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The Matson Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% 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
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $16k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$3,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$56k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE 1065 INSTITUTE$100,000
3HEARTS4PAWS$5,000
BACK TO SCHOOL CLOTHING DRIVE$3,000
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE PHOENIX$3,000
SCOTTSDALE COMMUNITY PARTNERS$3,000
PELOTONIA$2,000
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 (FY18–18, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%HOPE EMERGENCY PROGRAM: $5k → 16%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

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

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$916k · 12 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
42

Total granted

$916k
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+19%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • 1I
    1065 INSTITUTE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +31%
  • NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH
    2× · 2017–2018 · $200k · revenue +50%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2017–2020 · $55k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • GARY SINISE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue +47%
  • GE
    GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +17%
  • U
    ULMAF
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
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
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
2
City of Hope National Medical Center

City of Hope National Medical Center's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
3
Dominican Hospital Foundation

The mission of the dominican hospital foundation is to ensure that philanthropic resources are available to respond to and support the changing health care needs of the people within the area served by dignity health dba dominican…

Health
4
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
5
Mercy Foundation Bakersfield

To provide support to dignity health hospitals in bakersfield ca.

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6
Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute

To make all childhood cancers universally survivable by delivering new treatments to clinical trials through scientific discovery.

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7
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

The parker institute for cancer immunotherapy's (pici) mission is to accelerate the development of breakthrough immune therapies to turn all cancers into curable diseases.

Health
8
Mercy Medical Center Merced Foundation

To provide financial assistance and supporting services for dignity health (dba: mercy medical center merced). the financial support provided by the foundation contributes to the hospital's mission by making the healing presence of god…

Health
9
Covenant Hospital Hobbs

As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.

Health
10
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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11
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
12
Cog Research Foundation Llc

Cog research foundation, llc is a california 501(c)(3) entity founded in 2024 and designed to become the federal grantee organization for the children's oncology group (cog). the cog, a member of the national cancer institute (nci)…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Hungry Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bukoba Friends Foundation. 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

31 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. 31 of the 59 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
23/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRIST CHURCH OF THE VALLEY: $290,000 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH OF THE VALLEYULMAF: $100,000 · OtherULMAFCRADLE OF AVIATION MUSEUM: $100,000 · OtherCRADLE OF AVIATION MUSEUMXAVIER COLLEGE PREPARATORY ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL PHOENIX: $50,000 · OtherXAVIER COLLEGE PREPARATORY ROMAN CATHOLIC…Spark Ministry: $30,000 · Other+30 more: $265,000 · Other+30 moreNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $200,000 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTHKylie Rowand Foundation Inc: $120,000 · HealthKylie Rowand Foundation…THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATIO…Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $50,000 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hosp…+3 more: $9,000 · HealthGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $200,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATIO…TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION …PEYBACK FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyPEYBACK FOUNDATION IN…SHOW-ME INSTITUTE: $20,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $17,000 · Philanthropy1065 INSTITUTE INC: $200,000 · Education1065 INSTI…SCOTTSDALE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $6,000 · EducationRESCUE- FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL: $100,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $55,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $100,000 · Public Safety & DisasterNO BARRIERS USA: $25,000 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $10,000 · InternationalBICYCLES FOR HUMANITY - COLORADO: $3,500 · International
Other$835,000Health$479,000Philanthropy$437,000Education$216,000Human Services$160,000Public Safety & Disaster$100,000International$38,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
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.

Natl Christian Charit…The Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Matson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Matson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wounded Warrior Outdoors Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–25%
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 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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