· Private foundation
James and Deborah Klein Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $113k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COLE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC | $85,000 |
| ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH | $38,000 |
| CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE | $25,000 |
| CHOC CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| RUNWAY FOR RECOVERY | $15,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SAN MARCOS | $15,000 |
| GIRL SCOUTS OF ORANGE COUNTY | $5,000 |
| ROLLIN' FROM THE HEART | $5,000 |
| OCAAC DBA MY DAY COUNTS | $5,000 |
| ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH | $4,000 |
| STANDUP FOR KIDS | $2,500 |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NORTH COAST | $2,500 |
| AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE | $2,000 |
| ORANGE COUNTY BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | $1,000 |
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 (FY18–25, $71k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CVCOLE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC5× · 2021–2025 · $204k · revenue ×15
- CUCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE8× · 2018–2025 · $158k · revenue +34%
- CFCHOC FOUNDATION7× · 2019–2025 · $70k · revenue +60%
Funded once
- OROUR RESCUEone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -16%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $10k
- BLBETHESDA LUTHERAN COMMUNITIESone grant, 2018 · $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.
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.
A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
In the light of the lordship of jesus christ and the authority of god's word, we will educate each unique student in cooperation with the christian community so that he or she is equipped and inspired to make a difference for jesus christ…
Carlthorp school is an independent, nonprofit day school for children in grades k-6. carlthorp school provides a strong academic foundation in a diverse and nurturing school community that emphasizes traditional values, disciplined work…
The international coalition of girls' schools (icgs) is the leading advocate for girls' schools, connecting and collaborating globally with individuals, schools, and mission-aligned entities dedicated to educating and empowering girls.
The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…
The mission of children's home society of california is to provide children, families, and communities with supportive services to thrive.
Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…
The institution provides educational instruction and activities to students ranging from preschool through 8th grade.
Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…
The waverly school is a nonsectarian, coeducational, college preparatory progressive day school that spans preschool through high school. it is fully accredited by the western association of school and colleges and the california…
How this is measured
27 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. 27 of the 50 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 COLE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC ↗
- Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE ↗
- Who funds CHOC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SAN MARCOS ↗
- Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗
- Who funds RUNWAY FOR RECOVERY INC ↗
- Who funds Soaring Spirits International ↗
- Who funds StandUp for Kids ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NORTH COAST ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds OUR RESCUE ↗
- Who funds THE CAROLYN E WYLIE CENTER FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILIES ↗
- Who funds FORE BATTEN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Influence Church ↗
- Who funds KHERUT ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Community Bible Study ↗
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: Sempra Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James and Deborah Klein Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James and Deborah Klein Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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