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The Danny Kwock Family Foundation at a glance

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The Danny Kwock Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$118k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$47k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$229kEducation$164kArts & Culture$81kPhilanthropy$40kCommunity Improvement$20kHealth$14kEnvironment$13kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $104k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEWPORT AQUATIC CTR$47,000
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SURFING$21,000
SURFING HERITAGE CULT CTR$15,000
FLORIDA SURF FILM FEST$11,000
WALK ON WATER$10,000
THE COLLEGES OF LAW SCHOLRSHIP$5,000
BALBOA ISLAND MUSEUM$5,000
CF BALBOA PEN POINT COMMUNITY$2,000
JIM THORPE FUNDAMENTAL$1,000
LOMPOC GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOC$1,000
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 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 40% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE COLLEGES OF LAW SCHOLRSHIP: $5k → 10%SURFING HERITAGE CULT CTR: $15k → 11%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $2k → 14%CARPENTERIA US SKATE FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%HARD AS NAILS MINISTRIES: $3k → 14%AMERICAN HEART ASSOC: $3k → 14%MISSION ENABLERS INTL: $5k → 8%FLORIDA SURF FILM FEST: $11k → 12%SHAKE A LEG MIAMI: $5k → 15%ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SURFING: $21k → 9%THE COLLEGES OF LAW SCHOLRSHIP: $5k → 10%CHOC HOSPITAL: $3k → 10%WAVES 4 WATER: $5k → 14%MISSION ENABLERS INTL: $5k → 8%THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $8k → 10%WALK ON WATER: $10k → 14%CARPENTERIA US SKATE FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%MISSION ENABLERS INT: $3k → 8%DYLAN RIEDER FOUNDATIN: $25k → 10%PAGE YOUTH CENTER SP BALLERS: $5k → 14%BEN CARLSON FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%PAGE YOUTH CENTER SP BALLERS: $2k → 14%NEWPORT HARBOR EDUC FOUND: $3k → 10%SANTA BARBARA BALLERS: $2k → 14%NEWPORT AQUATIC CTR: $47k → 10%NEWPORT AQUATIC CTR: $35k → 10%THE COLLEGES OF LAW SCHOLRSHIP: $5k → 14%NEWPORT AQUATIC CTR: $20k → 10%SANTA BARBARA SHARKS: $5k → 14%NEWPORT AQUATIC CTR: $20k → 10%THE COLLEGES OF LAW SCHOLRSHIP: $5k → 14%WEST COAST UNIVERSITY: $20k → 10%SANTA BARBARA SHARKS: $3k → 14%WEST COAST UNIVERSITY: $20k → 10%SBCC FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%WEST COAST UNIVERSITY: $19k → 10%WEST COAST UNIVERSITY: $18k → 10%SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%WEST COAST UNIVERSITY: $4k → 10%SANTA BARBARA BOWL: $25k → 14%DANA POINT 5TH MARINE REGIMENT: $5k → 10%SANTA BARBARA BOWL: $13k → 14%SANTA BARBARA BOWL: $13k → 14%US BOARDRIDERS CLUBS: $35k → 10%SANTA BARBARA YOUTH BASEBALL: $5k → 14%NORTHERN BEACH COUNCIL NON PROFIT: $20k → 10%CF BALBOA PEN POINT COMMUNITY: $3k → 10%BALBOA ISLAND MUSEUM: $5k → 10%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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$325k · 11 repeat orgs$330k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
26

Total granted

$325k
$266k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
-1%

Still filing today

18%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k 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
Recreation & SportsHealthArts & CultureEducationEmploymentCivil RightsOther
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

  • NA
    NEWPORT AQUATIC CENTER
    4× · 2021–2024 · $122k · revenue +20%
  • WC
    WEST COAST UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2018–2020 · $81k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    3× · 2020–2022 · $50k

Funded once

  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +54%
  • UB
    US BOARD RIDERS CLUBS
    one grant, 2023 · $35k
  • UD
    US DEPT OF EDUC SCHOLARSHIP
    one grant, 2021 · $33k
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
California Surf Museum

The California Surf Museum serves as an international repository and resource center on the lifestyle sport of surfing through capturing,preserving and chronicling its art, culture and heritage for the education and enjoyment of current…

Arts & Culture
2
East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame Inc
Recreation & Sports
3
Sustainable Surf

Our mission is to regenerate the health of our ocean planet and reverse climate change. we protect and restore blue carbon ecosystems around the world, and create educational stories that inspire people and corporations to take action.

