· Private foundation
Welz Family Children's 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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BRIGHT FUTURES FOR YOUTH | $3,000 |
| CHILD ADVOCATE OF NEVADA COUNTY | $3,000 |
| MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS | $2,000 |
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 (FY18–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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 +68% since the first grant, against +53% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 1 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, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SHSIERRA HARVEST8× · 2017–2024 · $43k · revenue +10%
- CAChild Advocates of Nevada County5× · 2017–2025 · $24k · revenue +68%
- RYREDEMPTION YOUTH RANCH3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +62%
Funded once
- GVGRASS VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICTone grant, 2020 · $20k
- YRYuba River Charter Schoolgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +53%
- NSNC SUPERINTENDANT OF SCHOOLSone grant, 2019 · $3k
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.
All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)
The mission of Wayfinder Family Services is to ensure that children, youth and adults facing challenges always have a place to turn. Founded in 1953 as the Foundation for the Junior Blind, the organization initially enabled visually…
Sierra Vista Child & Family Services (SVCFS) is a non-profit community based organization providing services for children, youth, adults, and families since 1972 to over 16,000 children and families yearly. The agency provides an extensive…
The Mission of the SNTR is to Operate a ranch for at risk kids.
Our mission is to end child abuse and neglect through educating, advocating, and counseling to empower and strengthen children and families. Our vision is that all children live in a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment.
Advocates for abused, neglected and other identified children within the court system, with the belief that every child is entitled to a safe and stable home.
Youth For Change (YFC) mission is to enhance the well being of children, families, individuals, and communities.
The family school is dedicated to providing a superior environment of child centered academic and creative programs which inspire a joy of learning and support critical thinking. we strive to prepare students to be compassionate,…
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…
Safe Embrace is committed to ending the cycle of domestic and sexual violence with innovative prevention and intervention services. We help victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and human trafficking become survivors by providing…
To support, encourage and educate families of deaf and hard of hearing children to empower them to make choices that will enable their children to achieve their full potential.
At the sacramento children's home, we are committed to opening doors to the future by maximizing the potential of children and families.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 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 SIERRA HARVEST ↗
- Who funds Child Advocates of Nevada County ↗
- Who funds REDEMPTION YOUTH RANCH ↗
- Who funds MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS ↗
- Who funds Yuba River Charter School ↗
- Who funds BRIGHT FUTURES FOR YOUTH ↗
- Who funds GRANITE WELLNESS CENTERS ↗
- Who funds Community Beyond Violence ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds Roamin Angels Inc ↗
- Who funds Sierra Nevada Childrens Services ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Welz Family Children's Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Welz Family Children's Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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