· Private foundation
The James J and Sue Femino Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k39 grants · $116k
- $10k–50k20 grants · $301k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $676k
- $250k+1 grant · $350k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| USC KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | $350,000 |
| US OLYMPIC PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| CALTECH ASSOCIATES | $150,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $101,000 |
| WELLESLEY COLLEGE | $100,000 |
| THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY | $75,000 |
| USC LEONARD DAVIS GERONTOLOGY RESEA | $50,000 |
| USC CENTER FOR PHILANTHROPY | $35,000 |
| CALTECH | $25,000 |
| DESCANSO GARDENS FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | $25,000 |
| TOGETHER IN MISSION | $17,000 |
| USC DORMSIFE COLLEGE OF LETTERS | $15,000 |
| THE MUSIC CENTER | $15,000 |
| HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INST | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $203k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
113 repeat relationships: 59 still active in FY2025, 54 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HEHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY9× · 2017–2025 · $648k · revenue +99%
Northwestern University8× · 2017–2025 · $135k · revenue +41%- WCWellesley College3× · 2019–2025 · $130k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- SCSCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND DAF 3053-810one grant, 2021 · $309k
- SCSCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND DAF 9112-757one grant, 2021 · $305k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $200k
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.
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.
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance the understanding of human disease and the improvement of human health. The Institute fosters an innovative research environment…
A not-for-profit, long-term acute care specialty healthcare organization is to improve the quality of life for patients with respiratory and other diseases that may require prolonged acute hospitalization of specialized treatment.
To be the preeminent pediatric, multispecialty medical group in the nation, dedicated to providing the highest quality medical care to infants, children and adolescents; and supporting the finest teaching and research endeavors of our…
Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.
The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
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,…
Mission: we provide high quality healthcare without discrimination, and contribute to the health and well-being of our communities in an ethical, safe, and fiscally prudent manner in recognition of our charitable purpose.
Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…
We, saint agnes medical center and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. saint agnes medical center is a member of trinity health.
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.
How this is measured
68 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. 68 of the 175 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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- Who funds DESCANSO GARDENS FOUNDATION ↗
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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.
Open a dossier: Pasadena Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc · The Green Foundation · The Confidence Foundation · Henry L Guenther Foundation · Henry a Yost and Cynthia Yost Family Foundation · The Hernan & Orfi Barros Foundation · Klm Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The James J and Sue Femino Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The James J and Sue Femino Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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