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Auerbach Legacy Foundation at a glance

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Auerbach Legacy 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.

$455k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$341kInternational$273kReligion$166kHuman Services$136kPhilanthropy$125kEducation$113kArts & Culture$74kCivil Rights$68kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $148k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$346k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL$150,000
SAINT'S JOHN HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION (WOMEN'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS FUND)$100,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND USA$50,000
THE JEWISH GRADUATE STUDENT INITIATIVE (JGSI)$48,200
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION$30,000
THE UCLA FOUNDATION$25,000
JEWISH FEDERATION LOS ANGELES$25,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL NAVY SEALS (AFINS)$10,000
THE C4 FOUNDATION$10,000
THE DOMINGUEZ DREAM$5,000
US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$1,800
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAST: $500 → 8%WOMEN MOVING MILLIONS: $18k → 17%WOMEN MOVING MILLIONS: $18k → 17%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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Auerbach Legacy Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Auerbach Legacy Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 7.3% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$811k · 12 repeat orgs$541k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
25

Total granted

$811k
$215k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+31%

Still filing today

67%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $327k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
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

  • RB
    REBECCA BENDER INITIATIVE
    6× · 2017–2023 · $72k · revenue +61%
  • WV
    Womens Voices Now Inc
    5× · 2018–2023 · $68k · revenue +202%
  • NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2024 · $48k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • BABSON COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +43%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • SJ
    SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -48%
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
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc

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…

Religion
2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
5
Ucla Foundation

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…

Education
6
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
7
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
8
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
9
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University

We fundraise in the u.s. to support, and raise awareness of, bar-ilan university in israel.

Education
10
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
11
Brown Hillel Foundation

Brown risd hillel encourages and supports a diversity of students as they explore, develop and deepen their jewish identities. we are committed to having judaism serve as a source of meaning and growth during their time on college hill and…

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12
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint John's Health Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Rebecca Bender Initiative. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 43 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOMEN'S HEALTH INSTITUTE - SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherWOMEN'S HEALTH INSTITUTE - SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDAT…MILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $150,000 · OtherMILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLSAINT'S JOHN HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION (WOMEN'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS FUND): $100,000 · OtherSAINT'S JOHN HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION (WOMEN'S HEALTH AND WEL…THE C4 FOUNDATION: $88,000 · OtherTHE C4 FOUNDATIONTHE JEWISH GRADUATE STUDENT INITIATIVE (JGSI): $50,000 · OtherTHE JEWISH GRADUATE STUDENT INITIATIVE (JGSI)AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL NAVY SEALS (AFINS): $39,540 · Other+20 more: $174,300 · Other+20 moreAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $133,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATIO…REBECCA BENDER INITIATIVE: $71,950 · InternationalREBECCA BENDER INITIATIV…Womens Voices Now Inc: $68,000 · InternationalWomens Voices Now IncJEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC: $50,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA…JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $125,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FED…THE DOMINGUEZ DREAM IN MEMORY OF H FRANK DOMINGUEZ: $11,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DOMING…Youth Business Alliance Inc: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCalifornia Homebuilding Foundation: $51,800 · EducationBABSON COLLEGE: $50,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $48,000 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,800 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,700 · Arts & CultureWOMEN MOVING MILLIONS INC: $36,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Health
Other$801,840International$322,950Philanthropy$141,000Education$102,800Arts & Culture$51,500Human Services$37,500Health$20,000

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 budgetMILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $133,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $125,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetREBECCA BENDER INITIATIVE: $71,950 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetWomens Voices Now Inc: $68,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetCalifornia Homebuilding Foundation: $51,800 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBABSON COLLEGE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $48,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN MOVING MILLIONS INC: $36,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL AT UCLA: $14,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DOMINGUEZ DREAM IN MEMORY OF H FRANK DOMINGUEZ: $11,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetYouth Business Alliance Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATORS TRANSITION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION GRATITUDE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HILLEL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $1,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALISADES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAST INC: $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.

Jewish Community Foun…California Community …Jewish Community Foun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA17.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Auerbach Legacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Auerbach Legacy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Cast Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Babson College: 3% of 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 · 0–90%
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 43 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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