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Liatis Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$25k
Granted FY2019
3
Grants FY2019
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Health$183kArts & Culture$63kReligion$49kEducation$41kEnvironment$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kInternational$30kYouth Development$25kOther$0
02FY2019 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab$10,000
Mizel Institute$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
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 (FY17–18, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%Institute on Aging: $10k → 10%Nathan Adelson Hospice Foundation: $25k → 13%Institute on Aging: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NY
NV
NJ
CT
CA
CO
HI
TX
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$454k · 23 repeat orgs$127k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2019, 20 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
23

Total granted

$454k
$127k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+41%

Still filing today

52%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsReligionOther
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

  • NL
    Northern Light School
    2× · 2017–2018 · $35k · revenue +28%
  • LG
    LION GLOBAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +23%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY BALLET INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +369%

Funded once

  • NA
    Nathan Adelson Hospice Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -27%
  • CB
    CONGREGATION BETH EL-KESER ISRAEL
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • AP
    A PLACE CALLED HOME
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +4%
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
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
2
Los Angeles Conservation Corps

The la conservation corps creates equitable opportunities for young people to build resilience in themselves, their communities and the environment through a program of work, education and support.

Employment
3
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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4
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
5
Los Angeles International Dance Festival
—
6
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
7
Los Padres Forestwatch Inc

Los padres forestwatch protects the los padres national forest and the carrizo plain national monument through education, advocacy, and when necessary, legal action for the benefit of our communities, climate and future generations.

Environment
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
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
10
Arts for La

Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.

Arts & Culture
11
The Trust for Public Land

The trust for public land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. in the past year, we helped communities to plan for parks and conservation, fund parks and conservation,…

Environment
12
Cuenca Los Ojos

Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of the Los Angeles River; the most unlike its peers is United Pegasus Foundation. 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

25 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. 25 of the 47 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTER FOR THE EDUCATION OF INFANT DEAF: $100,000 · OtherCENTER FOR THE EDUCATION OF INFANT DEAFCounterterrorism Education Learning Lab: $30,000 · OtherCounterterrorism Education Learning LabUCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals: $25,000 · OtherUCSF Benioff Children's HospitalsGateway to Heaven Church of God in Christ: $25,000 · OtherGateway to Heaven Church of God in ChristHouston Area Parkinson Society: $20,000 · OtherHouston Area Parkinson SocietyMARYSVILLE MUSEUM AND GALLERY: $15,000 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH EL-KESER ISRAEL: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $13,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $13,000 · Other+22 more: $115,900 · Other+22 moreLION GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureLION GLOBA…AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY BALLET INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN C…LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELE…+1 more: $1,500 · Arts & CultureNorthern Light School: $35,000 · EducationNorthern …THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationTHE BOARD…THE BASIC FUND: $2,000 · EducationNathan Adelson Hospice Foundation Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesINSTITUTE ON AGING: $15,000 · Human ServicesBitterrooters For Planning: $20,000 · EnvironmentWILDERNESS WATCH INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVER: $4,000 · EnvironmentUNITED PEGASUS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · AnimalsAustin Wildlife Rescue: $7,000 · AnimalsBannack Association Inc: $14,500 · ReligionJQ INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 · Religion
Other$371,900Arts & Culture$56,500Education$47,000Human Services$40,000Environment$34,000Animals$22,000Religion$19,500

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 budgetNorthern Light School: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLION GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNathan Adelson Hospice Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CONTEMPORARY BALLET INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetHouston Area Parkinson Society: $20,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetBitterrooters For Planning: $20,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetINSTITUTE ON AGING: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED PEGASUS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetBannack Association Inc: $14,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetWILDERNESS WATCH INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FORWARD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAustin Wildlife Rescue: $7,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSIDEOUT WRITERS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMILK AND BOOKIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVER: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCICLAVIA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BASIC FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCURIODYSSEY: $1,500 over 2y, 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.

Louis L Borick Founda…California Community …Gs Donor Advised Phil…David Bohnett Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Liberty Hill Foundati…Jewish Community Foun…Marin Community Found…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…
Louis L Borick FoundationTX28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Louis L Borick Foundation · California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · David Bohnett Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Liberty Hill Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Marin Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Liatis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Liatis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%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 · 0–30%
    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 47 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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