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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 FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $502k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES BARD COLLEGE$250,000
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS$102,000
CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES BARD COLLEGE$100,000
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART (LACMA)$100,000
CALIFORNIA HERITAGE MUSEUM$50,000
SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$50,000
ELINGS PARK FOUNDATION$50,000
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC$50,000
MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC DBA ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL$30,000
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$20,000
FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC$15,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES$15,000
CATALINA ISLAND MUSEUM$10,000
CARIBOU HISTORICAL SOCIETY$10,000
PS1 CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER INC$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%The Colleagues: $6k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $5k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $5k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $1k → 14%THE COLLEAGUES: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NY
MA
PA
CA
UT
CO
NC
DC
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.7M · 43 repeat orgs$313k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
24

Total granted

$7.7M
$248k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+23%

Still filing today

81%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • IC
    INNER CITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2022 · $325k · revenue +89%
  • CH
    CALIFORNIA HERITAGE MUSEUM
    6× · 2018–2024 · $285k · revenue +25% · 30% of their budget
  • SR
    SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2023 · $250k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • KI
    KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • HE
    HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -4%
  • PG
    Philip Glass Center for the Arts
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
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
Monterey Museum of Art

The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.

Arts & Culture
2
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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3
Santa Barbara Museum of Art

To integrate art into the lives of people, fostering imagination, stimulating thought, and creating personally rewarding experiences.

Arts & Culture
4
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
5
Ica La

Through its exhibitions and outreach programs, the institute of contemporary art, los angeles fosters diversity, innovation, and discovery in contemporary art - local, national, and international.

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
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
8
Long Beach Museum of Art Foundation

The purpose of the Foundation is to promote understanding and appreciation of the arts, to collect and exhibit significant works of art, & to manage and support an institution where these works of art may be housed and displayed for the…

Arts & Culture
9
Museum of Latin American Art

The specific purpose of this corporation is to: expand knowledge and appreciation of modern and contemporary latin american tine art that has been created since world war ii; to operate a museum; to collect and display latin american…

Arts & Culture
10
Pasadena Museum of California Art

To present the breadth of california art and design through exhibitions that explore the cultural dynamics and influence that are unique to california.

—
11
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
12
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is Portal Schools. 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

56 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. 56 of the 72 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/56
Grantees still filing
42/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLBURN SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS: $1,000,000 · OtherCOLBURN SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTSCENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES BARD COLLEGE: $950,000 · OtherCENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES BARD COLLEGESANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART: $521,000 · OtherSANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ARTPortal Schools: $500,000 · OtherPortal SchoolsTHE UCLA FOUNDATION SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE: $500,000 · OtherTHE UCLA FOUNDATION SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND ARCHITECTUREUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS: $426,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS+23 more: $450,800 · Other+23 moreCALIFORNIA HERITAGE MUSEUM: $285,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA HERITAGE MUSEUMARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $271,000 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURA…SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Arts & CultureSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATIONLOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY: $234,035 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANYTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $232,264 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGE…LOBERO THEATRE FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Arts & CultureLOBERO THEATRE FOUNDATIONMuseum of Modern Art: $190,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern ArtMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $165,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INCSANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $154,610 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYTHE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART INC: $119,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $115,000 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MUSEUM OF ART: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $336,250 · Arts & Culture+13 moreINNER CITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $325,000 · EducationREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $185,000 · EducationART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN: $20,000 · Education+3 more: $21,500 · EducationPIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital: $150,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $35,000 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $25,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthBAY AREA LYME FOUNDATION: $60,000 · PhilanthropyRobert Wilson Arts Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE PAINTED TURTLE: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE COLLEAGUES INC: $18,000 · Human Services
Other$4,347,800Arts & Culture$2,752,159Education$551,500Health$225,000Philanthropy$71,500Youth Development$20,000Human Services$18,000

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 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 budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOETS HOUSE INC: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds Portal Schools ↗
  • Who funds INNER CITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA HERITAGE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds LOBERO THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
  • Who funds READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital ↗
  • Who funds GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND ↗
  • Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM ASSOCIATES ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
  • Who funds BAY AREA LYME FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BYRD HOFFMAN WATER MILL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ELINGS PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds VENICE FAMILY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY ↗
  • Who funds PS 1 CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER INC ↗

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 Annenberg Foundat…The Kenneth T and Eil…Pasadena Community Fo…The Ahmanson Foundati…Www FoundationThe J Paul Getty TrustThe Ralph M Parsons F…Jewish Community Foun…Brittingham Family Fo…Ann Jackson Family Fo…The Confidence Founda…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Edith Wharton Restoration Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
14report 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.
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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.

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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home