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The Daniel Legacy 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.

$262k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$347kInternational$220kArts & Culture$193kHealth$155kRecreation & Sports$113kEducation$113kYouth Development$85kScience & Tech$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE SAN DIEGO$50,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$50,000
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$25,000
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSN$20,000
BARD PRISON INITIATIVE$20,000
SAN DIEGO SQUARED$20,000
RARE$15,000
SURFRIDERS FOUNDATION$15,000
SAN DIEGO AMERICAN INDIAN$10,000
TREVOR PROJECT$10,000
NO MORE DEATHS$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
POETIC RESEARCH BUREAU$5,000
TORREY PINES ASSOCIATION$2,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NO MORE DEATHS: $10k → 10%YOUTHBUILD: $30k → 8%NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCTION: $10k → 10%SAN DIEGO AMERICAN INDIAN: $20k → 11%BARD PRISON INITIATIVE: $20k → 9%PAROLE PREPARATION PROJECT: $10k → 17%NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%RARE: $30k → 7%YOUTHBUILD: $15k → 8%NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCTION: $10k → 10%SAN DIEGO AMERICAN INDIAN: $10k → 11%BARD PRISON INITIATIVE: $20k → 9%PAROLE PREPARATION PROJECT: $10k → 17%NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%RARE: $30k → 7%YOUTHBUILD: $15k → 8%NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION CENTER: $10k → 10%THICH NHAT HANH FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%BARD PRISON INITIATIVE: $20k → 9%THE JED FOUNDATION: $20k → 17%NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%RARE: $25k → 7%YOUTHBUILD: $10k → 8%NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION CENTER: $10k → 10%BARD PRISON INITIATIVE: $13k → 9%THE JED FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%RARE: $25k → 7%YOUTHBUILD: $10k → 8%RARE: $20k → 7%RARE: $15k → 7%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSN: $20k → 14%INNER CITY ARTS: $30k → 14%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSN: $20k → 14%INNER CITY ARTS: $30k → 14%SAN DIEGO SQUARED: $20k → 11%INNER CITY ARTS: $30k → 14%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE SAN DIEGO: $50k → 11%INNER CITY ARTS: $20k → 14%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE SAN DIEGO: $20k → 11%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE SAN DIEGO: $20k → 11%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE SAN DIEGO: $20k → 11%SURFRIDERS FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%SURFRIDERS FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%SURFRIDERS FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%SURFRIDERS FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%SURFRIDERS FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%SURFRIDERS FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 22 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
2

Total granted

$1.3M
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+89%
+139%

Still filing today

59%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationCivil RightsScience & TechCrime & LegalOther
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

  • R
    RARE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $145k · revenue +14%
  • IA
    INNER-CITY ARTS
    5× · 2018–2022 · $120k · revenue +30%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • PV
    PLUM VILLAGE COMMUNITY OF ENGAGED BUDDHISM INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • TG
    THE GRAND CANYON TRUST INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +139%
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
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
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
4
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
5
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
6
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
7
California Ocean Science Trust

California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…

Environment
8
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
9
The Trust for Public Land

The trust for public land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. in the past year, we helped communities to plan for parks and conservation, fund parks and conservation,…

Environment
10
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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11
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
12
Parks California

As california state parks' statutory non-profit partner, we have a clear mission - to help strengthen parks and inspire all people to experience these extraordinary places.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Bard College. 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

16 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. 16 of the 26 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
15/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE SAN DIEGO: $120,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE SAN DIEGOSURFRIDERS FOUNDATION: $113,000 · OtherSURFRIDERS FOUNDATIONYOUTHBUILD: $85,000 · OtherYOUTHBUILDNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $80,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONUUCT NO MORE DEATHS: $40,000 · OtherUUCT NO MORE DEATHSPOETIC RESEARCH BUREAU: $38,000 · OtherPOETIC RESEARCH BUREAUSAN DIEGO AMERICAN INDIAN: $30,000 · Other+7 more: $114,000 · Other+7 moreRARE: $145,000 · EnvironmentRARENATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $80,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSER…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $25,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE…+1 more: $3,000 · EnvironmentINNER-CITY ARTS: $120,000 · Arts & CultureINNER-CITY AR…COAXIAL ARTS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCOAXIAL ARTS …SOCIETY FOR THE ACTIVATION OF SOCIAL SPACE THROUGH ART AND SOUND: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSOCIETY FOR T…BARD COLLEGE: $93,000 · EducationBARD COLL…San Diego Squared: $20,000 · EducationSan Diego…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 · InternationalTHE JED FOUNDATION: $55,000 · HealthTREVOR PROJECT INC: $50,000 · Civil Rights
Other$620,000Environment$253,000Arts & Culture$155,000Education$113,000International$100,000Health$55,000Civil Rights$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRARE: $145,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetINNER-CITY ARTS: $120,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $93,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $80,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Squared: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNational Center for Science Education: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCOAXIAL ARTS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetPAROLE PREPARATION PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE ACTIVATION OF SOCIAL SPACE THROUGH ART AND SOUND: $15,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetTorrey Pines Association DBA Torrey Pines Conservancy: $14,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC: $3,000 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.

  • Who funds RARE ↗
  • Who funds INNER-CITY ARTS ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE JED FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds San Diego Squared ↗
  • Who funds National Center for Science Education ↗
  • Who funds COAXIAL ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PAROLE PREPARATION PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY FOR THE ACTIVATION OF SOCIAL SPACE THROUGH ART AND SOUND ↗
  • Who funds Torrey Pines Association DBA Torrey Pines Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds THE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC ↗

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.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA8.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Daniel Legacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Daniel Legacy 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%10%20%30%40%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 · 0–40%
    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 26 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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