Environment
4
Christian Surfers United States

The mission of Christian Surfers is to be a ministry to surfers and a mission for surfers to impact the beach and beyond with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Religion
5
Santa Barbara Swim Club

Santa Barbara Swim Club is devoted to helping children learn to swim competitively. The club's teaching environment encourages character development and self-discipline necessary to succeed in the pool and in life outside the pool.

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6
Palm Beach County Surfing History Project Inc
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7
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

Creating excellent exhibits and educational experiences that celebrate the santa barbara channel and illuminate our rich connections with the sea.

Arts & Culture
8
Adaptive Surfers Academy

Surf competition training for Paralympic athletes

Recreation & Sports
9
Swim South Bay

To operate a competitive swim club

Recreation & Sports
10
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc

The organization was established to protect and restore the santa barbara channel and its watersheds through science-based advocacy, education, field work, community engagement, and citizen enforcement of environmental laws.

Environment
11
Coastwalk

To ensure the right of the public to access and respectfully enjoy the California Coast. To work for the completion of the California Coastal Trail and to educate the public about the coast and ocean resources.

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12
International Surfing Association Inc

To develop and promote the sport of surfing globally. the organization is recognized by the international olympic committee as the world governing authority for surfing, standup paddle (sup) surfing and racing, and all other wave riding…

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shake a Leg Miami Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mission Enablers International. 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

18 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. 18 of the 44 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
8/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEST COAST UNIVERSITY: $80,894 · OtherWEST COAST UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUS DEPT OF EDUC SCHOLARSHIP: $33,150 · OtherUS DEPT OF EDUC SCHOLARSHIPCARPENTERIA US SKATE FOUNDATION: $27,000 · OtherCARPENTERIA US SKATE FOUNDATIONNORTHERN BEACH COUNCIL NON PROFIT: $20,000 · OtherNORTHERN BEACH COUNCIL NON PROFITTHE COLLEGES OF LAW SCHOLRSHIP: $20,000 · OtherTHE COLLEGES OF LAW SCHOLRSHIPBEN CARLSON FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherFLORIDA SURF FILM FEST: $11,000 · Other+23 more: $72,100 · Other+23 moreNEWPORT AQUATIC CENTER: $122,000 · Recreation & SportsNEWPORT AQUATIC CENTERSANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsSANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATIONENCYCLOPEDIA OF SURFING INC: $21,000 · Recreation & SportsENCYCLOPEDIA OF SURFING INCA WALK ON WATER INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsUS BOARD RIDERS CLUBS: $35,000 · Arts & CultureUS BOARD …SURFING HERITAGE AND CULTURE CENTER: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSURFING H…BALBOA ISLAND MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBALBOA IS…DYLAN RIEDER FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE: $25,000 · EducationMISSION ENABLERS INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · InternationalSHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC: $5,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,000 · Health+1 more: $100 · Health
Other$329,144Recreation & Sports$203,000Arts & Culture$55,000Philanthropy$25,000Education$25,000International$10,000Health$8,100

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 budgetNEWPORT AQUATIC CENTER: $122,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUS BOARD RIDERS CLUBS: $35,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetDYLAN RIEDER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 68% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetENCYCLOPEDIA OF SURFING INC: $21,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSURFING HERITAGE AND CULTURE CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetA WALK ON WATER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMISSION ENABLERS INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALBOA ISLAND MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHard as Nails MinistriesInc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWorking Wardrobes For A New Start: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOMPOC GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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 NEWPORT AQUATIC CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds US BOARD RIDERS CLUBS ↗
  • Who funds DYLAN RIEDER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SURFING INC ↗
  • Who funds SURFING HERITAGE AND CULTURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds A WALK ON WATER INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION ENABLERS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BALBOA ISLAND MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds SHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Hard as Nails MinistriesInc ↗
  • Who funds Working Wardrobes For A New Start ↗
  • Who funds Just Communities Central Coast ↗

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 …Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA11.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Danny Kwock Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Danny Kwock Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 44 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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