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The J Douglas and Marian R Pardee at a glance

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The J Douglas and Marian R Pardee

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.

$485k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$108k
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 2024.

Education$1.1MYouth Development$631kHealth$384kPhilanthropy$186kArts & Culture$163kRecreation & Sports$52kFood & Nutrition$36kReligion$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $168k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $272k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$7.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACADEMY OF OUR LADY OF PEACE$107,500
BISHOP O'DOWD HIGH SCHOOL$64,000
ST MADELEINES SOPHIE'S CENTER$50,000
CUREBOUND$50,000
ST JUDE CHILDRENS$30,000
XAVIER COLLEGE PREPARATORY$30,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
SHARE OUR STRENGTH$23,000
THE SAM TAYLOR FOUNDATION$20,000
ST MATTHEWS CHURCH$20,000
DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHWEST SAN$10,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$7,750
CRYSTAL PEAK YOUTH RANCH$7,000
ST PATRICK'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS REPUBLIC: $5k → 14%PARDEE PEDAL THE CAUSE: $50k → 11%PARDEE PEDAL THE CAUSE: $5k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 11%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $7k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OR
NV
CA
UT
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 24 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
30

Total granted

$1.6M
$901k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+17%

Still filing today

54%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCrime & LegalAnimalsOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHWEST SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $310k · revenue +25%
  • KE
    KRAEMER ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $150k · revenue +186%
  • C
    CUREBOUND
    5× · 2017–2024 · $115k · revenue +198%

Funded once

  • UU
    USC UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CA
    one grant, 2017 · $524k
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
  • K
    KPBS
    one grant, 2021 · $45k
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
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
2
Scripps Health

Founded in 1924 by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, Scripps Health is a $4.9 billion, private not-for-profit integrated health system in San Diego, Ca. (see Sch O)

Health
3
Sutter Bay Hospitals

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
4
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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5
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
6
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
7
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
8
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.

Education
9
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
10
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
11
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
12
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint John's Health Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Gcs Project. 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

34 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. 34 of the 64 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
26/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

USC UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CA: $524,000 · OtherUSC UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CABOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SAN DIEGO: $200,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SAN DIEGOACADEMY OF OUR LADY OF PEACE: $185,000 · OtherACADEMY OF OUR LADY OF PEACEKRAEMER ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · OtherKRAEMER ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION INCBISHOP O'DOWD HIGH SCHOOL: $149,000 · OtherBISHOP O'DOWD HIGH SCHOOLST PETER EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $105,500 · OtherST PETER EPISCOPAL CHURCHSt Madeleine Sophies Center Inc: $70,500 · Other+36 more: $416,825 · Other+36 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHWEST SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $310,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS …CUREBOUND: $115,000 · HealthCUREBOUNDST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $60,000 · HealthST JUDE C…Sammy R Taylor Foundation: $42,500 · HealthSammy R T…+4 more: $9,500 · HealthPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationTorrey Pines High School Foundation Inc: $15,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $7,750 · EducationSouthern Methodist University: $5,000 · EducationCalifornia Homebuilding Foundation: $4,500 · Education+1 more: $1,500 · EducationPEDAL THE CAUSE: $55,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $6,500 · Human ServicesBoys Republic: $5,000 · Human ServicesCrystal Peaks Youth Ranch Co: $50,000 · Crime & LegalEDMONDSON TELFORD CENTER FOR CHILDREN I: $10,000 · Crime & LegalDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $36,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,800,825Youth Development$310,000Health$227,000Education$83,750Human Services$76,500Crime & Legal$60,000Philanthropy$36,000

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHWEST SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $310,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetKRAEMER ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetCUREBOUND: $115,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSt Madeleine Sophies Center Inc: $70,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE: $55,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCrystal Peaks Youth Ranch Co: $50,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSammy R Taylor Foundation: $42,500 over 2y, 66% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $36,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWomens History Reclamation Project Inc dba Womens Museum of California: $25,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $23,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTorrey Pines High School Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNAMI San Mateo County: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSOLANA BEACH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetEDMONDSON TELFORD CENTER FOR CHILDREN I: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART: $9,600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $7,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys Republic: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Homebuilding Foundation: $4,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEVADA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHADE TREE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOAKLAND STROKES INCORPORATED: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA FE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000 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.

Sempra FoundationRancho Santa Fe Found…The San Diego Foundat…Price Philanthropies …California Community …The Blackbaud Giving …AbbVie FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Shell USA Company Fou…The Pfizer Foundation…Enterprise Holdings F…Raymond James Charita…
Sempra FoundationCA19.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sempra Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · AbbVie Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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 J Douglas and Marian R Pardee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The J Douglas and Marian R Pardee. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
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    How do I get to The J Douglas and Marian R Pardee?

    Find your warmest path to The J Douglas and Marian R Pardee 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 64 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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