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Lojo Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$95kEducation$76kEnvironment$72kPhilanthropy$39kYouth Development$26kAnimals$21kCommunity Improvement$20kInternational$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRANWELL FOUNDATION$10,000
AFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION$10,000
BLUE HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPEMENT$5,000
MAINE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY$5,000
SCHOOL JUSTICE PROJECT$5,000
HOME$2,500
SEDGWICK BROOKLIN HISTORICAL SOCIET$2,500
AFRICAN WOMEN RISING$2,500
THE CARPENTER'S BOAT SHOP$2,500
BLUE HILL LIBRARY$2,500
TREE OF LIFE FOOD PANTRY$2,500
COMMUNITY OF WRITERS AT SQUAL VALLE$2,500
FRANCIS PERKINS CENTER$1,000
THE CRADLE SOCIETY$1,000
ELIMISHA KAKUMA$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNITED RECOVERY FUND: $1k → 7%TREE OF LIFE: $3k → 11%TREE OF LIFE: $2k → 11%TREE OF LIFE: $1k → 11%TREE OF LIFE: $1k → 11%TREE OF LIFE: $1k → 11%TREE OF LIFE: $500 → 11%THE UNITY SHOPPE: $2k → 14%THE UNITY SHOPPE: $1k → 14%AFRICAN WOMEN RISING: $3k → 14%AFRICAN WOMEN RISING: $3k → 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
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.
$476k · 45 repeat orgs$99k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
24

Total granted

$476k
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+33%

Still filing today

69%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentInternationalArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • MC
    MAINE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $23k · revenue +47%
  • SJ
    SCHOOL JUSTICE PROJECT INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +102%
  • SC
    STORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $18k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • K9S FOR WARRIORS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +87%
  • PF
    PE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • RE
    RIPPLE EFFECT IMAGES
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -42%
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
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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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
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
8
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
9
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc

The organization was established to protect and restore the santa barbara channel and its watersheds through science-based advocacy, education, field work, community engagement, and citizen enforcement of environmental laws.

Environment
10
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
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
Bartlett Arboretum Association Inc

To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Cranwell Family Foundation Inc. 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

52 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 52 of the 76 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)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/52
Grantees still filing
40/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOOL YEAR ABOARD: $22,500 · OtherSCHOOL YEAR ABOARDHENRY ART GALLERY: $20,000 · OtherHENRY ART GALLERYBLUE HILL LIBRARY: $19,000 · OtherSANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART: $19,000 · OtherSTORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $17,500 · OtherTHE CARPENTERS BOAT SHOP: $16,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY OF WRITERS AT SQUAL VALLE: $16,000 · OtherPE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $13,000 · OtherUC REGENTS: $12,500 · OtherSEDGWICK-BROOKLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,500 · OtherHOME INC: $12,000 · OtherBLUE HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $17,500 · OtherK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $15,000 · OtherGIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA: $15,000 · Other+31 more: $115,500 · Other+31 moreCoastal Rivers Conservation Trust: $14,500 · EnvironmentCoastal Rive…HEAL THE OCEAN INC: $11,000 · EnvironmentHEAL THE OCE…Maine Coast Heritage Trust: $11,000 · EnvironmentMaine Coast …NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $8,500 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESO…BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $8,500 · EnvironmentBLUE HILL HE…SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $6,500 · EnvironmentSANTA BARBAR…HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: $3,000 · EnvironmentREDFORD CENTER INC: $2,500 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE CRANWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationAFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationCARPINTERIA CHILDREN'S PROJECT: $5,500 · Education+2 more: $2,000 · EducationMAINE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY: $22,500 · Social ScienceSCHOOL JUSTICE PROJECT INC: $20,000 · Social ScienceRIPPLE EFFECT IMAGES: $10,000 · InternationalAHA FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 · InternationalRELIEF INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $1,000 · InternationalSOLAR SISTER INC: $1,000 · InternationalASSOCIATION FOR A MORE JUST SOCIETY -US: $1,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $1,000 · InternationalFUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC: $17,500 · PhilanthropySANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $6,000 · PhilanthropyCARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER: $13,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MEDIA FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Arts & CultureToo Young to Wed Inc: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFRANCES PERKINS CENTER: $1,000 · Arts & CulturePEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$358,000Environment$66,500Education$42,500Social Science$42,500International$25,500Philanthropy$23,500Arts & Culture$23,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CRANWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMAINE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY: $22,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSCHOOL JUSTICE PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSTORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $17,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBLUE HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $17,500 over 4y, 10% of budgetFUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CARPENTERS BOAT SHOP: $16,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA: $15,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCoastal Rivers Conservation Trust: $14,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER: $13,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSEDGWICK-BROOKLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,500 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetHOME INC: $12,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $11,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRIPPLE EFFECT IMAGES: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMONTECITO TRAILS FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAHA FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $8,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTREE OF LIFE INC: $7,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $6,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MEDIA FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSYA FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCARPINTERIA CHILDREN'S PROJECT: $5,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAFRICAN WOMEN RISING: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR FARMWORKER FAMILIES: $4,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetELIMISHA KAKUMA: $3,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetRELIEF INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH COUNTRY NEWS: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITY SHOPPE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREDFORD CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetToo Young to Wed Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cradle Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA AUDUBON SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOLAR SISTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR A MORE JUST SOCIETY -US: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 THE CRANWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MAINE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL JUSTICE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds STORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CARPENTERS BOAT SHOP ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA ↗
  • Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust ↗
  • Who funds CARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SEDGWICK-BROOKLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds HEAL THE OCEAN INC ↗
  • Who funds Maine Coast Heritage Trust ↗
  • Who funds RIPPLE EFFECT IMAGES ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MONTECITO TRAILS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds AHA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds TREE OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MEDIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SYA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CARPINTERIA CHILDREN'S PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds MAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN WOMEN RISING ↗

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.

Santa Barbara Foundat…Hutton Foundation Dba…Maine Community Found…G a Fowler Family Fou…Ann Jackson Family Fo…Www FoundationThe Turpin-Allebrand …June G Outhwaite Char…Dancing Tides Foundat…The Diskant Famiy Fou…The Garland and Brend…The Victor and Susan …
Santa Barbara FoundationCA26.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · G a Fowler Family Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Www Foundation · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · Dancing Tides Foundation Inc · The Diskant Famiy Foundation · The Garland and Brenda Reiter Family Foundation · The Victor and Susan Schaff Family 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 Lojo Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lojo Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 42%
  • Aha Foundation Inc: 42% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 76 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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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