California · Public charity
Los Angeles Waterkeeper
LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER's mission is to fight for the health of the region's waterways, and for sustainable, equitable and climate-friendly water supplies.
- $481k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Los Angeles Waterkeeper funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 14 | $481k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $34k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $492k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $370k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacoima Beautiful | $218,333 | 4 | 3% |
| Active San Gabriel Valley | $208,333 | 4 | 2% |
| Proyecto Pastoral | $167,499 | 3 | 1% |
| Conservation Corps of Long Beach | $162,499 | 4 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust | $162,499 | 4 | 1% |
| Climate Resolve | $162,499 | 4 | 2% |
| Holos Inc | $137,499 | 3 | 0% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $137,499 | 4 | 0% |
| Council for Watershed Health | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Heal the Bay | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacoima Beautiful | $218,333 | 4 | 3% |
| Active San Gabriel Valley | $208,333 | 4 | 2% |
| Proyecto Pastoral | $167,499 | 3 | 1% |
| Conservation Corps of Long Beach | $162,499 | 4 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust | $162,499 | 4 | 1% |
| Climate Resolve | $162,499 | 4 | 2% |
| Holos Inc | $137,499 | 3 | 0% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $137,499 | 4 | 0% |
| Council for Watershed Health | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Heal the Bay | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| La Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance | $24,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Legacy la Youth Development Corp | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Malibu Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Strategic Concepts In Organizing & Policy Education | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Del Amo Action Committee | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Los Angeles Waterkeeper supplied at peak.
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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: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Resources Legacy Fund · Liberty Hill Foundation · California Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Community Partners · The California Endowment · Water Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Local Initiatives Support Corporation
How this is measured
About Los Angeles Waterkeeper
- How much does Los Angeles Waterkeeper give?
- Los Angeles Waterkeeper reported 14 grants totaling $480,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Los Angeles Waterkeeper fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (74%), Community Improvement (15%), Housing & Shelter (8%).
- Who are Los Angeles Waterkeeper's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Pacoima Beautiful ($218k), Active San Gabriel Valley ($208k), Proyecto Pastoral ($167k).
- Does Los Angeles Waterkeeper fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Los Angeles Waterkeeper?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc, Resources Legacy Fund, Liberty Hill Foundation.
- Where is Los Angeles Waterkeeper based?
- Los Angeles Waterkeeper is based in CA.
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