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Kleiner Cohen 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.

$109k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$477kHealth$255kHuman Services$97kEnvironment$80kEducation$79kHousing & Shelter$46kPublic Benefit$31kArts & Culture$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $89k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE VIKING CHARITIES$20,000
CONCERN FOUNDATION$9,700
BUCK FROM BOBBY FND$5,000
SHERIFF'S YOUTH FOUNDATION$5,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF METRO LA$4,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF WHITTIER$4,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA$4,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF WEST VALLEY$4,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF LA HARBOR$4,000
LAS DORADAS$4,000
AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC$4,000
VARIETY BOYS GIRLS CLUB$4,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF BURBANK$4,000
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT$2,500
HOLLENBECK POLICE BUS COUNCIL$2,500
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 (FY17–25, $104k) 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%SHOES FOR THE HOMLESS: $3k → 14%WESTSIDE CHILDRENS CENTER: $2k → 14%WESTSIDE CHILDRENS CENTER: $2k → 14%WESTSIDE CHILDRENS CENTER: $2k → 14%SHOES FOR THE HOMELESS: $2k → 14%ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD: $2k → 14%WESTSIDE CHILDRENS CENTER: $2k → 14%ALLIES FOR EVERY CHILD: $2k → 14%WESTSIDE CHILDRENS CENTER: $2k → 14%WESTSIDE CHILDRENS CENTER: $2k → 14%WESTSIDE CHILDRENS CENTER: $2k → 14%LANGE FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%LANGE FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%JUNIOR BLIND OF AMERICA: $2k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $3k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $3k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $3k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $3k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $3k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $3k → 14%PATH: $2k → 14%PATH: $2k → 14%PATH: $2k → 14%PATH: $2k → 14%PATH: $2k → 14%PATH: $2k → 14%PATH: $2k → 14%PATH: $2k → 14%PATH: $2k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $2k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $2k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $2k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $2k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $2k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $2k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $2k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $2k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $2k → 14%LOS ANGELES YOUTH NETWORK: $2k → 14%LOS ANGELES YOUTH NETWORK: $2k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 56 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

56 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
5

Total granted

$1.1M
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+43%

Still filing today

55%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationAnimalsEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • VC
    VIKING CHARITIES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $180k · revenue +861%
  • CF
    CONCERN FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $73k · revenue +30%
  • AO
    AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $36k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • HO
    HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue -25%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • CI
    CATALINA ISLAND SEARCH & RESCUE TEAMgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +43%
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
Los Angeles Conservation Corps

The la conservation corps creates equitable opportunities for young people to build resilience in themselves, their communities and the environment through a program of work, education and support.

Employment
2
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
3
Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Spcala is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through education, law enforcement, intervention and advocacy.

Animals
4
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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5
After-School All-Stars

After-school all-stars provides out-of-school time academic, tutoring, mentoring, career-readiness, sports and recreation, health and wellness, and other education and enrichment prpograms to underserved and vulnerable youth and families…

Unclassified
6
Discovery Science Center of Los Angeles

We inspire and educate young minds through engaging science-based programs and exhibits to create a meaningful impact on the communities we serve.

Arts & Culture
7
Passion La

The purpose of passion la is to reach urban youth of los angeles with the love and message of jesus christ, bring them into christian community, and lead them to a life of christian discipleship, service and leadership.

Community Improvement
8
League of California Community Foundations

The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…

Philanthropy
9
Family Promise of Los Angeles

Family promise of the south bay assists families experiencing housing insecurity with short-term shelter, case management, and navigation with the goal of creating a sustainable solution for their family.

Human Services
10
Casa of Los Angeles

Our mission is to mobilize community volunteers to advocate for children who have experienced abuse and neglect. our vision is a los angeles where every child in the welfare system has an advocate and the opportunity to thrive.

