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The Severson 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.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0188% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Education$111kInternational$69kFood & Nutrition$60kPhilanthropy$55kReligion$15kArts & Culture$10kHealth$7kHuman Services$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 14 grants below total $26,200 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $45,175 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $18,975 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$618k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Orinda Network for Education$5,000
Orinda Community Foundation$5,000
Mully Children's Family Foundation$5,000
Hospital de la Familia$5,000
Brigham Young University$2,000
Zambia Scholarship Fund$1,000
CARE$1,000
Salem High School$500
Food Bank of Contra Costa$500
Project Hope$500
National Audubon Society$400
Charity Watch$100
Lindsay Wildlife Museum$100
Special Olympics$100
02Your 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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$246k · 13 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +23% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
28

Total granted

$246k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+21%

Still filing today

69%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationFood & NutritionHealthEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • HD
    Hospital De La Familia Foundation
    3× · 2021–2023 · $58k · revenue +131%
  • BC
    Bountiful Children's Foundation
    3× · 2021–2023 · $57k · revenue +23%
  • ON
    ORINDA NETWORK FOR EDUCATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • JM
    Joaquin Moraga Adobe Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • MC
    Mully Childrens Fund
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • BY
    BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY-IDAHO
    one grant, 2023 · $5k

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

03Your 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
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
2
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
3
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
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
6
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
7
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
8
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
9
California Certified Organic Farmers Inc

Ccof advances organic agriculture for a healthy world. we accomplish our purpose through organic certification, education, advocacy and promotion. we envision a world where organic is the norm.

—
10
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

—
11
Western University of Health Sciences

To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.

—
12
International Medical Corps

To save lives & relieve suffering through health interventions & related activities that strengthen communities affected by conflict, natural disasters & disease outbreaks.

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Jackson Hole and the most unlike its peers is Meals On Wheels Contra Costa Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadySchool Parent-Teacher Organ…Christian Outreach Ministri…Community FoundationsGovernment Accountability &…Environmental Advocacy and …Senior Support ServicesYouth Sports ProgramsFood Pantries and AssistanceChildhood Cancer SupportCommunity Hospital Systems
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%7%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr16%33%20–35yr13%26%35–55yr16%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%41%10–20yr16%6%20–35yr13%46%35–55yr16%6%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/28
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,537

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.

03the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 47 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
20/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY — $78,500 · OtherBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYBountiful Children's Foundation — $57,000 · OtherBountiful Children's FoundationTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS — $15,250 · OtherTHE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTSORINDA NETWORK FOR EDUCATION — $15,000 · OtherORINDA NETWORK FOR EDUCATIONJoaquin Moraga Adobe Foundation — $10,000 · OtherMully Children's Family Foundation — $10,000 · Other+25 more — $30,825 · Other+25 moreHospital De La Familia Foundation — $57,500 · InternationalHospital De La Familia…MULLY CHILDRENS FAMILY USA INC — $4,000 · InternationalMULLY CHILDRENS FAMILY…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $3,500 · International+2 more — $3,100 · InternationalOrinda Community Foundation Inc — $40,000 · Community ImprovementOrinda Commun…+1 more — $1,275 · Community ImprovementZAMBIAS SCHOLARSHIP FUND — $4,500 · EducationOPEN DISCOURSE COALITION — $1,000 · EducationInnova Preparatory School — $1,000 · EducationTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC — $500 · EducationCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE — $2,500 · PhilanthropyFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO — $1,674 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS CONTRA COSTA INC — $500 · Food & NutritionBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $1,000 · HealthCONTRA COSTA CRISIS CENTER — $365 · Health
Other$216,575International$68,100Community Improvement$41,275Education$7,000Philanthropy$2,500Food & Nutrition$2,174Health$1,365

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 budgetHospital De La Familia Foundation — $57,500 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetBountiful Children's Foundation — $57,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetOrinda Community Foundation Inc — $40,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetORINDA NETWORK FOR EDUCATION — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetZAMBIAS SCHOLARSHIP FUND — $4,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMULLY CHILDRENS FAMILY USA INC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO — $1,674 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumanitarian Experience Inc — $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ORINDA ASSOCIATION — $1,275 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOPEN DISCOURSE COALITION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInnova Preparatory School — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK TRUST INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS CONTRA COSTA INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONTRA COSTA CRISIS CENTER — $365 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER — $100 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.

East Bay Community Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …The Depolo FoundationCerity Partners Found…McKesson Foundation I…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Pfizer Foundation…
East Bay Community FoundationCA14.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Depolo Foundation · Cerity Partners Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer 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.

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 47 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $70k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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where grant money is based, and what stays home