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The Bradford & Lauren Koenig Foundation at a glance

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The Bradford & Lauren Koenig 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.

$761k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$171k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.9MHealth$624kHousing & Shelter$398kRecreation & Sports$145kArts & Culture$124kYouth Development$60kReligion$55kHuman Services$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $168k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $533k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$497k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$170,923
Darthmouth$123,832
Ronald McDonald House Charities$101,162
Alzheimer's Association$82,500
LiveMoves$55,000
EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION$43,000
Stanford University$25,000
Glenbrook Underground$20,000
US Naval Academy$15,000
Stanford University$15,000
Positive Coaching Alliance$10,000
Stanford University$10,000
EDIFY$10,000
EPACENTER$10,000
Stanford University$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY21–21, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Exceptional Children's Foundation: $20k → 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

VT
NH
NY
MA
NV
IN
NJ
CA
CO
MD
NC
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 36% of The Bradford & Lauren Koenig Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Bradford & Lauren Koenig Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 17 repeat orgs$515k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
17

Total granted

$1.9M
$225k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+23%

Still filing today

65%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $290k 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
HealthEducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • L
    LIFEMOVES
    7× · 2018–2024 · $348k · revenue +186%
  • UN
    US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $135k · revenue +50%
  • PC
    POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $70k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • AQ
    Augies Quest to Cure ALS Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue -12%
  • ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +7%
  • SM
    save mission san juan bautista
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
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.

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Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
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
3
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
4
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
University of Southern California

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…

Education
7
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
8
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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9
Ucla Foundation

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…

Education
10
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
11
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
12
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Epacenter; the most unlike its peers is League to Save Lake Tahoe. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

31 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. 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
21/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Trustees of Dartmouth College: $2,041,129 · EducationTrustees of Dartmouth CollegeTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $979,405 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYEAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $153,000 · EducationUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $135,000 · Education+3 more: $85,000 · EducationLIFEMOVES: $347,770 · OtherLIFEMOVESAlzheimer's Association: $267,900 · OtherAlzheimer's AssociationSACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON: $259,389 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTONTRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE: $215,923 · OtherTRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGEDarthmouth: $123,832 · OtherDarthmouthRonald McDonald House Charities: $101,162 · OtherRonald McDonald House CharitiesCOACHING CORPS: $85,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $65,000 · Other+18 more: $225,000 · Other+18 moreFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $65,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC: $55,000 · HealthAugies Quest to Cure ALS Inc: $30,000 · HealthALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthKELSEY: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE DREAM PROGRAM INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentEdify: $30,000 · InternationalRESURGE INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 · InternationalSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureEPACENTER: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$3,393,534Other$1,690,976Health$195,000Housing & Shelter$40,000Youth Development$35,000International$35,000Arts & Culture$35,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $2,041,129 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $979,405 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEMOVES: $347,770 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetEAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $153,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $135,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOACHING CORPS: $85,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $70,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKELSEY: $40,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE PENINSULA BRIDGE PROGRAM: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAugies Quest to Cure ALS Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEdify: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLENBROOK UNDERGROUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPACENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE WISHES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Francis Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DREAM PROGRAM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRESURGE INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $5,000 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.

The San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Marin Community Found…Vcj Family FoundationJewish Community Fede…Vanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Blackbaud Giving …
The San Francisco FoundationCA22.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Vcj Family Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Bradford & Lauren Koenig Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bradford & Lauren Koenig Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • The Dream Program Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 Bradford & Lauren Koenig Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Bradford & Lauren Koenig 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 46 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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