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Lawrence P Frank Foundation at a glance

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Lawrence P Frank 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.

$264k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$507kHousing & Shelter$405kHealth$352kEmployment$136kArts & Culture$99kCrime & Legal$99kFood & Nutrition$70kEducation$39kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $235k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Hope of the Valley$35,000
City of Hope$30,000
JVS SoCal$25,000
Haven Hills$20,000
Harbor House$15,000
Habitat for Humanity$15,000
Manna Conejo Valley Food Center$15,000
New Horizons$10,000
Children of the Night$10,000
Senior Concerns$10,000
Center Theatre Group$10,000
Westminster Free Clinic$10,000
Family Rescue Center$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
MEND$10,000
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 (FY18–24, $281k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Children of the Night: $17k → 14%Children of the Night: $15k → 14%Harbor House: $15k → 10%Senior Concerns: $10k → 10%Senior Concerns: $10k → 10%Valley Village: $2k → 14%Harbor House: $10k → 10%Children of the Night: $10k → 14%Senior Concerns: $10k → 10%Children of the Night: $10k → 14%Senior Concerns: $10k → 10%Children of the Night: $10k → 14%Children of the Night: $10k → 14%Harbor House: $10k → 10%Harbor House: $10k → 10%Children of the Night: $10k → 14%Senior Concerns: $10k → 10%Harbor House: $10k → 10%Senior Concerns: $10k → 10%Senior Concerns: $10k → 10%Hands for Hope: $500 → 14%Hands for Hope: $500 → 14%Hands for Hope: $500 → 14%Hands for Hope: $500 → 14%Hands for Hope: $500 → 14%Hands for Hope: $425 → 14%MEND: $10k → 14%MEND: $10k → 14%MEND: $10k → 14%MEND: $10k → 14%MEND: $10k → 14%MEND: $10k → 14%MEND: $9k → 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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 27 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +56% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
13

Total granted

$1.7M
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+56%

Still filing today

52%
15%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterReligionHealthArts & CultureEmploymentOther
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

  • Haven Hills Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $154k · revenue +139%
  • JS
    JVS SOCAL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $130k · revenue +56%
  • CO
    Children of the Night
    7× · 2018–2024 · $82k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LIGHTHOUSE RESCUE MISSIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +174%
  • SU
    Strength United Family Justice Cent
    one grant, 2018 · $9k
  • JV
    Jewish Vocational Services
    one grant, 2018 · $6k
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
Madera Rescue Mission Inc

The rescue mission provides services to the homeless population in madera county in california. it provides housing for men, women, and families on an emergency short-term basis. it also operates a rehabilitation program for men and women.

Human Services
2
Interval House

The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…

Human Services
3
Homeward Bound of Marin

Homeward Bound is the main provider of emergency shelter, supportive housing and services for people overcoming a crisis of homelessness in Marin County, California. Our mission of "opening doors to safety, dignity, hope, and…

Housing & Shelter
4
Mercy House Living Centers

Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…

Housing & Shelter
5
Transition House

Transition House is dedicated to the solution of family homelessness in the Santa Barbara community. Capable and motivated families with children are offered life tools and respectful, non-sectarian residential services designed to…

Housing & Shelter
6
Central California Family Crisis Center

The Organization provides shelter, meals, clothing and counseling for victims of domestic violence, housing crisis, and/or poverty.

Human Services
7
The Samaritan Center-Simi Valley

The mission of the Samaritan Center-Simi Valley is to offer people experiencing housing and food insecurity supportive services essential to human dignity.

Housing & Shelter
8
Human Services Network Dba Youth Services Network Inc

Our missions is to restore youth to lives of purpose, meaning and opportunity. human services network, dba youth services network (ysn), was founded in 1985. ysn operates three (3) community-based homes that serve boys from throughout los…

Health
9
Colette's Children's Home Inc

Colettes childrens home provides housing and supportive services to homeless women and children with nowhere to turn. we work to remove the barriers that cause displacement and provide the means for transition from homelessness to stable…

Housing & Shelter
10
Family Care Network Inc

The mission of the Family Care Network is to enhance the wellbeing of children, adults, and families in partnership with our community.

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11
Compass Family Services

Compass family services helps homeless families and those at imminent risk to achieve housing stability, economic self-sufficiency, and well-being.

Human Services
12
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services

Pajaro Valley Shelter Services provides families with a path toward self-sufficient futures through short-and longer-term housing and supportive services.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rescue Mission Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Family Rescue Center. 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

17 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. 17 of the 40 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

City of Hope: $205,500 · OtherCity of HopeHaven Hills Inc: $154,000 · OtherHaven Hills IncHope of the Valley: $108,500 · OtherHope of the ValleyHabitat for Humanity: $100,000 · OtherHabitat for HumanityNew Horizons: $68,500 · OtherNew HorizonsManna Conejo Valley Food Center: $65,000 · OtherManna Conejo Valley Food CenterIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+19 more: $188,500 · Other+19 moreChildren of the Night: $82,000 · Human ServicesChildren of the NightRESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE: $80,000 · Human ServicesRESCUE MISSION ALLIANCECONEJO VALLEY SENIOR CONCERNS INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesCONEJO VALLEY SENIOR CO…MEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity: $68,500 · Human ServicesMEND - Meet Each Need W…HARBOR HOUSE: $55,000 · Human ServicesHARBOR HOUSE+2 more: $5,050 · Human ServicesJVS SOCAL: $130,000 · EmploymentFAMILY RESCUE CENTER: $80,000 · ReligionWESTMINSTER FREE CLINIC: $70,000 · HealthCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $68,500 · Arts & CultureMANY MANSIONS: $35,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE LIGHTHOUSE RESCUE MISSION: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterSAFE PASSAGES: $30,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$950,000Human Services$360,550Employment$130,000Religion$80,000Health$70,000Arts & Culture$68,500Housing & Shelter$45,000Crime & Legal$30,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHaven Hills Inc: $154,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetJVS SOCAL: $130,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChildren of the Night: $82,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetFAMILY RESCUE CENTER: $80,000 over 7y, 7.5% of budgetRESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE: $80,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCONEJO VALLEY SENIOR CONCERNS INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetWESTMINSTER FREE CLINIC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $68,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity: $68,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR HOUSE: $55,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetMANY MANSIONS: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE PASSAGES: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JAMES STOREHOUSE INCORPORATED: $25,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetTHE LIGHTHOUSE RESCUE MISSION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSAFE PASSAGE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $4,250 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHANDS FOR HOPE: $2,925 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetVALLEY VILLAGE: $2,125 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 Haven Hills Inc ↗
  • Who funds JVS SOCAL ↗
  • Who funds Children of the Night ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY RESCUE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CONEJO VALLEY SENIOR CONCERNS INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER FREE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds MEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds MANY MANSIONS ↗
  • Who funds SAFE PASSAGES ↗
  • Who funds THE JAMES STOREHOUSE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE LIGHTHOUSE RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds SAFE PASSAGE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HANDS FOR HOPE ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY VILLAGE ↗

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 …Conrad N Hilton Found…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Sherwood Country Club…Ventura County Commun…Boeckmann Charitable …Sempra FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…
California Community FoundationCA17.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Sherwood Country Club Charitable Foundation · Ventura County Community Foundation · Boeckmann Charitable Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Lawrence P Frank Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lawrence P Frank Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 40 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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