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The George P Lauren Foundation at a glance

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The George P Lauren 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.

$130k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$111kArts & Culture$106kAnimals$101kHuman Services$95kYouth Development$93kHealth$81kReligion$79kCrime & Legal$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $125k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH$25,000
LIONS TIGERS AND BEARS$25,000
VOICES FOR CHILDREN$25,000
GIRLS RISING ABOVE CHILD$25,000
ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO$15,000
MCALISTER INSTITUTE$10,000
MISSION BEACH WOMAN'S CLUB$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $15k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $10k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%ONCOLOGY AND KIDS: $13k → 11%SHORELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 11%East County Posse: $3k → 11%East County Posse: $3k → 11%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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$588k · 16 repeat orgs$194k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
13

Total granted

$588k
$169k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+38%

Still filing today

75%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • JI
    JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH
    4× · 2022–2025 · $68k · revenue +23%
  • MI
    MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $53k · revenue +37%
  • EO
    ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO
    4× · 2022–2025 · $35k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ARK ANTIQUES
    one grant, 2024 · $45k · revenue +9%
  • WF
    WHITAKER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $31k · revenue +33% · 26% of their budget
  • AS
    AMERICAN SOCIETY OF GERMANS FROM RU
    one grant, 2020 · $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.

1
East County Animal Rescue

Our main goal is to take in and spay or neuter feral, homeless or abandoned cats of san diego county and to provide for their medical and shelter needs until they can be adopted into permanent homes or in the case of feral cats, return…

Animals
2
Starfish Animal Rescue
Animals
3
Center for Community Solutions

The mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice. the vision is for all people to live full, free, expressive, and empowered lives in a safe, healthy, vibrant, and…

Health
4
San Diego Humane Society and Spca

Create a more humane world by inspiring compassion, providing hope and advancing the welfare of animals and people.

Animals
5
Friends of Orange Countys Homeless Pets

Friends of Orange County's Homeless Pets (FOCHP) is a licensed 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our mission is to make homeless and unwanted pets more adoptable and provide them the opportunity to find lifelong families. This mission…

Animals
6
Leave No Paws Behind Inc

Conduct animal rescues, rehabilitation and rehome senior animals abandoned to the shelter's system.

Animals
7
Animal Compassion Team of California

Providing shelter for domestic animals, through rescue, rehabilitation, adoption, and sanctuary and act as an advocate for the humane treatment of animals. to educate the public regarding the responsibilities of pet ownership, as well as…

Animals
8
New Door Opportunities

Feeding the homeless population in san d

Food & Nutrition
9
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
10
Carson Cats Rescue

Carson Cats is dedicated to rescuing cats and kittens from the 6 Los Angeles County shelters, specifically Carson Shelter.

Animals
11
Last Chance At Life All Breed Animal Rescue and Adoptions

Organization dedicated to saving the lives of shelter animals in san diego and surrounding counties. the organization provides medical attention and training for animals with medical, behavioral and emotional needs. the organzation also…

Animals
12
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shoreline Community Services; the most unlike its peers is Whitaker Foundation. 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

20 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. 20 of the 30 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMER SOC OF GERMANS FR RUSSIA: $75,000 · OtherAMER SOC OF GERMANS FR RUSSIAWHITAKER FOUNDATION: $31,000 · OtherWHITAKER FOUNDATIONMISSION BEACH WOMENS CLUB: $30,000 · OtherMISSION BEACH WOMENS CLUBGIRLS RISING ABOVE CHILD: $25,000 · OtherGIRLS RISING ABOVE CHILDREINS: $25,000 · OtherREINSAMERICAN SOCIETY OF GERMANS FROM RU: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN SOCIETY OF GERMANS FROM RUHuntsman Cancer Hospital: $15,000 · OtherVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $50,000 · OtherVOICES FOR CHILDRENDoors of Change: $15,000 · Other+7 more: $45,317 · Other+7 moreLIONS TIGERS AND BEARS: $50,000 · AnimalsLIONS TIGERS A…THE ARK ANTIQUES: $45,300 · AnimalsTHE ARK ANTIQU…PROJECT STREET VET: $5,000 · Animals+1 more: $750 · AnimalsNEW AMERICANS MUSEUM INC: $77,998 · Arts & CultureNEW AMERICA…OLD GLOBE THEATRE: $3,000 · Arts & CultureTOBY WELLS FOUNDATION: $80,000 · PhilanthropyTOBY WELLS …JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $67,500 · Youth DevelopmentJUST IN T…+1 more: $750 · Youth DevelopmentELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $35,000 · Human ServicesELDERHELP…ONCOLOGY AND KIDS INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesONCOLOGY …SHORELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10,000 · Human ServicesSHORELINE…EAST COUNTY POSSE: $5,000 · Human ServicesEAST COUN…MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC: $53,250 · Health
Other$336,317Animals$101,050Arts & Culture$80,998Philanthropy$80,000Youth Development$68,250Human Services$62,500Health$53,250

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTOBY WELLS FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetNEW AMERICANS MUSEUM INC: $77,998 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $67,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC: $53,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLIONS TIGERS AND BEARS: $50,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ARK ANTIQUES: $45,300 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $35,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWHITAKER FOUNDATION: $31,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetMISSION BEACH WOMENS CLUB: $30,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetDoors of Change: $15,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetONCOLOGY AND KIDS INC: $12,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $10,867 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOME START INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHORELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetPROJECT STREET VET: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEAST COUNTY POSSE: $5,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetOLD GLOBE THEATRE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFuture Construction Leaders Foundation: $750 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetFERAL CAT COALITION: $750 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

David C Copley Founda…Jewish Community Foun…The San Diego Foundat…Sempra FoundationWalter J & Betty C Za…The JEM ProjectThe Parker FoundationPrice Philanthropies …The Conrad Prebys Fou…The Intuit FoundationLucky Duck FoundationThe Country Friends
David C Copley FoundationCA21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: David C Copley Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The JEM Project · The Parker Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Intuit Foundation · Lucky Duck Foundation · The Country Friends

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    7report 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

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    How do I get to The George P Lauren Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The George P Lauren 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 30 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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