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Lafetra 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.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
33
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$713k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$3.6MArts & Culture$3.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.9MEducation$1.6MAnimals$1.6MPublic Benefit$472kYouth Development$450kCivil Rights$237kOther$0
02FY2024 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $218k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.0M
$50,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$64M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAFD FOUNDATION$713,142
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY$300,000
POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL$200,000
DOC SOCIETY$125,000
CHICKEN AND EGG PICTURES INC$100,000
VOTE SOLAR$100,000
GRIST$100,000
CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND$100,000
ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE$100,000
WINDWARD FUND$100,000
FOR THE FISHES$100,000
COMMUNITY OF WRITERS$100,000
WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY$75,000
ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$75,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS$50,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MOMS4HOUSING: $5k → 10%MOMS4HOUSING: $5k → 10%MOMS 4 HOUSING: $3k → 10%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

WA
MT
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
HI
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 42 repeat orgs$939k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
26

Total granted

$12M
$839k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
-2%

Still filing today

90%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.9M · revenue ×13
  • CF
    CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +127%
  • PB
    POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $904k · revenue +173%

Funded once

  • TO
    THE OCEAN CLEAN UP
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • BA
    BAY AREA BOOK FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
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 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
2
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
3
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
4
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
5
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
6
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
7
California Ocean Science Trust

California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…

Environment
8
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
9
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
10
Work on Climate

Supporting industry transformation towards climate-positive and make green careers transitions and driving the adoption of green workforce development practices broadly.

Environment
11
The Trust for Public Land

The trust for public land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. in the past year, we helped communities to plan for parks and conservation, fund parks and conservation,…

Environment
12
Environment Now
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Venture Fund; the most unlike its peers is Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery. 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

62 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 62 of the 77 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/62
Grantees still filing
35/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $1,074,000 · AnimalsCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL…POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL: $904,000 · AnimalsPOLAR BEARS INTERNATI…FOR THE FISHES: $680,500 · AnimalsFOR THE FISHES+1 more: $25,000 · AnimalsCommunity of Writers: $480,000 · OtherCommunity of WritersNEST FOUNDATION: $450,000 · OtherNEST FOUNDATIONThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $301,000 · OtherThe Center for Invest…ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $167,000 · OtherALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUN…The Berkeley School: $150,000 · OtherThe Berkeley SchoolFAIRWARNING INC: $125,000 · OtherRocky Mountain Institute: $100,000 · OtherTHE OCEAN CLEAN UP: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherBAY AREA BOOK FESTIVAL: $100,000 · Other+22 more: $620,500 · Other+22 moreLOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY: $824,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES CONSERV…CHICKEN & EGG FILMS INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureCHICKEN & EGG FILMS…BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $270,000 · Arts & CultureBERKELEY REPERTORY …THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $222,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN FILM I…WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $172,200 · Arts & CultureWOMEN MAKE MOVIES I…MISSION FILMS: $125,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INC: $85,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $222,000 · Arts & Culture+8 moreOCEANA INC: $399,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INCGrist Magazine Inc: $275,000 · EnvironmentGrist Magazine In…Vote Solar: $250,000 · EnvironmentVote SolarCalifornia Native Plant Society: $210,000 · EnvironmentCalifornia Native…WINDWARD FUND: $200,000 · EnvironmentWINDWARD FUNDCLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND: $200,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE AND CLEAN…The Wildlands Conservancy: $200,000 · EnvironmentThe Wildlands Con…SONOMA LAND TRUST: $100,000 · EnvironmentRARE: $100,000 · Environment+5 more: $176,500 · Environment+5 moreLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $1,914,142 · Public Safety & DisasterLOS ANGELES FIR…UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE: $1,155,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…THE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $250,000 · EducationTHE ROOSEVELT…PROTEUS FUND INC: $100,000 · EducationPROTEUS FUND …+4 more: $95,000 · Education+4 moreDOC SOCIETY INC: $300,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $125,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY INC: $20,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Animals$2,683,500Other$2,693,500Arts & Culture$2,420,200Environment$2,110,500Public Safety & Disaster$1,914,142Education$1,600,000Philanthropy$455,000

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 budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $1,914,142 over 5y, 15% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE: $1,155,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $1,074,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetPOLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL: $904,000 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetLOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY: $824,000 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetFOR THE FISHES: $680,500 over 8y, 94% of budgetCHICKEN & EGG FILMS INC: $500,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetCommunity of Writers: $480,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetNEST FOUNDATION: $450,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetOCEANA INC: $399,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $301,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetDOC SOCIETY INC: $300,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetGrist Magazine Inc: $275,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $270,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE: $250,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetVote Solar: $250,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $222,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Native Plant Society: $210,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetWINDWARD FUND: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Wildlands Conservancy: $200,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $172,200 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $167,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Berkeley School: $150,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFAIRWARNING INC: $125,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetMISSION FILMS: $125,000 over 4y, 41% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSONOMA LAND TRUST: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRARE: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPROTEUS FUND INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKQED INC: $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPOWER SHIFT NETWORK: $75,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetShadhika Project: $60,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION FOR WILD FLOWERS AND NATIVE PLANTS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetFort Ross Conservancy: $30,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetThe Climate Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOTIVATING INSPIRING SUPPORTING AND SERVING SEXUALLY EXPLOITED YOUTH: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBERKELEY FILM FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetShotgun Players: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% 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 LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FOR THE FISHES ↗
  • Who funds CHICKEN & EGG FILMS INC ↗
  • Who funds Community of Writers ↗
  • Who funds NEST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OCEANA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc ↗
  • Who funds DOC SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Grist Magazine Inc ↗
  • Who funds BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds THE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Vote Solar ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds California Native Plant Society ↗
  • Who funds WINDWARD FUND ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds The Wildlands Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds The Berkeley School ↗
  • Who funds FAIRWARNING INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION FILMS ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds Rocky Mountain Institute ↗
  • Who funds SONOMA LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds RARE ↗
  • Who funds PROTEUS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds POWER SHIFT NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Shadhika Project ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗

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.

The San Francisco Fou…Marin Community Found…ImpactassetsincSilicon Valley Commun…East Bay Community Fo…California HumanitiesThe California Wellne…The William & Flora H…Fleishhacker Foundati…Wallace Global Fund IIResources Legacy FundUnited States Energy …
The San Francisco FoundationCA23.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · California Humanities · The California Wellness Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Fleishhacker Foundation · Wallace Global Fund II · Resources Legacy Fund · United States Energy 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 Lafetra Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lafetra Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 77 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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