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Youell Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$41k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Animals$33kEnvironment$22kInternational$16kHealth$13kHuman Services$9kCommunity Improvement$7kCivil Rights$7kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE LIVING DESERT$3,000
WILD ORCA$2,500
GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION$2,500
OPERTION SMILE$2,500
RMHC WESTERN WA & AK$2,500
EDUCATE GIRLS$2,500
TOBIE'S SMALL DOG RESCUE$2,500
MOJAVE DESERT LAND TRUST$2,500
MALARIA CONSORTIUM$2,500
FRIENDS OF LOPEZ ISLAND LIBRARY$2,500
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH$2,500
POINT DEFIANCE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$2,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC$2,000
UNITED INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES FOUNDATION$2,000
PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MALTBY FOOD BANK: $1k → 9%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

WA
NY
PA
CA
CO
VA
TN
DC
HI
FL
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$85k · 15 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
10

Total granted

$85k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
-8%

Still filing today

87%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
AnimalsInternationalEnvironmentHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • WO
    Wild Orca
    4× · 2021–2024 · $10k · revenue +27%
  • FN
    FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $7k · revenue +33%
  • TC
    THE CALIFORNIA DESERT LAND CONSERVANCY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $7k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • OC
    OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -12%
  • TA
    THRIVE ANIMAL RESCUE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -34%
  • NL
    NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $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.

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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
4
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
5
The Ocean Foundation

As the only community foundation for the ocean, The Ocean Foundation's 501(c)(3) mission is to improve global ocean health, climate resilience, and the blue economy. We create partnerships to connect people in the communities in which we…

Environment
6
Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities.

Animals
7
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
8
Marine Megafauna Foundation

Save threatened marine life using pioneering research, education, and sustainable conservation solutions

International
9
Fauna & Flora International Usa Inc

Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.

Philanthropy
10
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
11
National Marine Mammal Foundation Inc

The nmmf's mission is to improve and protect life for marine mammals, humans, and our shared oceans through science, service, and education. our vision is to be the leading laboratory in marine mammal science, where critical questions…

Animals
12
Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The California Desert Land Conservancy; the most unlike its peers is Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
13/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $6,875 · OtherFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTEHAND IN HAND: $4,716 · OtherHAND IN HANDNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND: $4,500 · OtherNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $4,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRMHC WESTERN WA & AK: $4,500 · OtherRMHC WESTERN WA & AKST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH: $4,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCHFRIENDS OF THE LOPEZ ISLAND LIBRARY: $2,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE LOPEZ ISLAND LIBRARYUNITED INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES FOUNDATION: $2,000 · OtherPALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND: $2,000 · OtherNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $2,000 · Other+6 more: $4,750 · Other+6 moreTobies Small Dog Rescue: $11,875 · AnimalsTobies Small Dog RescueWild Orca: $10,000 · AnimalsWild OrcaPAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT INC: $4,717 · AnimalsPAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE DEBRIS …THRIVE ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $4,500 · AnimalsTHRIVE ANIMAL RESCUE INCThe Labelle Foundation Inc: $2,875 · AnimalsThe Labelle Foundation IncPOINT DEFIANCE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $2,000 · AnimalsPOINT DEFIANCE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIET…THE CALIFORNIA DESERT LAND CONSERVANCY: $6,500 · EnvironmentTHE CALIFORNIA …LIVING DESERT THE: $6,000 · EnvironmentLIVING DESERT T…OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $4,500 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVAN…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,717 · InternationalUNITED STATES…OPERATION SMILE INC: $4,000 · InternationalOPERATION SMI…EDUCATE GIRLS: $3,500 · InternationalEDUCATE GIRLSWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL…MALARIA CONSORTIUM US INC: $4,500 · HealthNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthSARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $4,875 · Arts & CultureGLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION: $3,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$42,341Animals$35,967Environment$17,000International$15,217Health$5,500Arts & Culture$4,875Food & Nutrition$3,500

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 budgetTobies Small Dog Rescue: $11,875 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetWild Orca: $10,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $6,875 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA DESERT LAND CONSERVANCY: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,717 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $4,875 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT INC: $4,717 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHAND IN HAND: $4,716 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVE ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMALARIA CONSORTIUM US INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATE GIRLS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Labelle Foundation Inc: $2,875 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOPEZ ISLAND LIBRARY: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPOINT DEFIANCE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALTBY FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $500 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.

Mightycause Charitabl…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Mightycause Charitable FoundationFL11.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Youell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Youell Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Youell Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Youell 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 33 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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