· Private foundation
Norris and Debra Bishton 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $230k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $352k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME | $207,000 |
| ST JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION | $95,000 |
| LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LA | $50,000 |
| BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER INC | $35,000 |
| KCRW BUILDING FUND | $30,000 |
| NPR FOUNDATION BUILDING FUND | $25,000 |
| CENTER THEATRE GROUP | $25,000 |
| LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOC | $25,000 |
| NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO | $20,000 |
| ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL EDU FUND | $20,000 |
| THE LANGE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| HERMANDAD MEXICANA NACIONAL | $10,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES | $10,000 |
| BODYTRAFFIC | $10,000 |
| THE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
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 (FY19–24, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
27 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TLTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES8× · 2017–2024 · $289k · revenue +16%
- LALOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +28%
- BABARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER INC5× · 2020–2024 · $150k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- NSNYU SCHOLARSHIP FUNDone grant, 2017 · $45k
- UKUSC KAUFMAN SCHOOL OF DANCEone grant, 2017 · $20k
- LLLEUKEMIA & LYMPHONA SOCIETYone grant, 2022 · $15k
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 bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
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,…
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…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
To provide excellence and access in private higher education to those who seek to expand their knowledge and prepare themselves for meaningful, educated lives and for service to their communities and the world.
Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.
How this is measured
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 46 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 University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
- Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds New York University ↗
- Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ↗
- Who funds FRACTURED ATLAS INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds LANGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Hermandad Mexicana Nacional ↗
- Who funds Catalina Island Museum ↗
- Who funds BODY TRAFFIC ↗
- Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AVALON MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC ↗
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: California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Norris and Debra Bishton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Norris and Debra Bishton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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