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Red Leaf Family Foundation

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.

$306k
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$224kCivil Rights$182kArts & Culture$151kEducation$69kHousing & Shelter$69kScience & Tech$60kCrime & Legal$48kPublic Benefit$47kOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $242k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALTAMED FOUNDATION$20,000
WRAAP$15,000
NATIONAL DAY LABORERS ORGANIZING NETWORK$15,000
IMMIGRANT DEFENDERS LAW CENTER$15,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES (PPLA)$15,000
CALIFORNIA LATINAS FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE$15,000
MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE$15,000
LAANE$11,500
COLLEGE MATCH$10,000
PICO CALIFORNIA$10,000
BREANNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE$10,000
COALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING (CAST)$10,000
PBS FOUNDATION$10,000
NATIVE PUBLIC MEDIA$10,000
LOS ANGELES PUBLIC PRESS$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $64k) 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.

area typical 11%DOWTOWN WOMENS CENTER: $10k → 14%ALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $3k → 14%WELLS BRING HOPE: $13k → 14%WELLS BRING HOPE: $13k → 14%JEWISH CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $1k → 14%JOVENES: $25k → 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
OR
PA
NJ
CA
VA
AZ
DC
LA
AL
TX
FL
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$615k · 29 repeat orgs$429k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
32

Total granted

$615k
$258k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+12%

Still filing today

76%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $172k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • MS
    MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $75k · revenue +232%
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $60k · revenue +62%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES
    2× · 2022–2023 · $45k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • NJ
    NPR-COLLABORATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • JI
    JOVENES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +23%
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 Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
3
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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4
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
5
California Western School of Law

California western school of law is an independent, aba/aals and wasc senior college and university commission (wscuc) accredited s.d. law school that prepares graduates for the practice of law through a carefully sequenced program of…

Education
6
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
7
League of California Community Foundations

The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…

Philanthropy
8
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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9
Los Angeles County Bar Association (Lacba)

Meeting the professional needs of los angeles lawyers, and improving the administration of justice.

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10
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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11
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
12
Justice Action Center

Justice Action Center JAC pilots an innovative model that advances the rights of immigrant communities by connecting cutting-edge impact litigation and compelling narrative and communications content. The purpose of JAC is to advance the…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pacific Heart Lung and Blood Institute. 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

49 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. 49 of the 88 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/49
Grantees still filing
30/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES (PPLA): $30,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES (PPLA)WRAAP: $30,000 · OtherWRAAPIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherNPR-COLLABORATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK: $25,000 · OtherALTAMED FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 · OtherCENTER FOR THE PACIFIC-ASIAN FAMILY INC: $20,000 · Other+49 more: $307,165 · Other+49 moreMEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE: $75,000 · HealthMEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHO…Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project: $50,000 · HealthWomen's Reproductive Rig…PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $45,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS A…CALIFORNIA LATINAS FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: $35,000 · HealthCALIFORNIA LATINAS FOR R…LOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $11,500 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $2,500 · HealthCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA S…PRO PUBLICA INC: $30,000 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA …PACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC BATT…PBS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePBS FOUNDATI…SOCIAL AND PUBLIC ART RESOURCE CENTER: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $25,000 · EducationREED INSTITUTE: $10,000 · EducationCOLLEGE MATCH: $10,000 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS: $10,000 · EducationHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $7,200 · EducationMONTCLAIR EARLY CHILDHOOD CORP MONTCLAIR COMMUNITY PRE-K: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationJOVENES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesWELLS BRING HOPE: $25,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $10,000 · Human ServicesALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $3,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK: $25,000 · Civil RightsCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $25,000 · Civil RightsREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $10,000 · Civil RightsSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $20,000 · Crime & LegalImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $15,000 · Crime & LegalCOALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY & TRAFFICKING: $10,000 · Crime & LegalJUST DETENTION INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$477,165Health$229,000Arts & Culture$115,000Education$69,200Human Services$65,000Civil Rights$60,000Crime & Legal$48,000

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 budgetMEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE: $75,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA LATINAS FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: $35,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOVENES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWELLS BRING HOPE: $25,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR THE PACIFIC-ASIAN FAMILY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTICE IN AGING: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetREED INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Heart Lung and Blood Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCOALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY & TRAFFICKING: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC BATTLESHIP CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLEGE MATCH: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZEN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $7,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMONTCLAIR EARLY CHILDHOOD CORP MONTCLAIR COMMUNITY PRE-K: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY LOS ANGELES: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALEXANDRIA HOUSE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY PHILANTHROPY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUST DETENTION INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL WALDENSTROM'S MACROGLOBULINEMIA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Center for Justice: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetECD GLOBAL ALLIANCE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Weingart FoundationCalifornia Community …Liberty Hill Foundati…The Annenberg Foundat…The California Wellne…Jewish Community Foun…The Ford FoundationConrad N Hilton Found…The California Endowm…Sempra FoundationThe Ralph M Parsons F…Tides Foundation
Weingart FoundationCA27× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Weingart Foundation · California Community Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Ford Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The California Endowment · Sempra Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Tides 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 Red Leaf Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Red Leaf Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Reed Institute: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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

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How do I get to Red Leaf Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Red Leaf Family 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 88 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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