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Louis L Borick Foundation at a glance

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Louis L Borick Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
77
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$6.7MHuman Services$5.6MEducation$5.4MEnvironment$2.5MHealth$2.3MRecreation & Sports$1.4MInternational$1.4MAnimals$916kOther$0
02FY2025 · 77 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k56 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $1.7M
$30,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$62M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Youth Homes Inc$200,000
DIFFADALLAS$175,000
PEF Israel Endowment Fund Inc$125,000
Resource Center$110,000
I AM a Golfer Foundation$100,000
CENTER FOR THE EDUCATION OF INFANT DEAF$100,000
Point Foundation$100,000
Watson's Children's Shelter$100,000
Bay Ed Fund$100,000
Montana Natural History Center$75,000
Clark Fork Coalition$75,000
Tipping Point Community$75,000
Wild Montana$60,000
Springboard Collaborative$50,000
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum$50,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $3.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Watson's Children's Shelter: $150k → 9%Watson's Children's Shelter: $125k → 9%Dallas Children's Advocacy Center: $50k → 14%Watson's Children's Shelter: $125k → 9%Watson's Children's Shelter: $100k → 9%Watson's Children's Shelter: $100k → 9%Watson's Children's Shelter: $100k → 9%Watson's Children's Shelter: $100k → 9%Mountain Home Montana: $75k → 9%Mountain Home Montana: $75k → 9%Mountain Home Montana: $50k → 9%Mountain Home Montana: $50k → 9%Mountain Home Montana: $50k → 9%Mountain Home Montana: $30k → 9%Mountain Home Montana: $30k → 9%Mountain Home Montana: $30k → 9%Families First: $40k → 9%Families First: $40k → 9%Child Care Resources: $30k → 9%Child Care Resources: $30k → 9%Beyond Emancipation: $30k → 10%Beyond Emancipation: $30k → 10%First Place for Youth: $50k → 10%First Place for Youth: $50k → 10%First Place for Youth: $50k → 10%First Place for Youth: $50k → 10%First Place for Youth: $50k → 10%First Place for Youth: $45k → 10%First Place for Youth: $45k → 10%Children Now: $40k → 10%Children Now: $40k → 10%First Place for Youth: $40k → 10%Children Now: $40k → 10%Children Now: $35k → 10%Children Now: $30k → 10%Children Now: $30k → 10%Children Now: $30k → 10%Children Now: $30k → 10%Children Now: $30k → 10%Raise A Child Inc: $30k → 14%United Friends of the Children: $40k → 14%Raise A Child Inc: $30k → 14%United Friends of the Children: $40k → 14%United Friends of the Children: $30k → 14%United Friends of the Children: $30k → 14%Fostering Media Connections: $30k → 14%Foothill Family Service: $35k → 14%Foothill Family Service: $30k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
MT
NY
MA
NV
WY
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
MD
AZ
SC
DC
HI
TX
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$29M · 130 repeat orgs$855k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

130 repeat relationships: 65 still active in FY2025, 65 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

130
29

Total granted

$29M
$630k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+12%

Still filing today

68%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • YH
    YOUTH HOMES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +11%
  • IA
    I Am A Golfer Foundation
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +3% · 42% of their budget
  • WESTERN COLORADO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +177%

Funded once

  • GC
    GARDEN CITY HARVEST INC
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -6%
  • CS
    Colorado State University Found
    one grant, 2017 · $60k
  • AH
    AIM HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $60k · revenue +7%
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
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
2
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
3
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
4
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
5
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
6
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
7
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
8
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
9
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

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10
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
11
Chico Children's Museum

None

Education
12
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Promise House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery. 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

