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Kasdan Family Foundation at a glance

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Kasdan Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$322k
Granted FY2024still arriving
41
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$50k
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 2024.

Health$135kEnvironment$118kEducation$55kArts & Culture$47kHuman Services$38kInternational$36kFood & Nutrition$27kYouth Development$21kOther$0
02FY2024 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k27 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $205k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$3,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$660k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TASTE FOR A CURE$50,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$40,000
FRIENDS OF THE SABAN COMMUNITY CLINIC$20,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$20,000
GABRIELLA CHARTER SCHOOLS$20,000
MPTF$15,000
EVERYBODY DANCE LA$15,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF LOS ANGELES$15,000
HOMELESS CHILDREN'S NETWORK$10,000
OPERATION SMILE$10,000
WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL$10,000
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$10,000
AMERICAN RIVERS$10,000
FIRST RESPONDERS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$10,000
LAWYERS FOR CHILDREN$5,000
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 (FY21–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.

area typical 9%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S NETWORK: $10k → 10%HOMELESS CHILDRENS NETWORK: $3k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $1k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $500 → 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

MI
NY
CT
CA
CO
VA
SC
DC
GA
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$357k · 26 repeat orgs$184k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
18

Total granted

$357k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+7%

Still filing today

77%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureHealthInternationalEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $60k · revenue +34%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $55k · revenue +88%
  • GC
    GABRIELLA CHARTER SCHOOLS
    2× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • NR
    NATIONAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCIL
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • ND
    NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -10%
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 Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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5
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
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
8
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
9
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
10
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
11
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
12
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Los Angeles Parks Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Territorio De Zaguates Inc. 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

46 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. 46 of the 62 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/46
Grantees still filing
32/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TASTE FOR A CURE: $50,000 · OtherTASTE FOR A CURELOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $25,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKNATIONAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCIL: $20,000 · OtherNATIONAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCILANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL: $18,000 · OtherANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVALMPTF: $15,000 · OtherMPTFPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10,000 · OtherHomeless Childrens Network: $13,000 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF LOS ANGELES INC: $15,000 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF LOS ANGELES INC+28 more: $78,852 · Other+28 moreNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $60,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES D…AMERICAN RIVERS INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INCEarth Island Institute Inc: $6,500 · EnvironmentEarth Island Instit…TREEPEOPLE INC: $4,000 · Environment+2 more: $2,200 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC: $55,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF TH…NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthNATIONAL DISA…AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $4,000 · HealthAMERICAN FOUN…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthGABRIELLA CHARTER SCHOOLS: $30,000 · EducationGABRIELLA …EVERYBODY DANCE LA: $20,000 · EducationEVERYBODY …WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · EducationSave The Children Federation Inc: $25,000 · InternationalSave The …WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $11,000 · InternationalWOMEN FOR…OPERATION SMILE INC: $10,000 · InternationalOPERATION…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,000 · InternationalHABITAT F…National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation: $15,000 · Crime & LegalLAWYERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $7,000 · Crime & LegalHARRIETT BUHAI CENTER FOR FAMILY LAW: $3,000 · Crime & LegalBHPOA BENEVOLENT FUND: $2,500 · Crime & LegalWRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWILL GEERS THEATRICUM BOTANICUM: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $160 · Arts & Culture
Other$244,852Environment$97,700Health$65,000Education$52,000International$49,000Crime & Legal$27,500Arts & Culture$20,660

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC: $55,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetGABRIELLA CHARTER SCHOOLS: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYBODY DANCE LA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL: $18,000 over 4y, 39% of budgetNational Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF LOS ANGELES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHomeless Childrens Network: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAWYERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBEVERLY HILLS POLICE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREEPEOPLE INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTERRITORIO DE ZAGUATES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARRIETT BUHAI CENTER FOR FAMILY LAW: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDANNY & RONS RESCUE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILL GEERS THEATRICUM BOTANICUM: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBHPOA BENEVOLENT FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS GARDEN PROJECT: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES PARKS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $1,752 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEVE SHALOMWAHAT AL-SALAM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TELLURIDE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTelluride Historical Museum Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EINSTEIN METHOD FKA EINSTEIN EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEEP MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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 …Jewish Community Foun…The Ahmanson Foundati…The Annenberg Foundat…Stern Sidney Memorial…The Ralph M Parsons F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Weingart FoundationRosenthal Family Foun…The Stanley & Joyce B…The Rosalinde and Art…The Rose Hills Founda…
California Community FoundationCA24.7× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Stern Sidney Memorial Tuw · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Weingart Foundation · Rosenthal Family Foundation · The Stanley & Joyce Black Family Foundation · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation · The Rose Hills 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 Kasdan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kasdan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
16report 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 62 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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