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The Fitzberg Foundation at a glance

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The Fitzberg 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.

$2.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Arts & Culture$3.2MEducation$3.0MRecreation & Sports$1.7MHealth$935kEnvironment$420kCommunity Improvement$410kPhilanthropy$318kHousing & Shelter$285kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $4k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $270k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+3 grants · $818k
$50,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$49M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$300,000
PASADENA PLAYHOUSE$268,000
ROSE BOWL LEGACY FOUNDATION$250,000
VASSAR COLLEGE$220,000
UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION$125,000
ONE ARROYO FOUNDATION$125,000
THE FUND FOR PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS$100,000
HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL$100,000
CHANDLER SCHOOL$100,000
VALUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$80,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$60,000
DOOR OF HOPE$60,000
PASADENA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC$50,000
KECK MEDICINE OF USC$50,000
COLLEGE ACCESS PLAN$50,000
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 (FY23–24, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOOTHILL FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 14%FOOTHILL FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 14%PASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $25k → 14%PASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $25k → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.8M · 28 repeat orgs$360k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
6

Total granted

$9.8M
$316k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+17%

Still filing today

89%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TP
    THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +129%
  • HE
    HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +99%
  • VC
    VASSAR COLLEGE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $790k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $150k
  • PF
    PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $90k · revenue +400%
  • CP
    CATZ PASADENA ATHLETIC TRAINING PROGRAM
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
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
Maranatha High School

Maranatha high school is a christ-centered, evangelical college preparatory school that celebrates the whole student by equipping hearts and minds to reflect god's glory through academics, as well as the arts, athletics, and service. we…

Education
2
Vistamar School

Vistamar school empowers students, preparing them to contribute and excel in higher education and in life, and commits to: a broad and balanced program that challenges and engages students, building their individual skills and inspiring a…

Education
3
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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4
Crestview Preparatory School

We believe childhood is extraordinary. crestview culitivates academic excellence by nurturing individual potential, empowering students to learn joyfully and discover their unique talents within our caring community that fosters belonging.…

Education
5
Presidio Hill School

Presidio hill school is a co-ed k-8 independent, progressive school. learning is collaborative and an active experience with an emphasis on inquiry. students are engaged in their own learning and guided by an expert faculty through a…

Education
6
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
7
The Seven Hills School

The institution provides educational instruction and activities to students ranging from preschool through 8th grade.

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8
Flintridge Preparatory School

Learning with purpose in a diverse and nurturing community, flintridge prep students thrive in adolescence and grow as curious scholars, creative thinkers , empathetic leaders, and global citizens.

Education
9
Hollywood Schoolhouse Inc

Hollywood Schoolhouse knows, values, and encourages fearless curiosity. Through a blended program of innovative academics and structured learning, our diverse community inspires students to be academically strong, artistically proud,…

Education
10
Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise

To prepare students for leadership in the arts and business; where creativity, academic knowledge and financial literacy are essential for success. we are providing an education that integrates the four lenses of learning: academics, arts,…

Education
11
Pacific Collegiate School

Pacific collegiate school's mission is to provide exemplary, standards based college preparatory and fine arts education for public middle and high school students of santa cruz county and bordering areas.

Education
12
The Buckley School

The buckley school is a dynamic, nurturing learning community committed to equity and inclusion. our innovative teachers and challenging programs inspire creativity, courage, and collaboration. by promoting a balanced development of mind,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Polytechnic School; 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.
04the 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 38 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
26/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $1,488,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEAT…HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $1,280,000 · Arts & CultureHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART…Pasadena Conservatory of Music: $110,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $285,000 · Arts & Culture+4 moreVASSAR COLLEGE: $790,000 · OtherVASSAR COLLEGETHE CHANDLER SCHOOL: $465,000 · OtherTHE CHANDLER SCHOOLTHE FUND FOR PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS: $410,000 · OtherTHE FUND FOR PARTNERSHIP FOR SUC…PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $320,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODDOOR OF HOPE: $195,000 · OtherDOOR OF HOPEIndividual grant recipient: $150,000 · OtherCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY: $140,000 · OtherWESTRIDGE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $102,500 · OtherKECK MEDICINE OF USC: $100,000 · Other+9 more: $314,000 · Other+9 moreLegacy Connections: $1,200,000 · Recreation & SportsLegacy Connection…UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $430,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES OLY…PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $675,000 · PhilanthropyPASADENA E…Pasadena Community Foundation: $317,500 · PhilanthropyPasadena C…VALUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $390,000 · EducationVALUE SCHO…SHADY SIDE ACADEMY: $250,000 · EducationSHADY SIDE…COLLEGE ACCESS PLAN: $125,000 · EducationCOLLEGE AC…PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS: $90,000 · EducationPARTNERSHI…POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL: $65,000 · EducationPOLYTECHNI…+2 more: $25,500 · EducationONE ARROYO FOUNDATION: $400,000 · Community ImprovementPasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $355,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$3,163,000Other$2,986,500Recreation & Sports$1,630,000Philanthropy$992,500Education$945,500Community Improvement$400,000Health$355,000

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 budgetTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $1,488,000 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $1,280,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetLegacy Connections: $1,200,000 over 8y, 9.3% of budgetVASSAR COLLEGE: $790,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $675,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetTHE CHANDLER SCHOOL: $465,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $430,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetONE ARROYO FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 6y, 42% of budgetVALUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $390,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetPasadena Hospital Association Ltd: $355,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPasadena Community Foundation: $317,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetSHADY SIDE ACADEMY: $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDOOR OF HOPE: $195,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY: $140,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetCOLLEGE ACCESS PLAN: $125,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetPasadena Conservatory of Music: $110,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $105,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetWESTRIDGE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $102,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetINNER-CITY ARTS: $100,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $90,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPOLYTECHNIC SCHOOL: $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY: $60,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFoothill Family Service: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSIDE STREET PROJECTS: $20,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetLA CANADA BASEBALLSOFTBALL ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetPRINCETON DAY SCHOOL INC: $5,500 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.

  • Who funds THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC ↗
  • Who funds HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY ↗
  • Who funds Legacy Connections ↗
  • Who funds VASSAR COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CHANDLER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ONE ARROYO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VALUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd ↗
  • Who funds Pasadena Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SHADY SIDE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds DOOR OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE ACCESS PLAN ↗
  • Who funds Pasadena Conservatory of Music ↗
  • Who funds ARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds WESTRIDGE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC ↗
  • Who funds INNER-CITY ARTS ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS ↗
  • Who funds POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds Foothill Family Service ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA SENIOR CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds LEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE ↗
  • Who funds SIDE STREET PROJECTS ↗
  • Who funds LA CANADA BASEBALLSOFTBALL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Pasadena Community Fo…The Ahmanson Foundati…California Community …The Ralph M Parsons F…The Rose Hills Founda…Ann Peppers FoundationJohn Jewett & Helen C…The Green FoundationWm Keck FoundationGreater HorizonsThe Edmund A & Margue…The Ayrshire Foundati…
Pasadena Community FoundationCA34.1× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Ann Peppers Foundation · John Jewett & Helen Chandler Garland Fou Ndation · The Green Foundation · Wm Keck Foundation · Greater Horizons · The Edmund A & Marguerite LA Burke Foundation · The Ayrshire 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 Fitzberg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fitzberg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

    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 38 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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