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The Lawrence & Junko Cushman Foundation Fka the Cushman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Lawrence & Junko Cushman Foundation Fka the Cushman Family 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.

$323k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$115k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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 2025.

Philanthropy$1.7MAnimals$115kCivil Rights$105kHuman Services$75kFood & Nutrition$50kEducation$15kRecreation & Sports$13kHealth$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $265k
$40,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY$115,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC$100,000
FEEDING SAN DIEGO$50,000
CRISIS HOUSE$40,000
THE SAN DIEGO RIVER PARK FOUNDATION$10,000
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA$5,000
NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL MUSEUM$3,000
02The need
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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 (FY24–25, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CRISIS HOUSE: $40k → 11%CRISIS HOUSE: $35k → 11%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 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 San Diego Foundation

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

Philanthropy
2
San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Inc

The mission of san diego volunteer lawyer program, inc. is to provide equal access to the justice system by serving as a bridge between indigent and other disadvantaged people in san diego county and the volunteer lawyers who are willing…

Social Science
3
San Diego County Bar Association

The mission of the san diego county bar association is to be the representative of the san diego county legal profession, serving the prblic and the profession by enhancing the legal system and promoting justice, professional excellence,…

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4
Policy & Innovation Center

The policy & innovation center's (pic) mission is to unlock the region's potential by cultivating and building partnerships. our niche is to address intractable issues that can only be solved with cross-sector, multi-jurisdictional…

Philanthropy
5
California Western School of Law

California western school of law is an independent, aba/aals and wasc senior college and university commission (wscuc) accredited s.d. law school that prepares graduates for the practice of law through a carefully sequenced program of…

Education
6
Zoological Society of San Diego

San diego zoo wildlife alliance is committed to saving species worldwide by uniting our expertise in wildlife care and conservation science with our dedication to inspiring passion for nature.

Animals
7
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
8
San Diego Municipal Employees Assn

The san diego municipal employees association (sdmea) is dedicated to being a strong and effective advocate for san diego city employees. sdmea is united to improve employees' standard of living and promote their fair treatment by…

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9
Aclu Foundation of Southern California

See schedule o for detailsthe organization defends the civil liberties enshrined in the us constitution and the bill of rights through litigation, policy advocacy, media advocacy, and organizing. it fights to secure and protect the civil…

Civil Rights
10
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
11
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
12
San Diego Society of Natural History

Conserving nature through science and discovery.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feeding San Diego; the most unlike its peers is Trustees of Boston College. 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

12 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. 12 of the 14 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)
12/12
Grantees still filing
5/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $1,740,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTYSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $115,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Civil RightsEQUALITY CALIFORNIA: $5,000 · Civil RightsCRISIS HOUSE: $75,000 · Human ServicesFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $50,000 · Food & NutritionTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $7,500 · EducationDEL NORTE HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $7,500 · EducationThe San Diego River Park Foundation: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsTHERAPY CENTER INC DBA CHALLENGE CENTER: $5,000 · OtherHONORING OUR TROOPS: $2,500 · OtherNEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM INC: $3,000 · Other+1 more: $150 · Other
Philanthropy$1,740,000Animals$115,000Civil Rights$105,000Human Services$75,000Food & Nutrition$50,000Education$15,000Recreation & Sports$12,500Other$10,650

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $1,740,000 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $115,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRISIS HOUSE: $75,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEL NORTE HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $2,500 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 FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Sempra FoundationCA12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sempra Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Lawrence & Junko Cushman Foundation Fka the Cushman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lawrence & Junko Cushman Foundation Fka the Cushman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–60%
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 14 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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