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The Peter Strauss & Rachel Ticotin Family Foundation at a glance

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The Peter Strauss & Rachel Ticotin 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.

$9k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$34kEducation$33kInternational$4kEnvironment$3kHuman Services$3kFood & Nutrition$2kAnimals$2kRecreation & Sports$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
4
States reached
$164k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HACKLEY SCHOOL$2,000
BALLET HISPANICO$2,000
OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL$1,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$1,000
OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE$1,000
OJAI ART CENTER THEATHER$250
FOOD SHARE$250
DOCTOR'S WITHOUT BORDERS$250
THE FRESH AIR FUND$250
HUMAN SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY$250
OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY$250
HELP OF OJAI$250
THE CREW$250
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOOD SHARE: $500 → 10%THE ACTORS FUND FOR EVERYONE IN ENTERTAINMENT: $1k → 14%SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%HACKLEY SCHOOL: $4k → 9%LAGUARDIA PARENTS ASSOCIATION: $6k → 17%AMERICAN HUMANE: $1k → 14%ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $1k → 17%FOOD SHARE: $500 → 10%HACKLEY SCHOOL: $2k → 9%LAGUARDIA PARENTS ASSOCIATION: $3k → 17%FOOD SHARE: $500 → 10%HACKLEY SCHOOL: $2k → 9%DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDS USA INC: $3k → 17%FOOD SHARE: $500 → 10%HACKLEY SCHOOL: $2k → 9%LAGUARDIA PARENTS ASSOCIATION: $3k → 17%FOOD SHARE: $250 → 10%HACKLEY SCHOOL: $2k → 9%FRACTURED ATLAS: $3k → 17%CFROG: $1k → 10%HACKLEY SCHOOL: $2k → 9%COLUMBIA ALUMNI CENTER: $2k → 17%FRIENDS OF FIELDWORKERS INC: $500 → 10%HACKLEY SCHOOL: $2k → 9%LAGUARDIA PARENTS ASSOCIATION: $2k → 17%FRIENDS OF FIELDWORKERS INC: $250 → 10%BALLET HISPANICO: $3k → 17%FRIENDS OF FIELDWORKERS INC: $250 → 10%BALLET HISPANICO: $2k → 17%FRIENDS OF FIELDWORKERS INC: $100 → 10%BALLET HISPANICO: $2k → 17%OJAI ART CENTER THEATER: $1k → 10%BALLET HISPANICO: $2k → 17%OJAI TREES: $300 → 10%THE FRESH AIR FUND: $350 → 17%OJAI TREES: $250 → 10%BALLET HISPANICO: $2k → 17%OJAI TREES: $200 → 10%THE FRESH AIR FUND: $250 → 17%BALLET HISPANICO: $2k → 17%THE FRESH AIR FUND: $250 → 17%BALLET HISPANICO: $2k → 17%THE FRESH AIR FUND: $250 → 17%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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$69k · 14 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
10

Total granted

$69k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+90%

Still filing today

86%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 & CultureHealthAnimalsInternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • HS
    HACKLEY SCHOOL
    7× · 2018–2024 · $16k · revenue +58%
  • BH
    BALLET HISPANICO OF NEW YORK INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $15k · revenue +52%
  • OF
    OJAI FESTIVALS LTD
    7× · 2018–2024 · $7k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • DW
    DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDS USA INC
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • FRACTURED ATLAS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +57%
  • CA
    COLUMBIA ALUMNI CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
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
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
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
California Film Institute

The california film institute celebrates film and videos as art and education. its goal is to present and support emerging and established independent filmakers whose works address issues relevant to contemporary society. this is…

Arts & Culture
4
Hollywood Food Coalition

Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…

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5
Opera Santa Barbara

See schedule 0founded in 1994, opera santa barbara is the signature provider of professional opera on the california central coast. we aspire to be a cultural leader in the santa barbara region, voicing and advancing our community's spirit…

Arts & Culture
6
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra

To present the highest-quality performances of great music, bringing national and international distinction to the orchestra and its community; to delight and educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and enhance the cultural vitality…

Arts & Culture
7
Ojai Valley School

Operation of a boarding school

Education
8
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
9
Vermont College of Fine Arts Inc

Vcfa is a global community of artists continually redefining what it means to be an arts college. we measure our success by our ability to foster the excellence of emerging and established practitioners. we believe that the arts are…

Education
10
California Ocean Science Trust

California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…

Environment
11
The Foundation at Hearst Castle

The Foundation at Hearst Castle's mission is to support the conservation and restoration of Hearst Castle, and to offer youth programs for underserved middle school students - To enhance the appreciation of the art and architecture of this…

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12
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

The organization's mission is to mobilize resources to fight hunger in our community. to fulfill its mission, the food bank:* sources and acquires nutritious food and other products and distribute them to people experiencing nutrition…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Humane Association. 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

18 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. 18 of the 27 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BALLET HISPANICO OF NEW YORK INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET HISPANICO OF NEW YORK INCOJAI FESTIVALS LTD: $7,000 · Arts & CultureOJAI FESTIVALS LTDOJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureOJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCEFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INCFRIENDS OF FIELDWORKERS INC: $1,100 · Arts & CultureLAGUARDIA PARENTS ASSOCIATION: $13,500 · OtherLAGUARDIA PARENTS ASSOCIATIONDOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDS USA INC: $3,100 · OtherDOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDS USA INCCOLUMBIA ALUMNI CENTER: $1,500 · OtherCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GIFT SYSTEM: $1,500 · OtherOJAI YOUTH OPERA COMPANY: $1,000 · OtherOJAI ART CENTER THEATER: $1,000 · OtherTHE ACTORS FUND FOR EVERYONE IN ENTERTAINMENT: $1,000 · OtherCFROG: $1,000 · OtherTHE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY: $1,300 · OtherFRESH AIR FUND: $1,100 · OtherConcerned Resource & Environmental Workers: $1,100 · OtherSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Other+2 more: $1,000 · OtherHACKLEY SCHOOL: $16,000 · HealthHACKLEY SCHOOLST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RES…HELP OF OJAI INC: $2,600 · Human ServicesFOOD SHARE INC: $2,250 · Food & NutritionHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY: $1,150 · AnimalsAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · AnimalsMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,100 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 · International
Arts & Culture$30,600Other$29,100Health$17,000Human Services$2,600Food & Nutrition$2,250Animals$2,150International$2,100

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 budgetHACKLEY SCHOOL: $16,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET HISPANICO OF NEW YORK INC: $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOJAI FESTIVALS LTD: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetOJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE: $5,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHELP OF OJAI INC: $2,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD SHARE INC: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY: $1,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY: $1,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF FIELDWORKERS INC: $1,100 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetConcerned Resource & Environmental Workers: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOJAI YOUTH OPERA COMPANY: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds HACKLEY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BALLET HISPANICO OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds OJAI FESTIVALS LTD ↗
  • Who funds OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds HELP OF OJAI INC ↗
  • Who funds FRACTURED ATLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD SHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF FIELDWORKERS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Concerned Resource & Environmental Workers ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds OJAI YOUTH OPERA COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Santa Barbara Foundat…Monimos FoundationDavid & Sylvia Weisz …Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Santa Barbara FoundationCA17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Monimos Foundation · David & Sylvia Weisz Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Peter Strauss & Rachel Ticotin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Peter Strauss & Rachel Ticotin Family 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s 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 · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to The Peter Strauss & Rachel Ticotin Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 27 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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