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Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc at a glance

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Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc

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.

$341k
Granted FY2025still arriving
130
Grants FY2025still arriving
32
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Health$755kCrime & Legal$626kEducation$321kHuman Services$304kPhilanthropy$221kInternational$160kCivil Rights$149kYouth Development$138kOther$0
02FY2025 · 130 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k120 grants · $240k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $101k
$1,600
Median grant
32
States reached
$434k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHIRLPOOL COLLECTIVE IMPACT FUND$10,892
PANDA CARES FOUNDATION$10,500
CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION$10,000
BREAD FOR THE CITY$10,000
ALASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY$10,000
NIJC NFP$10,000
THE SHELTERING ARMS$10,000
CN EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS' COMMUNITY FUND$10,000
NATIONAL VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM$9,400
SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES$7,200
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$5,500
MOMENTUM FOR HEALTH$5,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $299k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YOUTH FRONTIERS: $7k → 11%RITE AID FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%SHEETZ FAMILY CHARITIES: $10k → 13%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $5k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $38k → 9%RITE AID FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $3k → 11%AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $2k → 10%FAMILY SERVICE CENTER OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY: $3k → 16%SLEEPYHEAD BEDS: $2k → 15%COORDINATED ADVICE AND REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SVCS: $8k → 14%RITE AID FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $2k → 10%FAMILY SERVICE CENTER AT HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY: $3k → 16%COORDINATED ADVICE AND REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SVCS: $8k → 14%RITE AID FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%BALDWIN SOCIETY SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS: $4k → 8%THE REFUGEE RESPONSE: $3k → 17%BALDWIN SOCIETY SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS: $3k → 8%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 14%BALDWIN SOCIETY SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS: $2k → 8%COORDINATED ADVICE AND REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $2k → 14%THE HANGAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%THE BALDWIN SOCIETY SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS: $3k → 8%AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $2k → 10%INTERLINC FAMILY FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%TURNING POINTS FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 22%INTERLINC FAMILY FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $3k → 10%YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 17%THE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $2k → 22%YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $3k → 12%YMCA OF SILICON VALLEY: $2k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $2k → 8%BLACK ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS LAWYERS ASSOCIATION: $6k → 14%LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $6k → 14%LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $5k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $5k → 10%HELPUSADOPTORG: $2k → 17%THE BRIDGE INC: $2k → 17%THE BRIDGE INC: $2k → 17%ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $5k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO: $3k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $2k → 17%CGCC FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 17%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

AK
ME
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 294 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

294 repeat relationships: 63 still active in FY2025, 231 since wound down; 52 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

294
624

Total granted

$2.5M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+16%

Still filing today

84%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $129k · revenue +33%
  • EJ
    EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS
    3× · 2017–2024 · $73k · revenue +33%
  • PC
    PANDA CARES FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $71k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $38k · revenue +46%
  • AA
    ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -66%
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
Twin Cities Diversity in Practice

To attract, recruit, advance, and retain attorneys of color in the twin cities through education and collaboration with member organizations.

Community Improvement
2
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
3
Child Welfare League of America

Child welfare league of america engages its network of public and private agencies and partners to advance policies, best practices, and collaborative strategies that result in better outcomes for vulnerable children, youth, and families.

Human Services
4
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
5
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
6
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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7
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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10
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
11
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
12
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Umbrella of Ukrainian Hope. 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

