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The Erika Glazer Family 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2023
10
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$1.9MPhilanthropy$965kHealth$395kCivil Rights$300kHuman Services$100kCrime & Legal$20kYouth Development$11kOther$0
02FY2023 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $440k
  • $250k+3 grants · $950k
$150,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 92% of reported assets are held in Berkshire Hathaway Cl A.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Brotherhood Crusade$400,000
Social Justice Learning Institute$300,000
Hammer Museum$250,000
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$240,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic$150,000
Baby2Baby$50,000
Beverly Hills Police K9 Foundation$20,000
Warriors Community Foundation$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Center Theater Group$10,000
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 (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Warriors Community Foundation: $10k → 10%Heart of LA: $100k → 14%Dia Art Foundation: $25k → 17%At The Well: $5k → 14%Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $240k → 14%ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%Los Angeles Philharmonic: $150k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $1k → 17%Center Theater Group: $10k → 14%HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $500 → 14%Baby2Baby: $50k → 14%Baby2Baby: $50k → 14%UCLA Neurosurgery Department: $10k → 14%HAMMER MUSEUM: $1.5M → 14%BEVERLY COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $500k → 14%Brotherhood Crusade: $400k → 14%Hammer Museum: $250k → 14%Beverly Hills Police K9 Foundation: $20k → 14%Brotherhood Crusade: $65k → 14%American Friends of Sheba Medical Center: $95k → 14%Social Justice Learning Institute: $300k → 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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 3 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
9

Total granted

$2.3M
$782k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+3%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $730k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • AH
    ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC
    2× · 2017–2023 · $1.8M · revenue -45%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $465k · revenue +19%
  • B
    BABY2BABY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $100k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • BC
    BEVERLY COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $500k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $95k · revenue -15%
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
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
2
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
3
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…

Philanthropy
4
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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5
Los Angeles Opera Company

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…

Arts & Culture
6
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
7
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
8
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

At la jolla institute for immunology, our scientists focus on understanding how the immune system works in order to promote human health and prevent disease. our discoveries apply to many diseases, ranging from diabetes to heart disease,…

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9
Los Angeles Police Foundation

The mission of lapf is to create partnerships to provide resources and programs that help the police perform at their highest level and to enhance lapd-community relations.(see schedule o)

Human Services
10
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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11
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts North America Inc

The specific purposes for which bafta na is organized is to promote, maintain, improve and advance original and creative work among individuals employed professionally in film and television production and allied industries, to create and…

Arts & Culture
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Golden State Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Social Justice Learning Institute. 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

14 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. 14 of the 19 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $1,750,000 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INCLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $150,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION+2 more: $26,000 · Arts & CultureBEVERLY COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $500,000 · OtherBEVERLY COMMUNITY CHARI…Individual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…BABY2BABY: $100,000 · OtherBABY2BABYFriends of Malibu Urgent Care: $50,000 · OtherFriends of Malibu Urgen…+4 more: $45,000 · Other+4 moreLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $465,000 · PhilanthropyLOS ANGELES B…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $240,000 · HealthChildren's…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $95,000 · HealthAMERICAN F…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthSOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE: $300,000 · Housing & ShelterGOLDEN STATE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $500 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$1,926,000Other$795,000Philanthropy$465,000Health$340,000Housing & Shelter$300,000Recreation & Sports$10,000Youth Development$500

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 budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $1,750,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $465,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE: $300,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $240,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBABY2BABY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $95,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEVERLY HILLS POLICE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetGOLDEN STATE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAT THE WELL PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $500 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Erika Glazer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Erika Glazer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%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 · 0–15%
    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 Erika Glazer Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Erika Glazer 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 19 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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