· Private foundation
Milano Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $51k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| KCRW FOUNDATION INC | $15,000 |
| THE NEW SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| SILVER LAKE CHILDRENS THEATRE GROUP | $5,000 |
| DAP HEALTH INC | $5,000 |
| PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| LAMBDA ARCHIVES OF SAN DIEGO | $5,000 |
| THE L FUND | $4,000 |
| THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE DESERT | $4,000 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| SILVER LAKE CHILDRENS THEATRE GROUP | $3,000 |
| SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS INC | $3,000 |
| COLLEGIATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES | $3,000 |
| PROVIDENCE SAINT JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER | $3,000 |
| EARTHJUSTICE | $1,000 |
| HPZ | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
46 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 3 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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TNThe New School4× · 2017–2025 · $85k · revenue +24%
- KFKCRW FOUNDATION INC6× · 2017–2025 · $75k · revenue +9%
- PSPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM9× · 2017–2025 · $63k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- CACENTRAL ASIA INSTone grant, 2021 · $10k
- NWNEW WEST CHARTER SCHOOLone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +6%
- TRTEAM RUBICON INCone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +18%
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.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
See schedule othe mission of occidental college is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex,…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Throughout its history, pomona college has educated men and women of exceptional promise. we gather individuals, regardless of financial circumstances, into a small residential community that is strongly rooted in southern california yet…
Building a world where lgbt people thrive as healthy, equal and complete members of society. since its inception, the los angeles lgbt center (center) has been building a world where lgbt people thrive as healthy, equal and complete…
The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…
To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
Lambda legal defense and education fund, inc. is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and anyone living with hiv through impact litigation,…
Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…
How this is measured
42 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. 42 of the 69 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.
- Who funds The New School ↗
- Who funds KCRW FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds DAP Health Inc ↗
- Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER IN HOLLYWOOD ↗
- Who funds OUTFEST ↗
- Who funds FUND ARTS NOW ↗
- Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE DESERT BIENNIAL DBA DESERT X ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES FOUNDATION SAN FERNANDO & SANTA CLARITA VALLEYS SA ↗
- Who funds COLLEGIATE SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE L-FUND ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS FKA NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS ↗
- Who funds SILVERLAKE CHILDRENS THEATRE GROUP ↗
- Who funds THE NEW YORK CENTER FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC ↗
- Who funds GLAAD INC ↗
- Who funds Lambda Archives of San Diego ↗
- Who funds NEW WEST CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
- Who funds Childrens Medical Care Foundation ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE D ↗
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: Liberty Hill Foundation · Western Wind Foundation · The Grace Helen Spearman Foundation · Inland Empire Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Milano Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Milano Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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