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Mizel Family 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.

$479k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$132k
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, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$561kHealth$163kRecreation & Sports$106kArts & Culture$89kHuman Services$85kHousing & Shelter$20k
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $210k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $257k
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL$132,000
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$75,000
THE UCLA FOUNDATION$50,000
LIFE STEPS FOUNDATION$30,000
NYU$30,000
Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles$25,000
Museum Associates$25,000
Alzheimer's Foundation of America$20,000
University of Washington Foundation$20,000
Downtown Womens Center$20,000
HOPE IN SUITCASE$20,000
Adaptive Sports Foundation$10,000
Transplant Games-Team Southern California$10,000
TAYLEN LAUREN HORTON FOUNDATION$7,500
GIGIS PLAYHOUSE PHOENIX$4,000
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 (FY23–24, $105k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%Downtown Womens Center: $20k → 14%HOPE IN SUITCASE: $20k → 14%LIFE STEPS FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%HOPE IN SUITCASE: $20k → 14%LIFE STEPS FOUNDATION: $15k → 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

WA
NY
NJ
CA
UT
CO
AZ
DC
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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$429k · 5 repeat orgs$520k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
9

Total granted

$429k
$281k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+57%

Still filing today

60%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $239k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalHealthEducationOther
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

  • VE
    VIEWPOINT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $70k · revenue +18%
  • LS
    LIFE STEPS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $45k · revenue +20%
  • HI
    HOPE IN A SUITCASE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $40k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • ND
    NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $60k · revenue +40%
  • DS
    DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF MID-COLUMBIA
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • RO
    REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
University of Southern California

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…

Education
2
Los Angeles International Dance Festival
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3
Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2028

The organization aims to benefit the residents of the united states through the planning, promotion and staging of the xxxiv olympiad and the xviii paralympic games.

Recreation & Sports
4
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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5
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
6
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.

Recreation & Sports
7
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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8
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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9
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
10
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
11
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ucla Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Twin City Titans. 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

16 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. 16 of the 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL: $261,000 · OtherTHOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOLVIEWPOINT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $70,000 · OtherVIEWPOINT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY: $60,000 · OtherNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETYDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF MID-COLUMBIA (DSAMC): $50,000 · OtherDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF MID-COLUMBIA (DSAMC)REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $50,000 · OtherREGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAAGOURA HIGH SCHOOL: $35,000 · OtherAGOURA HIGH SCHOOLNYU: $30,000 · Other+4 more: $57,000 · Other+4 moreLIFE STEPS FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesLIFE STEPS …HOPE IN A SUITCASE: $40,000 · Human ServicesHOPE IN A S…DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WO…UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STA…ADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsADAPTIVE S…TRANSPLANT GAMES TEAM SOUTHERN CALIF INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsTRANSPLANT…+1 more: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsUCLA FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationUCLA FOUND…UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…Sundance Institute: $35,000 · Arts & CultureSundance …MUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM AS…ICA LA: $25,000 · Arts & CultureICA LAALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $20,000 · HealthHEARTS OF JOY INTERNATIONAL CORP: $10,000 · International
Other$613,000Human Services$105,000Recreation & Sports$96,000Education$95,000Arts & Culture$85,000Health$20,000International$10,000

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 budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIEWPOINT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY: $60,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLIFE STEPS FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE IN A SUITCASE: $40,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSundance Institute: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetICA LA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTS OF JOY INTERNATIONAL CORP: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTRANSPLANT GAMES TEAM SOUTHERN CALIF INC: $10,000 over 1y, 14% 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.

National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA8.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 25 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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