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Lopker Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 41
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$69M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Lopker Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity 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 arriving29$2.6M14%
FY202334$3.2M26%
FY202227$2.9M11%
FY202132$1.1M31%
FY202029$882k24%
FY201929$1.0M34%
FY201841$1.1M66%
FY201722$811kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$5.8MHealth$4.6MScience & Tech$625kInternational$385kArts & Culture$285kEnvironment$235kFood & Nutrition$229kPhilanthropy$143kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
WI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
RI
CA
CO
MD
DE
AZ
DC
MS
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation$2,000,00036%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$2,000,00020%
University of Washington Foundation$1,635,00060%
University of Washington$1,075,0003n/a
Totem Technologies$450,0003100%
The Clear Fund$181,97560%
Institute for Natural Medicine$123,133119%
The Good Food Institute Inc$120,00040%
Direct Relief$110,00080%
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara$100,00011%
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All grantees of Lopker Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation$2,000,00036%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$2,000,00020%
University of Washington Foundation$1,635,00060%
University of Washington$1,075,0003n/a
Totem Technologies$450,0003100%
The Clear Fund$181,97560%
Institute for Natural Medicine$123,133119%
The Good Food Institute Inc$120,00040%
Direct Relief$110,00080%
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara$100,00011%
Kindering Center$80,06070%
New Harvest Inc$80,00043%
Givedirectly Inc$80,00030%
Center for Carbon Removal$50,00010%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$50,00010%
The Life You Can Save$50,00010%
Multiplier$50,00010%
Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts Inc$45,00060%
Equal Justice Initiative$40,00020%
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College$40,00080%
Movement Strategy Center$40,00010%
California State University Channel Islands Foundation$40,00011%
The Humane League$30,00030%
Charity Global Inc$30,00010%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$30,00030%
Rocky Mountain Wolf Project$30,0002n/a
Living Goods$20,00010%
Environmental and Energy Study Institute$20,00011%
Carpinteria Arts Center$20,00013%
Planting Justice$20,00011%
The Global Hunger Project$20,00010%
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice$15,0001n/a
Stembassadors$12,5001n/a
Unity Shoppe Inc$10,73940%
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10,00010%
Families With a Future$10,0001n/a
The Fred Hollows Foundation$10,00013%
The Mojave Center Inc$10,000115%
The Fistula Foundation$10,00010%
Swedish Medical Center Foundation$10,00010%
Kidlinks World Inc$10,0001n/a
Django Software Foundation$10,000114%
Gaviota Coast Conservancy$10,00012%
Environmental Health Coalition$10,00010%
Family Dog & Puppy Rescue$10,00012%
Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson$5,0001n/a
One805 Inc$5,0001n/a
Santa Barbara Education Foundation$5,00010%
Project Tf$5,00010%
City Slicker Farms$5,00011%
Washington Coalition for Open Government$5,00012%
Hopewell$5,00010%
Santa Barbara High School Computer Science Academy Foundation$4,00022%
Food From the Heart Inc$4,00080%
Chapman University$4,00020%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$3,50070%
Signal Technology Foundation$3,50040%
The Greater Contribution$3,00060%
CalMatters$2,50050%
Impact 100 Seattle$2,50021%
Ventura Unified School District$2,5001n/a
Burning Man Project$2,00010%
Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse$1,00010%
Mississippi Valley State University$1,0001n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$50010%
Grove Church$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Lopker Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation: $2,000,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $2,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $1,635,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTotem Technologies: $450,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $181,975 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute for Natural Medicine: $123,133 over 1y, 19% of budgetThe Good Food Institute Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDirect Relief: $110,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Foundation of Santa Barbara: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKindering Center: $80,060 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNew Harvest Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetGivedirectly Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Carbon Removal: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetClean Air Task Force Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Life You Can Save: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMultiplier: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $45,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for Santa Barbara City College: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMovement Strategy Center: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCalifornia State University Channel Islands Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Humane League: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCharity Global Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Goods: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental and Energy Study Institute: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCarpinteria Arts Center: $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetPlanting Justice: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Global Hunger Project: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnity Shoppe Inc: $10,739 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fred Hollows Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetThe Mojave Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSwedish Medical Center Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDjango Software Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetGaviota Coast Conservancy: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEnvironmental Health Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Dog & Puppy Rescue: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSanta Barbara Education Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetProject Tf: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCity Slicker Farms: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWashington Coalition for Open Government: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHopewell: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara High School Computer Science Academy Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetFood From the Heart Inc: $4,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChapman University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% 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 55.

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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.

Santa Barbara FoundationCA24.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Mosher Foundation · California Community Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Latkin Charitable Foundation · George Isaac Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · James S Bower Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Silicon Valley Community 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 Lopker Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lopker Family 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 Lopker Family Foundation

How much does Lopker Family Foundation give?
Lopker Family Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $2,627,744 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Lopker Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (42%), Health (33%), Science & Tech (5%).
Who are Lopker Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation ($2.0M), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ($2.0M), University of Washington Foundation ($1.6M).
Does Lopker Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lopker Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Lopker Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Ann Jackson Family Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation.
Where is Lopker Family Foundation based?
Lopker Family 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 94 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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