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The Skaggs Family Foundation at a glance

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The Skaggs 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.

$496k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0178% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$389kCrime & Legal$240kReligion$50kFood & Nutrition$20kPhilanthropy$15kHealth$11kHousing & Shelter$5kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $381,307, the rows itemized in this filing. The $496,307 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $115,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $291k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Davidson College$100,000
Legal Action Chicago LIC$100,000
The Ohio State University$91,307
Village Chapel Presbyterian Church$25,000
West Virginia Univ Foundation Inc$25,000
Womens Fund of Central Ohio Inc$10,000
Animal Care Centers of NYC$5,000
CASA of Los Angeles$5,000
Chicago Womens Health Center Inc$5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository$5,000
Library Foundation of Los Angeles$5,000
Los Angeles Food Bank$5,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$290k · 6 repeat orgs$459k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
9

Total granted

$290k
$248k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-16%
+46%

Still filing today

83%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $211k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’24
EducationCrime & LegalFood & NutritionHuman ServicesEnvironmentCivil RightsOther
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

  • Davidson College
    2× · 2022–2024 · $160k · revenue -16%
  • VC
    Village Chapel Presbyterian Church
    2× · 2022–2024 · $50k
  • WV
    WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $45k · revenue -31%

Funded once

  • LA
    LEGAL ACTION CHICAGO LLCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $130k · revenue +31%
  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $88k · revenue +8%
  • LA
    Legal Aid Chicago - Legal Assistance Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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.

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
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
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
3
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
4
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
5
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
6
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
7
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
8
Legal Aid Chicago

At legal aid chicago, we work together to provide high quality civil legal aid to people living in poverty and other vulnerable groups.through advocacy, education, collaboration, and litigation we empower individuals, protect fundamental…

Crime & Legal
9
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
10
University of La Verne

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…

Education
11
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
12
Acadia General Hospital Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Women's Health Center; the most unlike its peers is Mount St Vincent Home Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 21 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Davidson College: $160,000 · EducationDavidson CollegeOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $88,053 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCWOMEN'S FUND OF CENTRAL OHIO: $15,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationLegal Action Chicago LIC: $100,000 · OtherLegal Action Chicago LICThe Ohio State University: $91,307 · OtherThe Ohio State UniversityVillage Chapel Presbyterian Church: $50,000 · OtherVillage Chapel Presbyterian ChurchCHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER: $10,000 · OtherLegal Aid Chicago - Legal Assistance Foundation: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $16,203 · Other+4 moreLEGAL ACTION CHICAGO LLC: $130,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL ACTION CHICAGO…+1 more: $2,500 · Crime & LegalGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $10,000 · Food & NutritionCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000 · Civil RightsANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $5,000 · AnimalsCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $5,000 · Human ServicesHighlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc: $1,000 · Environment
Education$313,053Other$277,510Crime & Legal$132,500Food & Nutrition$10,000Civil Rights$5,000Animals$5,000Human Services$5,000Environment$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDavidson College: $160,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL ACTION CHICAGO LLC: $130,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $88,053 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF CENTRAL OHIO: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT ST VINCENT HOME INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURN90: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHighlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY10.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

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 21 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 $474k 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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