How much does Lafc Sports Foundation give?

Lafc Sports Foundation reported 11 itemized grants totaling $536,954, out of $549,075 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.

What does Lafc Sports Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (64%), Youth Development (19%), Philanthropy (5%).

Who are Lafc Sports Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: United States Soccer Foundation Inc ($827k), The Play Equity Fund ($500k), PF Bresee Foundation ($395k).

Does Lafc Sports Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Lafc Sports Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, La Clippers Foundation.

Where is Lafc Sports Foundation based?

Lafc Sports Foundation is based in CA.

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California · Public charity

Lafc Sports Foundation

Support underserved los angeles youth by creating new soccer pitches, increasing access to athletic programs, supporting innovative educational programs in public schools, and providing leadership development and mentorship services.

$549k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 11
Itemized grants FY2024: 10
Organizations funded FY2023: 60%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $537k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $27,500
Largest grant, FY2024: $162,275
Organizations funded a year: 3 to 10; FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 3
Total assets, FY2024: $812k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Lafc Sports Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Community ImprovementRecreation & SportsEducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	11	$537k	45%
FY2023	10	$483k	60%
FY2022	5	$350k	40%
FY2021	3	$410k	0%
FY2020	6	$245k	67%
FY2019	6	$261k	50%
FY2018	7	$229k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$1.7MYouth Development$481kPhilanthropy$120kFood & Nutrition$100kArts & Culture$60kEducation$54kHealth$45kHuman Services$25kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
United States Soccer Foundation Inc	$827,275	6	1%
The Play Equity Fund	$500,000	5	8%
PF Bresee Foundation	$394,819	6	3%
Thinkwatts Foundation	$119,691	2	6%
Sustainable Economic Enterprises of la Dba Food Access Los Angeles	$90,000	1	2%
City Year Inc	$78,500	3	0%
Ernest & Irma Rose Foundation	$60,000	1	6%
Coaching Corps	$55,000	3	0%
Zaino Tennis Courts Inc	$54,925	1	n/a
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation	$42,943	2	0%

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All grantees of Lafc Sports Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
United States Soccer Foundation Inc	$827,275	6	1%
The Play Equity Fund	$500,000	5	8%
PF Bresee Foundation	$394,819	6	3%
Thinkwatts Foundation	$119,691	2	6%
Sustainable Economic Enterprises of la Dba Food Access Los Angeles	$90,000	1	2%
City Year Inc	$78,500	3	0%
Ernest & Irma Rose Foundation	$60,000	1	6%
Coaching Corps	$55,000	3	0%
Zaino Tennis Courts Inc	$54,925	1	n/a
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation	$42,943	2	0%
American Heart Association Inc	$35,000	2	0%
Friends of Expo Center	$25,000	1	n/a
California Science Center Foundation	$25,000	1	0%
Our Own Non Profit Inc	$25,000	1	7%
Duchenne Brothers Foundation	$15,000	1	n/a
La's Best	$10,069	1	0%
Bakersfield City School District Education Foundation	$10,000	1	13%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles	$10,000	1	0%
Hawthorne School District	$10,000	1	n/a
Magic Johnson Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
Los Angeles Dodgers LLC	$10,000	1	n/a
The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Los Angeles Parks Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
Educational Policy Improvement Center	$8,900	1	0%
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA	$7,500	1	0%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lafc Sports Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 20.

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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 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 Annenberg Foundation · La Clippers Foundation · La84 Foundation · The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation · Pledgeling Foundation · The California Endowment · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Los Angeles Rams 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.

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About Lafc Sports Foundation

How much does Lafc Sports Foundation give?: Lafc Sports Foundation reported 11 itemized grants totaling $536,954, out of $549,075 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Lafc Sports Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (64%), Youth Development (19%), Philanthropy (5%).
Who are Lafc Sports Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: United States Soccer Foundation Inc ($827k), The Play Equity Fund ($500k), PF Bresee Foundation ($395k).
Does Lafc Sports Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Lafc Sports Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, La Clippers Foundation.
Where is Lafc Sports Foundation based?: Lafc Sports Foundation is based in CA.