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Karney Guren Family Foundation at a glance

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Karney Guren 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.

$385k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$824kPhilanthropy$172kHealth$172kEducation$100kCivil Rights$69kReligion$65kFood & Nutrition$58kEnvironment$54kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $375k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCLA$200,000
Center Theater Group$100,000
Jewish Federation of Los Angeles$75,000
Fire Aid Inc$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%CADENA FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%FEEDING AMERICA: $10k → 14%FEEDING AMERICA: $10k → 14%Fire Aid Inc: $10k → 14%CENTER THEATRE GROUP: $115k → 14%CENTER THEATRE GROUP: $110k → 14%CENTER THEATER GROUP: $110k → 14%CENTER THEATRE GROUP: $100k → 14%Center Theater Group: $100k → 14%CENTER THEATRE GROUP: $100k → 14%AMERICA JEWISH COMMITTEE: $10k → 17%CENTER THEATRE GROUP: $100k → 14%AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $10k → 17%CENTER THEATRE GROUP: $100k → 14%LEVITT FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%LEVITT PAVILION LOS ANGELES: $14k → 14%LEVITT PAVILION LOS ANGELES: $10k → 14%LEVITT FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%LEVITT PAVILION LOS ANGELES: $10k → 14%LEVITT PAVILION LOS ANGELES: $10k → 14%FRIENDS OF DUVDEVAN: $18k → 14%UCLA: $200k → 14%UCLA FOUNDATION: $40k → 14%HILLEL AT UCLA: $25k → 14%UCLA FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%UCLA FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%HILLEL AT UCLA: $9k → 14%HILLEL AT UCLA: $8k → 14%HILLEL AT UCLA: $8k → 14%HILLEL AT UCLA: $8k → 14%HILLEL AT UCLA: $6k → 14%TREE PEOPLE: $40k → 14%INSTITUTE FOR MYELOMA & BONE CANCER RESEARCH: $10k → 14%INSTITUTE FOR MYELOMA & BONE CANCER RESEARCH: $10k → 14%INSTITUTE FOR MYELOMA & BONE CANCER RESEARCH: $8k → 14%UNITED WAY OF LOS ANGELES: $6k → 14%INSTITUTE FOR MYELOMA & BONE CANCER RESEARCH: $8k → 14%UNITED WAY OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $6k → 14%INSTITUTE FOR MYELOMA & BONE CANCER RESEARCH: $7k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION: $100k → 14%Jewish Federation of Los Angeles: $75k → 14%CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL GROUP: $50k → 14%CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL GROUP: $33k → 14%CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $10k → 14%THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $7k → 14%LOS ANGELES MUSEUM OF HOLOCAUST: $10k → 14%LEVITT FOUNDATION: $10k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of Karney Guren Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 90% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 0%.

Karney Guren Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 25 repeat orgs$390k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
10

Total granted

$1.4M
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+18%

Still filing today

64%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $285k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
HealthCivil RightsEnvironmentCrime & LegalEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HA
    HILLEL AT UCLA
    7× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +108%
  • Feeding America
    4× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +40%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $26k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • TI
    TREEPEOPLE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue +18%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF DUVDEVAN
    one grant, 2024 · $18k
  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +11%
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
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
3
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

—
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
6
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
7
Public Policy Institute of California

Inform and improve public policy in california through independent, objective, nonpartisan research

—
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
9
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
10
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
11
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
12
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma; the most unlike its peers is Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

23 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. 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTER THEATER GROUP: $210,000 · OtherCENTER THEATER GROUPUCLA: $200,000 · OtherUCLACEDARS SINAI MEDICAL GROUP: $83,000 · OtherCEDARS SINAI MEDICAL GROUPJewish Federation of Los Angeles: $75,000 · OtherJewish Federation of Los AngelesHILLEL AT UCLA: $65,300 · OtherHILLEL AT UCLALEVITT PAVILION LOS ANGELES: $44,000 · OtherLEVITT FOUNDATION: $41,000 · OtherFeeding America: $30,000 · Other+18 more: $135,650 · Other+18 moreCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $624,600 · Arts & CultureCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELESJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $100,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY INC: $17,000 · PhilanthropyUCLA FOUNDATION: $90,000 · EducationBRIGHT PROSPECT: $6,000 · EducationHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $3,500 · Education+1 more: $3,001 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR MYELOMA & BONE CANCER RESEARCH: $52,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $26,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 · HealthPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $20,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $20,000 · Civil RightsTREEPEOPLE INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $14,000 · Environment
Other$883,950Arts & Culture$624,600Philanthropy$117,000Education$102,501Health$88,500Civil Rights$65,000Environment$54,000

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 budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $624,600 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL AT UCLA: $65,300 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR MYELOMA & BONE CANCER RESEARCH: $52,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTREEPEOPLE INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding America: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $26,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIOLENCE POLICY CENTER: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBRIGHT PROSPECT: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCADENA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $3,001 over 4y, 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 CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HILLEL AT UCLA ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR MYELOMA & BONE CANCER RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds TREEPEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds VIOLENCE POLICY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT PROSPECT ↗
  • Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
  • Who funds CADENA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN12.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Karney Guren Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Karney Guren Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Cadena Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 41 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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