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Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges

To support the success of the students, programs, and colleges of the los angeles community college district and to advance access to postsecondary education and training in the greater los angeles region.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Public Safety & Disaster$765kEducation$400k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $927,919, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,609,329 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $681,410 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $363k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$112,919
Median grant
1
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GLENDALE COLLEGE FOUNDATION$500,000
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$200,000
LACCD$112,919
LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$50,000
EAST LA COLLEGE FOUNDATION$35,000
WEST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE FOUNDATION$30,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WEST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%SEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 9%EAST LA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $35k → 14%GLENDALE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $500k → 14%VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%PASADENA CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $200k → 14%LACCD: $196k → 14%LACCD: $113k → 14%LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $25k → 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 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
Long Beach City College Foundation

The foundation's specific and primary purposes are to promote the general welfare of long beach city college by assisting and supporting the attainment of educational, athletic, and cultural goals; by assisting it in fulfilling its role of…

Education
2
Foundation for the Seattle Colleges

The Foundation for the Seattle Colleges exists to advance fundraising efforts for the Seattle Community College District. We seek to attract financial resources which support students so they may be successful; maintain the quality and…

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3
Southwestern College Foundation

Southwestern College Foundation is dedicated to raising friends and funds that support all aspects of educational advancement at Southwestern College.

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4
Austin Community College Foundation

Making education accessible for students through philanthropic support, aligned with Austin Community College (ACC) strategic priorities.

Education
5
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
6
Laguna College of Art & Design

Laguna college of art & design prepares individuals for careers as creative artists and designers in a culturally and ethnically diverse world through a curriculum that emphasizes acquiring skills based on observation, representation, and…

Education
7
Lake Land College Foundation

Lake land college foundation was established to assist lake land college in developing and enhancing the education opportunities and services to its students, alumni, and citizens of the district. the mission of the foundation is to…

Education
8
Los Medanos College Foundation

To develop resources and relationships that provide financial support to los medanos college students through student scholarships, student programs and services, instructional supplies, and facility improvements.

Education
9
Rio Hondo College Foundation

The Rio Hondo College Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance for scholarships and programs which meet the needs of Rio Hondo College's students.

Education
10
Laredo College Education Foundation

To support and promote for the use and benefit of Laredo College and literary, scientific, education or cultural undertakings.

Education
11
Coastline Community College Foundation

The mission of the Coastline Community College Foundation is to support students through scholarships, endowment, and other financial programs to expand the capacity to meet the diverse needs of Coastline students and the community.

Education
12
Palomar College Foundation

The palomar college foundation, with the support of the community, secures supplemental funding, other resources, and provides program support for the benefit of palomar community college and its students.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Los Angeles City College Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Seattle University. 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

8 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.

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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
3/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Glendale College Foundation: $500,000 · EducationGlendale College FoundationFOUNDATION FOR THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGES: $309,221 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGESPasadena City College Foundation: $200,000 · EducationPasadena City College FoundationLOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationLOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION+2 more: $65,000 · Education+2 moreTHE LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · Other
Education$1,149,221Other$16,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGlendale College Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGES: $309,221 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetPasadena City College Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWEST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $6,000 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.

Foundation for Califo…California Community …Sempra FoundationJohn Burton Advocates…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Foundation for California Community CollegesCA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for California Community Colleges · California Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · John Burton Advocates for Youth · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 8 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 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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