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Los Angeles Universal Preschool

Child360 works to improve the quality of early learning and give children the best start in school and life.

$4.4M
Granted FY2020
81
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$536k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Education$16MHuman Services$2.4MPublic Safety & Disaster$492kArts & Culture$107kHealth$94kYouth Development$84kCommunity Improvement$48kPhilanthropy$36kOther$0
02FY2020 · 81 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 81 grants below total $3,874,121, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,395,331 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $521,210 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k27 grants · $190k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $791k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $2.1M
  • $250k+2 grants · $789k
$16,060
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Los Angeles Unified School District$536,370
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles$252,300
Flora McGregory$202,245
Long Beach Day Nursery$201,735
Plaza De La Raza Child Development Services Inc$190,480
Drew Child Development Corporation$181,925
Sunny West Child Development Center$162,525
Compton Unified School District$114,420
Pomona USD$106,270
Foundation For Early Childhood Education$104,210
Baldwin Park Unified School District$100,270
Lynwood Unified School District$96,360
Hacienda-La Puente USD$86,360
ABC Unified School District$86,300
Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District$86,240
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 (FY17–20, $2.1M) 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%Quality Children's Service: $46k → 11%Quality Children's Service: $28k → 11%YMCA of Greater Whittier: $8k → 14%YMCA of Greater Whittier: $6k → 14%Westside Children's Center: $8k → 14%CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF EAST LOS ANGELES: $112k → 14%Westside Children's Center: $8k → 14%Child Dev Cons of Eastern LA: $36k → 14%Pinocchio Child Care Center Inc: $6k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $120k → 14%Para Los Ninos: $32k → 14%Para Los Ninos: $32k → 14%HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $159k → 14%Human Services Association: $30k → 14%Human Services Association: $18k → 14%Drew Child Development Corporation: $279k → 14%Drew Child Development Corporation: $182k → 14%MARYVALE: $185k → 14%Maryvale: $12k → 14%Maryvale: $8k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER LONG BEACH: $230k → 14%YMCA of Greater Long Beach: $34k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S COLLECTIVE INC: $107k → 14%YMCA of Greater Long Beach: $22k → 14%Just Plane Kids: $6k → 14%South Central Los Angeles Ministry Project Inc: $8k → 14%The Children's Center Inc: $6k → 14%South Central Los Angeles Ministry Project Inc: $6k → 14%YWCA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $95k → 14%YWCA of Greater Los Angeles: $48k → 14%Child Development Consortium of Los Angeles Inc: $36k → 14%YWCA of Greater Los Angeles: $34k → 14%YWCA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $18k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LA: $127k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LA: $6k → 14%CHILDREN'S BUREAU OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $19k → 14%Children's Bureau of Southern California: $10k → 14%Children's Bureau of Southern California: $8k → 14%SULPHUR SPRINGS UNION SD: $6k → 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.
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 78 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

78 repeat relationships: 74 still active in FY2020, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
49

Total granted

$18M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+17%

Still filing today

35%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesEducationHealthEmploymentCommunity 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MA
    Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
    2× · 2017–2020 · $573k · revenue +150%
  • LB
    LONG BEACH DAY NURSERY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $510k · revenue +66%
  • DC
    DREW CHILD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $461k · revenue +171%

Funded once

  • LU
    LYNWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2018 · $296k
  • SM
    SANTA MONICA COLLEGE
    one grant, 2017 · $160k
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $154k · revenue +12%
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 Institute of Los Angeles

Providing low-cost, diverse social services throughout los angeles county.

Human Services
2
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
3
Child Lane

Child lane provides care in an environment where play is valued and children are supported to reach their full potential.

Human Services
4
Childrens Center At Caltech

The center is a non-profit organization providing quality early education and care for infants, toddlers and preschool age children for the caltech and pasadena communities. caring, nurturing educators staff this outstanding program. the…

Human Services
5
Los Angeles 1st Preschool Education Center Inc

Los Angeles First Preschool is to Provide affordable Quality Child Care Service and Preschool Education for Children to enable Parents to be employed.

Human Services
6
Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles

Working together to strengthen families and ensure high-quality child care and early learning across los angeles county.

Human Services
7
Child Development Resources of Ventura County Inc

To provide comprehensive educational opportunities for preschool children from low-income families; to provide alternatives in childcare for children of low-income families; (continued on Schedule O)

Education
8
California Young World Inc

To provide a quality child development program in an atmosphere conducive to the development of the whole child.

Human Services
9
California Children's Academy

Cca is committed to preparing young children to be global citizens who are developmentally well-rounded, emotionally literate, and environmentally conscious.

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10
Fallbrook Child Development Center Inc

We provide quality early childhood education and day care for children ages one to five years. We strive to promote each childs intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development in preparation for kindergarten.

