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The George E Ewan Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The George E Ewan Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$76kAnimals$29kHealth$26kEnvironment$14kPhilanthropy$10kArts & Culture$9kInternational$7kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$360k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$5,000
USAF ACADEMY ENDOWMENT$4,000
BIRD ALLY X$3,000
VILLAGES LIBRARY$3,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$2,500
KQED-TV$2,000
DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND$1,500
MEDICINS SANS FRONTIERES$1,000
SIERRA CLUB$1,000
NATIONAL ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY$1,000
PENINSULA HUMAN SOCIETY$1,000
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY$1,000
FRIENDS OF RUWENZORI FOUNDATION$500
LITTLE TREEHOUSE SCHOOL$500
VILLAGES MUSIC SOCIETY$500
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 (FY18–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FRIENDS OF RUWENZORI FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%FRIENDS OF RUWENZORI FOUNDATION: $300 → 9%FRIENDS OF RUWENZORI FOUNDATION: $300 → 9%FRIENDS OF RUWENZORI FOUNDATION: $300 → 9%FRIENDS OF RUWENZORI FOUNDATION: $200 → 9%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

AK
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
WY
IA
PA
CT
CA
CO
WV
VA
AR
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL
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.
$159k · 29 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
17

Total granted

$159k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+75%

Still filing today

55%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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
AnimalsEducationInternationalArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • LC
    LEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $10k · revenue +27%
  • DF
    Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $9k · revenue +98%
  • BA
    Bird Ally X
    4× · 2021–2024 · $6k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • BH
    BIG HORN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2021 · $500
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
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
4
Panthera Corporation

Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.

Animals
5
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
6
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
7
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
8
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
9
Dazzle Africa

Dazzle africa's mission is to partner with local organizations to provide programs in conservation, education and community development. the organization aims to ensure that future generations are self-sufficient and iconic african…

Animals
10
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
11
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
12
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Children Federation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Legacy Christian School 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

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 59 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)
27/28
Grantees still filing
23/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

USAF ACADEMY ENDOWMENT: $53,000 · OtherUSAF ACADEMY ENDOWMENTPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $24,050 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $8,500 · OtherDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International IncSIERRA CLUB: $5,750 · OtherPENINSULA HUMAN SOCIETY: $4,550 · OtherMEDICINS SANS FRONTIERES: $4,400 · Other+35 more: $31,725 · Other+35 moreBird Ally X: $6,300 · AnimalsBird Ally …NATIONAL ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY: $5,400 · AnimalsNATIONAL A…AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · AnimalsAFRICAN WI…HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $1,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOC…NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $950 · AnimalsNATIONAL W…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $800 · Animals+3 more: $1,000 · Animals+3 moreLEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationSANTA CLARA COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Education+2 more: $300 · EducationWYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,390 · PhilanthropyKQED INC: $5,600 · Arts & CultureWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,500 · EnvironmentMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,200 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,100 · International
Other$131,975Animals$16,450Education$12,800Philanthropy$8,390Arts & Culture$5,600Environment$5,500International$2,300

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 budgetLEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $8,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,390 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBird Ally X: $6,300 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $5,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $5,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY: $5,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA CLARA COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF RUWENZORI FOUNDATION: $1,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWHIS-PURR RESCUE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERGREEN VILLAGES FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT STREET VET: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELDERHOSTEL INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimers Disease Resource Agency of Alaska: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEO Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHIMP HAVEN INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOWBOY JOE CLUB: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGES MEDICAL AUXILIARY: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOOKS ALOUD INC: $100 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 LEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc ↗
  • Who funds WYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Bird Ally X ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SANTA CLARA COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF RUWENZORI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds WHIS-PURR RESCUE ↗

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.

American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH8.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 George E Ewan Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The George E Ewan Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 59 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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