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Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation
The LOS ANGELES LAKERS YOUTH FOUNDATION is a registered 501(c)3 organization and the official team charity of the los angeles lakers. The foundation's mission is to help underserved youth develop their potential by providing positive experiences and resources in education, health and wellness, and sports. The foundation also awards…
- $381k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $263k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $69,878
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $263k | 63% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $88k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $84k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $90k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $165k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $356k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $219k | 92% |
| FY2017 | 35 | $439k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles | $216,067 | 5 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles Harbor | $113,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Painted Turtle | $95,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Kobe & Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation | $90,008 | 2 | 24% |
| Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc | $64,981 | 4 | 0% |
| Skyhook Foundation | $61,900 | 1 | 16% |
| Covenant House California | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Lead the Way Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Southern California Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 64 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Weingart Foundation · La84 Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Green Foundation · United Way Inc · Great Public Schools Now · Boys & Girls Clubs of America
How this is measured
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About Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation
- How much does Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation give?
- Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation reported 16 itemized grants totaling $262,859, out of $380,930 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (54%), Education (12%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles ($216k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles Harbor ($113k), The Painted Turtle ($95k).
- Does Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation.
- Where is Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation based?
- Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation is based in CA.
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