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The Boardman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Boardman 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.

$231k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$84k
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 2025.

Education$281kArts & Culture$69kFood & Nutrition$10kPhilanthropy$8kHealth$5kEnvironment$1kAnimals$1kHuman Services$900Other$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $21k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $210k
$8,629
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN$84,138
OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN$71,625
OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN$54,140
OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN$8,629
OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN$5,000
OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN$4,807
CRAFT IN AMERICA$2,000
CRAFT CONTEMPORARY$1,000
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 (FY17–18, $900) 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%TIA'S HOPE: $500 → 14%PASADENA SENIOR CENTER INC: $400 → 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$338k · 11 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
26

Total granted

$338k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+60%

Still filing today

73%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • OC
    OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
    5× · 2020–2025 · $280k · revenue +25%
  • HE
    HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +99%
  • PA
    PASADENA ART ALLIANCE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $9k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • FB
    FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • O
    OTIS
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
  • MA
    MUSEUM ASSOCIATESgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +89%
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
Pasadena Museum of California Art

To present the breadth of california art and design through exhibitions that explore the cultural dynamics and influence that are unique to california.

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2
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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3
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
4
California College of the Arts

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…

Education
5
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
6
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc

The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.

Arts & Culture
7
Ica La

Through its exhibitions and outreach programs, the institute of contemporary art, los angeles fosters diversity, innovation, and discovery in contemporary art - local, national, and international.

Arts & Culture
8
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
9
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
10
Oakland Museum of California

The museum's mission is to inspire all californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities. through collections, exhibitions, education programs, and public dialogue, we inspire people of all ages and…

Arts & Culture
11
California Association of Museums

California association of museums cam, an association funded in 1979, is dedicated to advancing museums across california in service to their communities. today, cam is one of the strongest and most active state museum associations in the…

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12
Norton Simon Museum of Art At Pasadena

Operation of a public art museum.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. 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 39 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
21/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $280,470 · EducationOTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGNHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $30,220 · Arts & CultureHENRY E HUNTINGTON…CRAFT CONTEMPORARY: $11,000 · Arts & CultureCRAFT CONTEMPORARYPASADENA ART ALLIANCE: $8,699 · Arts & CulturePASADENA ART ALLIA…MUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES+6 more: $5,083 · Arts & Culture+6 moreFOOD BANK: $10,085 · OtherFOOD BANKOTIS: $6,000 · OtherOTISART & DESIGN MUSEUM: $5,000 · OtherART & DES…PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $4,100 · OtherPLANNED P…LA COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: $2,175 · OtherLA COUNTY…+16 more: $5,211 · Other+16 morePasadena Community Foundation: $1,600 · PhilanthropyTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $1,000 · EnvironmentARROYO SECO FOUNDATION HAHAMONGNA NATIVE PLANT NURSERY: $200 · EnvironmentTIAS HOPE: $500 · Human ServicesPASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $400 · Human ServicesPASADENA HUMANE: $500 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $30 · Animals
Education$280,470Arts & Culture$60,002Other$32,571Philanthropy$1,600Environment$1,200Human Services$900Animals$530

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 budgetOTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $280,470 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $30,220 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCRAFT CONTEMPORARY: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPASADENA ART ALLIANCE: $8,699 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPasadena Community Foundation: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPasadena Conservatory of Music: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART: $633 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPASADENA HUMANE: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTIAS HOPE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARROYO SECO FOUNDATION HAHAMONGNA NATIVE PLANT NURSERY: $200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $25 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 …The Ralph M Parsons F…The J Paul Getty TrustThe Ahmanson Foundati…Harvey and Ellen Knel…Perenchio FoundationThe Rose Hills Founda…Pasadena Community Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
California Community FoundationCA19.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · The Ahmanson Foundation · Harvey and Ellen Knell Foundation · Perenchio Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Boardman Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Boardman 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 39 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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