· Private foundation
Willison Family 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 $10k14 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $56k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST MONICA CATHOLIC COMMUNITY | $26,000 |
| CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CAOLLABORATIVE | $20,000 |
| ST MONICA SCHOOLS | $10,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $5,000 |
| UCLA FOUNDATION- WOODEN ATHLETIC FUND | $4,800 |
| AMERICAN BALLET THEATER | $3,400 |
| LOS ANGELES MUSIC CENTER | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| ST JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| TOGETHER IN MISSION | $1,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORP | $1,000 |
| ST JOHN'S SEMINARY | $1,000 |
| ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES | $1,000 |
| ANNENBERG CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS | $500 |
| CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $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 (FY17–23, $10k) 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +105% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 8 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, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SJSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $285k · revenue +100%
- CSCATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE3× · 2017–2025 · $120k · revenue +219%
HIGH DESERT MUSEUM6× · 2018–2023 · $34k · revenue +228%
Funded once
- CTCALLED TO RENEW CAMPAIGN - ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELESone grant, 2018 · $43k
- AOARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES CALLED TO RENEW CAMPAIGNone grant, 2019 · $41k
- PTPATHWAY TO PRIESTHOOD- ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELESone grant, 2017 · $10k
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 san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…
The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.
To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.
To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.
How this is measured
32 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. 32 of the 79 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 SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE ↗
- Who funds HIGH DESERT MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds SCHOOL THE WORLD INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE COLLEGE-READY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST JOSEPH CENTER ↗
- Who funds SMARTAID INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds The Loading Dock Inc ↗
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: Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Verizon Foundation · Greater Horizons · California Community Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Willison Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Willison Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
- Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake Inc: 4% of income from government
How this is measured
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