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Llww 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.

$886k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2024
20
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 38
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$38M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Llww Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $370k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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
FY2024still arriving22$886k14%
FY202320$924k20%
FY202224$894k21%
FY202117$1.3M18%
FY202022$1.4M14%
FY201938$1.5M37%
FY201838$1.1Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$5.9MEducation$1.5MHealth$296kEnvironment$142kScience & Tech$50kRecreation & Sports$50kYouth Development$20kHuman Services$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Portal Schools$500,000227%
University of California Davis$426,0002n/a
Inner City Education Foundation$325,00021%
California Heritage Museum$285,000630%
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc$271,00051%
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation$250,00040%
Los Angeles Opera Company$234,03560%
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles$232,26431%
Lobero Theatre Foundation$200,00043%
Museum of Modern Art$190,00070%
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All grantees of Llww Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Portal Schools$500,000227%
University of California Davis$426,0002n/a
Inner City Education Foundation$325,00021%
California Heritage Museum$285,000630%
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc$271,00051%
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation$250,00040%
Los Angeles Opera Company$234,03560%
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles$232,26431%
Lobero Theatre Foundation$200,00043%
Museum of Modern Art$190,00070%
Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California Inc$185,000710%
Music Associates of Aspen Inc$165,00060%
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History$154,61070%
PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital$150,00020%
Ganna Walska Lotusland$121,80042%
The International Council of the Museum of Modern Art Inc$119,00062%
Museum Associates$115,00030%
Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts Inc$100,00021%
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art$100,00034%
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc$70,00050%
Whitney Museum of American Art$60,00020%
Bay Area Lyme Foundation$60,00031%
Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation$55,00030%
Elings Park Foundation$50,00011%
Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County$36,00060%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$35,00030%
Dia Center for the Arts Inc$35,00020%
Venice Family Clinic$25,00040%
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery$25,00010%
Ps 1 Contemporary Art Center Inc$20,00020%
Art Center College of Design$20,00010%
The Colleagues Inc$18,00051%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles Harbor$15,00010%
Catalina Island Museum$15,00021%
Friends of Alta Inc$15,00032%
New Museum of Contemporary Art$10,00010%
Robert Wilson Arts Foundation Inc$10,00021%
Caribou Historical Society$10,0001n/a
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$10,00010%
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum$10,00011%
Los Angeles Conservancy$7,00030%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$5,50020%
Mak Center for Art and Architecture La$5,00010%
Peninsula Committee Children's Hospital$5,0001n/a
Direct Relief$5,00010%
The Painted Turtle$5,00010%
The Opera League of Los Angeles$2,25011%
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara$2,00020%
Edith Wharton Restoration Inc$1,5001n/a
Junior League of Los Angeles Inc$1,50020%
Poets House Inc$1,00010%
Team Giving Inc$1,00011%
Pasadena Police Foundation$50011%
Garden Club of Santa Barbara$50010%
The Labelle Foundation Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Llww Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPortal Schools: $500,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetInner City Education Foundation: $325,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCalifornia Heritage Museum: $285,000 over 6y, 30% of budgetArmand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc: $271,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSolomon R Guggenheim Foundation: $250,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLos Angeles Opera Company: $234,035 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles: $232,264 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLobero Theatre Foundation: $200,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $190,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetReading Is Fundamental of Southern California Inc: $185,000 over 7y, 9.6% of budgetMusic Associates of Aspen Inc: $165,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSanta Barbara Museum of Natural History: $154,610 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetPIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGanna Walska Lotusland: $121,800 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetThe International Council of the Museum of Modern Art Inc: $119,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetMuseum Associates: $115,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSouthern Alleghenies Museum of Art: $100,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetFoundation for Contemporary Arts Inc: $70,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBay Area Lyme Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetByrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation: $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetElings Park Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPerforming Arts Center of Los Angeles County: $36,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Los Angeles: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDia Center for the Arts Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVenice Family Clinic: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHenry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPs 1 Contemporary Art Center Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArt Center College of Design: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Colleagues Inc: $18,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles Harbor: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCatalina Island Museum: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFriends of Alta Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRobert Wilson Arts Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Maritime Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLos Angeles Conservancy: $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Library Foundation of Los Angeles: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMak Center for Art and Architecture La: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDirect Relief: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Painted Turtle: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Opera League of Los Angeles: $2,250 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetScholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of Los Angeles Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPoets House Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeam Giving Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 51.

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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 FoundationCA24.3× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Www Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Brittingham Family Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The Confidence 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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How do I get to Llww Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Llww 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.

About Llww Foundation

How much does Llww Foundation give?
Llww Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $886,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 38 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Llww Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (74%), Education (18%), Health (4%).
Who are Llww Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Portal Schools ($500k), University of California Davis ($426k), Inner City Education Foundation ($325k).
Does Llww Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Llww Foundation 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 Llww Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris Foundation.
Where is Llww Foundation based?
Llww Foundation 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 72 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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