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Van de Bunt-Fox Family Foundation at a glance

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Van de Bunt-Fox Family 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2021
16
Grants FY2021
7
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Education$1.5MHealth$437kHuman Services$175kArts & Culture$128kEnvironment$50kInternational$37kCivil Rights$10kCommunity Improvement$7kOther$0
02FY2021 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$60,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRENTWOOD SCHOOL$250,000
WVU FOUNDATION$200,000
UCLA FOUNDATION$146,500
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$117,000
SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH$100,000
PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$100,000
ASSISTIDD INC$100,000
USC UNIVERSITY$60,000
CITY YEAR LOS ANGELES$50,000
WATTS LEARNING CENTER FOUNDATION$50,000
EISENHOWER HEALTH$50,000
OTIS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN$50,000
CREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION$25,000
COMMON SENSE MEDIA$15,028
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH$15,000
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 (FY18–18, $5k) 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%KINDRED SPIRITS CARE FARM: $5k → 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

IL
MI
NY
MA
WY
CT
CA
WV
DC
HI
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 13 repeat orgs$912k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2021, 7 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
17

Total granted

$1.4M
$334k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+61%

Still filing today

69%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $578k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHealthInternationalCivil 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

  • BS
    BRENTWOOD SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2021 · $325k · revenue +42%
  • UO
    University of Michigan
    4× · 2018–2021 · $247k · revenue +195% · 36% of their budget
  • CITY YEAR INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $175k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • U
    USC
    one grant, 2017 · $85k
  • LG
    LLOYD GRIEF CENTER - USC
    one grant, 2018 · $60k
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATORgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +44%
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
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
2
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
3
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.

—
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

—
6
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
7
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
8
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
9
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
10
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
12
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ucla Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Kindred Spirits Care Farm. 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

25 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. 25 of the 41 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
20/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Michigan: $247,000 · OtherUniversity of MichiganIndividual grant recipient: $225,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCITY YEAR INC: $175,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INCSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH: $100,000 · OtherSAINT JOHN'S HEALTHASSISTIDD INC: $100,000 · OtherASSISTIDD INCUSC UNIVERSITY: $85,000 · OtherUSC UNIVERSITYUSC: $85,000 · OtherUSCLLOYD GRIEF CENTER - USC: $60,000 · OtherPS ARTS: $58,125 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · Other+10 more: $122,475 · Other+10 moreBRENTWOOD SCHOOL: $325,000 · EducationBRENTWOOD SCHOOLWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCUCLA FOUNDATION: $191,500 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONUniversity of Chicago: $123,993 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $100,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard CollegeUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $60,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAOTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $50,000 · EducationWATTS LEARNING CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationCOMMON SENSE MEDIA: $30,028 · Arts & CultureCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureEisenhower Medical Center: $50,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $5,000 · HealthPHASE ONE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthLOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATOR: $50,000 · Community ImprovementUNYCYN CIVIC ARTS: $5,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $2,000 · Community ImprovementHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $37,244 · InternationalNATIONAL REDISTRICTING FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Civil RightsKINDRED SPIRITS CARE FARM: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$1,307,600Education$1,102,993Arts & Culture$65,028Health$60,000Community Improvement$57,000International$37,244Civil Rights$10,000Human Services$5,000

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 budgetBRENTWOOD SCHOOL: $325,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $247,000 over 4y, 36% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $191,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $175,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $123,993 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPS ARTS: $58,125 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATOR: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWATTS LEARNING CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $37,244 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON SENSE MEDIA: $30,028 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL REDISTRICTING FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKINDRED SPIRITS CARE FARM: $5,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetLA GOAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHASE ONE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $2,000 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.

California Community …National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA16.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Van de Bunt-Fox Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Van de Bunt-Fox Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
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How do I get to Van de Bunt-Fox Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Van de Bunt-Fox Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 41 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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