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The Ridgeway Family Foundation at a glance

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The Ridgeway Family Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1k
Granted FY2018
3
Grants FY2018
3
States reached
$500
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Health$14kEducation$7kHuman Services$3kInternational$3kEnvironment$2kRecreation & Sports$1kCrime & Legal$1kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2018 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATURE CONSERVANCY$500
MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING$500
COAST GUARD FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $2k) 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.

area typical 11%BOYS REPUBLIC: $500 → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $250 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%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

MI
NY
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
DC
GA
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 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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
3
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
4
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
5
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
6
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
7
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
8
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
9
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.

Recreation & Sports
12
The Peregrine Fund Inc

To change the future for nature and humanity by conserving birds of prey worldwide.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes 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

27 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. 27 of the 37 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
23/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY-LAW SCH: $5,000 · OtherLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY-LAW SCHCITY OF HOPE: $2,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPESUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDAT: $2,000 · OtherSUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATUSC UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT: $1,100 · OtherUSC UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENTIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEA: $1,000 · OtherAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEA+13 more: $4,512 · Other+13 moreAmerican Diabetes Association: $5,000 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Associat…HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC+1 more: $250 · HealthOPERATION SMILE INC: $2,000 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS F…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $500 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR…Save The Children Federation Inc: $250 · InternationalWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesBoys Republic: $500 · Human ServicesUNION RESCUE MISSION: $250 · Human ServicesWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $500 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $500 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL NATURE CENTER: $500 · EnvironmentTHE NATURE OF WILDWORKS: $250 · EnvironmentSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsCALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION: $150 · Recreation & SportsHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,000 · Education
Other$16,612Health$8,250International$4,750Human Services$1,750Environment$1,750Recreation & Sports$1,150Education$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL NATURE CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys Republic: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE OF WILDWORKS: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of The United States: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrange County Humane Society: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $112 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.

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Ridgeway Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ridgeway Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 37 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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