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Atlas Kardia Foundation at a glance

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Atlas Kardia 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.

$824k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$131k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$740kYouth Development$400kArts & Culture$369kHousing & Shelter$340kCommunity Improvement$333kCrime & Legal$210kHuman Services$126kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ART OF ELYSIUM$130,539
SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH$120,000
ACTIVE MINDS$120,000
LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER$100,000
A PLACE CALLED HOME$100,000
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO$100,000
HEART OF LOS ANGELES$100,000
VISTA DEL MAR CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES$53,508
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 (FY22–24, $466k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES: $54k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES: $41k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $31k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $120k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $120k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $100k → 14%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.
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 9 repeat orgs$520k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
4

Total granted

$2.1M
$300k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+53%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k 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
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureCrime & LegalEnvironmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • SP
    SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $340k · revenue +36%
  • BC
    BRING CHANGE 2 MIND
    3× · 2021–2023 · $300k · revenue +6%
  • TA
    THE ART OF ELYSIUM
    3× · 2022–2024 · $269k · revenue +110%

Funded once

  • FH
    FOUNTAIN HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +33%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • SA
    SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +53%
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
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center for Dev Disabled Persons Inc

South central los angeles regional center, (sclarc), believes special needs deserve special attention. we are committed to the provision of culturally sensitive services which enhance the inherent strengths of the family and enable…

Human Services
2
Vip Community Mental Health Center Inc

Intervening to protect and treat all victims of violence

Health
3
Alternative Schools Inc

To help each child reach his/her full potential by cultivating an active village of parents, community members, and stakeholders involved in providing an individual, personal, and conceptual learning environment for each student.

Education
4
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service

The roots of the los angeles didi hirsch psychiatric service dba didi hirsch mental health services ("dhmhs") extend back to the 1930s, when a group of women funded psychiatric care for people whose lives were devastated by the depression.…

Health
5
South Central Family Health Center

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.

Health
6
Los Angeles Conservation Corps

The la conservation corps creates equitable opportunities for young people to build resilience in themselves, their communities and the environment through a program of work, education and support.

Employment
7
Altamed Health Services Corporation

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.

Health
8
Los Angeles Leadership Academy

The los angeles leadership academy prepares urban elementary and secondary students to succeed in college or on chosen career paths, to live fulfilling, self-directed lives, and to be effective in creating a just and humane world.

Education
9
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
10
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
11
Youth Policy Institute Inc

Youth policy institute (ypi) transforms los angeles neighborhoods, reducing poverty by offering cradle to college & career services.

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12
Mentis

Mentis provides bilingual professional mental health services to people throughout the county of every age, stage, and income level.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safe Place for Youth Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Art of Elysium. 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

13 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. 13 of the 15 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
12/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRING CHANGE 2 MIND: $300,000 · HealthBRING CHANGE 2 MINDActive Minds Inc: $220,000 · HealthActive Minds IncFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $100,000 · HealthFOUNTAIN HOUSE INCSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC: $340,000 · Human ServicesSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH…VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $126,150 · Human ServicesVISTA DEL MAR CHILD …A PLACE CALLED HOME: $200,000 · OtherA PLACE CALLED HOMEACTIVE MINDS: $120,000 · OtherACTIVE MINDSIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recip…SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $50,000 · OtherSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENT…LTSC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $50,000 · OtherLTSC COMMUNITY DEVELOP…THE ART OF ELYSIUM: $269,334 · Arts & CultureTHE ART OF ELYS…SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN CALIFO…1979 LEGACY CORP: $233,000 · Community Improvement1979 LEGAC…Helpline Youth Counseling Inc: $210,000 · Crime & LegalHelpline …HEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC: $200,000 · Youth Development
Health$620,000Human Services$466,150Other$520,000Arts & Culture$369,334Community Improvement$233,000Crime & Legal$210,000Youth Development$200,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC: $340,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetBRING CHANGE 2 MIND: $300,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetTHE ART OF ELYSIUM: $269,334 over 3y, 19% of budget1979 LEGACY CORP: $233,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetActive Minds Inc: $220,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHelpline Youth Counseling Inc: $210,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $200,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC: $200,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetVISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $126,150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLTSC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

California Community …Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · 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 Atlas Kardia Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Atlas Kardia Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.

    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 15 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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