· Private foundation
Lear Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k15 grants · $43k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $203k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $140k
- $250k+1 grant · $402k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SUNDANCE INSTITUTE | $401,750 |
| LACMA | $140,000 |
| CEDAR SINAI MEDICAL CENTER | $25,000 |
| BALLET HISPANICO | $25,000 |
| CREATIVE VISIONS | $25,000 |
| ADVANCE DEMOCRACY INC | $20,000 |
| PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY | $20,000 |
| PAL-O-MINE EQUESTRIAN INC | $20,000 |
| YOUTH REPRESENT | $15,500 |
| THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT | $12,500 |
| THE POLLINATION PROJECT | $10,000 |
| RICE UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| BELLA VITA RESCUE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| PEN AMERICA | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $348k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.
73 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 60 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Sundance Institute8× · 2017–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +1%- UFUTAH FILM CENTER6× · 2017–2022 · $1.2M · revenue +167%
- PEPAL-O-MINE EQUESTRIAN INC8× · 2017–2024 · $214k · revenue +48%
Funded once
- UAUSC ANNENBERG SCHOOLone grant, 2019 · $674k
- PPBSWNETone grant, 2021 · $115k
- SCSCHUMACHER CENTER FOR A NEW ECONOMICS INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +365%
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.
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.
The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…
Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.
The california film institute celebrates film and videos as art and education. its goal is to present and support emerging and established independent filmakers whose works address issues relevant to contemporary society. this is…
The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…
The moving picture institute is a nonprofit production company and talent incubator that creates high-impact films designed to entertain, inspire, and educate audiences with captivating stories about human freedom.
CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…
To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.
The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…
To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…
Transforming global storytelling by using data-driven research, education, and advocacy to mitigate bias, inspiring authentic portrayals in entertainment, advertising, and gaming that reflect the true diversity of the population.
How this is measured
167 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. 167 of the 270 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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- Who funds BALLET HISPANICO OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds RAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds YOUTH REPRESENT INC ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY ↗
- Who funds WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC ↗
- Who funds ADVANCE DEMOCRACY INC ↗
- Who funds THE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION ↗
- Who funds MuseIque ↗
- Who funds GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Social Impact Fund ↗
- Who funds OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE ↗
- Who funds THE IMAGEN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SCHUMACHER CENTER FOR A NEW ECONOMICS INC ↗
- Who funds LIVING ARCHIVES INC ↗
- Who funds FILM INDEPENDENT ↗
- Who funds IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING ↗
- Who funds L A THEATRE WORKS ↗
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.
Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Adams Cowan Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Mark E Pollack Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The California Endowment
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lear Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lear Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Emerson College: 0% of income from government
- Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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