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Ll Foundation for Youth

The foundation was established for multiple public, educational and charitable purposes, including providing ongoing financial support for a variety of established nonprofit, tax-exempt public, charitable and educational organizations. The foundation will emphasize and award grants to charities that provide or promote education,…

$3.7M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
42
Grants FY2025
43
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 45
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$55M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Ll Foundation for Youth funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $820k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationRecreation & SportsEmploymentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving42$3.7M10%
FY202443$3.0M23%
FY202321$1.8M52%
FY202245$4.2M69%
FY202128$3.5Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$5.8MHuman Services$2.5MYouth Development$1.8MArts & Culture$1.7MEducation$1.3MPhilanthropy$1.1MRecreation & Sports$625kReligion$595kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 72 grantees
All grantees of Ll Foundation for Youth by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation$1,500,00050%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$1,500,00050%
City of Hope$500,00020%
The Painted Turtle$400,00042%
The Colburn School$400,00040%
Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation$375,00022%
Lost Angels Childrens Project Inc$360,000412%
Rancho San Antonio Boys Home Inc$325,00021%
Notre Dame High School$315,00040%
Fulfillment Fund$300,00033%
Los Angeles Opera Company$300,00030%
Braille Institute of America Inc$275,00030%
The Childrens Ranch Foundation$250,000424%
A Place Called Home$250,00032%
Exceptional Children's Foundation$250,00030%
St Jude Hospital$250,00010%
Golden Heart Ranch$225,000313%
Autism Partnership Foundation$225,00046%
Our House Grief Support Center$225,00035%
ALS Network$225,00031%
Birthright Israel Foundation$200,00010%
Children of the Night$200,00034%
The Opera League of Los Angeles$200,000244%
Optimist Boys' Home and Ranch Inc$200,00021%
American Indian College Fund$200,00020%
The Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc$200,00031%
STANFORD YOUTH SOLUTIONS dba STANFORD SIERRA YOUTH & FAMILIES$200,00020%
Pacific Asian Counseling Services$175,00031%
Childhood Leukemia Foundation Inc$160,00033%
Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children$150,00038%
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles$150,00010%
Special Olympics Southern California Inc$150,00011%
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center$150,00022%
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service$150,00020%
Kiwanis Family House$150,000216%
Rad Camp Inc$150,00026%
New Directions for Youth Inc$150,00023%
Foundation for Women Warriors$135,00034%
Coalition for Engaged Education$125,00035%
East-West Players Inc$125,00033%
Young Women's Christian Association of Greater Los Angeles$100,00010%
Child Development Consortium of Los Angeles Inc$100,00011%
Colburn Foundation$100,00010%
Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services$100,00010%
Starlight Children's Foundation$100,00011%
Wigs For Kids Inc$100,00018%
Deep Springs Corporation$100,00013%
C Booster Club$100,0002n/a
Dream Street Foundation$100,000123%
United in Harmony$100,000115%
Challenged Athletes Inc$100,00011%
YWCA of San Gabriel Valley$75,00020%
Motivating Our Students Through Experien EXPERIENCE (MOSTE)$75,00038%
Hillsides$75,00020%
Riding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths$75,00024%
Playa Sunrise Rotary Club Foundation$65,000339%
South Bay Artist Collective$60,00025%
A Sense of Home$50,00021%
Our Big Kitchen Los Angeles$50,00016%
Flintridge Center$50,00021%
Hope Loves Company Inc$50,000114%
Cristo Rey Orange County High School Inc$50,00021%
Debbie Allen Dance Inc Debbie Allen Dance Academy$50,00011%
Pacific Clinics$50,00010%
Indivisible Art$35,0001n/a
Community Partners$35,00010%
The Eli Home Inc$25,0001n/a
Tikvah-Etta and Lazear Israel Center for the Developmentally Disabled$25,00010%
Future Roots Inc$25,0001n/a
Saint Andrews Abbey Inc$20,0001n/a
Pacific Clinics$20,0001n/a
Casa Youth Shelter$20,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ll Foundation for Youth supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 66 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation: $1,500,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $1,500,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCity of Hope: $500,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Painted Turtle: $400,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetThe Colburn School: $400,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTawonga Jewish Community Corporation: $375,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetLost Angels Childrens Project Inc: $360,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetRancho San Antonio Boys Home Inc: $325,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetNotre Dame High School: $315,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFulfillment Fund: $300,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetLos Angeles Opera Company: $300,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBraille Institute of America Inc: $275,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Childrens Ranch Foundation: $250,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetA Place Called Home: $250,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetExceptional Children's Foundation: $250,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSt Jude Hospital: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGolden Heart Ranch: $225,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetAutism Partnership Foundation: $225,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetOur House Grief Support Center: $225,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetALS Network: $225,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChildren of the Night: $200,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetThe Opera League of Los Angeles: $200,000 over 2y, 44% of budgetOptimist Boys' Home and Ranch Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc: $200,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSTANFORD YOUTH SOLUTIONS dba STANFORD SIERRA YOUTH & FAMILIES: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPacific Asian Counseling Services: $175,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetChildhood Leukemia Foundation Inc: $160,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetWater Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children: $150,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetCenter Theatre Group of Los Angeles: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSpecial Olympics Southern California Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJapanese American Cultural and Community Center: $150,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetDidi Hirsch Psychiatric Service: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKiwanis Family House: $150,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetRad Camp Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetNew Directions for Youth Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetFoundation for Women Warriors: $135,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetCoalition for Engaged Education: $125,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetEast-West Players Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Greater Los Angeles: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChild Development Consortium of Los Angeles Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetColburn Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetStarlight Children's Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWigs For Kids Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetDeep Springs Corporation: $100,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetDream Street Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 23% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 66.

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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 FoundationCA45.1× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · Shelter Partnership Inc · Baby2baby · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Green 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.

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About Ll Foundation for Youth

How much does Ll Foundation for Youth give?
Ll Foundation for Youth reported 42 grants totaling $3,680,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 45 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Ll Foundation for Youth fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Human Services (15%), Youth Development (11%).
Who are Ll Foundation for Youth's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation ($1.5M), Children's Hospital Los Angeles ($1.5M), City of Hope ($500k).
Does Ll Foundation for Youth fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ll Foundation for Youth accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ll Foundation for Youth?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation.
Where is Ll Foundation for Youth based?
Ll Foundation for Youth is based in CA.

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 84 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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