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The Jim and Diane Coward Family Foundation at a glance

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The Jim and Diane Coward Family 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.

$330k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
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, FY2023 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$215kEducation$111kPhilanthropy$86kEnvironment$57kArts & Culture$52kCommunity Improvement$51kHealth$45kAnimals$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROUD GROUND$100,000
SALESIAN HIGH SCHOOL$50,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY$40,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY$35,000
MONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART$15,000
MONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION$15,000
NORCAL GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER RESCUE INC$15,000
MONTEREY COUNTY LAND WATCH$10,000
PRESERVE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
FILIPINO COMMUNITY OF SACRAMENTO AND VICINITY$10,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTEREY$5,000
MONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART$5,000
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION$5,000
PROJECT R I D E INCORPORATED$5,000
MONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART$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 (FY23–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BERKELEY YOUTH ALTERNATIVES: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$388k · 6 repeat orgs$199k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
33

Total granted

$388k
$156k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+11%

Still filing today

83%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
EnvironmentAnimalsHealthPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • Proud Ground
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +10%
  • MM
    MONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART
    2× · 2023–2024 · $45k · revenue +13%
  • NG
    NORCAL GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER RESCUE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • MB
    MONTEREY BAY ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $45k · revenue +31%
  • PI
    PARTNERS IN OPPORTUNITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +37%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue +8%
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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
5
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
Parks California

As california state parks' statutory non-profit partner, we have a clear mission - to help strengthen parks and inspire all people to experience these extraordinary places.

Environment
8
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
9
The Trust for Public Land

The trust for public land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. in the past year, we helped communities to plan for parks and conservation, fund parks and conservation,…

Environment
10
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
11
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
12
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ric OBarrys Dolphin 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

45 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. 45 of the 50 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
28/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Proud Ground: $200,000 · Housing & ShelterProud GroundPARTNERS IN OPPORTUNITY INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterPARTNERS IN OPPORTUNITY INCSALESIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $90,000 · OtherSALESIAN HIGH SCHOOLMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATIONPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $11,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION O…PRESERVE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherPRESERVE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+23 more: $56,750 · Other+23 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $75,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUND…THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY OF SACRAMENTO AND VICINITY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE FILIPINO CO…DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS -BASED EDUCATION AND WORLD PEACE: $5,000 · PhilanthropyDAVID LYNCH FOU…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMonterey County Land Watch: $20,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EnvironmentGREENPEACE FUND INC: $5,000 · Environment+3 more: $3,250 · EnvironmentMONTEREY BAY ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP INC: $45,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $5,000 · Community ImprovementMONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART: $45,000 · Arts & CultureSan Francisco Camerawork Inc: $2,000 · Arts & CultureNORCAL GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER RESCUE INC: $30,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,500 · Animals+3 more: $3,000 · Animals
Housing & Shelter$215,000Other$192,750Philanthropy$91,000Environment$53,250Community Improvement$50,000Arts & Culture$47,000Animals$34,500

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 budgetProud Ground: $200,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMONTEREY BAY ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP INC: $45,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART: $45,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNORCAL GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER RESCUE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetPRESERVE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMonterey County Land Watch: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN OPPORTUNITY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FILIPINO COMMUNITY OF SACRAMENTO AND VICINITY: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMy Sisters House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS -BASED EDUCATION AND WORLD PEACE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrison Dharma Network Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetProject Ride Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDONOR NETWORK WEST: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBERKELEY YOUTH ALTERNATIVES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Camerawork Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRic OBarrys Dolphin Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICKABOO COMPANION BIRD RESCUE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT BIKE TECH: $500 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.

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.

The David and Lucile …The San Francisco Fou…Monterey Peninsula Fo…Community Foundation …East Bay Community Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…
The David and Lucile Packard FoundationCA16.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · East Bay Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Jim and Diane Coward Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jim and Diane Coward Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • National Marine Sanctuary Foundation: 88% of income from government
  • Proud Ground: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 50 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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