· Private foundation
Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $5,000 |
| TOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| ST JUDES CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES | $5,000 |
| DAVID SHELDRICK ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE | $3,500 |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES LOS ANGELES | $2,500 |
| ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD | $2,500 |
| CROSSROADS SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND | $2,500 |
| ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| L A PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION | $2,500 |
| PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL | $1,500 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | $1,500 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $1,000 |
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 (FY18–25, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.
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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC7× · 2019–2025 · $35k · revenue +99%- CHChildren's Hospital Los Angeles7× · 2019–2025 · $35k · revenue +17%
- AFAllies for Every Child Inc7× · 2019–2025 · $18k · revenue +85%
Funded once
- WAWALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +71%
- HHASASSAHone grant, 2019 · $5k
- AMACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURESone grant, 2019 · $5k
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.
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
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…
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…
The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…
Darksky international restores the nighttime environment and protects communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy, and conservation.
The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.
To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).
The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 24 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 ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds TOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Allies for Every Child Inc ↗
- Who funds Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds CROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED IN HARMONY ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
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