725 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 725 of the 988 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)
121
Early backer (in before they grew)
707/725
Grantees still filing
468/725
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CN EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS' COMMUNITY FUND: $74,000 · OtherCN EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS' COMMUNITY FUNDWHIRLPOOL COLLECTIVE IMPACT FUND: $54,994 · OtherBLACK TIE DINNER INC: $48,856 · Other+98 more: $1,024,795 · Other+98 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $128,896 · HealthAmerican Heart Ass…CHAMPIONS OF THE COMMUNITY INC: $39,660 · HealthCHAMPIONS OF THE C…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $29,230 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1DMEDSTAR HEALTH INC: $26,250 · HealthMEDSTAR HEALTH INCSUN RIVER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,468 · HealthSUN RIVER HEALTH F…Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $19,050 · HealthMOMENTUM FOR HEALTH: $17,900 · HealthLIVEONNY FOUNDATION: $15,550 · Health+18 more: $137,766 · Health+18 morePANDA CARES FOUNDATION INC: $70,572 · EducationPANDA CARES FO…NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR URBAN DEBATE LEAGUES: $57,600 · EducationNATIONAL ASSOC…Illinois Institute of Technology: $27,500 · EducationIllinois Insti…FRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY LAW LIBRARY: $27,375 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE…PELOTONIA: $20,600 · EducationPELOTONIACOUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC: $15,377 · EducationLaw SchoolYes We Can: $13,300 · EducationWILLIAM S HART EDUCATION FOUNDATION WISH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $12,660 · EducationTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Education+11 more: $90,150 · Education+11 moreCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $45,190 · Human ServicesCANINE COMP…RITE AID HEALTHY FUTURES: $40,000 · Human ServicesRITE AID HE…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $37,500 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…COORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $17,140 · Human ServicesCOORDINATED…Metropolitan Family Services: $13,500 · Human ServicesHELPUSADOPTORG INC: $12,258 · Human ServicesBALDWIN SOCIETY SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS: $11,250 · Human ServicesSHEETZ FAMILY CHARITIES INC: $10,000 · Human Services+13 more: $86,145 · Human Services+13 moreEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS: $72,700 · Crime & LegalEQUAL JUST…THE FUND FOR LEGAL AID: $21,158 · Crime & LegalTHE FUND F…Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado: $20,327 · Crime & LegalLegal Aid …NIJC NFP: $20,000 · Crime & LegalNIJC NFPPRO BONO PARTNERSHIP OF ATLANTA INC: $14,500 · Crime & LegalPRO BONO P…PRO BONO INSTITUTE: $13,350 · Crime & LegalPRO BONO I…Memphis Area Legal Services Inc: $12,625 · Crime & LegalPARTNERS FOR WOMEN AND JUSTICE INC: $11,756 · Crime & LegalST LOUIS BAR FOUNDATION: $11,600 · Crime & LegalLegal Services of Greater Miami Inc: $8,648 · Crime & LegalST ANDREW LEGAL CLINIC: $8,500 · Crime & LegalOPEN DOOR LEGAL: $8,408 · Crime & Legal+4 more: $25,082 · Crime & Legal+4 moreBJ'S RESTAURANTS FOUNDATION: $37,600 · PhilanthropyGIANTS COMMUNITY FUND: $21,345 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $14,300 · PhilanthropyMINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY: $12,850 · PhilanthropyThe Alaska Community Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPETCO LOVE: $6,048 · PhilanthropyGreater Houston Golf Charity: $5,900 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $35,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · InternationalDIGITAL PROMISE GLOBAL: $5,000 · International
Other$1,202,645Health$439,770Education$347,634Human Services$272,983Crime & Legal$248,654Philanthropy$143,043International$70,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $128,896 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS: $72,700 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPANDA CARES FOUNDATION INC: $70,572 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR URBAN DEBATE LEAGUES: $57,600 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetWHIRLPOOL COLLECTIVE IMPACT FUND: $54,994 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBLACK TIE DINNER INC: $48,856 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $45,190 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRITE AID HEALTHY FUTURES: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHAMPIONS OF THE COMMUNITY INC: $39,660 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBJ'S RESTAURANTS FOUNDATION: $37,600 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $37,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $33,824 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION & RESOLUTION INC: $32,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $29,230 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology: $27,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY LAW LIBRARY: $27,375 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetMEDSTAR HEALTH INC: $26,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $25,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSUN RIVER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,468 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIANTS COMMUNITY FUND: $21,345 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FUND FOR LEGAL AID: $21,158 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetPELOTONIA: $20,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Aid Foundation of Colorado: $20,327 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNIJC NFP: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $19,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK WOMEN ATTORNEYS: $18,231 over 4y, 14% of budgetMOMENTUM FOR HEALTH: $17,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES: $17,140 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLIVEONNY FOUNDATION: $15,550 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCOUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC: $15,377 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetLAW FIRM ANTIRACISM ALLIANCE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $14,830 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPRO BONO PARTNERSHIP OF ATLANTA INC: $14,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $14,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAREER WARDROBE: $13,950 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $13,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRO BONO INSTITUTE: $13,350 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLaw SchoolYes We Can: $13,300 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $13,075 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY: $12,850 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAM S HART EDUCATION FOUNDATION WISH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $12,660 over 4y, 1.9% 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.

  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS ↗
  • Who funds PANDA CARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR URBAN DEBATE LEAGUES ↗
  • Who funds WHIRLPOOL COLLECTIVE IMPACT FUND ↗
  • Who funds BLACK TIE DINNER INC ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds RITE AID HEALTHY FUTURES ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPIONS OF THE COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BJ'S RESTAURANTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION & RESOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds Illinois Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY LAW LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds MEDSTAR HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds SUN RIVER HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds GIANTS COMMUNITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE FUND FOR LEGAL AID ↗
  • Who funds PELOTONIA ↗
  • Who funds Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NIJC NFP ↗
  • Who funds Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd ↗
  • Who funds THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK WOMEN ATTORNEYS ↗
  • Who funds MOMENTUM FOR HEALTH ↗

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.

The Sidley Austin Fou…The Morrison & Foerst…United Way Miami IncPerkins Coie Foundati…Equal Justice WorksThe Wilson Sonsini Go…Munger Tolles & Olson…California Access to …The Gibson Dunn & Cru…Jackson Lewis Foundat…California Changelawy…Katten Muchin Rosenma…
The Sidley Austin FoundationIL62.8× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sidley Austin Foundation · The Morrison & Foerster Foundation · United Way Miami Inc · Perkins Coie Foundation · Equal Justice Works · The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation · Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation · California Access to Justice Commission · The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Foundation · Jackson Lewis Foundation · California Changelawyers · Katten Muchin Rosenman 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 Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 23%
  • His House Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Womens Center of Jacksonville Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Partners for Women and Justice Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Medstar Health Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • St Andrew Legal Clinic: 2% of income from government
  • Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
61report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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

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How do I get to Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc 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 988 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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The unnamed billions
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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