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The Champions Volunteer 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.

$651k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
51
Grants FY2024
56
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$9,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
43 to 56
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$374k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Champions Volunteer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’23
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentAnimalsEducationArts & CultureOther
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
FY2024still arriving51$651k16%
FY202356$268k21%
FY202054$248k15%
FY201852$231k29%
FY201743$180kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$488kHealth$339kPublic Safety & Disaster$202kAnimals$105kYouth Development$102kRecreation & Sports$79kEducation$78kFood & Nutrition$64kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 63 grantees
All grantees of The Champions Volunteer Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Riverside County Professional Firefighters Benevolent Fund$100,000127%
Riverside County Deputy Sheriff Relief Foundation$100,000112%
Shelter From the Storm Inc$57,00052%
Martha's Village and Kitchen Inc$42,50050%
Love & Love Tennis Foundation Inc$36,00056%
Family YMCA of the Desert$32,00050%
Olive Crest$31,00040%
Coachella Valley Mounted Rangers$31,00046%
Food in Need of Distribution Inc$30,00040%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Des$30,00052%
Boys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley$29,00050%
Songshine Foundation$29,00055%
Stroke Recovery Center dba Neuro Vitality Center$29,00041%
Desert Cancer Foundation$29,00041%
Guide Dogs of the Desert$27,50050%
Angel View Inc$25,50040%
Coachella Valley Rescue Mission$25,00040%
Variety Childrens Charities of the Desert Tent 66$25,00053%
Mizell Center$23,50050%
Desert Best Friends Closet$23,00042%
Food Now Inc$23,00050%
Jewish Family Service of the Desert$22,00050%
Loving All Animals Inc$20,00051%
Harper For Kids Inc$20,00033%
Joshua Tree National Park Association$20,00011%
Galilee Center Inc$19,00050%
Soroptimist House of Hope$18,50041%
Desert Arc$17,50050%
John F Kennedy Memorial Foundation$16,50050%
Childrens Services of the Desert$16,000326%
Cove Communities Senior Association DBA The Joslyn Center$16,00040%
Friends of the Palm SpringsAnimal Shelter$15,50030%
Fenixia Foundation$15,000210%
Operation Safe House Inc$15,00030%
Act for Multiple Sclerosis$14,00043%
The Well in the Desert Inc$13,00041%
Read With Me Volunteer Programs$12,50031%
Coachella Valley Youth Golf Foundation$12,50021%
Smiles for Seniors Foundation$12,50053%
Steinway Society of Riverside County$12,00035%
Onefuture Coachella Valley$11,50040%
Cake4kids$11,50021%
Senior Advocates of the Desert$11,00054%
Autism Society of America Inc$11,00020%
Abc Recovery Center$10,50030%
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$10,50030%
College of the Desert Foundation$10,00010%
Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert$10,00041%
Cancer Partners$10,00022%
Assistance League Coachella Valley$10,00033%
Coachella Valley Volunteers in Medicine$7,50011%
Friends of the Desert Mountains$7,50020%
American Heart Association Inc$5,00010%
Braille Institute of America Inc$5,00010%
LifeStream Blood Bank$5,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California$5,00010%
Old Town Artisan Studio Inc$5,00010%
Coachella Valley Repertory$4,50020%
Community Partners$4,00010%
Coachella Valley Community Trust$2,500111%
Midtown Torah Forum$2,5001n/a
Friends of the Indio Senior Center$2,000126%
The Coachella Valley Housing Coalition$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($328k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Champions Volunteer Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRiverside County Professional Firefighters Benevolent Fund: $100,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetRiverside County Deputy Sheriff Relief Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetShelter From the Storm Inc: $57,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetMartha's Village and Kitchen Inc: $42,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLove & Love Tennis Foundation Inc: $36,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetFamily YMCA of the Desert: $32,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOlive Crest: $31,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCoachella Valley Mounted Rangers: $31,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetFood in Need of Distribution Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Des: $30,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley: $29,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSongshine Foundation: $29,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetStroke Recovery Center dba Neuro Vitality Center: $29,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetDesert Cancer Foundation: $29,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGuide Dogs of the Desert: $27,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAngel View Inc: $25,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCoachella Valley Rescue Mission: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVariety Childrens Charities of the Desert Tent 66: $25,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetMizell Center: $23,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDesert Best Friends Closet: $23,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetFood Now Inc: $23,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetJewish Family Service of the Desert: $22,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLoving All Animals Inc: $20,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetHarper For Kids Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetJoshua Tree National Park Association: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGalilee Center Inc: $19,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSoroptimist House of Hope: $18,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetDesert Arc: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJohn F Kennedy Memorial Foundation: $16,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetChildrens Services of the Desert: $16,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetCove Communities Senior Association DBA The Joslyn Center: $16,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the Palm SpringsAnimal Shelter: $15,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFenixia Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetOperation Safe House Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAct for Multiple Sclerosis: $14,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetThe Well in the Desert Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetRead With Me Volunteer Programs: $12,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCoachella Valley Youth Golf Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSmiles for Seniors Foundation: $12,500 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetSteinway Society of Riverside County: $12,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetOnefuture Coachella Valley: $11,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCake4kids: $11,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSenior Advocates of the Desert: $11,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetAutism Society of America Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAbc Recovery Center: $10,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCanine Companions for Independence Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of the Desert Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Discovery Museum of the Desert: $10,000 over 4y, 0.5% 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 62.

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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.

Bighorn Golf Club Charities IncCA82.2× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc · Inland Empire Community Foundation · HN and Frances C Berger Foundation · Regional Access Project Foundation · The Grace Helen Spearman Foundation · Houston Family Foundation · The Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation · Anderson Childrens Foundation · Desert Community Foundation · The Auen Foundation · Impact Through Golf Foundation · Coachella Valley Wellness 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 Champions Volunteer Foundation

How much does The Champions Volunteer Foundation give?
The Champions Volunteer Foundation reported 51 grants totaling $651,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Champions Volunteer Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Health (21%), Public Safety & Disaster (13%).
Who are The Champions Volunteer Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Riverside County Professional Firefighters Benevolent Fund ($100k), Riverside County Deputy Sheriff Relief Foundation ($100k), Shelter From the Storm Inc ($57k).
Does The Champions Volunteer Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Champions Volunteer 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 Champions Volunteer Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc, Inland Empire Community Foundation, HN and Frances C Berger Foundation.
Where is The Champions Volunteer Foundation based?
The Champions Volunteer 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 86 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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