· Private foundation
Downey Kiwanis Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $33k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $56k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $193k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 59 GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS | $143,125 |
| DOWNEY FAMILY YMCA | $50,000 |
| ARC OF SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES | $23,000 |
| DOWNEY SYMPHONIC SOCIETY | $17,000 |
| KIWANIS CLUB OF DOWNEY LOS AMIGOS | $15,597 |
| RANCHO LOS AMIGOS FOUNDATION | $7,076 |
| KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FU | $6,000 |
| 3 DOWNEY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS | $6,000 |
| PIH HEALTH FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT | $4,838 |
| DOWNEY POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION | $2,500 |
| KIWANIS LITERACY CLUB FOUNDATION | $1,250 |
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 (FY17–25, $207k) 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YMYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles7× · 2017–2025 · $207k · revenue +44%
- RLRANCHO LOS AMIGOS FOUNDATION INC8× · 2018–2025 · $106k · revenue +34%
- RRRancho Research Institute2× · 2017–2024 · $47k · revenue +64%
Funded once
- 4G43 GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSone grant, 2022 · $114k
- 4G47 GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSone grant, 2023 · $113k
- 3G32 GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSone grant, 2020 · $70k
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.
Dedicated in fundraising activities to help the under privileged children in our communities such as providing scholarships to needy high school graduates, help with back to school supplies, summer camp, holiday food baskets, etc. In…
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…
Providing service to children in the local community and throughout the world with a special emphasis on developing youth ethics, citizenship, and leadership skills.
The Los Angeles Dysautonomia Network (LADN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing mental health, community, education, and financial support for individuals impacted by dysautonomia in the LA and greater CA area
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 41 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 Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds DOWNEY SYMPHONIC SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds RANCHO LOS AMIGOS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Rancho Research Institute ↗
- Who funds KIWANIS CLUB OF DOWNEY LOS AMIGOS ↗
- Who funds PIH Health Foundation ↗
- Who funds DOWNEY MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DOWNEY ↗
- Who funds Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse ↗
- Who funds SOUTHEAST DISTRICT BAR ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds KIWANIS LITERACY CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KIWANIS CAL-NEV-HA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Kiwanis Club of Long Beach Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds GANGS OUT OF DOWNEY ↗
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: California Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Downey Kiwanis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Downey Kiwanis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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