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Malibu Foundation

Malibu Foundation is committed to the long-term rebuilding of areas affected by the Woolsey Fire.

$129k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2023.

Education$540kYouth Development$452kHousing & Shelter$411kPublic Safety & Disaster$200kEnvironment$193kPhilanthropy$155kHealth$119kAnimals$117kOther$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $29k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$99,915
Median grant
1
States reached
$180k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Los Angeles Emergency Prepare$99,915
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS FUNDS$28,589
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–20, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ALMA VIA OF CAMARILLO: $17k → 10%UNITED IN HARMONY: $22k → 14%MALIBU CART INC: $16k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$969k · 7 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +69% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

7 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
23

Total granted

$969k
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
0%

Still filing today

57%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MF
    MALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES
    2× · 2018–2019 · $430k · revenue +1%
  • SM
    Santa Monica Mountains Fund
    3× · 2019–2023 · $115k · revenue +210%
  • BH
    BIG HEART RANCH
    2× · 2019–2020 · $67k · revenue +195%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY INC
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue +8%
  • PO
    PTA OF JOHN L WEBSTER SCHOOL MALIBUgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $158k · revenue +114%
  • PU
    PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $140k · revenue +39%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Wildlands Conservancy

The Wildlands Conservancy's dual mission is to preserve the beauty and biodiversity of the earth and to provide programs so that children may know the wonder and joy of nature.

Environment
2
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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3
Western Alliance for Nature

Promoting the public use and enjoyment of natural areas; protecting lands to be maintained for wildlife, open space, archaeological preservation and other resource protection purposes; assist in the preservation and restoration of…

Environment
4
California Institute for Biodiversity

Create and publish educational materials, conduct professional development, promote awareness, and sponsor research on the spectacular biological diversity of the State of CA.

Education
5
Nature for All

Nature for all builds a diverse base of support to ensure that everyone in the losangeles area has equitable access to the wide range of benefits which natureprovides. we're committed to building support to protect, create access to…

Environment
6
North East Trees Inc

In 2024, our work made a lasting impact on both people and the environment. Together with our community, we planted 2,739 new plants and trees, ensuring future shade, cleaner air, and greener neighborhoods. We also cared for 7,442 trees,…

Environment
7
Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation dba River La

Engage.Protect.Enhance.Weareonamissiontobringpeople,water,andnaturetogetherwhilepursuingasustainablerevitalization of the Los Angeles River corridor.

Community Improvement
8
Los Angeles Conservation Corps

The la conservation corps creates equitable opportunities for young people to build resilience in themselves, their communities and the environment through a program of work, education and support.

Employment
9
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County

To conserve natural resources, agricultural land and open spaces for present and future generations.

Environment
10
The California Desert Land Conservancy

To protect the colorado and mojave deserts ecosystems and their scenic and cultural resources.

Environment
11
Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy

Palos verdes peninsula land conservancy, "pvplc", mission is to preserve land and restore habitat for the education and enjoyment of all. (see schedule o for further description).pvplc's vision is the preservation and management of large…

Environment
12
California Institute of Environmental Studies

The institute is dedicated to scientific research, the results of which are used to promote public awareness and education in the areas of conservation biology and ecology,including the wise use of natural resources.

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mountains Restoration Trust and the most unlike its peers is Nature Trust of the Santa Monica Mountai. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 27 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%4%<5yr16%9%5–10yr20%26%10–20yr17%35%20–35yr10%13%35–55yr12%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%4%<5yr16%3%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr17%35%20–35yr10%9%35–55yr12%30%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 4% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/31
the rest of the field
16%
7,866/49,785

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ROOTS N WINGS INC Co SCIENCE — $192,759 · OtherROOTS N WINGS INC Co SCIENCEPTA OF JOHN L WEBSTER SCHOOL MALIBU — $158,096 · OtherPTA OF JOHN L WEBSTER SCHOOL MALIBUSanta Monica Mountains Fund — $115,384 · OtherSanta Monica Mountains FundSEMINOLE SPRINGS MOBILEHOME — $100,000 · OtherSEMINOLE SPRINGS MOBILEHOMEUPWARD BOUND HOUSE — $75,000 · OtherUPWARD BOUND HOUSETERRAPIN BRIGHT GREEN LLC — $61,693 · OtherTERRAPIN BRIGHT GREEN LLCZUMA BEACH FM EMERGENCY AND COMMUNITY BROADCASTING INCORPORTED — $34,448 · OtherTHE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER — $50,000 · Other+14 more — $225,605 · Other+14 moreUNITED WAY INC — $250,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY INCPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC — $105,000 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY F…GVNGorg — $100,000 · PhilanthropyGVNGorgMALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES — $430,000 · Youth DevelopmentMALIBU FOUNDATION FOR…PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY — $140,000 · EducationLOS ANGELES EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FDN — $99,915 · Community ImprovementMOUNTAINS RESTORATION TRUST — $35,100 · Arts & CultureYOUNG ACTORS PROJECT — $30,000 · Arts & CultureACTOR'S GANG INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureBIG HEART RANCH — $66,876 · Animals
Other$1,012,985Philanthropy$455,000Youth Development$430,000Education$140,000Community Improvement$99,915Arts & Culture$95,100Animals$66,876

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES — $430,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetUNITED WAY INC — $250,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetROOTS N WINGS INC Co SCIENCE — $192,759 over 3y, 57% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY — $140,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Monica Mountains Fund — $115,384 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC — $105,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGVNGorg — $100,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetLOS ANGELES EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FDN — $99,915 over 1y, 52% of budgetUPWARD BOUND HOUSE — $75,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER — $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMOUNTAINS RESTORATION TRUST — $35,100 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetYOUNG ACTORS PROJECT — $30,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetACTOR'S GANG INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMALIBU FOUNDATION — $28,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED IN HARMONY — $22,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetELDER CARE ALLIANCE OF CAMARILLO — $17,301 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNature Trust Of The Santa Monica Mountai — $15,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetClimate Mobilization Project Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEVERWILD — $13,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE MALIBU COMMUNITY LABOR EXCHANGE — $5,400 over 1y, 1.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

GVNGorgCalifornia Community …The Annenberg Foundat…Conrad N Hilton Found…United Way IncThe Rose Hills Founda…Paypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…
GVNGorgCA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: GVNGorg · California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · United Way Inc · The Rose Hills Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Malibu Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Malibu Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Malibu Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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