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Livingston 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.

$23k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$59kPublic Benefit$34kEducation$21kHealth$21kInternational$12kCommunity Improvement$12kPhilanthropy$9kEnvironment$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$750
Median grant
3
States reached
$770k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIPLOMATIC CORPS OF ARIZONA$4,000
ACT ONE$3,500
CHILDSPLAY THEATRE$2,000
TEMPE COMMUNITY COUNCIL$2,000
DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN$1,500
JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVIC$1,000
KJZZ 915 FM$1,000
ASU FOUNDATION$1,000
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION$1,000
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PHOENIX$850
BALLET ARIZONA$800
ARIZONA OPERA$750
ARIZONA WOMEN'S BOARD$600
VALLEY LEADERSHIP$500
K-LOVE$500
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 (FY18–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN: $250 → 11%CIRCLE THE CITY: $250 → 11%CHILDHELP: $500 → 11%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
NY
MA
CA
NE
VA
MD
AZ
DC
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$145k · 36 repeat orgs$63k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
51

Total granted

$145k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+26%

Still filing today

69%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SD
    SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $32k · revenue +195%
  • DB
    DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +72%
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +196%

Funded once

  • SC
    Seton Catholic Preparatory
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • DH
    DIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -89%
  • GV
    GRETCHEN V & SAMUEL M FELDMAN PRIVATE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue -20%
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
Arizona Theatre Company

ATC's mission is to create world-class theatre about what it means to be alive today - inspiring curiosity and creativity, sparking empathy and joy - bringing all Arizonans together.

Arts & Culture
2
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

We inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the sonoran desert.

Arts & Culture
3
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
4
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
5
Artpace Inc (Audit)

Artpace san antonio is a nonprofit residency program which supports texas, national, and international artists in the creation of new art. see schedule o for continuation.

Arts & Culture
6
Center for the Future of Arizona

Bringing arizonans together to create a stronger and brighter future for our state.

Community Improvement
7
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
8
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
9
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc

The tucson museum of art and historic block connects art to life through meaningful and engaging experiences that inspire discovery, spark creativity, and promote cultural understanding.

Arts & Culture
10
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
11
Arizona Science Center

To inspire, educate and engage curious minds through science.

Arts & Culture
12
Tucson Botanical Gardens

Tucson botanical gardens connects people with plants and nature through art, science, history and culture.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Valley Leadership Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc. 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

58 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. 58 of the 97 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/58
Grantees still filing
37/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Seton Catholic Preparatory: $7,500 · OtherSeton Catholic PreparatoryDIPLOMATIC CORPS OF ARIZONA: $4,000 · OtherSTARTEM: $4,000 · OtherALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 · OtherHACKETT HOUSE: $2,640 · OtherPARTNERS IN ACTION INC: $3,013 · OtherBREVARD ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC: $3,000 · Other+54 more: $49,192 · Other+54 moreACT ONE: $18,057 · Arts & CultureACT ONETHEATER WORKS INC: $5,500 · Arts & CultureTHEATER WORKS INCCALA Alliance: $5,066 · Arts & CultureCALA AllianceARIZONA OPERA COMPANY: $4,388 · Arts & CultureARIZONA OPERA COMPANYPHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $3,750 · Arts & CulturePHOENIX ART MUSEUMXico Inc: $3,705 · Arts & CultureXico IncPHOENIX SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $2,985 · Arts & CulturePHOENIX SYMPHONY ASSOCIATI…BALLET ARIZONA: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $2,413 · Arts & CultureSANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: $31,900 · Community ImprovementSANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INS…JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PHOENIX INC: $7,503 · Community ImprovementJUNIOR LEAGUE OF PHOENI…TEMPE COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $2,000 · Community ImprovementTempe Community Action Agency Inc: $1,557 · Community Improvement+1 more: $865 · Community ImprovementARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $7,500 · EducationTHE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $1,000 · EducationTHE ODYSSEY PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $750 · Education+2 more: $300 · EducationDIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $3,750 · HealthCROSSROADS INC: $2,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital: $750 · HealthARIZONA WOMEN'S BOARD: $600 · HealthDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $7,785 · Environment+2 more: $180 · EnvironmentGRETCHEN V & SAMUEL M FELDMAN PRIVATE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · PhilanthropyCELEBRITY FIGHT NIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyVALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$76,345Arts & Culture$48,364Community Improvement$43,825Education$13,550Health$13,100Environment$7,965Philanthropy$7,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: $31,900 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetACT ONE: $18,057 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $7,785 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF PHOENIX INC: $7,503 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATER WORKS INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCALA Alliance: $5,066 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA OPERA COMPANY: $4,388 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGRETCHEN V & SAMUEL M FELDMAN PRIVATE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetXico Inc: $3,705 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPARTNERS IN ACTION INC: $3,013 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCELEBRITY FIGHT NIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREVARD ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $2,985 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET ARIZONA: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY BLOOM: $2,400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPHOENIX COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: $2,145 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTEMPE COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCROSSROADS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKESHORE MUSIC INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTempe Community Action Agency Inc: $1,557 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKids in Focus: $1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSCOTTSDALE MUSEUM OF THE WEST INC: $1,395 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $1,280 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Joseph the Worker: $1,030 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFELDMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF DALLAS INC: $865 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ODYSSEY PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA WOMEN'S BOARD: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLUX FACTORY INC: $512 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVALLEY LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHER GROUND YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYCE THOMPSON SOUTHWESTERN ARBORETUM: $427 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO: $396 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCIRCLE THE CITY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEE HAPPY 4 ODIN: $250 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Arizona Community Fou…Virginia G Piper Char…Moreno Family Foundat…The Foundation for Co…Thunderbirds CharitiesGarcia Family Foundat…Margaret T Morris Fou…American Express Foun…Burton Family Foundat…L Roy Papp Charitable…The Kemper & Ethel Ma…The Diane and Bruce H…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ44× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Moreno Family Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Thunderbirds Charities · Garcia Family Foundation · Margaret T Morris Foundation · American Express Foundation · Burton Family Foundation · L Roy Papp Charitable Trust · The Kemper & Ethel Marley Fdn · The Diane and Bruce Halle 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 Livingston Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Livingston Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 39%
  • Brevard Achievement Center Inc: 39% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 Livingston Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Livingston 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 97 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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