· Private foundation
The Tony Gray Foundation
Its FY2021 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 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GETONTHEBUSAZ | $80,000 |
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 (FY17–19, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 7% of The Tony Gray Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2020, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
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 FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MCMercy Corps2× · 2018–2019 · $14k · revenue +22%
- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY INC2× · 2017–2019 · $7k · revenue +118%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC2× · 2018–2019 · $4k · revenue +89%
Funded once
- FMFRANCISCAN MISSIONSone grant, 2018 · $11k
- SPST PATRICKS CATHOLIC CHURCHone grant, 2019 · $10k
- SOSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAULone grant, 2017 · $5k
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.
Catholic medical mission board (cmmb) is an international, faith-based nonprofit that believes in healthier lives worldwide. we work in partnerships globally to deliver locally sustainable, quality health solutions, (continued on schedule…
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
Charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe water to people around the world. continued on schedule o.
To save lives & relieve suffering through health interventions & related activities that strengthen communities affected by conflict, natural disasters & disease outbreaks.
The purpose of world hope international, inc. (whi) includes providing assistance to economically disadvantaged people through long-term social transformation projects, including anti-trafficking protection, clean water, economic…
The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.
COHIs mission is to work with women and their communities in times of crisis and disaster to ensure access to quality reproductive, maternal and newborn care. See Sch O for full mission.
MedGlobal is a humanitarian non-governmental organization working to serve vulnerable communities around the world by providing innovative, free, and sustainable healthcare. Our health services support refugees, displaced persons, and…
The Missio Corp. . was conceived to build up the personnel and infrastructure in mission dioceses, currently more than 1,100 Catholic dioceses, mostly in Africa and Asia. Missio Corp. has unique access to the Catholic Church's network of…
Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care,…
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 24 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 Mercy Corps ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORANGE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds WELLS OF LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds GRANDMA'S HOUSE OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds CELL DOGS INC ↗
- Who funds AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC ↗
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: Orange County Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Tony Gray Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Tony Gray Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
- Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
- Ave Maria University Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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