· Private foundation
A R K a Family Foundation
Its FY2023 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 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k24 grants · $55k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $95k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MUSEUM OF ART (LACMA) | $40,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| FIDF | $10,000 |
| UCLA FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| STAND WITH US | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $9,000 |
| SHELTER PARTNERSHIP | $7,500 |
| HILLEL OF SAN DIEGO | $3,600 |
| ST MARY'S FOOD BANK | $2,650 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN | $2,500 |
| LOS ANGELES JEWISH HOME | $2,500 |
| BEIT T'SHUVAH | $2,500 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $2,500 |
| SOJOURNER CENTER | $2,500 |
| ST VINCENT MEALS ON WHEELS | $2,500 |
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 (FY19–23, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 100% of A R K a Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 85% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 0%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
52 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2023, 30 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (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 FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO6× · 2017–2022 · $97k · revenue +60%
- MAMUSEUM ASSOCIATES4× · 2017–2020 · $50k · revenue +89%
- SPSHELTER PARTNERSHIP INC6× · 2017–2023 · $22k · revenue +63%
Funded once
- CHCALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROLone grant, 2019 · $10k
- TJTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONone grant, 2022 · $10k
- EMEisenhower Medical Centergraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +66%
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 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…
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…
Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.
Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.
The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…
The anti-recidivism coalition (arc) works to end mass incarceration in california. to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, arc empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network,…
The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…
The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.
The mission of lapf is to create partnerships to provide resources and programs that help the police perform at their highest level and to enhance lapd-community relations.(see schedule o)
Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and…
To offer programs and training that resource individuals and organizations in self-awareness, self-regulation, effective communication and to promote structures of belonging, utilizing council and other practices, to encourage social…
How this is measured
36 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. 36 of the 78 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 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM ASSOCIATES ↗
- Who funds SHELTER PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds PACIFIC COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL POLICY ↗
- Who funds The Rand Corporation ↗
- Who funds Beit T'Shuvah ↗
- Who funds ISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL ↗
- Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds CONCERN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOJOURNER CENTER ↗
- Who funds HILLEL OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds TOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds WIGGLE YOUR TOES INCORPORATED ↗
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: Steven Lawrence Kaplan Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · The Stanley & Joyce Black Family Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization A R K a Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from A R K a Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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