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The Matson 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.

$116k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
6
Grants FY2024
4
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 17
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$56k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Matson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $162k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
PhilanthropyHealthEducationHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving6$116k67%
FY20234$162k100%
FY20224$230k100%
FY202110$538k80%
FY202012$176k92%
FY20198$41k25%
FY201817$470k71%
FY201713$528kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$502kHuman Services$348kReligion$348kEducation$260kInternational$161kPhilanthropy$135kYouth Development$107kArts & Culture$100kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
IA
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
LA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 33 grantees
All grantees of The Matson Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
1065 Institute Inc$200,00026%
Gary Sinise Foundation$200,00010%
National Jewish Health$200,00020%
Kylie Rowand Foundation Inc$120,000225%
Global Empowerment Mission Inc$100,00010%
Rescue- Freedom International$100,00016%
Tim Tebow Foundation Inc$100,00010%
The Dragonfly Foundation$100,00015%
Peyback Foundation Inc$100,00015%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$55,00020%
Xavier College Preparatory Roman Catholic High School Phoenix$50,0001n/a
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation$50,00010%
Spark Ministry$30,00018%
Young America's Foundation$25,00010%
No Barriers USA$25,00010%
Show-Me Institute$20,00011%
Mi Heroes Haven$10,00019%
Bukoba Friends Foundation$10,00018%
Food for the Hungry Inc$10,00010%
Scottsdale Christian Academy Inc$10,00010%
New Mission Systems Inc$8,00010%
Pelotonia$6,00050%
Wounded Warrior Outdoors Inc$5,00011%
Hope Emergency Program$5,00011%
Cops 4 Causes$5,0001n/a
Courageous Healers Foundation$5,000121%
Connecticut Children's Foundation Inc$4,00020%
Bicycles for Humanity - Colorado$3,5002n/a
Young Life$3,50020%
Scottsdale Community Partners$3,00010%
Kiwanis International Foundation$2,00010%
Champions Do Overcome$2,00014%
Dulaney Marching Band Boosters Inc$3001n/a

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($693k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Matson Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budget1065 Institute Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Jewish Health: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKylie Rowand Foundation Inc: $120,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetGlobal Empowerment Mission Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRescue- Freedom International: $100,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetTim Tebow Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Dragonfly Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetPeyback Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpark Ministry: $30,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNo Barriers USA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetShow-Me Institute: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMi Heroes Haven: $10,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetBukoba Friends Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetFood for the Hungry Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScottsdale Christian Academy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Mission Systems Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPelotonia: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Outdoors Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHope Emergency Program: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCourageous Healers Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetConnecticut Children's Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Life: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetScottsdale Community Partners: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKiwanis International Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChampions Do Overcome: $2,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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.

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA8.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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.

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About The Matson Family Foundation

How much does The Matson Family Foundation give?
The Matson Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $116,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Matson Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (22%), Human Services (15%), Religion (15%).
Who are The Matson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: 1065 Institute Inc ($200k), Gary Sinise Foundation ($200k), National Jewish Health ($200k).
Does The Matson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Matson Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Matson Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
Where is The Matson Family Foundation based?
The Matson Family Foundation is based in OH.

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 59 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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