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The Healthcare Foundation for Orange County

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$646k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$5.3MHuman Services$781kHousing & Shelter$20kPhilanthropy$15k
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $4k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $127k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $515k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROVIDENCE ST JUDE MEDICAL CENTER$200,000
PROVIDENCE ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL ORANGE$100,000
CHOC FOUNDATION$90,000
HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN$75,000
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$50,000
MARY'S PATH$25,000
LATINO HEALTH ACCESS$20,000
CASA TERESA INC$15,000
HUMAN OPTIONS INC$15,000
BEYOND BLINDNESS$15,000
ORANGE COUNTY UNITED WAY$15,000
THREE STARLINGS FOUNDATION$12,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
ORANGE COUNTY GENERAL RELIEF$3,500
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 (FY18–25, $444k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LATINO HEALTH ACCESS: $22k → 10%LATINO HEALTH ACCESS: $22k → 10%LATINO HEALTH ACCESS: $20k → 10%LATINO HEALTH ACCESS: $15k → 10%WISEPLACE: $20k → 10%HUMAN OPTIONS INC: $30k → 10%HUMAN OPTIONS INC: $27k → 10%HUMAN OPTIONS INC: $20k → 10%HUMAN OPTIONS INC: $20k → 10%HUMAN OPTIONS INC: $20k → 10%HUMAN OPTIONS INC: $15k → 10%MARY'S PATH: $25k → 10%WOMEN'S TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER: $40k → 10%WOMEN'S TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER INC: $30k → 10%WOMEN'S TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER INC: $25k → 10%WOMEN'S TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER: $25k → 10%WOMEN'S TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER: $25k → 10%WOMEN'S TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER: $25k → 10%THE ELI HOME INC: $18k → 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.4M · 14 repeat orgs$637k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
10

Total granted

$5.4M
$296k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+70%

Still filing today

86%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $341k 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
HealthHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • HM
    HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +97%
  • SJ
    ST JUDE HOSPITAL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $887k · revenue +70%
  • CF
    CHOC FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $660k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $97k · revenue +70%
  • LC
    LATINO CENTER FOR PREVENTION ACTION
    one grant, 2018 · $60k
  • VA
    VITAL ACCESS CARE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $29k · revenue +700%
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 Children's Clinic 'Serving Children and Their Families'

TCC Family Health mission is to provide innovative, integrated, quality health care that will contribute to a healthy community, focusing on those in need and working with patients and the community as partners in their overall well-being.

—
2
Children's Healthcare of California

The primary exempt purpose of children's healthcare of california includes without limitation the receipt of distributions and grants for the making of distributions and grants to children's hospital of orange county (choc) and to…

Health
3
Laguna Beach Community Clinic

The mission of laguna beach community clinic (lbcc) is to provide excellent medical care regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
4
Santa Cruz Community Health Centers

Our mission is to improve the health of our patients and the community and advocate the feminist goals of social, political, & economic equality.

Health
5
Salud Para La Gente

To provide high quality, comprehensive, and cost effective healthcare responsive to the needs of the communities we serve.

—
6
Via Care Community Health Center

Providing health care services to the poor and underserved of los angeles.

Health
7
Clinica Msr Oscar a Romero

See schedule oour mission is to provide quality, affordable, community-sensitive health care and other services to the underserved communities of greater los angeles, regardless of their ability to pay, by upholding the legacy and…

Health
8
Orlando Health Inc

Orlando health is a trusted leader inspiring hope through the advancement of health. our mission as a community-owned organization is to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve.

Health
9
Providence Trinitycare Hospice

As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.

—
10
Share Our Selves Corporation

We are servants who provide care and assistance to those in need and act as advocates for systemic change.

