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The Mellor 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.

$27k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$227kEducation$122kAnimals$45kReligion$32kHealth$24kRecreation & Sports$13kPhilanthropy$13kHuman Services$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$10,000
HARBOR DAY ENDOWMENT CORPORATION$5,000
ALPINE ACADEMY$3,000
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$2,500
SOUL SHEPHERDING$2,000
NOBLE VIKING CHARITIES$1,000
ESTANCIA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL BOOSTER$1,000
IRVINE CHILDRENS FUND$1,000
PATRICKS PURPOSE FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KIDWORKS: $3k → 11%DECORATIVE ARTS SOCIETY: $5k → 10%NOBLE VIKING CHARITIES: $1k → 10%NOBLE VIKING CHARITIES: $1k → 10%NOBLE VIKING CHARITIES: $1k → 10%NOBLE VIKING CHARITIES: $1k → 10%NOBLE VIKING CHARITIES: $1k → 10%NOBLE VIKING CHARITIES: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
NY
IN
NJ
CA
UT
VA
NC
DC
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$387k · 16 repeat orgs$113k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
27

Total granted

$387k
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+50%

Still filing today

75%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsHealthHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LC
    LAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
    3× · 2017–2019 · $58k · revenue +322%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER
    4× · 2017–2022 · $45k · revenue +51%
  • LA
    LAGUNA ART MUSEUM
    2× · 2017–2020 · $22k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • NG
    National Gallery of Artgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +29%
  • CH
    CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • AO
    ASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISING
    one grant, 2017 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
2
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
3
Orange County School of the Arts

We provide an unparalleled arts and acdademic education in a creative, challenging and nurturing environment to a diverse student body passionate about the arts, preparing them to reach their highest potential.

Education
4
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
5
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
6
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
7
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation

To benefit the university of california santa cruz.

Education
8
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
9
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
10
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
11
California State University Long Beach Research Foundation

Serves the mission of the university by supporting and engaging in research, entrepreneurship, community service, sponsored programs and the acquisition of private resources.

Education
12
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Laguna Playhouse and the most unlike its peers is Patrick's Purpose Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr15%11%5–10yr20%22%10–20yr17%30%20–35yr11%26%35–55yr12%11%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%4%5–10yr20%13%10–20yr17%17%20–35yr11%32%35–55yr12%35%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/32
the rest of the field
14%
5,125/36,436

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
20/30
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE — $152,700 · Arts & CultureTHE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSELAGUNA ART MUSEUM — $22,000 · Arts & CultureLAGUNA ART MUSEUMNational Gallery of Art — $20,000 · Arts & CultureNational Gallery of ArtLaguna Radio Inc — $12,000 · Arts & CultureLaguna Radio Inc+3 more — $8,000 · Arts & CultureALPINE ACADEMY — $28,500 · OtherALPINE ACADEMYCHILDRENS HOSPITAL — $10,000 · OtherCHILDRENS HOSPITALASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISING — $10,000 · OtherASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISIN…ASSOCIATION OF PARKINSONS AND OTHER RELATED DISORDERS — $10,000 · OtherASSOCIATION OF PARKINSONS…IRVINE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $7,500 · OtherIRVINE PRESBYTERIAN CHURC…SPECTRUM CHURCH IRVINE — $7,000 · OtherSPECTRUM CHURCH IRVINEFRIENDS OF PRINCETON WOMENS VOLLEYBALL — $5,000 · OtherPRINCETON MENS VOLLEYBALL — $5,000 · OtherFESTIVAL OF ARTS — $5,000 · Other+14 more — $23,000 · Other+14 moreLAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN — $58,000 · EducationLAGUNA COLLEGE OF AR…The Trustees of Princeton University — $15,000 · EducationThe Trustees of Prin…PATRICK'S PURPOSE FOUNDATION — $7,000 · EducationPATRICK'S PURPOSE FO…THE IRVINE CHILDRENS FUND — $6,000 · EducationTHE IRVINE CHILDRENS…Harbor Day Endowment Corporation — $5,000 · EducationHarbor Day Endowment…+1 more — $2,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER — $45,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF…THE DRAKE GIVES — $2,500 · AnimalsSoul Shepherding — $10,000 · ReligionNortheast of the Well — $5,000 · ReligionNoble Viking Charities — $6,000 · Human ServicesDECORATIVE ARTS SOCIETY — $5,000 · Human ServicesKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP — $2,500 · Human ServicesBEATRICE F KROESCHE FOUNDATION — $5,000 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$214,700Other$111,000Education$93,000Animals$47,500Religion$15,000Human Services$13,500Philanthropy$7,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE — $152,700 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetLAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN — $58,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER — $45,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLAGUNA ART MUSEUM — $22,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNational Gallery of Art — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLaguna Radio Inc — $12,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSoul Shepherding — $10,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPATRICK'S PURPOSE FOUNDATION — $7,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetNoble Viking Charities — $6,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE IRVINE CHILDRENS FUND — $6,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBEATRICE F KROESCHE FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetNortheast of the Well — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDECORATIVE ARTS SOCIETY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHarbor Day Endowment Corporation — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts — $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DRAKE GIVES — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR THE HUMANITIES — $2,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRUBY'S RAINBOW — $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERY CAMPUS A REFUGE — $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetArt & Creativity for Healing — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOrange County Rescue Mission Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLoloma Foundation — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Orange County Communi…The William Jeff and …The Hanauer Family Fo…The Hexberg Family Fo…Laguna Beach Communit…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…
Orange County Community FoundationCA20.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · The William Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation · The Hanauer Family Foundation · The Hexberg Family Foundation · Laguna Beach Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Mellor Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University — 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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