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The Draney Family Foundation at a glance

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The Draney Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$741k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$620k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Human Services$429kEducation$101kHealth$46kYouth Development$24kInternational$18kCivil Rights$16kPublic Benefit$15kHousing & Shelter$11kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $104k
  • $250k+1 grant · $620k
$30,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$619,843
Individual grant recipient$40,000
FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR$34,288
CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK$30,000
CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTBOULDER CITY HIGH$8,000
SPREAD THE WORD NEVADA$5,000
PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION$4,300
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $393k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BOYS TOWN NEVADA: $1k → 13%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $115k → 13%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $80k → 13%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $68k → 13%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $61k → 13%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $53k → 13%ST JUDES RANCH FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 13%ST JUDES RANCH FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 13%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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$596k · 11 repeat orgs$740k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue -16% since the first grant, against -18% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
11

Total granted

$596k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-16%
-18%

Still filing today

82%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $690k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentInternationalHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR
    6× · 2017–2023 · $412k · revenue +113%
  • ST
    SPREAD THE WORD NEVADA
    4× · 2019–2023 · $24k · revenue +97%
  • CD
    CLUB DUST
    3× · 2018–2022 · $11k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • ST
    SPREAD THE WORD
    one grant, 2018 · $16k
  • BC
    BOULDER CITY SUNRISE ROTARY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $11k · revenue -25%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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
Boulder City Hospital Inc

Boulder City Hospital seeks to continually improve the quality of the care and service to our patients, guests, and physicians. We promote effective and efficient utilization of available resources to ensure long-term financial viability.…

Health
2
Boulder County Injured and Fallen Officer Foundation
Public Safety & Disaster
3
Nevada Children's Foundation Inc

To support programs providing the highest quality service to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. these services include a residential program at eagle valley children's home and a respite program provided in the…

Human Services
4
Boulder Community Housing Corporation Inc

The mission statement of Boulder Community Housing Organization is to provide quality, affordable homes and foster thriving communities. They aim to create a diverse, inclusive, and sustainable Boulder by offering affordable housing…

Housing & Shelter
5
Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Inc
Health
6
The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
7
Santa Cruz County Diaper Bank Inc

To raise funds through fundraising campaigns and events for the benefit of community health & welfare for citizens of santa cruz county, arizona.

Philanthropy
8
Boulder Cancer Fighters

Boulder cancer fighters, through its b strong ride event, celebrates cancer survivorship and provides all patient support funding for the boulder community health center for integrative care.

Health
9
Boulder Community Health

To provide our community the highest value healthcare in an innovative, patient-centered environment.

Health
10
Johnny Crisstopher Childrens Charitable Foundation Jds

To provide monetary assitance to children with life threataning illnesses

Health
11
Nevada Regional Medical Foundation

Support nrmc and ncnh

Philanthropy
12
The Nevada Bighorns Foundation
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Emergency Aid of Boulder City Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Judes Ranch for Children Inc. 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

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 24 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
5/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $659,843 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCLARK COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $63,333 · OtherCLARK COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $30,000 · Other+12 more: $76,350 · Other+12 moreFRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $411,588 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF CASA HOGARST JUDES RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesSPREAD THE WORD NEVADA: $24,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHARITY DEVELOPMENT OF LOS CABOS: $18,000 · InternationalNevada Veterans Assistance League: $15,000 · Public BenefitCLUB DUST: $11,000 · Housing & ShelterBOULDER CITY SUNRISE ROTARY FOUNDATION: $10,500 · Community ImprovementCOMICBOOKS FOR KIDS: $500 · Health
Other$829,526Human Services$427,588Youth Development$24,000International$18,000Public Benefit$15,000Housing & Shelter$11,000Community Improvement$10,500Health$500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $411,588 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetCLARK COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $63,333 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPREAD THE WORD NEVADA: $24,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHARITY DEVELOPMENT OF LOS CABOS: $18,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetBoulder City Hospital Foundation: $15,200 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetNevada Veterans Assistance League: $15,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetCLUB DUST: $11,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetBOULDER CITY SUNRISE ROTARY FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 1y, 10% of budgetBoys Town Nevada Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEND A HAND OF BOULDER CITY: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEMERGENCY AID OF BOULDER CITY INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Mgm Resorts FoundationCanarelli Family Foun…United Way of Souther…Nevada Community Foun…NV Energy Charitable …The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Mgm Resorts FoundationNV15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mgm Resorts Foundation · Canarelli Family Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Draney Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Draney Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 24 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.

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