California · Nonprofit
The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation
The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $780,044 to it, the largest being CCF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES FUND ($500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $780k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation does
Mission
To support cancer & other medical research, provide support services to homeless and troubled individuals, and facilitate participation in various charitable events in local communities throughout the U.S.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Funded cancer research by City of Hope.
$325,000 spentof which $325,000 as grants52% of program spendingPromoted volunteerism in various charitable events in local communities throughout the U.S. through the "Give Back" program. The program organizes teams of volunteers to participate in community service activities (planting trees, painting a shelter, etc.) and in walk-a-thon type events.
$149,983 spentof which $87,250 as grants24% of program spendingSupported the local food bank program at White Pony Express.
$51,359 spentof which $50,000 as grants8% of program spendingSupport for cancer research at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.
$50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants8% of program spendingFacilitated donations of food to local food banks through programs administered by Feeding America.
$47,021 spentof which $34,015 as grants8% of program spendingPrepared for annual Thanksgiving Day Feast where meals are provided to homeless and troubed individuals at multiple Salvation Army centers throughout the United States. (No activities this year).
Supported youth programs of the Salvation Army's South L.A. Youth Center. (No activities this year).
Provided food relief aid to Ukraine through World Central Kitchen. (No activities this year).
Supported the Grow Good program at the Salvation Army shelter in Bell, CA which provides transitional & permanent housing for homeless individuals & veterans. (No activities this year).
Provided aid to victims of the Maui, HI wildfire through C.O.R.E. (Children of Restaurant Employees). (No activities this year).
The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $623,363.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.7M to $846k (−50%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
110% of The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
David Overton
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $450k → $10k.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 83% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $280k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation?
- The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $780,044 to it, the largest being CCF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES FUND ($500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $780,044 in grants to The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation?
- CCF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES FUND is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing