· Private foundation
The Muhs 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k20 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $85k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHURCH OF ST RITA | $55,000 |
| MATER DOLOROSA PASSIONIST RETREAT CENTER | $30,000 |
| JOHN TRACY CENTER | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $10,000 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GLAAC | $7,500 |
| ARCHDIOCESE OF LA - TOGETHER IN MISSION | $5,000 |
| CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $5,000 |
| ST JOHNS SEMINARY | $2,500 |
| SIERRA MADRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES | $2,000 |
| DOLORES MISSION CHURCH | $2,000 |
| FLINTRIDGE SACRED HEART ACADEMY | $2,000 |
| SIERRA MADRE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM | $2,000 |
| ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $191k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JTJOHN TRACY CLINIC9× · 2017–2025 · $191k · revenue +138%
- MDMATER DOLOROSA PASSIONIST RETREAT CENTER7× · 2019–2025 · $80k · revenue +70%
- SGSAN GABRIEL VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC9× · 2017–2025 · $60k · revenue +173%
Funded once
- ABALLIANCE BUILDERS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $1k
- IFINSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIPSgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +57%
- AOARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELESone grant, 2019 · $1k
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.
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.
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…
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Saint mary's college of california invites you to passionately embrace knowledge, the challenges of scholarship, and the capacity to make lasting change in the world. the foundation for this is our mission. to probe deeply the mystery of…
Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.
The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…
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…
As an integral member of the san jose state university community, the san jose state university research foundation provides an entrepreneurial framework through which local, state and federal agencies, businesses and private foundations…
To advance the educational, cultural, scholarly, and creative activities and the role of community service of csula by increasing private funding, responsibly managing donated resources and supporting the university and its diverse and…
Ciis is an institution of higher education that encourages an interdisciplinary approach to learning. over 1,700 students are enrolled in masters, doctoral, bachelor of arts completion programs, and certifications. ours is a mosaic of…
As your financial institution, we pledge to serve you and our community faithfully. we will be friendly, helpful, and professional, and we will provide great products and competitive rates.
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 34 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds JOHN TRACY CLINIC ↗
- Who funds MATER DOLOROSA PASSIONIST RETREAT CENTER ↗
- Who funds SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds NAMI GLENDALE ↗
- Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
- Who funds SIERRA MADRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SIERRA MADRE SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN ↗
- Who funds FOOTHILL UNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds 826LA ↗
- Who funds SIERRA MADRE ROSE FLOAT ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIPS ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Michael & Patricia Smith Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Muhs Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Muhs Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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