Specialty Family Foundation
El Segundo, CA · EIN 35-2676634. Reported 235 grants totalling $10.1M to 131 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Specialty Family Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
5 of the organizations Specialty Family Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 10 grants totalling $1,499,000 to them. That is 25% of the $6,068,479 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $855,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Southern California Grantmakers | grantmaking organization | California | $601,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles | community foundation | California | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc | grantmaking organization | Connecticut | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $47,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $652,850.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archdiocese of La | Los Angeles, CA | $2,225,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $855,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southern California Grantmakers | Los Angeles, CA | $601,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Lady Queen of Angels Housing Alliance | Santa Monica, CA | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Education Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $446,618 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partners for Children South La | Inglewood, CA | $420,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shields for Families | Los Angeles, CA | $393,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Catholic Schools Collaborative | Los Angeles, CA | $247,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Safe Place for Youth | Marina Del Rey, CA | $241,375 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA | $237,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The People Concern | Los Angeles, CA | $220,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Francis Center | Los Angeles, CA | $218,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope Schools | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fadica Inc | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Imagine La | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Venice Family Clinic | Venice, CA | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Joseph Center | Venice, CA | $179,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seed House Project | Glendale, CA | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Room & Board | Los Angeles, CA | $165,150 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Art Trek Inc | Newbury Park, CA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jovenes Inc Center | Los Angeles, CA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prototypes | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Sense of Home | Hawthorne, CA | $72,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Catholic Education Assoc | Leesburg, VA | $65,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Pius X - St Matthias Academy | Downey, CA | $60,964 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jovenes Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Skirball Cultural Center | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mount Saint Mary's University | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Sebastian Sports Project | Manhattan Beach, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Upward Bound House | Santa Monica, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | Los Angeles, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Jerome School | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Vincent Meals on Wheels | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sunnyside Baptist Church | Los Angeles, CA | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Al Wooten JR Youth Center | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| All Peoples Community Center | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dolores Mission Church | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Genevieve Parish Schools | Panorama City, CA | $28,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Verbum Dei High School | Los Angeles, CA | $28,655 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Notre Dame Academy Elementary School | Los Angeles, CA | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ccfcif - Fbo La Partnership for Early Chi | Los Angeles, CA | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Abundant Housing La | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Awakening Recovery | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities USA | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Concern Worldwide US | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gabrieleno Tongva Tribal Council | San Gabriel, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Genesis La Economic Growth Corporation | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mayors Fund Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Schools on Wheels | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Step Up on Second | Santa Monica, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Strive | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union Station Homeless Services | Pasadena, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Watts of Power Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| We Mentor 360 | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oak Rose Fund | Denver, CO | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Westside Food Bank | Santa Monica, CA | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Joseph High School Lakewood | Lakewood, CA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| La Partnership for Early Childhood Invest | Los Angeles, CA | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Association of Catholic Student Councils | Pasadena, CA | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Para Los Ninos | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Resurrection Catholic School | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sofesa | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Vincent Senior Citizen Program Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Whole Child | Whittier, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| USC Viterbi School of Engineering | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| La Partnership for Early Childhood Investment | Los Angeles, CA | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Counseling Partners La | Santa Ana, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Nations | Longmont, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fundacion Scholas Occurrentes USA | West Hollywood, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Haven Neighborhood Services | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lasalle High School | Pasadena, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Noahs Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Aloysius Gonzaga School | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Usccb Subcommittee for African American | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Venice Community Housing | Venice, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| White Hall Arts Academy | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| All Stars Project Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Berea College | Berea, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City Surf Project | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hire Heroes USA | Alpharetta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| LA84 Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Step Up Development | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Midnight Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Rightway Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Program | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| A Place Called Home | Los Angeles, CA | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vdhs Work Study Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $9,350 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amerigo Education | Chicago, IL | $7,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund | New Haven, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Monica High Catholic School | Santa Monica, CA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Outreach Concern | Santa Ana, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Matthias Dual Language School | Huntington Park, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lacatholicsorg | Los Angeles, CA | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A New Way of Life Reentry Project | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| College Match La | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Partners for College Match | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Regional Foodbank | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| My Friend's Place | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Our Lady Guadalupe Hazzard | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Smprep | Santa Monica, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Awards Dinner | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| US Vets - 1887 Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Traffickin | Los Angeles, CA | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Matthias High School | Huntington Park, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Raymond Elementary School | Downey, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| College of Adaptive Arts | Saratoga, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holy Name Men's Club | Omaha, NE | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meals on Wheels | Santa Monica, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Surfaid International USA Inc | Encinitas, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Riordan Programs | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Union Rescue Mission | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Union Station Homeless | Pasadena, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Youth Connection | Emeryville, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Association of Latino Leaders | Los Angeles, CA | $1,010 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Cooperative | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paws for Life K9 Rescue | Santa Monica, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Columbkille School | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth Resiliency Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nativity School | Los Angeles, CA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Johns Seminary | Camarillo, CA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Catholic Education | Notre Dame, IN | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| African American Catholic Center for Ev | Los Angeles, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| La Catholic Prayer Breakfast | Los Angeles, CA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Notre Dame Academy | Los Angeles, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
52 of 131 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 52%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Shields for Families
SUBSTANCE ABUSE INITIATIVE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 109 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52 | $2,353,091 | $15,500 |
| 2022 | 75 | $3,148,400 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 52 | $2,301,987 | $13,500 |
| 2024 | 56 | $2,285,944 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Specialty Family Foundation has 37 of them, worth $3,754,999. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Archdiocese of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $628,583 |
| Archdiocese of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $580,473 |
| Archdiocese of La | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 |
| Shields for Families | Los Angeles, CA | $175,000 |
| Imagine La | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 |
| Partners for Children South La | Inglewood, CA | $130,000 |
| Archdiocese of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $125,943 |
| Catholic Schools Collaborative | Los Angeles, CA | $125,000 |
| Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA | $125,000 |
| Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope Schools | Oakland, CA | $100,000 |
| Safe Place for Youth | Marina Del Rey, CA | $100,000 |
| Fadica | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Safe Place for Youth | Venice, CA | $100,000 |
| Venice Family Clinic | Venice, CA | $100,000 |
| Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope Schools | Oakland, CA | $80,000 |
Where its money goes
96% of its giving went to organizations in California.
Get funders for your state and cause by email
We email you funders that gave to organizations in your state and cause, up to five at a time each week and never the same one twice, from their own IRS filings. Free. The weekly email has not started yet.
Unsubscribe in one click from any email. We never sell or share your address. To match on your organization and typical grant size too, keep a private profile.
Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
Related guides
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Specialty Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 2260 E Maple Ave, El Segundo, CA, 90245. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 35-2676634 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
Is something here wrong about your foundation? Email [email protected] and we will correct it.