Human Services
11
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service

The roots of the los angeles didi hirsch psychiatric service dba didi hirsch mental health services ("dhmhs") extend back to the 1930s, when a group of women funded psychiatric care for people whose lives were devastated by the depression.…

Health
12
Mariposa Women and Family Center

The mission of mariposa women and family center is to help women and families make positive changes in their lives.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Choc Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Three Starlings 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

23 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. 23 of the 31 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN: $1,137,140 · HealthHOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIANST JUDE HOSPITAL: $886,800 · HealthST JUDE HOSPITALST JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $799,375 · HealthST JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATIONCHOC FOUNDATION: $660,044 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATIONST JOSEPH HOSPITAL OF ORANGE: $379,487 · HealthST JOSEPH HOSPITAL OF ORANGE+6 more: $188,070 · HealthTHE REGENTS OF UC IRVINE: $400,000 · OtherTHE REGENTS OF UC IRVI…THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $325,000 · OtherTHE REGENTS OF THE UNI…PROVIDENCE ST JUDE MEDICAL CENTER: $200,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE ST JUDE MED…PROVIDENCE ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL ORANGE: $100,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE ST JOSEPH H…LATINO CENTER FOR PREVENTION ACTION: $60,000 · OtherLESTONNAC FREE CLINIC: $43,000 · Other+5 more: $68,500 · Other+5 moreCASA TERESA INC: $210,000 · Human ServicesCASA TERESA INCMARY'S SHELTER: $195,800 · Human ServicesMARY'S SHELTERWOMENS TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER INC RADIANT FUTURES: $170,000 · Human ServicesWOMENS TRANSITI…Human Options Inc: $131,738 · Human ServicesHuman Options I…LATINO HEALTH ACCESS: $79,528 · Human ServicesLATINO HEALTH A…+2 more: $38,000 · Human ServicesORANGE COUNTY'S UNITED WAY: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTHREE STARLINGS FOUNDATION: $12,000 · Public Benefit
Health$4,050,916Other$1,196,500Human Services$825,066Philanthropy$15,000Public Benefit$12,000

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 budgetHOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN: $1,137,140 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE HOSPITAL: $886,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $799,375 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $660,044 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetST JOSEPH HOSPITAL OF ORANGE: $379,487 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCASA TERESA INC: $210,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetMARY'S SHELTER: $195,800 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetWOMENS TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER INC RADIANT FUTURES: $170,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetHuman Options Inc: $131,738 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY: $97,004 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLATINO HEALTH ACCESS: $79,528 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLESTONNAC FREE CLINIC: $43,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK: $30,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHurtt Family Health Clinic Inc: $22,066 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWISEPLACE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSTRAIGHT TALK CLINIC INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE ELI HOME INC: $18,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetORANGE COUNTY'S UNITED WAY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEYOND BLINDNESS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHREE STARLINGS FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOC OF OC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER: $10,000 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.

  • Who funds HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHOC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL OF ORANGE ↗
  • Who funds CASA TERESA INC ↗
  • Who funds MARY'S SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds WOMENS TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER INC RADIANT FUTURES ↗
  • Who funds Human Options Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LATINO HEALTH ACCESS ↗
  • Who funds LESTONNAC FREE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds VITAL ACCESS CARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Hurtt Family Health Clinic Inc ↗
  • Who funds WISEPLACE ↗
  • Who funds STRAIGHT TALK CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ELI HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY'S UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND BLINDNESS ↗
  • Who funds THREE STARLINGS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOC OF OC ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER ↗

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.

Orange County Communi…Sisters of St Joseph …O L Halsell FoundationHoag Memorial Hospita…Orange County's Unite…Edwards Lifesciences …Decorative Arts Socie…The Crean FoundationUeberroth Family Foun…Glen and Dorothy Stil…Weingart FoundationSt Joseph Health Syst…
Orange County Community FoundationCA36.5× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · Orange County's United Way · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Decorative Arts Society · The Crean Foundation · Ueberroth Family Foundation · Glen and Dorothy Stillwell Charitable Trust · Weingart Foundation · St Joseph Health System 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 Healthcare Foundation for Orange County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Healthcare Foundation for Orange County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Healthcare Foundation for Orange County?

    Find your warmest path to The Healthcare Foundation for Orange County 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 31 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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