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Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$685k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

International$2.9MPublic Benefit$757kCivil Rights$583kEnvironment$454kArts & Culture$449kCrime & Legal$275kCommunity Improvement$270kEducation$185kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $864
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $263k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $725k
  • $250k+1 grant · $685k
$40,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GLOBAL EXCHANGE$685,000
MI FAMILIA VOTA ED FUND$150,000
CALIFORNIA TRADE JUSTICE COALITION CO EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE$150,000
WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND$125,000
NATIVE ORGANIZER ALLIANCE$125,000
SOCIAL FOCUS$70,000
ALLIANCE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE$55,000
FUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS SOCIALES Y CULTURALES PARA AMERICA LATINA$50,000
MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE$40,000
CENTRO DE ESTUDIO PARA LA DEMOCRACIA - CESPAD$40,000
TAMARINDO FOUNDATION$40,000
LATIN AMERICA WORKING GROUP$35,000
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD SF BAY AREA$30,000
IGUALTAT$23,000
NISGUA$20,000
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 (FY20–22, $191k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, 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%WESTERN REGIONAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $58k → 10%TRANSNATIONAL VILLAGES NETWORK - REDDE PUEBLOS TRASNACIONALES: $73k → 28%GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA: $60k → 13%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

WA
WI
NY
IN
PA
CA
AZ
NC
DC
GA
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 16 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
24

Total granted

$4.2M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+41%

Still filing today

63%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $339k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHuman ServicesCrime & LegalCivil RightsOther
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

  • GE
    GLOBAL EXCHANGE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +292% · 45% of their budget
  • MF
    MI FAMILIA EN ACCION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $300k · revenue +73%
  • WA
    WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND
    2× · 2022–2024 · $185k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $259k · revenue +67%
  • MA
    MEDIA ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +51%
  • CD
    CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS SOCIO JURIDICOS LATINOAMERICANOS - CESJUL
    one grant, 2023 · $90k
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
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
2
Equal Justice Center

The Equal Justice Center is a non-profit law firm and employment justice organization which empowers low-income families, workers, and communities to achieve fair treatment in the workplace, in the justice system, and in our shared society…

Civil Rights
3
Alliance for Global Justice Corp

To achieve social change and economic justice by helping to build a stronger and more unified grassroots movement.

International
4
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
5
Guernica Centre for InternationalJustice

The Guernica Centre for International Justice represents the interests of victims in national and international legal proceedings, putting in place transnational accountability strategies that seek to maximize the protection of victims'…

International
6
Pangea Legal Services

Pangea's mission is to provide deportation defense services, advocate for policy change, and provide education and legal empowerment for our immigrant communities.

Crime & Legal
7
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
8
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

As one of the most enduring civil rights institutions on the West Coast, we work to dismantle systems of oppression and racism, and build an equitable and just society.

—
9
Justice Funders

Serve as a partner, educator, and guide for philanthropy in reimagining practices that advance a thriving and just world.

—
10
Global Voice
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11
Coalicion por Venezuela Inc

Coalicion por Venezuela Inc is a non-profit federation that unities civil society organizations dedicated to defending and promoting promote human rights, democratic values, and the social and cultural freedoms of Venezuelans and other…

Civil Rights
12
National Legal Advocacy Network Dba Glow

The National Legal Advocacy Network d/b/a Grassroots Law & Organizing for Workers is a legal non-profit organization dedicated to using legal strategies as a tool to build power for marginalized workers and create systemic change through…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mi Familia En Accion; the most unlike its peers is Bay Area Community Law Foundation. 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

29 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. 29 of the 48 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GLOBAL EXCHANGE: $2,267,750 · InternationalGLOBAL EXCHANGETRADE JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND: $250,000 · InternationalTRADE JUSTICE EDUCATION FUNDEducation for Peace in Iraq Center: $135,000 · International+5 more: $158,000 · International+5 moreCALIFORNIA TRADE JUSTICE COALITION CO EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE: $200,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA TRADE JUSTICE COALIT…FUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS SOCIALES Y CULTURALES PARA AMERICA LATINA: $125,000 · OtherFUNDACION DERECHOS ECONOMICOS S…NATIVE ORGANIZER ALLIANCE: $125,000 · OtherNATIVE ORGANIZER ALLIANCECENTER OF STUDY FOR DEMOCRACY (CESPAD): $97,000 · OtherCENTER OF STUDY FOR DEMOCRACY (…CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS SOCIO JURIDICOS LATINOAMERICANOS - CESJUL: $90,000 · OtherCENTRO DE ESTUDIOS SOCIO JURIDI…SOCIAL FOCUS: $70,000 · OtherCENTRO DE ESTUDIO PARA LA DEMOCRACIA - CESPAD: $70,000 · OtherJOHN F TINKER FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA TRADE JUSTICE COALITION: $60,000 · OtherNATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD SF BAY AREA: $55,000 · OtherTRANSNATIONAL VILLAGES NETWORK REDDE PUEBLOS TRASNACIONALES: $73,000 · OtherGeorgia Coalition for the People's Agenda: $60,000 · OtherWestern Regional Advocacy Project: $57,500 · OtherWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $185,000 · OtherWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND+10 more: $298,864 · Other+10 moreCASA CIRCULO CULTURAL: $141,000 · Arts & CultureMEDIA ALLIANCE: $100,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureThe Freedom Archives: $50,000 · Arts & CultureInternational Media Project: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMI FAMILIA EN ACCION: $300,000 · Civil RightsLATIN AMERICA WORKING GROUP: $40,000 · Civil RightsMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $75,000 · Community ImprovementALLIANCE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE: $65,000 · Community ImprovementALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY: $60,000 · Community ImprovementEAST BAY SANCTUARY COVENANT: $50,000 · Community ImprovementINSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC: $40,000 · Community ImprovementBay Area Community Law Foundation: $25,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $259,227 · AnimalsEAST BAY COMMUNITY LAW CENTER: $150,000 · Crime & LegalABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER: $50,000 · Crime & Legal
International$2,810,750Other$1,626,364Arts & Culture$356,000Civil Rights$340,000Community Improvement$315,000Animals$259,227Crime & Legal$200,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGLOBAL EXCHANGE: $2,267,750 over 6y, 45% of budgetMI FAMILIA EN ACCION: $300,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $259,227 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTRADE JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND: $250,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $185,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY LAW CENTER: $150,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCASA CIRCULO CULTURAL: $141,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetEducation for Peace in Iraq Center: $135,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetMEDIA ALLIANCE: $100,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALLIANCE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE: $65,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY: $60,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGeorgia Coalition for the People's Agenda: $60,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWestern Regional Advocacy Project: $57,500 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetEAST BAY SANCTUARY COVENANT: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetA JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Freedom Archives: $50,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC: $40,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Tamarindo Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLATIN AMERICA WORKING GROUP: $40,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetOFRENDA INC: $35,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetBay Area Community Law Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Media Project: $15,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetRIGHTS ACTION INC: $8,000 over 1y, 2.7% 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.

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.

Amalgamated Charitabl…The San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…The Ford FoundationTides FoundationArc of JusticeTr Edna Wardlaw Chari…The California Wellne…East Bay Community Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC21.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · Arc of Justice · Tr Edna Wardlaw Charitable Tr Ua Magnolia Trust Company Trustee · The California Wellness Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 48 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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