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The Tres Chicas Foundation at a glance

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The Tres Chicas 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.

$330k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$740kEducation$330kCivil Rights$285kInternational$210kAnimals$170kPublic Safety & Disaster$125kHuman Services$100kCrime & Legal$95kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCLA FOUNDATION$100,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc (ACLU FOUNDATION)$50,000
UCLA Foundation$50,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$30,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE (ADL)$20,000
REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND LEGAL SERVICES$20,000
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation$20,000
CHORDOMA FOUNDATION$20,000
CATSS$15,000
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION$5,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $30k) 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%INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $30k → 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

MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
CA
CO
MD
NC
DC
HI
AL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 19 repeat orgs$346k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
14

Total granted

$1.7M
$326k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+4%

Still filing today

74%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHealthAnimalsCrime & LegalCivil RightsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $150k · revenue +26%
  • DIRECT RELIEF
    4× · 2020–2023 · $125k · revenue +20%
  • CF
    CHORDOMA FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $110k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • AB
    AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue -4%
  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +65%
  • COUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -40%
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
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
2
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
3
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
4
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
5
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
6
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
7
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
8
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
9
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
10
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
11
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
12
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 36 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UCLA FOUNDATION FBO ULRICH BATZDORF MD CHIARI SPINAL NEUROSURGERY: $220,000 · OtherUCLA FOUNDATION FBO ULRICH BATZDORF MD CHIARI SPI…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC (ACLU FOUNDATION): $200,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC (AC…UCLA HEALTH SCIENCES DEVELOPMENT FBO GWYNNE HAZEN CHERRY LABS: $200,000 · OtherUCLA HEALTH SCIENCES DEVELOPMENT FBO GWYNNE HAZEN…UC SAN DIEGO DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY FBO DR JEFF MAX BRAIN INJURY STUDY: $100,000 · OtherUC SAN DIEGO DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY FBO DR JEFF MAX B…CATSS: $85,000 · OtherCATSSFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $70,000 · OtherFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTEElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $45,000 · Other+11 more: $196,000 · Other+11 moreUCLA FOUNDATION: $450,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $30,000 · EducationCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HA…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $150,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTH…CHORDOMA FOUNDATION: $110,000 · HealthCHORDOMA FOUNDA…NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $65,000 · HealthNATIONAL DISAST…PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $20,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEA…DIRECT RELIEF: $125,000 · InternationalDIRECT REL…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $50,000 · InternationalWORLD CENT…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $45,000 · InternationalMEDECINS S…HIAS INC: $20,000 · InternationalHIAS INCAMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $65,000 · Crime & LegalZENBYCAT: $50,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $40,000 · AnimalsSANTA BARBARA EQUINE ASSISTANCE AND EVACUATION TEAM: $25,000 · AnimalsTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $15,000 · AnimalsREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $60,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Civil Rights
Other$1,116,000Education$480,000Health$345,000International$240,000Crime & Legal$140,000Animals$130,000Civil Rights$110,000

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 budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $450,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $150,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $125,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHORDOMA FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZENBYCAT: $50,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIBERSHED: $26,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSANTA BARBARA EQUINE ASSISTANCE AND EVACUATION TEAM: $25,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetHIAS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Tres Chicas Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Tres Chicas Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 36 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home