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Lee-Kahn Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2k
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 2025.

Youth Development$31kFood & Nutrition$22kHealth$21kEducation$19kEnvironment$19kAnimals$15kArts & Culture$10kPublic Benefit$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,665
Median grant
1
States reached
$10k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$1,665
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 (FY17–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%GIVE US THE FLOOR: $10k → 10%PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%GIVE US THE FLOOR: $4k → 10%GIVE US THE FLOOR: $4k → 10%GIVE US THE FLOOR: $4k → 10%GIVE US THE FLOOR: $2k → 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.
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$86k · 8 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
15

Total granted

$86k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+69%

Still filing today

75%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesEducationHealthEnvironmentScience & TechOther
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

  • GU
    GIVE US THE FLOOR
    5× · 2019–2024 · $23k · revenue +51%
  • CW
    COASTAL WATERSHED COUNCIL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $12k · revenue +27%
  • VC
    Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
    3× · 2017–2020 · $3k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • SB
    SUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +32%
  • SC
    SANTA CRUZ BAROQUE FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -16%
  • Cheetah Conservation Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +69%
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
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
2
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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3
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
4
California Academy of Sciences

The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…

Arts & Culture
5
San Francisco Zoological Society

To connect all people with wildlife, inspire caring for nature, and advance conservation action.

Animals
6
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
7
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
8
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
9
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
10
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
11
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
12
Chile-California Council

The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

20 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. 20 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $21,721 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANKSANTA CRUZ BAROQUE FESTIVAL: $5,000 · OtherSANTA CRUZ BAROQUE FESTIVALBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SANTA CRUZ CO: $4,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SANTA …BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS AGENCY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INC: $4,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS AGENCY OF …MUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS: $2,500 · OtherMUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONSIndividual grant recipient: $1,500 · OtherAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $2,000 · OtherCLEAN OCEANS INTERNATIONAL: $1,500 · OtherGIVE US THE FLOOR: $22,500 · Human ServicesGIVE US THE FLOORPETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Human ServicesPETS FOR THE ELDERL…GEORGIANA BRUCE KIRBY PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $17,000 · EducationGEORGIANA BRUCE…PACIFIC COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $2,000 · EducationPACIFIC COLLEGI…Cheetah Conservation Fund: $5,000 · AnimalsCheetah Conserv…MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $5,000 · AnimalsMONTEREY BAY AQ…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SO…Santa Cruz SPCA and Humane Society: $2,000 · AnimalsSanta Cruz SPCA…BIRCHBARK FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · AnimalsBIRCHBARK FOUND…+1 more: $500 · AnimalsSUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthSUTTER BAY MED…Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $3,000 · HealthVista Center f…COASTAL WATERSHED COUNCIL: $11,500 · EnvironmentCOASTAL WA…SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND…Kuumbwa Jazz Society: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$42,221Human Services$24,500Education$19,000Animals$18,500Health$18,000Environment$12,500Arts & Culture$5,000

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 budgetGIVE US THE FLOOR: $22,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetGEORGIANA BRUCE KIRBY PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL WATERSHED COUNCIL: $11,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCheetah Conservation Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKuumbwa Jazz Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS AGENCY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetVista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Cruz SPCA and Humane Society: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEAN OCEANS INTERNATIONAL: $1,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRCHBARK FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $500 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.

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.

Community Foundation …Monterey Peninsula Fo…Volunteer Centers of …Silicon Valley Commun…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…
Community Foundation Santa Cruz CountyCA21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Lee-Kahn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lee-Kahn Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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