· Private foundation
The David & Linda Shaheen Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $110k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
- $250k+1 grant · $469k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| A Place Called Home | $469,250 |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic | $50,000 |
| Regents of the University of California | $50,000 |
| University of NV Reno Foundation | $30,000 |
| Harvard Medical School - HMS Medscience Prog | $25,000 |
| Heart of Los Angeles | $25,000 |
| 9 Dots | $20,000 |
| Museum of Contempory of Georgia | $10,000 |
| UCLA Foundation | $7,185 |
| Feast | $3,500 |
| Olmsted Plein Air Foundation | $3,000 |
| War Horse News | $2,500 |
| University of Georgia Foundation | $2,000 |
| We The Veterans | $1,500 |
| Arlington Garden In Pasadena | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LALOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION6× · 2020–2025 · $300k · revenue +172%
- HOHEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC6× · 2020–2025 · $170k · revenue +30%
- FIFEAST Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $26k · revenue +19%
Funded once
- BMBETH MORRISON PROJECTS INCone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -22%
- BTBetter Today Better Tomorrowone grant, 2024 · $2k
- FAFULCRUM ARTSone grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +2%
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.
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.
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
As creative producers, we are devoted to the production and presentation of groundbreaking experiences in contemporary performance that use innovative approaches to collaboration, technology, and social engagement. As a service…
The orchestra pursues its mission, "to enrich and connect our community through intimate and transformative musical experiences which exemplify and foster artistic excellence, education and innovation," through the blend of traditional…
Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.
Food access la's mission is to build sustainable food systems and fresh food access, promote social and cultural activities that benefit low-to-moderate income residents of los angeles county, and support california small and mid-size…
The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.
The mission of the ucla alumni association is to enrich the lives of alumni and involve them in the future of ucla.
The armory center for the arts' mission is to nurture our community and its young people by creating, learning, and presenting art to advance equity and social justice.
Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…
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.
The mission of the Fresno Philharmonic is to enrich the lives of Central San Joaquin Valley residents through inspiring performances of orchestral music. We are an essential and collaborative member of a vibrant arts scene which unites,…
La's best provides free supervised before and after-school activities to over 15,000 children at 200 schools in los angeles unified school district (lausd).
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 21 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds A PLACE CALLED HOME ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds HEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds FEAST Inc ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BETH MORRISON PROJECTS INC ↗
- Who funds Arlington Garden in Pasadena ↗
- Who funds Better Today Better Tomorrow ↗
- Who funds FULCRUM ARTS ↗
- Who funds SIMPLE CHANGES INC ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The David & Linda Shaheen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The David & Linda Shaheen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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