Civil Rights
11
Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach

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

Youth Development
12
Hollywood Food Coalition

Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Para Los Ninos; the most unlike its peers is Viking Charities 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

38 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. 38 of the 65 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/38
Grantees still filing
26/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF LA H: $40,000 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF LA HBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF WEST VALLEY: $36,000 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF WEST VALLEYLAS DORADAS: $36,000 · OtherLAS DORADASBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF WHITTIER: $36,000 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF WHITTIERBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF SANT: $32,000 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF SANTBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF BURB: $32,000 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF BURBBUCK FROM BOBBY FND: $30,000 · OtherVARIETY BOYS GIRLS CLUB: $28,000 · OtherSAN GABRIEL VALLEY FAMILY: $20,000 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF SIMI VALLEY: $20,000 · Other+29 more: $257,900 · Other+29 moreVIKING CHARITIES INC: $180,000 · HealthVIKING CHARITIES …SHERIFFS YOUTH FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentSHERIFFS YO…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF VENICE: $28,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GI…JEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES: $18,000 · Youth DevelopmentJEWISH BIG …STRIVE FOUNDATION: $18,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTRIVE FOUN…HOLLENBECK POLICE BUSINESS COUNCIL: $6,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentChildren of the Night: $22,500 · Human ServicesChildren o…Wayfinder Family Services: $18,000 · Human ServicesWayfinder …PATH: $18,000 · Human ServicesPATHAllies for Every Child Inc: $18,000 · Human ServicesAllies for…PARA LOS NINOS: $18,000 · Human ServicesPARA LOS N…SHOES FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesLos Angeles Youth Network: $4,000 · Human ServicesLANGE FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Human ServicesTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $4,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesCONCERN FOUNDATION: $72,800 · PhilanthropyLA'S BEST: $18,000 · EducationREADING TO KIDS: $18,000 · EducationLong Beach Education Foundation: $15,000 · EducationThe Blind Childrens Center Inc: $9,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $36,000 · AnimalsGREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $8,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $5,000 · Animals
Other$567,900Health$180,000Youth Development$117,000Human Services$111,500Philanthropy$72,800Education$60,500Animals$49,000

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 budgetVIKING CHARITIES INC: $180,000 over 9y, 10.0% of budgetCONCERN FOUNDATION: $72,800 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSHERIFFS YOUTH FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $36,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLAS DORADAS: $36,000 over 9y, 21% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF VENICE: $28,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetChildren of the Night: $22,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES: $18,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWayfinder Family Services: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPATH: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAllies for Every Child Inc: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSTRIVE FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDED DISCOVERIES INC: $18,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLA'S BEST: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPARA LOS NINOS: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetREADING TO KIDS: $18,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetSANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFree Arts dba Free Arts for Abused Children: $16,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLong Beach Education Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Blind Childrens Center Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF WEST LOS ANGELES INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHOES FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Youth Network: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLANGE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND PERFORMANCES: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEROES PROJECT: $500 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.

  • Who funds VIKING CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CONCERN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHERIFFS YOUTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds LAS DORADAS ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF VENICE ↗
  • Who funds Children of the Night ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds Wayfinder Family Services ↗
  • Who funds PATH ↗
  • Who funds Allies for Every Child Inc ↗
  • Who funds STRIVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds A PLACE CALLED HOME ↗
  • Who funds GUIDED DISCOVERIES INC ↗
  • Who funds LA'S BEST ↗
  • Who funds PARA LOS NINOS ↗
  • Who funds READING TO KIDS ↗
  • Who funds SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Free Arts dba Free Arts for Abused Children ↗
  • Who funds Long Beach Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Blind Childrens Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ↗

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 Ahmanson Foundati…The Ralph M Parsons F…The Annenberg Foundat…The Rose Hills Founda…Weingart FoundationThe Green FoundationSempra FoundationLos Angeles Trial Law…Gary E Milgard Family…The Deutsch FoundationJoseph Drown Foundati…
California Community FoundationCA23.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Green Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities a Ca Non Profit Public Benefit Corp · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation-Lori · The Deutsch Foundation · Joseph Drown 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 Kleiner Cohen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kleiner Cohen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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

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How do I get to Kleiner Cohen Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kleiner Cohen Foundation 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 65 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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