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The Henry and Susan Garcia Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Henry and Susan Garcia Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$115k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Health$260kPublic Safety & Disaster$103kAnimals$91kYouth Development$45kHuman Services$45k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$18,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC$25,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$18,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES$18,000
SPCALA$18,000
SCRIPPS HEALTH$18,000
ALZHEIMERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC$18,000
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND: $60k → 7%LOS ROBLES HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS INC: $28k → 10%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC: $25k → 10%SCRIPPS HEALTH: $28k → 11%CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $60k → 12%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES: $27k → 14%ALZHEIMERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $18k → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES: $18k → 14%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $10k → 17%ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $27k → 6%NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING: $27k → 7%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC: $20k → 10%SCRIPPS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $20k → 11%CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $43k → 12%SPCALA: $18k → 14%AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $28k → 14%SCRIPPS HEALTH: $18k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $18k → 14%ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $27k → 14%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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$239k · 3 repeat orgs$304k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
8

Total granted

$239k
$232k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+23%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k 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
HealthAnimalsOther
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

  • CF
    CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $103k · revenue -64%
  • SH
    SCRIPPS HEALTH
    4× · 2018–2024 · $91k · revenue +61%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $45k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $60k · revenue +113%
  • LR
    Los Robles Hospital Volunteers Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $28k · revenue +26% · 34% of their budget
  • AW
    AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $28k · revenue +11%
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
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
2
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
3
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
4
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
5
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
6
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
7
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
8
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

—
9
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
10
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
11
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
12
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is African Wildlife Foundation 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, 2017–2025.

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. 14 of the 15 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $103,410 · OtherCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATIONBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC: $45,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE I…Los Robles Hospital Volunteers Inc: $28,000 · OtherLos Robles Hospital Volunteers IncNATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $26,500 · OtherNATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INCALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $26,500 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $18,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFOR…SCRIPPS HEALTH: $91,000 · HealthSCRIPPS HEALTHALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $60,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $26,500 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los AngelesALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $18,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INCST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $28,000 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILDLIFE F…ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $26,500 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFARE INS…LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $18,000 · AnimalsLOS ANGELES SOCIET…Humane World for Animals Inc: $18,000 · AnimalsHumane World for A…
Other$247,410Health$205,500Animals$90,500

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 budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $103,410 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $91,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLos Robles Hospital Volunteers Inc: $28,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $28,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $26,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $26,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $26,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 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.

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.

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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 Henry and Susan Garcia Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Henry and Susan Garcia Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s 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 · 0–15%
    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 15 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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