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Kelton Fund Inc

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.

$574k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$1.8MArts & Culture$399kEducation$259kHealth$172kPhilanthropy$163kYouth Development$76kReligion$27kHuman Services$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$3,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Trust for Public Land$500,000
Center Theatre Group$30,000
Los Angeles Opera$20,000
Discovery Eye Foundation$10,000
Geffen Playhouse$5,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic Associatio$3,500
A Noise Within Theatre$3,000
Concern Foundation$1,000
Leo Baeck Temple$600
KUSC$500
American Heart Association$300
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 (FY23–24, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Guadalupe Kids Come First Foundatio: $60k → 14%Guadalupe Kids Come First Foundatio: $60k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 36 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
12

Total granted

$2.8M
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+9%

Still filing today

56%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
    2× · 2024–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +27%
  • SJ
    SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $83k · revenue +100%
  • RC
    RANCHO CIELO INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $56k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • UL
    UCLA Law Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • WR
    WISE READERS TO LEADERS
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +8%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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2
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
3
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
4
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
5
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
6
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
7
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
8
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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9
Association of California School Administrators

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.

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10
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
11
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
12
The California Medical Innovations Institute Inc

The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance the understanding of human disease and the improvement of human health. The Institute fosters an innovative research environment…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint John's Health Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Women for Women International. 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

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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
23/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $1,750,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDThe Jewish Federation: $148,000 · OtherThe Jewish Federatio…Los Angeles Opera: $144,500 · OtherLos Angeles OperaDISCOVERY EYE FOUNDATION: $42,300 · OtherDISCOVERY EYE FOUNDA…THE MAPLE COUNSELING CENTER: $30,000 · OtherTHE MAPLE COUNSELING…LEO BAECK TEMPLE: $26,179 · OtherAssistance League Of LAOperation Sc: $23,000 · OtherGuadalupe Union School District: $20,500 · Other+23 more: $78,150 · Other+23 moreCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $155,750 · Arts & CultureCENTER TH…GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $34,000 · Arts & CultureGEFFEN PL…LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $26,750 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGEL…SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $12,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $7,100 · Arts & CultureGuadalupe Kids Come First Foundation: $120,000 · Human ServicesUCLA FOUNDATION: $90,965 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $20,550 · Education+2 more: $3,600 · EducationSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $82,800 · Health+3 more: $1,700 · HealthRANCHO CIELO INC: $56,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTUDENTS RUN AMERICA: $10,817 · Youth DevelopmentTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentWISE READERS TO LEADERS: $3,000 · Youth Development
Environment$1,750,000Other$512,629Arts & Culture$236,100Human Services$120,000Education$115,115Health$84,500Youth Development$75,817

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 budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $1,750,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $155,750 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGuadalupe Kids Come First Foundation: $120,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $90,965 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $82,800 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRANCHO CIELO INC: $56,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetDISCOVERY EYE FOUNDATION: $42,300 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $34,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MAPLE COUNSELING CENTER: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $26,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $20,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENTS RUN AMERICA: $10,817 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCONCERN FOUNDATION: $9,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $3,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWISE READERS TO LEADERS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCG JUNG INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES: $2,600 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT SYSTEMS & PLANNING ASSOCIATION: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVIDAD MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT PROSPECT: $100 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.

  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds Guadalupe Kids Come First Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RANCHO CIELO INC ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERY EYE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MAPLE COUNSELING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds STUDENTS RUN AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds CONCERN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PAINTED TURTLE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds WISE READERS TO LEADERS ↗
  • Who funds CG JUNG INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT SYSTEMS & PLANNING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION ↗

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 …The Rosalinde and Art…The Ahmanson Foundati…The Rose Hills Founda…The Ralph M Parsons F…The Annenberg Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…
California Community FoundationCA21.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Kelton Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kelton Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Kelton Fund Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Kelton Fund Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 50 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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