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Chvatal-Keane Philanthropic Foundation at a glance

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Chvatal-Keane Philanthropic 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.

$23k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$6k
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.

Food & Nutrition$21kHealth$18kAnimals$15kHuman Services$14kInternational$14kCrime & Legal$13kHousing & Shelter$8kMembership Benefit$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$100k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE YMCA OF METRO LOS ANGELES$6,200
Individual grant recipient$5,500
LA FOOD BANK$5,500
Individual grant recipient$1,200
WIKIPEDIA FOUNDATION$1,040
THE INTERCEPT$1,000
PARA LOS NINOS$1,000
CHP-11-99 FOUNDATION$1,000
THE EBELL OF LOS ANGELES$590
HOLLYWOOD HERITAGE MUSEUM$240
WORLD WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$103
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$100
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 (FY21–24, $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.

area typical 11%THE YMCA OF METRO LOS ANGELES: $6k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $1k → 14%WATTS LABOR COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE: $2k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $2k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $5k → 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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$77k · 10 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
12

Total granted

$77k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+34%

Still filing today

90%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
Human ServicesHealthEnvironmentAnimalsArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK
    3× · 2021–2023 · $16k · revenue +50%
  • TC
    THE CLEAR FUND
    3× · 2021–2023 · $14k · revenue +31%
  • WC
    WEST COAST LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $13k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • THE MIDNIGHT MISSION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +15%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +33%
  • JF
    JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -35%
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
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
2
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
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
5
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
6
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
7
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
8
University of Southern California

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…

Education
9
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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10
League of Women Voters of Los Angeles

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and…

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11
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
12
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is Ebell of Los Angeles. 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

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 32 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
16/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $15,500 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKIndividual grant recipient: $5,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLA FOOD BANK: $5,500 · OtherLA FOOD BANKJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · OtherJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATIONNEW HOUSE SANTA BARBARA: $2,500 · OtherNEW HOUSE SANTA BARBARARESCUES ROCK INC: $2,094 · OtherWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,664 · Other+11 more: $6,261 · Other+11 moreChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $11,000 · HealthChildren's Hospi…American Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthAmerican Heart A…SWEET RELIEF MUSICIANS FUND: $1,049 · HealthSWEET RELIEF MUS…JULIE AND MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,045 · HealthJULIE AND MICHAE…Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $6,200 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Chri…THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $5,187 · Human ServicesTHE MIDNIGHT MIS…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Nationa…WATTS LABOR COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE: $2,124 · Human ServicesWATTS LABOR COMM…PARA LOS NINOS: $1,000 · Human ServicesPARA LOS NINOSTHE CLEAR FUND: $13,750 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEAR FU…WEST COAST LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE: $13,272 · AnimalsWEST COAST L…+1 more: $258 · AnimalsMAGEN AM USA INC: $12,573 · Crime & LegalMAGEN AM US…CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Membership Benefit
Other$44,019Health$18,094Human Services$17,511Philanthropy$13,750Animals$13,530Crime & Legal$12,573Membership Benefit$4,000

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 budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $15,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $13,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWEST COAST LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE: $13,272 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetMAGEN AM USA INC: $12,573 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $6,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $5,187 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWATTS LABOR COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE: $2,124 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,664 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSWEET RELIEF MUSICIANS FUND: $1,049 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJULIE AND MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,045 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPARA LOS NINOS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Red Orchid Theatre: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEBELL OF LOS ANGELES: $590 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $508 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR PAWS: $258 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.

The Chicago Community…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL12× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Chvatal-Keane Philanthropic Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chvatal-Keane Philanthropic 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 32 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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