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The Debra Carroll and Donald Duford Family Foundation at a glance

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The Debra Carroll and Donald Duford Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$85k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$261kInternational$155kHuman Services$138kFood & Nutrition$72kCivil Rights$31kHousing & Shelter$21kEnvironment$16kYouth Development$16kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$5,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIAMOND EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE PARTNERSHIP$20,000
OLIVEWOOD GARDENS AND LEARNING CENTER$9,000
SALK INSTITUTE HPI$8,000
THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY CENTER$8,000
PROMISES2KIDS$8,000
Individual grant recipient$6,000
STANDLEY SCHOOL PTA$6,000
ROOSEVELT SCHOOL PTA$5,500
CURIE SCHOOL PTA$5,500
UN MAR DE COLORES$4,000
HUMBLE DESIGN$2,500
NPR$1,000
MAKE A WISH$400
HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER$400
RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$400
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Unbound: $7k → 16%Unbound: $5k → 16%Unbound: $3k → 16%Unbound: $3k → 16%The ARC of San Diego: $5k → 11%SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $150 → 11%Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center: $10k → 11%OLIVEWOOD GARDENS AND LEARNING CENTER: $9k → 11%Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center: $9k → 11%Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center: $8k → 11%Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center: $8k → 11%Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center: $7k → 11%Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center: $5k → 11%OLIVEWOOD GARDENS AND LEARNING CENTER: $5k → 11%Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center: $4k → 11%Southern CA American Indian Resource Center: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
MI
NY
IA
PA
CT
CA
MD
KS
DC
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$649k · 21 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
21

Total granted

$649k
$98k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+12%

Still filing today

52%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationInternationalPhilanthropyFood & NutritionEmploymentOther
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

  • DE
    Diamond Educational Excellence Partnership
    8× · 2018–2025 · $142k · revenue +92%
  • PF
    PROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $123k · revenue +85%
  • OG
    OLIVEWOODS GARDENS & LEARNING CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $65k · revenue +233%

Funded once

  • U
    UNWLA
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • OW
    ONE WORLD BRIDGE
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -44%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2024 · $8k
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
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
2
Chile-California Council

The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…

International
3
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
4
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
5
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
6
Policy & Innovation Center

The policy & innovation center's (pic) mission is to unlock the region's potential by cultivating and building partnerships. our niche is to address intractable issues that can only be solved with cross-sector, multi-jurisdictional…

Philanthropy
7
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
8
Public Health Foundation Enterprises Inc

To enhance the health, wellness, and resilience of every community we serve - see schedule o for more details

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9
Rescape California

ReScape addresses climate change by providing a regenerative, nature-based whole systems foundation for landscaping education, workforce development and policy.Foundational to our work is a whole systems watershed framework that…

Environment
10
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
11
San Diego Habitat Conservancy

Acquire, manage and protect land in perpetuity that supports sensitive habitats and species, and to educate and inspire people and communities as stewards and advocates of their natural environment.

Arts & Culture
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Diego Center for Children; the most unlike its peers is Roosevelt School Pta. 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

28 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. 28 of the 49 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
18/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $123,000 · OtherPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATIONMARC: $76,000 · OtherMARCCabrini Immigrant Services: $44,000 · OtherCabrini Immigrant ServicesSALK INSTITUTE HPI: $31,000 · OtherSALK INSTITUTE HPIUNWLA: $25,000 · OtherUNWLASTANDLEY SCHOOL PTA: $16,000 · OtherROOSEVELT SCHOOL PTA: $15,500 · OtherCURIE SCHOOL PTA: $15,500 · Other+25 more: $109,125 · Other+25 moreDiamond Educational Excellence Partnership: $142,000 · EducationDiamond Educational Excel…MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $19,500 · EducationMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECTONE WORLD BRIDGE: $10,000 · EducationONE WORLD BRIDGEOLIVEWOODS GARDENS & LEARNING CENTER INC: $65,000 · Human ServicesOLIVEWOODS GA…Unbound: $17,000 · Human ServicesUnboundTHE ARC OF SAN DIEGO: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF SA…+2 more: $1,150 · Human ServicesHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $15,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $400 · PhilanthropyWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $15,000 · EmploymentKISS THE GROUND: $5,000 · Food & NutritionJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $3,500 · Food & NutritionREGENERATION INTERNATIONAL: $4,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $1,000 · InternationalMADRE INC: $650 · International
Other$455,125Education$171,500Human Services$88,150Philanthropy$15,400Employment$15,000Food & Nutrition$8,500International$5,650

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 budgetDiamond Educational Excellence Partnership: $142,000 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $123,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetOLIVEWOODS GARDENS & LEARNING CENTER INC: $65,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $19,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUnbound: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROOSEVELT SCHOOL PTA: $15,500 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetONE WORLD BRIDGE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetLa Jolla Historical Society: $8,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHumble Design Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF SAN DIEGO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKISS THE GROUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREGENERATION INTERNATIONAL: $4,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUN MAR DE COLORES: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetToo Young to Wed Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMADRE INC: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPostpartum Health Alliance: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $150 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 Diamond Educational Excellence Partnership ↗
  • Who funds PROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OLIVEWOODS GARDENS & LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Unbound ↗
  • Who funds ROOSEVELT SCHOOL PTA ↗
  • Who funds WORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds ONE WORLD BRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds La Jolla Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds Humble Design Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds KISS THE GROUND ↗
  • Who funds REGENERATION INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds UN MAR DE COLORES ↗
  • Who funds SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Too Young to Wed Inc ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗

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.

The Conrad Prebys Fou…Sempra FoundationThe San Diego Foundat…David C Copley Founda…The Chicago Community…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
The Conrad Prebys FoundationCA19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Debra Carroll and Donald Duford Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Debra Carroll and Donald Duford Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to The Debra Carroll and Donald Duford Family 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 49 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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