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The Andrew Nikou Foundation at a glance

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The Andrew Nikou 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.

$50k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$510kEducation$479kScience & Tech$240kPublic Benefit$60kFood & Nutrition$50kRecreation & Sports$25kHealth$11kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$8k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOTORO PRODUCTIONS LLC$50,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SARAH HEINZ HOUSE: $750 → 11%OASIS CENTER: $125 → 10%BLACK AMBITION: $3k → 10%NO BULLY: $15k → 10%CONSCIOUS KID: $400 → 11%X PRIZE FOUNDATION INC: $240k → 14%DONORSCHOOSE: $7k → 17%OPERATION SMILE INC: $500 → 10%THREE SQUARE: $25k → 13%MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW: $513 → 8%SARA HEINZ HOUSE: $750 → 11%CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $10k → 10%XPRIZE: $60k → 14%DONORSCHOOSE: $5k → 17%9TH BRIDGE SCHOOL: $5k → 13%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES: $515 → 8%CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%UNICEF: $1k → 17%RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS OF LAS VEGAS INC: $5k → 13%SOCAL GRANTMAKERS: $125 → 14%UNICEF: $105 → 17%BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS: $10k → 14%NYC MARATHON: $265 → 17%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $200k → 14%TOTORO PRODUCTIONS LLC: $50k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $150k → 14%TOTORO PRODUCTIONS LLC: $40k → 17%FORE YOUTH GOLF FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%TOTORO PRODUCTIONS LLC: $40k → 17%FROM ONE HAND TO ANOTHER INC: $150k → 14%THE UCLA FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%THE UCLA FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%WORKING DREAM: $5k → 14%LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $25k → 14%INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION INC: $230k → 14%FAMILY RESCUE CENTER: $500 → 14%LAPD TRAINING DIVISION STATION FUND: $1k → 14%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $400 → 14%GREATER LA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 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.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$443k · 4 repeat orgs$516k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +135% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
27

Total granted

$443k
$516k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+135%
+4%

Still filing today

75%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalPublic BenefitArts & CultureFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • XP
    X PRIZE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $300k · revenue +159%
  • D
    DONORSCHOOSEORG
    2× · 2019–2021 · $12k · revenue +1%
  • AF
    ADVOCATES FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING EL MARINO
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1k · revenue +135%

Funded once

  • INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $230k · revenue -2%
  • FO
    FROM ONE HAND TO ANOTHER INC
    one grant, 2019 · $150k · revenue 0%
  • TS
    THREE SQUARE
    one grant, 2020 · $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
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
2
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
3
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
4
Associated Students Ucla

The associated students ucla, as a responsive student-centered organization, provides innovative and excellent services, programs, products, and facilities for the entire ucla community.

Education
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
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
7
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
8
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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9
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
10
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
11
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
12
Families in Schools

To ensure student success by building authentic partnerships between families, educators, and system leaders, and through parent-led advocacy.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is From One Hand to Another Inc. 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

25 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. 25 of the 35 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/25
Grantees still filing
14/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $350,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAUCLA FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION+5 more: $28,276 · Education+5 moreFROM ONE HAND TO ANOTHER INC: $150,000 · OtherFROM ONE HAND TO ANOTHER INCTOTORO PRODUCTIONS LLC: $130,000 · OtherTOTORO PRODUCTIONS LLCLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $25,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BA…No Bully: $15,000 · Other+19 more: $27,482 · Other+19 moreX PRIZE FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · Public BenefitX PRIZE FOUNDATION INCINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $230,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL DOCU…THREE SQUARE: $25,000 · Food & NutritionFORE YOUTH GOLF FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsBLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS: $10,000 · Health
Education$453,276Other$347,482Public Benefit$300,000Arts & Culture$230,000Food & Nutrition$25,000Recreation & Sports$20,000Health$10,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $350,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetX PRIZE FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $230,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFROM ONE HAND TO ANOTHER INC: $150,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE SQUARE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORE YOUTH GOLF FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNo Bully: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $12,138 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER LOS ANGELES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,225 over 1y, 0.1% of budget9TH BRIDGE SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetADVOCATES FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING EL MARINO: $1,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,151 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $1,025 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH HEINZ HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW: $513 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY RESCUE CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $400 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

California Community …Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA12.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 The Andrew Nikou Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Andrew Nikou 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Andrew Nikou Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Andrew Nikou 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 35 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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