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Lazzerini Family Foundation at a glance

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Lazzerini Family Foundation

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CORPORATION IS FOR PUBLIC AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

$68k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$482kArts & Culture$191kYouth Development$185kEducation$66kHuman Services$53kPhilanthropy$41kCrime & Legal$31kEnvironment$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $31k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$828k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ASSOCIATION$11,000
LEAD CHANGES$10,000
BAKERSFIELD MUSEUM OF ART$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF KC$5,000
GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS$5,000
CASA OF KERN COUNTY$5,000
GTEDC ARTS COMMISSION$5,000
GIRL SCOUTS CENTRAL CA SOUTH$5,000
BMH FOUNDATION$3,500
GARDEN PATHWAYS$2,500
CALM$2,500
MAKE-A-WISH$1,000
BUENA VISTA MUSEUM$1,000
JJS LEGACY$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%BAKERSFIELD ANGELS: $3k → 18%GARDEN PATHWAYS: $3k → 18%GARDEN PATHWAYS: $3k → 18%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$943k · 23 repeat orgs$135k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
15

Total granted

$943k
$124k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+17%

Still filing today

65%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TB
    THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KERN COUNTY
    4× · 2019–2022 · $100k · revenue +128%
  • KC
    KERN COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2023 · $43k · revenue +22%
  • CL
    CALIFORNIA LIVING MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $40k · revenue +184%

Funded once

  • 1P
    18THIRTYVALLEY PBS
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOUNDATION OF BAKERSFIELD
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -66% · 72% of their budget
  • BM
    BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +161%
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
Kern County Cancer Foundation

Dedicated to assisting kern county residents who need financial assistance in obtaining treatment for cancer and associated diseases.

Health
2
Baker Family Foundation of California

To serve individuals and families by providing them with the charitable and educational resources needed to overcome hardship and improve their lives, health and career.

Philanthropy
3
Bakersfield Recovery Services

Provide residential and outpatient treatment for drug and alcohol abuse.

Health
4
Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce

Provide support, networking, and education to the business community of bakersfield and kern county.

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5
Legacy Behavioral Services Inc

To unlock the potential of families and individuals. to develop employees that model integrity and healthy living. to build a legacy for all of our clients.

Human Services
6
Bakersfield Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative

To end homelessness in kern county through collaborative planning and action.

Human Services
7
Kern Medical Center Foundation

Kern medical center foundation is dedicated to promote education and programs that support the mission of kern medical center

Health
8
Bakersfield Arc Foundation

to raise general operating capital for bakersfield arc, inc., so that bakersfield arc, inc. can focus on improving the quality of life for adults with developmental disabilities.

Health
9
Kern County Wwii Veterans Memorial

To create a permanent tribute honoring all kern county wwii veterans and those who supported them. to serve our community with a beautiful memorial that will be a permanent place of reverence and tribute, and will also provide historical…

Arts & Culture
10
Bakersfield Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To provide a home with adequate food, shelter, and care for all animals entrusted to the Society within the limits of its financial ability. To educate the public and enlist its help by actively promoting adoptions, memberships, donations,…

Animals
11
Kern County Library Foundation
Education
12
Fox Theater Foundation

The fox theater foundation is dedicated to restoring and operating the fox theater located in bakersfield, california.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kern County Museum Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Buena Vista Museum of Natural History. 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

22 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. 22 of the 39 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ASSOCIATION OF KERN COUNTY: $401,400 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ASSOCIATION OF KERN COUNT…BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthBAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION+2 more: $4,500 · HealthBMH FOUNDATION: $33,500 · OtherBMH FOUNDATION18THIRTYVALLEY PBS: $25,000 · Other18THIRTYVALLEY PBSGTEDC ARTS COMMISSION: $20,000 · OtherGTEDC ARTS COMMISSIONBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF KC: $15,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF K…GIRL SCOUTS CENTRAL CA SOUTH: $14,500 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS CENTRAL CA…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ASSOCIATION: $11,000 · OtherRECYCLING LIVES: $10,000 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF KERN COUNTY: $31,000 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIA…GOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC: $10,000 · Other+14 more: $43,000 · Other+14 moreTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KERN COUNTY: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BOYS AND GIR…LEAD CHANGES: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEAD CHANGESBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOUNDATION OF BAKERSFIELD: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLU…BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $55,305 · Arts & CultureBAKERSFIELD FO…KERN COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $43,000 · Arts & CultureKERN COUNTY MU…Bakersfield Art Foundation Inc DBA Bakersfield Museum of Art: $20,000 · Arts & CultureBakersfield Ar…BUENA VISTA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $12,000 · Arts & CultureBUENA VISTA MU…HONOR FLIGHT KERN COUNTY: $7,500 · Arts & CultureHONOR FLIGHT K…CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $63,500 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA LIVING MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyCALM INC: $35,500 · Crime & Legal
Health$430,900Other$213,000Youth Development$155,000Arts & Culture$137,805Education$65,500Philanthropy$40,000Crime & Legal$35,500

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 budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ASSOCIATION OF KERN COUNTY: $401,400 over 4y, 11% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KERN COUNTY: $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $63,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $55,305 over 2y, 12% of budgetKERN COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $43,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA LIVING MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetCALM INC: $35,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF KERN COUNTY: $31,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetLEAD CHANGES: $30,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOUNDATION OF BAKERSFIELD: $25,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetBAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBakersfield Art Foundation Inc DBA Bakersfield Museum of Art: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBUENA VISTA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $12,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetGOLDEN EMPIRE GLEANERS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT KERN COUNTY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGarden Pathways Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRANSFORMATIONS BY AUSTIN ANGELS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAKERSFIELD CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJJs Legacy: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMARE Riding Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Kern Community Founda…Diane S Lake Charitab…William & Florence Wh…The Virginia and Alfr…Robert Grimm Family F…The Cynthia Lake Char…Valley Strong Cu Fka …Lee and Krystyna Jami…The Skeet Varner Foun…Bakersfield West Rota…San Joaquin Community…California Community …
Kern Community FoundationCA36.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kern Community Foundation · Diane S Lake Charitable Trust Lake Diane S Ttee · William & Florence Wheeler Foundation · The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation · Robert Grimm Family Foundation · The Cynthia Lake Charitable Trust · Valley Strong Cu Fka Kern Schools Federal Credit Union · Lee and Krystyna Jamieson Charitable Foundation · The Skeet Varner Foundation · Bakersfield West Rotary-Stroope Family Foundation · San Joaquin Community Hospital dba Adventist Health Bakersfield · California Community 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 Lazzerini Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lazzerini Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Lazzerini Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lazzerini Family 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 39 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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