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Lj Scenic Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$766kEducation$488kYouth Development$305kHealth$157kFood & Nutrition$150kRecreation & Sports$114kReligion$56kPhilanthropy$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $398k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$22,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$547k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
San Diego Symphony$500,000
Uplift Youth Foundation$125,000
Hero World Challenge-TGR Foundation$80,196
Challenged Athletes Foundation$77,000
La Jolla Playhouse$60,000
The Legacy$56,036
UNLV Foundation$25,000
Museum of Contemporary Art San Dieg$22,500
US Ski Snowboard Foundation$14,000
SCTA Foundation$10,000
Beth Israel - Ner Tamid Leaders$10,000
USET FOUNDATION$8,750
MURALS OF LA JOLLA$6,000
THE OLD GLOBE$5,000
Planned Parenthood of the Pacific S$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 (FY23–24, $102k) 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%Friendship Circle of the West Coast: $25k → 14%Challenged Athletes Foundation: $77k → 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.
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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 7 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
12

Total granted

$1.1M
$745k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+5%

Still filing today

71%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionPublic BenefitOther
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

  • UY
    UPLIFT YOUTH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $225k · revenue +13% · 28% of their budget
  • TA
    THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $160k · revenue +13%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • TW
    TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $406k · revenue +5%
  • JC
    JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +13%
  • RB
    ROLF BENIRSCHKE LEGACY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $56k · 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
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
2
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation

To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.

Education
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
4
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
5
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
8
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
9
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
10
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
11
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tiger Woods Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. 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

19 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. 19 of the 29 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $560,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCI…THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $159,500 · Arts & CultureTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO …+2 more: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $406,257 · EducationTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INCLEGACY INCORPORATED: $56,036 · EducationLEGACY INCORPORATEDUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEG…THE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $22,150 · EducationUPLIFT YOUTH FOUNDATION: $225,000 · HealthUPLIFT YOUTH FO…CUREBOUND: $35,500 · HealthCUREBOUNDPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: $15,000 · HealthSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $10,000 · HealthHero World Challenge-TGR Foundation: $80,196 · OtherHero World…Beth Israel - Ner Tamid Leaders: $30,325 · OtherBeth Israe…US Ski Snowboard Foundation: $28,000 · OtherUS Ski Sno…SCTA Foundation: $10,000 · OtherMCASD: $10,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood of Southern NV: $10,000 · OtherSac Kings Foundation: $9,000 · OtherUSET FOUNDATION: $8,750 · Other+2 more: $11,000 · Other+2 moreJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $150,000 · Food & NutritionCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $77,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF THE WEST COAST: $25,000 · Human ServicesHELPUSADOPTORG INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesROLF BENIRSCHKE LEGACY FOUNDATION: $56,400 · Public BenefitPADRES FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$744,500Education$534,443Health$285,500Other$197,271Food & Nutrition$150,000Human Services$107,000Public Benefit$56,400Philanthropy$35,000

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 budgetTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $560,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTIGER WOODS FOUNDATION INC: $406,257 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetUPLIFT YOUTH FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $159,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $77,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetROLF BENIRSCHKE LEGACY FOUNDATION: $56,400 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetLEGACY INCORPORATED: $56,036 over 1y, 35% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCUREBOUND: $35,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPADRES FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF THE WEST COAST: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO: $22,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $22,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPUSADOPTORG INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMainly Mozart Inc: $2,500 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.

Jewish Community Foun…The San Diego Foundat…The Ayco Charitable F…The Conrad Prebys Fou…Rancho Santa Fe Found…The Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA23.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Lj Scenic Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lj Scenic Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    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 · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Lj Scenic Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lj Scenic 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 29 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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