· Private foundation
Von Der Ahe 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k30 grants · $523k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| MOUNT SAINT MARYS COLLEGE | $25,000 |
| CAMBELL HALL EPISCOPAL | $25,000 |
| CASA TERESA | $25,000 |
| ST ANNES MATERNITY HOME | $25,000 |
| ORANGE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| ST CHARLES CHURCH | $25,000 |
| ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER | $20,000 |
| CLUB 21 LEARNING CENTER | $20,000 |
| DELORES MISSION - SPONSORSHIPS | $17,500 |
| CATHEDRAL CHAPEL GRAMMAR SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| SANTA MARGARITA HIGH SCHOOL | $15,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $385k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 51% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 86% 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
- LMLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY9× · 2017–2025 · $450k · revenue +68%
- POPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE9× · 2017–2025 · $235k · revenue +39%
- SASt Anne's Family Services9× · 2017–2025 · $195k · revenue +85%
Funded once
- TATHE AMERICAN RED CROSS - HURRICANE HARVEY RELIEFone grant, 2017 · $20k
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +27%
- WCWM CRAFTS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDone grant, 2020 · $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.
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
Mount mary university, an urban catholic university for women sponsored by the school sisters of notre dame, provides an environment for the development of the whole person. the university encourages leadership, integrity, and a deep sense…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
Mount marty university, an academic community in the catholic benedictine liberal arts tradition, prepares students for a contemporary world of work, service to the human community, and personal growth. the institution is a private,…
Saint mary's college of california invites you to passionately embrace knowledge, the challenges of scholarship, and the capacity to make lasting change in the world. the foundation for this is our mission. to probe deeply the mystery of…
Saint martin's students learn to make a positive difference in their lives and in the lives of others through the interaction of faith, reason, and service. the university honors both the sacredness of the individual and the significance…
As a catholic university, mount st. mary's graduates ethical leaders who are inspired by a passion for learning and lead lives of significance in service to god and others.
University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…
The University of Mary exists to serve the religious, academic and cultural needs of the people in this region and beyond.(Continued on Schedule O)
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 43 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 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds St Anne's Family Services ↗
- Who funds CASA TERESA INC ↗
- Who funds NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION ↗
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: California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Mayr George H - Main · Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Von Der Ahe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Von Der Ahe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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