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The Ariadne Getty Foundation at a glance

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The Ariadne Getty Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Civil Rights$6.9MHuman Services$1.1MInternational$802kHealth$697kArts & Culture$476kHousing & Shelter$295kYouth Development$250kPublic Safety & Disaster$153kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.5M
$250,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$213k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GLAAD$500,000
GLAAD$500,000
FRIENDS OF THE CENTER$250,000
FRIENDS OF THE CENTER$250,000
GLAAD$25,000
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 (FY18–21, $123k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%INFLUENCE THE WORLD: $78k → 14%THE CENTER IN HOLLYWOOD: $10k → 14%THE CENTER AT BLESSED SACRAMENT: $10k → 14%THE CENTER IN HOLLYWOOD: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.8M · 15 repeat orgs$873k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
17

Total granted

$9.8M
$873k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
+9%

Still filing today

73%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyCivil RightsArts & CultureOther
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

  • GI
    GLAAD INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6.8M · revenue +55%
  • LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER
    3× · 2017–2020 · $520k · revenue +73%
  • JT
    JORDAN THOMAS FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $87k · revenue +405%

Funded once

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER'S YOUTH CENTER - ANITA MAY ROSENSTEIN
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER'S SENIOR HOUSING
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
  • IT
    Influence The World Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $78k · 88% of their budget
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
Out & Equal

To provide leadership and professional development, education and research to create workplaces free from discrimination.

Social Science
2
Global Philanthropy Project Inc

Global Philanthropy Project (GPP or the Organization) is a collaboration of funders and philanthropic advisors working to expand global philanthropic support to advance the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex…

Philanthropy
3
Gay Men's Health Crisis Inc

Over 9,000 clients are served by gmhc's programs each year. gmhc provides a broad array of programs through the efforts of clinicians, trained volunteers, and professional staff who identify undiagnosed cases on hiv, ensure access and…

Health
4
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
5
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
6
Global Poverty Project Inc

Our mission is to build a movement of global citizens whose actions will help achieve our vision of a world without extreme poverty.

Social Science
7
Global Action for Trans Equality Inc

Gate is an international advocacy organization committed to promoting justice and equality for trans and gender diverse communities.

Civil Rights
8
National Lgbtq Task Force

The mission of the national lgbtq task force is to build power, take action and create change to win complete equality and achieve justice for lgbtq people and their families. as a leader in the broader progressive movement, the task force…

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9
National Lgbtq Task Force Action Fund Inc

National lgbtq task force action fund, founded in 1974 as the national gay and lesbian task force, inc., works to build the grassroots political power of the lgbt community to win complete equality. we do this through direct and grassroots…

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10
Aids Project Los Angeles

Our mission is to achieve health care equity and promote well-being for the lgbt and other underserved communities and people living with and affected by hiv.

—
11
Immigration Equality

Immigration equality promotes justice and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and hiv-positive immigrants through direct legal services, policy advocacy, and impact litigation.

Civil Rights
12
Aids United

Aids united's mission is to end the aids epidemic in the united states. the organization seeks to fulfill their mission through strategic grant making, capacity building, policy advocacy and technical assistance.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gay Mens Chorus of Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation for Aids Research. 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

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 32 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GLAAD INC: $6,775,270 · OtherGLAAD INCFRIENDS OF THE CENTER: $1,020,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CENTERLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $519,500 · OtherLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER+13 more: $1,050,125 · Other+13 moreUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $625,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $75,000 · International+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalInfluence The World Inc: $78,000 · Human ServicesHELP OF OJAI INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER IN HOLLYWOOD: $30,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 · Human ServicesJORDAN THOMAS FOUNDATION INC: $87,294 · HealthTHE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $25,000 · HealthPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $20,000 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $15,000 · HealthCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $137,500 · Public Safety & DisasterTransgender Law Center: $65,000 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsTRANS CHORUS OF LOS ANGELES: $27,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON BLADE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$9,364,895International$705,000Human Services$163,000Health$147,294Public Safety & Disaster$137,500Civil Rights$115,000Arts & Culture$47,000

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 budgetGLAAD INC: $6,775,270 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $625,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $519,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $137,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJORDAN THOMAS FOUNDATION INC: $87,294 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetInfluence The World Inc: $78,000 over 1y, 88% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGay Mens Chorus of Los Angeles: $60,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHELP OF OJAI INC: $40,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE CENTER IN HOLLYWOOD: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTRANS CHORUS OF LOS ANGELES: $27,000 over 2y, 61% of budgetTHE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWASHINGTON BLADE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY EQUALITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCambodian Childrens Fund: $3,600 over 2y, 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…California Community …Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA13.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · 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 The Ariadne Getty Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ariadne Getty Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 The Ariadne Getty Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Ariadne Getty 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 32 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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