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Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation

GREATER LOS ANGELES EDUCATION FOUNDATION (gla) is the premier philanthropic partner of the los angeles county office of education (lacoe).

$2.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$386k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.8MHuman Services$1.1MYouth Development$590kPhilanthropy$190kEnvironment$60kCivil Rights$25kArts & Culture$20kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 33 grants below total $1,654,350, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,679,487 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,025,137 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–50k23 grants · $289k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $980k
  • $250k+1 grant · $386k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION$385,850
LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$225,000
LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT$195,000
ANTELOPE VALLEY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$130,000
YMCA OF GREATER LONG BEACH$130,000
LOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF ARTS AND ENTERPRISE$60,000
GLENDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$60,000
MONTEBELLO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$60,000
AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS LOS ANGELES$60,000
VAUGHN NEXT CENTURY LEARNING CENTER$60,000
ANTELOPE VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT$38,500
SOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE INC$25,000
INGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND$25,000
PASADENA ROSEBUD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL$10,000
VOLUNTEER COLLECTIVE$10,000
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 (FY23–25, $1.1M) 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.

area typical 12%VOLUNTEER COLLECTIVE: $10k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $70k → 14%PROJECT PASSION: $10k → 14%NORTH VALLEY CARING SERVICES: $195k → 14%NORTH VALLEY CARING SERVICES: $130k → 14%OUR OWN NON PROFIT INC: $10k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $125k → 14%LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT: $195k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER LONG BEACH: $195k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER LONG BEACH: $130k → 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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 6 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +107% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$4.4M
$379k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+107%
-2%

Still filing today

67%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $970k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • NV
    NORTH VALLEY CARING SERVICES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $325k · revenue +195%
  • TA
    The Antelope Valley Boys and Girls Club
    2× · 2023–2025 · $325k · revenue +107%
  • YM
    Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles
    2× · 2023–2024 · $195k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS
    one grant, 2024 · $180k · revenue 0%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue -72%
  • IU
    INGLEWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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
Legacy La Youth Development Corp

To make positive interventions in the lives of young people by offering alternatives to gangs and violence. legacy la builds the capacity of youth to reach their full potential and equips them with tools to transform their lives and…

Crime & Legal
2
Los Angeles Team Mentoring Inc

Los Angeles Team Mentorings (LATM) mission is to guide middle school students growing up in challenging urban environments to recognize and reach their full potential. See Schedule O for more details.

Youth Development
3
Los Angeles Urban League

The los angeles urban league (laul) is an independent affiliate of the national urban league. the laul was founded in 1921 to help african americans and others in underserved communities achieve their highest true social parity, economic…

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4
Larchmont Schools

The mission of larchmont charter school is to provide a socio-economically, culturally and racially diverse community of students with an exceptional public education. we foster creativity and academic excellence; our students learn with…

Education
5
Great Public Schools Now

The organization invests in schools, organizations and initiatives that catalyze excellence in public education, convenes leaders and uplifts public understanding to advocate for great public schools.

Education
6
New Los Angeles Charter School

New los angeles charter school develops a diverse community of students who are passionate about learning, engaged in their community, and have respect for themselves and others.

Education
7
Inner-City Arts

Inner-city arts believes that the arts and creativity are transformational, and we envision a society that honors the human capacity for creativity, and values its cultivation in the education of young people. inner-city arts uses arts…

Arts & Culture
8
Da Vinci Schools La County

Da Vinci Schools: LA County consists of a public charter school, RISE High, which exists to provide our students an individualized education through the coalescence of their personal and professional goals, their interests, and the…

Education
9
Stem Advantage

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…

Youth Development
10
La's Best

La's best provides free supervised before and after-school activities to over 15,000 children at 200 schools in los angeles unified school district (lausd).

Education
11
Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley

To inspire and empower all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring adults.

Youth Development
12
Alliance for a Better Community

Advancing social, economic, racial equity and justice for the latino / a community and the los angeles region through power building and policy advocacy.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is After-School All-Stars Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is Altadena Library 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

31 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. 31 of the 45 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
10/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION: $3,102,277 · OtherLOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATIONLONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $225,000 · OtherLONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT+14 more: $311,000 · Other+14 moreNORTH VALLEY CARING SERVICES: $325,000 · Human ServicesNORTH VALLEY CARING S…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG BEACH: $325,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN …THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY: $195,000 · Human ServicesTHE INFORMATION AND R…Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $195,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian…+3 more: $30,000 · Human ServicesThe Antelope Valley Boys and Girls Club: $325,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Antel…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES: $125,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…+4 more: $40,000 · Youth Development+4 moreAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS LOS ANGELES: $60,000 · EducationLOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF ARTS AND ENTERPRISE: $60,000 · EducationVAUGHN NEXT CENTURY LEARNING CENTER: $60,000 · EducationGREATER LOS ANGELES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationTHE PLUS ME PROJECT: $10,000 · EducationPASADENA ROSEBUD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationCOLLEGE ACCESS PLAN: $10,000 · EducationALTADENA LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOLS: $10,000 · EducationPACIFIC COAST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW: $10,000 · EducationSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS: $180,000 · PhilanthropyLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropySOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterALTADENA MUSIC THEATRE: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC OPERA PROJECT: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$3,638,277Human Services$1,070,000Youth Development$490,000Education$265,000Philanthropy$190,000Housing & Shelter$25,000Arts & Culture$20,000Community Improvement$10,000

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 budgetNORTH VALLEY CARING SERVICES: $325,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG BEACH: $325,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Antelope Valley Boys and Girls Club: $325,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetTHE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY: $195,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $195,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS: $180,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES: $125,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS LOS ANGELES: $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF ARTS AND ENTERPRISE: $60,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVAUGHN NEXT CENTURY LEARNING CENTER: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER LOS ANGELES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PLUS ME PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPROJECT PASSION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPASS IT FORWARD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetALTADENA MUSIC THEATRE: $10,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetPACIFIC OPERA PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDAY ONE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLEGE ACCESS PLAN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUrban Scholar Academy: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER SCHOOLS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC COAST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW: $10,000 over 1y, 5.0% 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.

California Community …Kaiser Foundation Hos…The Annenberg Foundat…Weingart FoundationThe Play Equity FundUnited Way IncBaby2babyLos Angeles Universal…Great Public Schools …Elbridge Stuart Found…Pasadena Community Fo…The Albertsons Compan…
California Community FoundationCA38.9× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Annenberg Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Play Equity Fund · United Way Inc · Baby2baby · Los Angeles Universal Preschool · Great Public Schools Now · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · The Albertsons Companies 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 Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Los Angeles Education 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 45 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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