· Private foundation
Walter & Donna Conn Charitable 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $130k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $248k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST ANNE'S | $90,000 |
| SOCIETY DEVOTED TO SACRED HEART | $85,000 |
| CARMELITE SISTERS OF THE MOST SACRED HEART | $72,500 |
| MAYFIELD SENIOR SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE | $20,000 |
| CARMELITE MONASTERY | $20,000 |
| CHMC FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| GONZAGA UNIVERSITY | $15,000 |
| CARMELITE SISTERS | $10,000 |
| SISTERS OF SOCIAL SERVICES | $10,000 |
| SANTA TERESITA | $10,000 |
| WALL LAS MEMORIAS | $7,500 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES LOS ANGELES | $2,500 |
| CHILD FUND | $2,500 |
| FIVE ACRES | $2,500 |
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 (FY19–25, $411k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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
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 +36% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 4 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, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SASt Anne's Family Services7× · 2019–2025 · $405k · revenue +63%
- TATHOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE7× · 2019–2025 · $145k · revenue +35%
CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY6× · 2020–2025 · $95k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- CSCarmelite Sisters of the Most Sacreone grant, 2024 · $73k
- DEDr Ehresmann's ResrchUSC Advancemtone grant, 2022 · $15k
- POPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGEgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +32%
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 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…
We are a premier provider dedicated to healing children and young adults, strengthening families, and transforming communities through quality comprehensive services and advocacy. we envision a world in which children and young adults,…
At the sacramento children's home, we are committed to opening doors to the future by maximizing the potential of children and families.
The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…
Sycamores nonprofit health organization whose mission is cultivating hope and resilience to enrich the well-being of children, families, and communities through out los angeles and riverside counties.
To be the place to begin for all bay area children, youth and families who need mental health, social services and academic support. edgewood is the premier provider of a full continuum of behavioral health services that transform the…
Through a holistic approach to emotional well-being, Wellnest offers hope, healing, and opportunity to the children, young adults, families, and communities we serve. Our commitment remains steadfast as we enter our second century of…
Achievekids schools provide individualized and multi-disciplinary programs that deliver special education, mental health, and family support services for students ages 5 to 22 who have complex and often severe developmental, emotional, and…
We work to end homelessness through housing solutions, supportive services, and connection to community. we advocate for equitable and just systems that ensure all individuals and families will have a safe place they can call home.
The mission of family service agency is to strengthen and advocate for families and individuals of all ages and diversities, helping to create and preserve a healthy community.
Advancing human understanding through education, research, and practice in behavioral science
To help solve the most challenging issues facing youth and families in northern california by providing tailored services from counseling and therapy to alternative placements with an end result of permanently connecting our young clients…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 31 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 St Anne's Family Services ↗
- Who funds THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SANTA TERESITA INC ↗
- Who funds HIGHER GROUND YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds WALL-LAS MEMORIAS PROJECT ↗
- Who funds KARE YOUTH LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds GARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC ↗
- Who funds Five Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds DREW CHILD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
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 · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Rose Hills Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Walter & Donna Conn Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Walter & Donna Conn Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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