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The Magali Foundation at a glance

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The Magali Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$313k
Granted FY2020
7
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$225k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Education$1.1MYouth Development$58kPhilanthropy$47kHealth$37kArts & Culture$10kFood & Nutrition$5kRecreation & Sports$4kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2020 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k3 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $77k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $225k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCSD FOUNDATION$225,000
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$42,129
RADY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SAN DIEGO$10,000
LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$5,000
JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK$5,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,000
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 (FY17–20, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250 → 14%MIRACLE BABIES: $2k → 11%ARC OF SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%ARC OF SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%ARC OF SAN DIEGO: $3k → 11%SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 8 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
10

Total granted

$1.3M
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
-10%

Still filing today

63%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1.0M · revenue +78%
  • LJ
    LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2020 · $35k · revenue +43%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SAN DIEGO
    2× · 2018–2020 · $18k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • RC
    RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • OG
    OLD GLOBE THEATREgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +38%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
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
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
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
3
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
4
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
5
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego

To restore, sustain and enhance the health and developmental potential of children through excellence in care, education, research and advocacy.

Health
6
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
7
San Diego Blood Bank

The san diego blood bank (sdbb) is a california not-for-profit public benefit corporation established in 1950. the san diego blood bank collects, processes, stores and distributes blood components that meets or exceeds the needs of each…

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8
University of California Irvine Foundation

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…

Education
9
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

At la jolla institute for immunology, our scientists focus on understanding how the immune system works in order to promote human health and prevent disease. our discoveries apply to many diseases, ranging from diabetes to heart disease,…

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10
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
11
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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12
San Diego County Credit Union

A not-for-profit credit union wholly owned by its members

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Friends of La Jolla Shores. 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

15 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. 15 of the 20 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $100,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY: $80,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERS…RADY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherRADY CHILDREN'S FOUNDAT…LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $35,000 · OtherLA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SC…RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20,000 · OtherRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITA…+5 more: $15,280 · OtherCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $42,129 · PhilanthropyCOMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US: $5,000 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SAN DIEGO: $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentTHE ARC OF SAN DIEGO: $13,000 · Human ServicesMIRACLE BABIES: $1,600 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,500 · Human ServicesSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 · Human ServicesOLD GLOBE THEATRE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$1,000,000Other$290,780Philanthropy$47,129Youth Development$17,500Human Services$17,100Arts & Culture$10,000Food & Nutrition$5,000

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 budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $42,129 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SAN DIEGO: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF SAN DIEGO: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOLD GLOBE THEATRE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLE BABIES: $1,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF LA JOLLA SHORES: $1,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHELSEA'S LIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $530 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Jewish Community Foun…The San Diego Foundat…Sempra FoundationKerr Family FoundationThe Conrad Prebys Fou…Rancho Santa Fe Found…The Nordson Corporati…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Kerr Family Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Magali Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Magali Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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.

    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 20 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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