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Ed & Mary Lewis Foundation at a glance

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Ed & Mary Lewis Foundation

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.

$29k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$120kHealth$48kAnimals$14kReligion$9kYouth Development$7kRecreation & Sports$5kArts & Culture$5kInternational$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$637k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$6,500
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$3,120
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LA$2,500
LACMA$2,500
EBMRF$2,400
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$2,000
NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP$1,700
THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES$1,379
WALLIS FOUNDATION$1,000
PASADENA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
PASADENA HUMANE SOCIETY$1,000
LABELLE FOUNDATION$1,000
WORD THEATRE$600
Individual grant recipient$516
WAGS AND WALKS$515
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $2k) 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%DOWNTOWN WOMEN CENTER: $500 → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN CENTER: $500 → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN CENTER: $500 → 14%THE COLLEGUES: $175 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
AZ
DC
TX
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$161k · 30 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
40

Total granted

$161k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+19%

Still filing today

47%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsInternationalOther
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

  • TL
    THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES
    7× · 2019–2025 · $24k · revenue +39%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    5× · 2021–2025 · $9k · revenue +34%
  • SJ
    ST JUDE HOSPITAL
    3× · 2022–2024 · $5k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HUDSON SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +81%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES KINGS JUNIOR HOCKEY
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one 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.

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
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
2
Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Spcala is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through education, law enforcement, intervention and advocacy.

Animals
3
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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4
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
5
Los Angeles Police Foundation

The mission of lapf is to create partnerships to provide resources and programs that help the police perform at their highest level and to enhance lapd-community relations.(see schedule o)

Human Services
6
California State University Los Angeles Foundation

To advance the educational, cultural, scholarly, and creative activities and the role of community service of csula by increasing private funding, responsibly managing donated resources and supporting the university and its diverse and…

Education
7
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
8
Associated Students Ucla

The associated students ucla, as a responsive student-centered organization, provides innovative and excellent services, programs, products, and facilities for the entire ucla community.

Education
9
California Western School of Law

California western school of law is an independent, aba/aals and wasc senior college and university commission (wscuc) accredited s.d. law school that prepares graduates for the practice of law through a carefully sequenced program of…

Education
10
Lange Foundation

Our mission is to rescue pets that have been impounded at los angeles county's 25 overcrowded public shelters - providing proper care, shelter, and then placement. we also provide pet owners with alternatives when they think they have no…

Human Services
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
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Colleagues Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wallis Foundation. 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

42 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. 42 of the 79 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
29/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE KENT SCHOOL: $23,000 · OtherTHE KENT SCHOOLLACMA: $15,000 · OtherLACMAIndividual grant recipient: $10,208 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSEPHARDIC TEMPLE: $8,440 · OtherSEPHARDIC TEMPLETHE HUDSON SCHOOL: $7,500 · OtherTHE HUDSON SCHOOLCITY OF HOPE: $7,500 · OtherCITY OF HOPEPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $5,537 · OtherLOS ANGELES KINGS JUNIOR HOCKEY: $5,075 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,875 · OtherTEEN LINE FOUNDATION: $4,855 · Other+42 more: $40,096 · Other+42 moreTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $24,145 · EducationTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF …UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CAL…VISTAMAR SCHOOL: $4,418 · EducationVISTAMAR SCHOOLNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $3,120 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY+2 more: $1,510 · EducationChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $9,000 · HealthChildren's H…TOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $6,979 · HealthTOWER CANCER…ST JUDE HOSPITAL: $4,500 · HealthST JUDE HOSP…BREASTCANCERORG: $3,000 · HealthBREASTCANCER…PHASE ONE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthPHASE ONE FO…+1 more: $100 · HealthBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $4,000 · AnimalsTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $2,562 · AnimalsWags and Walks: $2,265 · AnimalsPASADENA HUMANE: $1,000 · AnimalsThe Labelle Foundation Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE: $500 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $500 · Animals+1 more: $250 · AnimalsNATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC: $1,700 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $1,500 · Civil RightsThe Pad Project: $1,033 · InternationalPeace Development Fund: $500 · InternationalBEYOND CAPITAL FUND: $150 · InternationalDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $1,500 · Human ServicesTHE COLLEAGUES INC: $175 · Human Services
Other$132,086Education$53,193Health$26,079Animals$12,077Civil Rights$3,200International$1,683Human Services$1,675

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 budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $24,145 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUDSON SCHOOL: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $6,979 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE HOSPITAL: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVISTAMAR SCHOOL: $4,418 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $3,120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREASTCANCERORG: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $2,562 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPHASE ONE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWags and Walks: $2,265 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWALLIS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHAROLD ROBINSON FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORDTHEATRE: $1,050 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROCLAIM JUSTICE INC: $1,045 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Pad Project: $1,033 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPasadena Community Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHABAD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN INC: $540 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKINGS CARE FOUNDATION: $530 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPeace Development Fund: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBABY2BABY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILD INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEVERLY HILLS ATHLETIC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDANCE AND DIALOGUE: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLLEAGUES INC: $175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSigma Delta Tau: $162 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEYOND CAPITAL FUND: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIP COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds THE HUDSON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds TOWER CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds VISTAMAR SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BREASTCANCERORG ↗
  • Who funds THE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PHASE ONE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Wags and Walks ↗
  • Who funds WALLIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds HAROLD ROBINSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds PALISADES HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB ↗
  • Who funds WORDTHEATRE ↗
  • Who funds PROCLAIM JUSTICE INC ↗

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 …National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…
Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA20.5× affinity8 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 · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Ed & Mary Lewis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ed & Mary Lewis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 79 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home