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The Charitable Endeavors Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Charitable Endeavors Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$70k
Granted FY2023
4
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$68k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Education$84kHealth$18kEnvironment$16kFood & Nutrition$3kPhilanthropy$1kCommunity Improvement$1kCivil Rights$600Human Services$503Other$0
02FY2023 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $2k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $68k
$1,085
Median grant
3
States reached
$119k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCI Foundation$67,500
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance$1,085
Friends for Responsible Development for Greater Park City$1,000
ASPCA$200
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 84% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UCI Foundation: $68k → 10%Changeorg Foundation: $830 → 10%Aptos High School: $103 → 13%Gwendolyn Strong Foundation: $7k → 14%Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $6k → 8%Cure SMA: $6k → 14%Gun Owners of America: $600 → 6%Food Bank of Northern Nevada: $1k → 7%Three Square: $520 → 13%UCI Foundation: $16k → 10%Changeorg Foundation: $175 → 10%Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $3k → 8%CURE SMA: $5k → 14%Food Bank of Northern Nevada: $500 → 7%Changeorg Foundation: $95 → 10%Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $3k → 8%Changeorg Foundation: $85 → 10%Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $3k → 8%Wikimedia Foundation Inc: $31 → 10%Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $1k → 8%Friends for Responsible Development for Greater Park City: $1k → 8%Utah Food Bank: $515 → 8%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$114k · 6 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
8

Total granted

$114k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+14%

Still filing today

83%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthFood & NutritionAnimalsEnvironmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $84k · revenue +3%
  • SU
    Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
    5× · 2019–2023 · $16k · revenue +98%
  • FO
    FAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA
    2× · 2021–2022 · $11k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • GS
    GWENDOLYN STRONG FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue -24%
  • GO
    GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $600 · revenue -11%
  • TS
    THREE SQUARE
    one grant, 2019 · $520 · revenue -11%
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
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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2
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
Uso Foundation

The mission of the uso foundation (foundation) is to support uso inc.'s (uso) mission to strengthen the well-being of the people serving in america's military and their families.

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6
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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7
Western Growers Association

Western growers association's mission is to enhance the competitiveness and profitability of our members and lead our members and the fresh produce industry toward a healthy, sustainable and profitable future.

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8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
10
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
11
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
12
Us Farmers and Ranchers Alliance

MISSION: bring all of American agriculture together, with farmers and ranchers at the center, to collectively identify and tackle critical, long-term issues. We collaborate, communicate, educate, advocate and utilize science to advance the…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Service Organizations Inc; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

11 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. 11 of the 15 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $83,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION+1 more: $31 · EducationFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $11,180 · HealthFAMILIES OF SPIN…GWENDOLYN STRONG FOUNDATION: $6,800 · HealthGWENDOLYN STRONG…Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $15,773 · EnvironmentSouthern Utah …Changeorg Foundation: $1,185 · OtherFriends for Responsible Development for Greater Park City: $1,000 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANK: $515 · OtherAptos High School: $103 · Other+1 more: $20 · OtherFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $1,600 · Food & NutritionTHREE SQUARE: $520 · Food & NutritionGUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC: $600 · Civil RightsUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $503 · Public BenefitTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $380 · Animals
Education$83,531Health$17,980Environment$15,773Other$2,823Food & Nutrition$2,120Civil Rights$600Public Benefit$503Animals$380

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $83,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $15,773 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $11,180 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGWENDOLYN STRONG FOUNDATION: $6,800 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE SQUARE: $520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $503 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $380 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $31 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 15 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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