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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its 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 its 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
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.
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against 0% for those 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
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

  • 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%
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
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
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
4
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
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County

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

Environment
9
The California Desert Land Conservancy

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

Environment
10
Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation dba River La

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

Community Improvement
11
California Climate Action Now

Can cultivates green infrastructure investments in the public right-of-way through diverse public and private partnerships.

Environment
12
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mountains Restoration Trust; 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.
04the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 32 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 & CultureACTOR'S GANG INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureYOUNG ACTORS PROJECT: $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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetACTOR'S GANG INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetYOUNG ACTORS PROJECT: $30,000 over 1y, 17% 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
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.

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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
    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.
    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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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