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The Guy Fieri Foundation

THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION mission is to "serve those who serve us" through disaster relief efforts, honoring our countries heroes and first responders who dedicate their lives to protecting and serving others, and educating and empowering the next generation of culinary professionals.there are three program pillars:disaster reflief - when…

$267k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$163k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$1.4MEducation$510kHuman Services$384kEmployment$174kHealth$119kRecreation & Sports$107kInternational$100kPublic Safety & Disaster$67kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $257k
$94,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SERAPHIM FUND$163,215
CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOC$94,000
GIVING KITCHEN$10,000
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 29% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY REACH: $25k → 16%SERAPHIM FUND: $163k → 7%CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOC: $94k → 12%SOUTHERN TRINITY HEALTH SERVI: $25k → 17%HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR: $27k → 18%THE SALVATION ARMY: $300k → 9%PENCILS OF PROMISE: $20k → 17%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $25k → 14%BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL: $100k → 15%CONVOY OF HOPE: $20k → 15%ETC EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY: $47k → 10%CHEFS FOR KIDS: $30k → 13%THE SALVATION ARMY: $25k → 9%CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOC: $29k → 12%FERNDALE MUSEUM: $25k → 18%HAWAII RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION: $1.2M → 9%CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL: $20k → 13%SONOMA COUNTY FAIR: $24k → 9%CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOC: $25k → 12%FERNDALE HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER: $24k → 18%CANYON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL: $18k → 13%SONOMA COUNTY FAIR: $23k → 9%CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOC: $24k → 12%HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR: $18k → 18%RANCHO HIGH SCHOOL: $22k → 13%WINDSOR MIDDLE SCHOOL: $25k → 9%CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOC E: $24k → 12%FERNDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $17k → 18%LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY HIGH SCH: $16k → 11%CAESAR CARES: $50k → 13%SONOMA COUNTY FAIR: $14k → 9%CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOC: $24k → 12%FERNDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT: $15k → 18%WINDSOR HIGH SCHOOL: $22k → 9%CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOC: $24k → 12%HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR: $15k → 18%SONOMA COUNTY FAIR: $12k → 9%CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOC: $24k → 12%SONOMA COUNTY CHILDRENS CHARI: $18k → 9%FORTUNA POLICE EMPLOYEES FOUN: $15k → 18%MICHELLE LEISEN: $25k → 9%SOUTHERN TRINITY AREA RESCUE: $22k → 18%SANTA ROSA FIRE FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%READ ON SONOMA: $49k → 9%MISCELLANEOUS LESS THAN 5000: $155k → 9%MISCELLANEOUS LESS THAN 5000: $74k → 9%MISCELLANEOUS LESS THAN 5000: $40k → 9%HERBERT SLATER MIDDLE SCHOOL: $11k → 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

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
PA
CA
CO
MO
NC
DC
HI
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.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 10 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
46

Total granted

$1.0M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
0%

Still filing today

50%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $173k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
PhilanthropyInternationalHealthFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterEducationOther
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

  • CR
    CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $268k · revenue +237%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2024 · $165k · revenue +18%
  • SC
    SONOMA COUNTY FAIR & EXPOSITION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $73k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • HR
    HAWAII RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1.2M · revenue +71%
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2023 · $300k
  • Best Buddies International Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +57%
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
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation

To benefit the university of california santa cruz.

Education
2
San Francisco Fire Fighters Cancer Prevention Foundation

San francisco firefighters cancer prevention foundation (sffcpf) is committed to the prevention and early detection of cancer and providing access to cutting edge care for active and retired members of the san francisco fire department and…

Health
3
Southern California Grantmakers

Southern california grantmakers (scg) is the regional association for philanthropists and grantmakers working to make a difference in our communities and around the world. we are a leadership hub for our members to connect with each other,…

Philanthropy
4
Solano Community Foundation

The Solano Community Foundation strengthens Solano County by advancing equity, supporting nonprofit resilience, and expanding access to philanthropy. We serve as a community leader, responsive grantmaker, and trusted partner for donors who…

Philanthropy
5
Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc

The GI Research Foundation works to treat, prevent, and cure digestive diseases. In collaboration with the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, we fund innovative clinical and laboratory…

Health
6
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
7
Northwest Sarcoma Foundation

We provide hope, education and support to sarcoma patients and their families in the pacific northwest while investing in research to improve cure rates for sarcomas.

Human Services
8
SFMade Inc

Our mission is to help manufacturers thrive, innovate, and create good jobs, for a more diverse and sustainable Bay Area.

Community Improvement
9
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
10
Sacramento Region Community Foundation

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation leads, serves, and inspires enduring philanthropy for a just and vibrant Sacramento region.

Philanthropy
11
Central California Food Bank

Ccfb is dedicated to ending hunger, working with over 200 partner agencies to provide food to those experiencing hunger. our mission: transforming lives together, in the passionate pursuit to end hunger in central ca - one meal, one…

Food & Nutrition
12
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Convoy of Hope; the most unlike its peers is Team Continue Foundation. 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

25 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. 25 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
14/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAWAII RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION: $1,200,000 · OtherHAWAII RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONTHE SALVATION ARMY: $300,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYMISCELLANEOUS LESS THAN 5000: $275,566 · OtherMISCELLANEOUS LESS THAN 5000CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT FOUNDATION INC: $268,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA RESTAURANT FOUNDATION INCSERAPHIM FUND: $163,215 · OtherSERAPHIM FUND+39 more: $708,131 · Other+39 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $165,000 · EducationSEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationBest Buddies International Inc: $100,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 · InternationalPENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED: $20,000 · InternationalCONVOY OF HOPE: $20,000 · InternationalHumboldt County Fair Association: $68,304 · Food & NutritionCHEFS FOR KIDS INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionSONOMA COUNTY FAIR & EXPOSITION INC: $73,176 · Recreation & SportsSONOMA COUNTY CHILDREN'S CHARITIES INC: $18,000 · Recreation & SportsTEAM CONTINUE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthKNOWRESOLVE: $10,000 · HealthSanta Rosa Fire Foundation: $20,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSONOMA FAMILY MEAL: $15,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$2,914,912Education$175,000International$165,000Food & Nutrition$98,304Recreation & Sports$91,176Health$65,000Public Safety & Disaster$35,000

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 budgetCALIFORNIA RESTAURANT FOUNDATION INC: $268,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $165,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY FAIR & EXPOSITION INC: $73,176 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHumboldt County Fair Association: $68,304 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTEAM CONTINUE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetCHEFS FOR KIDS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetFERNDALE MUSEUM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDIGNITYMOVES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSanta Rosa Fire Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY CHILDREN'S CHARITIES INC: $18,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetSONOMA FAMILY MEAL: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKNOWRESOLVE: $10,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetNATIONAL MPS SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RIVERSIDE SHERIFFS CHARITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE TUG MCGRAW FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 1y, 3.7% 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 HAWAII RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Best Buddies International Inc ↗
  • Who funds SONOMA COUNTY FAIR & EXPOSITION INC ↗
  • Who funds Humboldt County Fair Association ↗
  • Who funds TEAM CONTINUE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHEFS FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds FERNDALE MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY REACH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds DIGNITYMOVES ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN TRINITY AREA RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds PENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Santa Rosa Fire Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SONOMA COUNTY CHILDREN'S CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SONOMA FAMILY MEAL ↗

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.

Sonoma County Communi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Sonoma County Community FoundationCA15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Guy Fieri Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Guy Fieri Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 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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