Human Services
11
All About Kids La
Philanthropy
12
Pathways La

Pathways LA strengthens low-income and vulnerable working families, promotes high quality early care and education services for children of all abilities, develops knowledgeable early care providers, and promotes economically resilient…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Para Los Ninos; the most unlike its peers is Charter Oak Education 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

45 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. 45 of the 134 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/45
Grantees still filing
33/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $2,308,756 · OtherLONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTLOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $1,178,670 · OtherLOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTGARVEY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $1,062,270 · OtherGARVEY SCHOOL DISTRICTVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC: $817,192 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INCLYNWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRIC: $659,362 · OtherLANCASTER SCHOOL DISTRICT: $604,500 · OtherBALDWIN PARK USD: $554,277 · Other+92 more: $7,802,253 · Other+92 moreDREW CHILD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $460,964 · Human ServicesDREW CHILD D…PARA LOS NINOS: $326,675 · Human ServicesPARA LOS NIN…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG BEACH: $291,713 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS C…Human Services Association: $206,722 · Human ServicesHuman Servic…MARYVALE: $205,417 · Human ServicesMARYVALEChild Development Consortium of Los Angeles Inc: $183,718 · Human ServicesChild Develo…YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $176,850 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'…Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $145,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's …THE CHILDRENS COLLECTIVE INC: $107,298 · Human Services+8 more: $178,910 · Human Services+8 moreLONG BEACH DAY NURSERY: $510,265 · EducationLONG BEACH D…Plaza de la Raza Child Development Services Inc: $461,580 · EducationPlaza de la …Around the Korner Center for School-Age Enrichment: $429,120 · EducationAround the K…Foundation for Early Childhood Education: $186,210 · EducationFoundation f…LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $154,031 · EducationLOS ANGELES …EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $139,243 · EducationEAST LOS ANG…Pasadena City College Foundation: $93,544 · EducationK-STEP MONTESSORI INC: $83,813 · Education+6 more: $148,987 · Education+6 moreMexican American Opportunity Foundation: $572,615 · EmploymentPACIFIC ASIAN CONSORTIUM IN EMPLOYMENT: $34,060 · Community ImprovementALMA FAMILY SERVICES: $20,630 · HealthDIGNITY HEALTH: $7,089 · Health
Other$14,987,280Human Services$2,283,267Education$2,206,793Employment$572,615Community Improvement$34,060Health$27,719

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 budgetMexican American Opportunity Foundation: $572,615 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLONG BEACH DAY NURSERY: $510,265 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetPlaza de la Raza Child Development Services Inc: $461,580 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetDREW CHILD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $460,964 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAround the Korner Center for School-Age Enrichment: $429,120 over 3y, 12% of budgetPARA LOS NINOS: $326,675 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG BEACH: $291,713 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetLong Beach Community Improvement League: $279,060 over 3y, 14% of budgetHuman Services Association: $206,722 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMARYVALE: $205,417 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Early Childhood Education: $186,210 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetChild Development Consortium of Los Angeles Inc: $183,718 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $176,850 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $154,031 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $145,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $139,243 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetPACIFIC CLINICS: $116,030 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS COLLECTIVE INC: $107,298 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPasadena City College Foundation: $93,544 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetQuality Childrens Services: $74,210 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMONTESSORI ASSOCIATION OF COVINA: $64,150 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD LEARNING CENTER: $52,030 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetALL FOR KIDS ORGANIZATION: $36,580 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAMINO NUEVO CHARTER ACADEMY: $36,530 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC ASIAN CONSORTIUM IN EMPLOYMENT: $34,060 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS KORNER EARLY EDUCATION CENTER: $30,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetROSE & ALEX PILIBOS PRESCHOOL: $29,471 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetOPTIONS FOR LEARNING: $28,206 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALMA FAMILY SERVICES: $20,630 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Central Los Angeles Ministry Project Inc: $20,030 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetASSOCIATED STUDENTS INC CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH: $16,956 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAllies for Every Child Inc: $16,030 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER WHITTIER: $14,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLinda Vista Children's Center: $12,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPEDIATRIC THERAPY NETWORK: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCTR INCORPORATED: $8,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDIGNITY HEALTH: $7,089 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINOCCHIO CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $6,030 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNELLIES WONDERLAND INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCharter Oak Education Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES ARTC CENTER CHILD: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 Mexican American Opportunity Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LONG BEACH DAY NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds Plaza de la Raza Child Development Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds DREW CHILD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Around the Korner Center for School-Age Enrichment ↗
  • Who funds PARA LOS NINOS ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG BEACH ↗
  • Who funds Long Beach Community Improvement League ↗
  • Who funds Human Services Association ↗
  • Who funds MARYVALE ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for Early Childhood Education ↗
  • Who funds Child Development Consortium of Los Angeles Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Baby2babyCalifornia Community …Community PartnersKaiser Foundation Hos…Foundation for Califo…The Ahmanson Foundati…GenYOUTH IncorporatedShare Our StrengthThe Ralph M Parsons F…Raising A ReaderGiving Children HopeSempra Foundation
Baby2babyCA38.9× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baby2baby · California Community Foundation · Community Partners · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Foundation for California Community Colleges · The Ahmanson Foundation · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Share Our Strength · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Raising A Reader · Giving Children Hope · Sempra 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 Los Angeles Universal Preschool funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Los Angeles Universal Preschool. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    21report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Los Angeles Universal Preschool?

    Find your warmest path to Los Angeles Universal Preschool 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 134 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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