124 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. 124 of the 176 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
121/124
Grantees still filing
93/124
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DIFFADALLAS: $1,529,500 · OtherDIFFADALLASI Am A Golfer Foundation: $1,275,000 · OtherI Am A Golfer FoundationWESTERN COLORADO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,005,000 · OtherWESTERN COLORADO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONCenter for the Education of Infant Deaf: $830,000 · OtherCenter for the Education of Infant DeafRESOURCE CENTER: $560,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED HORSEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $490,000 · Other+80 more: $8,619,175 · Other+80 moreYOUTH HOMES: $1,875,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH HOMESWATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER INC: $800,000 · Human ServicesWATSON CHILDREN'S SH…MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $415,000 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN HOME MONTAN…FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $380,000 · Human ServicesFIRST PLACE FOR YOUT…CHILDREN NOW: $307,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN NOWFoothill Family Service: $245,000 · Human ServicesALL FOR KIDS ORGANIZATION: $195,000 · Human Services+11 more: $1,367,000 · Human Services+11 moreTeach for America Inc: $575,000 · EducationTeach for A…POINT FOUNDATION: $495,000 · EducationPOINT FOUND…READING PARTNERS: $420,000 · EducationREADING PAR…THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION: $366,430 · EducationTHE UNIVERS…EVERYBODY DANCE LA: $195,000 · EducationEVERYBODY D…WRITING COACHES OF MONTANA: $185,000 · EducationWRITING COA…FAMILIES FORWARD LEARNING CENTER: $165,000 · EducationFAMILIES FO…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationOUT TEACH: $125,000 · EducationThe Brookwood Community Inc: $125,000 · Education+8 more: $250,000 · Education+8 moreSWC MUSEUM CORP: $525,000 · Arts & CultureSWC MUSEUM…THE GARRY MARSHALL THEATRE: $260,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GARRY …East Bay Center for the Performing Arts: $240,000 · Arts & CultureEast Bay C…CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $160,000 · Arts & CultureCORPORATIO…Palm Springs Preservation Foundation: $155,000 · Arts & CulturePalm Sprin…DALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $150,000 · Arts & CultureDALLAS SYM…PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE: $145,000 · Arts & CulturePEROT MUSE…Arts for LA: $142,500 · Arts & CultureGreater Dallas Youth Orchestra Inc: $140,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $135,000 · Arts & Culture+16 more: $659,000 · Arts & Culture+16 moreCLARK FORK COALITION: $590,000 · EnvironmentCLARK FOR…MONTANA NATURAL HISTORY CENTER: $485,000 · EnvironmentMONTANA N…VIDA VERDE NATURE EDUCATION: $470,000 · EnvironmentVIDA VERD…MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION: $205,000 · EnvironmentMONTANA W…HOME RESOURCE INC: $195,000 · EnvironmentHOME RESO…Bitterrooters For Planning: $150,000 · EnvironmentBitterroo…Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Asso: $112,000 · EnvironmentBITTER ROOT LAND TRUST: $105,000 · Environment+4 more: $127,500 · EnvironmentTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $675,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $590,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS: $137,600 · Philanthropy+5 more: $95,000 · PhilanthropyMEN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $430,000 · HealthCALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $190,000 · HealthTHE MENNINGER CLINIC: $165,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN: $90,000 · HealthRETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST: $55,000 · HealthBRIGHTER BEGINNINGS: $50,000 · Health+2 more: $40,000 · Health
Other$14,308,675Human Services$5,584,500Education$3,051,430Arts & Culture$2,711,500Environment$2,439,500Philanthropy$1,497,600Health$1,020,000

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 budgetYOUTH HOMES: $1,875,000 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetI Am A Golfer Foundation: $1,275,000 over 5y, 42% of budgetWESTERN COLORADO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,005,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetWATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER INC: $800,000 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $675,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCLARK FORK COALITION: $590,000 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $590,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $575,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSWC MUSEUM CORP: $525,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetPOINT FOUNDATION: $495,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED HORSEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $490,000 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetMONTANA NATURAL HISTORY CENTER: $485,000 over 9y, 8.9% of budgetVIDA VERDE NATURE EDUCATION: $470,000 over 9y, 9.5% of budgetMEN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $430,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $420,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetMOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $415,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $380,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION: $366,430 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCENTERLINK INC: $325,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetMONTANA PRESERVATION ALLIANCE INC: $315,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetCHILDREN NOW: $307,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetOpportunity Resources Inc: $294,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE GARRY MARSHALL THEATRE: $260,000 over 9y, 5.0% of budgetDestiny Arts Center: $250,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetFoothill Family Service: $245,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetEast Bay Center for the Performing Arts: $240,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetMONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION: $205,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetHOME RESOURCE INC: $195,000 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetALL FOR KIDS ORGANIZATION: $195,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEVERYBODY DANCE LA: $195,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $190,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetWRITING COACHES OF MONTANA: $185,000 over 6y, 51% of budgetPARA LOS NINOS: $185,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFOSTERALL: $180,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $175,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetPOLYPHONY FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCES: $172,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetRaise A Child Incorporated: $170,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $170,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $165,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIONS: $165,000 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetTHE MENNINGER CLINIC: $165,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD LEARNING CENTER: $165,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $160,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMISSOULA BUTTERFLY HOUSE AND INSECTARIUM: $160,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetPalm Springs Preservation Foundation: $155,000 over 8y, 23% of budgetBeyond Differences: $150,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetDALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% 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 YOUTH HOMES ↗
  • Who funds I Am A Golfer Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN COLORADO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds CLARK FORK COALITION ↗
  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds SWC MUSEUM CORP ↗
  • Who funds POINT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED HORSEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA NATURAL HISTORY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds VIDA VERDE NATURE EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds MEN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds READING PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTERLINK INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA PRESERVATION ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN NOW ↗
  • Who funds Opportunity Resources Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE GARRY MARSHALL THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds Destiny Arts Center ↗
  • Who funds Foothill Family Service ↗
  • Who funds East Bay Center for the Performing Arts ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION ↗

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.

Dennis & Phyllis Wash…The Ahmanson Foundati…Liatis FoundationCalifornia Community …The Ralph M Parsons F…The Rose Hills Founda…The Bill & Rosemary G…Missoula Community Fo…Max and Betty Swanson…Weingart FoundationMontana Community Fou…First Interstate Banc…
Dennis & Phyllis Washington FoundationMT32.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Liatis Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Bill & Rosemary Gallagher Foundation · Missoula Community Foundation · Max and Betty Swanson Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc

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 Louis L Borick Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Louis L Borick Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Centerlink Inc: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 176 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home