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Lewis Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$31k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$20kPhilanthropy$7kHousing & Shelter$5kHuman Services$5kHealth$5kEnvironment$3kPublic Benefit$2kArts & Culture$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$401k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TMCC FOUNDATION$10,000
SAFEQUEST SOLANO$5,000
VACAVILLE SOLANO SERVICES CORPORATION$5,000
INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$3,270
RIVERSIDE COUNTY WORKS$1,000
RIVERS & LANDS CONSERVANCY$1,000
SAN ANTONIO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$1,000
CHINO COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S THEATRE$1,000
MARCH FIELD FOUNDATION$1,000
MORENO VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
UC RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 37% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VACAVILLE SOLANO SERVICES CORPORATION: $5k → 10%INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%CAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%TMCC FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%SAFEQUEST SOLANO: $5k → 10%THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 14%SUSTAINABLE CLAREMONT: $500 → 14%INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 14%SUSTAINABLE CLAREMONT: $500 → 14%THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%SAN ANTONIO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%SUSTAINABLE CLAREMONT: $500 → 14%THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 14%SUSTAINABLE CLAREMONT: $500 → 14%THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%SAN ANTONIO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 14%THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 14%MORENO VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%SAN ANTONIO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%RIVERS & LANDS CONSERVANCY: $1k → 11%FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 14%RIVERSIDE COUNTY WORKS: $1k → 11%SAN ANTONIO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%MARCH FIELD FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 14%SAN ANTONIO HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INSTITUTE: $500 → 14%LEGACY ACADEMY: $500 → 14%CHINO COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $1k → 14%CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 14%CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 14%CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 14%CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 14%CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 14%CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 14%CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 14%RANCHO CUCAMONGA LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: $500 → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Lewis Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Lewis Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

33%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14k · 5 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +457% since the first grant, against +53% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
5

Total granted

$14k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+457%
+53%

Still filing today

40%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
EducationEnvironmentHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitHealthOther
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

  • SA
    San Antonio Hospital Foundation Inc
    4× · 2017–2025 · $5k · revenue +1%
  • CS
    CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3k
  • FU
    FONTANA UNIFIED
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3k

Funded once

  • LA
    LEGACY ACADEMY
    one grant, 2024 · $500
  • RC
    RANCHO CUCAMONGA LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $500
  • RC
    RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY & ARTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $500 · revenue -9%
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
Victor Valley College Foundation

We develop resources and make friends to help Victor Valley College serve our community.

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2
Community Foundation of the Valleys

To inspire, encourage and to facilitate charitable giving for lasting impact on those who live in the san fernando valley and santa clarita valley

Philanthropy
3
Solano Community College Educational Foundation

The Mission of the Foundation is to promote the general welfare of Solano Community College and its programs and services through soliciting, raising, and distributing funds to assist and support the College in fulfilling its role of…

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4
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation

To benefit the university of california santa cruz.

Education
5
Conejo Valley Foundation

To support charitable programs in the community, in other states and countries

Philanthropy
6
California State University Foundation

Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…

Philanthropy
7
Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce

To promote a business friendly environment and to enhance the quality of life and the economy of rancho cucamonga

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8
The California Endowment
Philanthropy
9
Solano Community Foundation

The Solano Community Foundation strengthens Solano County by advancing equity, supporting nonprofit resilience, and expanding access to philanthropy. We serve as a community leader, responsive grantmaker, and trusted partner for donors who…

Philanthropy
10
California Local Conservation Corps Foundation

Increasing investments to strengthen and grow the local conservation corps movement.

Environment
11
Anaheim Community Foundation

The mission of the anaheim community foundation is to strengthen the city of anaheim through people, partnerships, and pride.

Philanthropy
12
Community Foundation of Mendocino County

To inspire and steward generosity to foster vibrant, inclusive, and healthy communities throughout mendocino county.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc Riverside Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Sustainable Claremont. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
5/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SafeQuest Solano Inc: $5,000 · OtherSafeQuest Solano IncCENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: $3,000 · OtherCENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTFONTANA UNIFIED: $3,000 · OtherFONTANA UNIFIEDCHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $1,000 · OtherCHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTR…RIVERSIDE COUNTY WORKS: $1,000 · OtherRIVERSIDE COUNTY WORKSLEGACY ACADEMY: $500 · OtherRANCHO CUCAMONGA LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $500 · OtherSAN ANTONIO HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INSTITUTE: $500 · OtherTRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationTRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY …UC RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationUC RIVERSIDE FOUNDATIONCAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC: $500 · EducationInland Empire Community Foundation: $6,270 · PhilanthropyInland Empire Com…THE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CHINO HILLS C…RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY & ARTS FOUNDATION: $500 · PhilanthropyRANCHO CUCAMONGA …VACAVILLE SOLANO SERVICES CORPORATION: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterVACAVILLE S…San Antonio Hospital Foundation Inc: $4,500 · HealthSan Antoni…Sustainable Claremont: $2,000 · EnvironmentRivers & Lands Conservancy: $1,000 · EnvironmentMORENO VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Community ImprovementCHINO COMMUNITY CHILDRENS THEATRE: $1,000 · Community ImprovementMARCH FIELD FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Public Benefit
Other$14,500Education$11,500Philanthropy$7,770Housing & Shelter$5,000Health$4,500Environment$3,000Community Improvement$2,000Public Benefit$1,000

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 budgetTRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetInland Empire Community Foundation: $6,270 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSafeQuest Solano Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSan Antonio Hospital Foundation Inc: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSustainable Claremont: $2,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUC RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORENO VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRivers & Lands Conservancy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINO COMMUNITY CHILDRENS THEATRE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMARCH FIELD FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHINO HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY & ARTS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAL POLY POMONA FOUNDATION INC: $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.

California Community …The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA11.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Lewis Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lewis Family 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 Lewis Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lewis 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 21 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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