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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.

$3.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
42
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% 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
02FY2025 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k15 grants · $375k
  • $50k–250k24 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.5M
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$55M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF HOPE$500,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$500,000
CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION$500,000
GOLDEN HEART RANCH$100,000
FULFILLMENT FUND$100,000
ALS ASSOCIATION GOLDEN WEST CHAPTER$100,000
NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL$100,000
PASADENA PLAYHOUSE$100,000
LOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY$100,000
THE PAINTED TURTLE$100,000
THE COLBURN SCHOOL$100,000
HATHAWAY SYCAMORE CHILD & FAMILY$100,000
RAD CAMP INC$100,000
Individual grant recipient$85,000
EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$75,000
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 (FY21–25, $3.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PACIFIC CLINICS: $50k → 8%STANFORD SIERRA YOUTH & FAMILIES: $100k → 12%HOPE LOVES COMPANY (ALS FOR CHILDREN CAMPS): $50k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%STANFORD YOUTH SOLUTIONS: $100k → 12%AUTISM PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%AUTISM PARTNERSHIP: $75k → 10%FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIERS: $50k → 11%AUTISM PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%AUTISM PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%THE ELI HOME INC: $25k → 10%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%A SENSE OF HOME: $25k → 14%PLAYA SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 14%A SENSE OF HOME: $25k → 14%UNITED IN HARMONY: $100k → 14%LOST ANGELS: $225k → 14%LOST ANGELS CHILDREN'S PROJECT INC: $60k → 14%LOST ANGELS CHILDREN PROJECT: $50k → 14%LOST ANGELS CHILDREN'S PROJECT INC: $25k → 14%HILLSIDE: $50k → 14%HILLSIDE: $25k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $100k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $50k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $50k → 14%GOLDEN HEART RANCH: $75k → 14%CHILDRENS RANCH FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%CHILDRENS RANCH FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S RANCH FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%DREAM STREET FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%CHILDREN'S RANCH FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION: $150k → 14%RANCHO SAN ANTONIO BOYS HOME: $100k → 14%RANCHO SAN ANTONIO: $75k → 14%YWCA-WINGS: $100k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $100k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $100k → 14%FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $60k → 14%FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $25k → 14%CHILD DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM: $100k → 14%BRAILLE INSTITUTE: $125k → 14%BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC: $100k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND - SCHOLARSHIPS: $100k → 14%BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC: $50k → 14%GOLDEN HEART RANCH: $100k → 14%GOLDEN HEART RANCH: $50k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 55 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
25

Total granted

$13M
$2.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+20%

Still filing today

82%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CM
    CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +72%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +34%
  • TJ
    TAWONGA JEWISH COMMUNITY CORPORATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $375k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • MG
    MS GIFT LL FOUNDATINO FOR YOUTH
    one grant, 2024 · $500k
  • SJ
    ST JUDE HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue +20%
  • BI
    BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue +67%
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
Wellnest Emotional Health & Wellness

Through a holistic approach to emotional well-being, Wellnest offers hope, healing, and opportunity to the children, young adults, families, and communities we serve. Our commitment remains steadfast as we enter our second century of…

Human Services
2
Wayfinder Family Services

The mission of Wayfinder Family Services is to ensure that children, youth and adults facing challenges always have a place to turn. Founded in 1953 as the Foundation for the Junior Blind, the organization initially enabled visually…

Human Services
3
All About Kids La
Philanthropy
4
Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services

To provide comprehensive, family-centered social, educational and behavioral health services that encourage children, adolescents and their families to lead self reliant, stable and productive lives.

Human Services
5
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
6
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center for Dev Disabled Persons Inc

South central los angeles regional center, (sclarc), believes special needs deserve special attention. we are committed to the provision of culturally sensitive services which enhance the inherent strengths of the family and enable…

Human Services
7
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
8
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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9
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
10
Achievekids

Achievekids schools provide individualized and multi-disciplinary programs that deliver special education, mental health, and family support services for students ages 5 to 22 who have complex and often severe developmental, emotional, and…

Education
11
California Children's Academy

Cca is committed to preparing young children to be global citizens who are developmentally well-rounded, emotionally literate, and environmentally conscious.

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12
Child Lane

Child lane provides care in an environment where play is valued and children are supported to reach their full potential.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lost Angels Childrens Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Colburn 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

69 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. 69 of the 84 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/69
Grantees still filing
48/69
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATI…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $1,500,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los AngelesCITY OF HOPE: $500,000 · HealthCITY OF HOPEST JUDE HOSPITAL: $250,000 · HealthOUR HOUSE GRIEF SUPPORT CENTER: $225,000 · HealthALS Network: $225,000 · HealthOptimist Boys' Home and Ranch Inc: $200,000 · HealthPACIFIC ASIAN COUNSELING SERVICES: $175,000 · Health+3 more: $400,000 · Health+3 moreCITY OF HOPE: $1,000,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPEMS GIFT LL FOUNDATINO FOR YOUTH: $500,000 · OtherMS GIFT LL FOUNDATINO FOR YOUTHNOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL: $315,000 · OtherNOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOLA PLACE CALLED HOME: $250,000 · OtherCHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION INC: $160,000 · OtherTAWONGA JEWISH COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $375,000 · OtherTAWONGA JEWISH COMMUNITY CORPORA…BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Other+26 more: $1,930,000 · Other+26 moreLost Angels Childrens Project Inc: $360,000 · Human ServicesLost Angels Childrens Pro…Rancho San Antonio Boys Home Inc: $325,000 · Human ServicesRancho San Antonio Boys H…FULFILLMENT FUND: $300,000 · Human ServicesFULFILLMENT FUNDBRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC: $275,000 · Human ServicesBRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMER…THE CHILDRENS RANCH FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDRENS RANCH FOUND…EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Human ServicesEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FO…GOLDEN HEART RANCH: $225,000 · Human ServicesGOLDEN HEART RANCHAUTISM PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $225,000 · Human ServicesAUTISM PARTNERSHIP FOUNDA…Children of the Night: $200,000 · Human ServicesChildren of the NightSTANFORD YOUTH SOLUTIONS dba STANFORD SIERRA YOUTH & FAMILIES: $200,000 · Human ServicesSTANFORD YOUTH SOLUTIONS …FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $135,000 · Human Services+12 more: $915,000 · Human Services+12 moreTHE COLBURN SCHOOL: $400,000 · Arts & CultureTHE COLBURN…LOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY: $300,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES…THE OPERA LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES: $200,000 · Arts & CultureTHE OPERA L…THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $200,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PASADEN…CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $150,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER THEA…JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $150,000 · Arts & CultureJAPANESE AM…EAST-WEST PLAYERS INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureEAST-WEST P…SOUTH BAY ARTIST COLLECTIVE: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWATER BUFFALO CLUB INC DBA WE BENEFIT CHILDREN: $150,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $150,000 · Recreation & SportsRAD CAMP INC: $150,000 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $200,000 · EducationCoalition for Engaged Education: $125,000 · EducationCRISTO REY ORANGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · EducationDEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY: $50,000 · EducationTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $400,000 · Youth Development
Health$4,975,000Other$4,730,000Human Services$3,660,000Arts & Culture$1,610,000Recreation & Sports$450,000Education$425,000Youth Development$400,000

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 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
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.

California Community …The Ahmanson Foundati…The Rose Hills Founda…The Ralph M Parsons F…Weingart FoundationThe Annenberg Foundat…Sempra FoundationPasadena Community Fo…Shelter Partnership I…Baby2babyJewish Community Foun…The Green Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ll Foundation for Youth funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ll Foundation for Youth. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 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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