillo Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Castillo Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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