· Public charity
Lotus Bloom
LOTUS BLOOM is a family resource center where children aged 0-5 and their parents/caregivers learn, play, gain confidence and find connections to other new parents, health resources, education resources.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $42k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AFRO-PLAY FAMILY CONSULTING | $50,000 |
| HIVELY | $7,000 |
| BANANAS INC | $7,000 |
| FRUITVALE HOUSING COLLECTIVE | $7,000 |
| EAST BAY AGENCY FOR CHILDREN | $7,000 |
| LINCOLN FAMILIES | $7,000 |
| SAFE PASSAGES | $7,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $67k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LLincoln4× · 2022–2025 · $52k · revenue +20%
East Bay Agency for Children4× · 2022–2025 · $52k · revenue +50%- EBEAST BAY ASIAN YOUTH CENTER3× · 2022–2024 · $43k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- TITRYBE INCone grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -22%
- PJPRESCOTT JOSEPH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENTone grant, 2022 · $10k
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.
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.
Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The mission of Oakland Kids First is to increase youth voice, leadership and power to create engaging and equitable public schools where all students learn and lead.
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…
Nonprofit human services organization active in the City of Alameda and the East Bay whose mission is to improve the emotional, psychological, and physical health of children, youth, and their families.
California Alliance of Caregivers represents the voices of relative and non-relative caregivers to promote the well-being of children in foster care. California Alliance of Caregivers provides training information support and advocacy for…
The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…
The mission of the East Bay Childrens Law Offices, Inc. is to protect and defend the rights of children and youth through holistic, vigorous and compassionate legal advocacy. EBCLO strives to provide a voice for children in and out of…
A broad based network of local institutions - congregations, synagogues, non-profits and civic associations - that serve as a foundation for public relationships, leadership development and action around issues that affect our communities.
Oakes Children Center closed it services as of July 31st, 2022.
Ebase advances economic, racial and social justice by building a just economy in the east bay on good jobs and healthy communities. we address the root causes of economic injustice by developing strategic alliances amount community, faith…
BELONG Partners is an education equity nonprofit that believes in a future where everyone has the opportunity to thrive because they know they matter and belong. We partner with schools and organizations to build equitable communities…
Through coaching and group facilitation, leaders of color heal from racism, develop skills to identify & interrupt racism in personal leadership, organizational practices & policies, and produce antiracist solutions in partnership with…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 10 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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: East Bay Community Foundation · Sunlight Giving · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The San Francisco Foundation · The Oakland Public Education Fund · Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation · June & Julian Foss Foundation · Alameda County Community Food Bank · The California Wellness Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lotus Bloom funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lotus Bloom. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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