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The Hanauer Family Foundation at a glance

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The Hanauer 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.

$190k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% 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$630kHealth$139kEducation$94kHousing & Shelter$90kYouth Development$42kCommunity Improvement$31kEnvironment$26kHuman Services$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
$3,820
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAGUNA ART MUSEUM$65,128
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE$20,150
MISSION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$20,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$11,876
OCEANA$10,305
ASHLAND HOME$10,000
ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART$10,000
FRIENDSHIP SHELTER$6,050
LAGUNA DANCE FESTIVAL$5,532
PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER$5,400
ST MARGARET'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$3,829
SCHOOL POWER LAGUNA BEACH EDUCATION FOUNDATION$3,820
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY$3,444
LAGUNA BEACH LIVE$2,800
LAGUNA BEACH SENIORS CENTER$2,500
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 (FY18–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $500 → 15%COLLABORATIVE CENTER FOUNDATION: $500 → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250 → 14%WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS FOUNDATION: $317 → 10%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

IL
NY
NV
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
MD
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 35 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
29

Total granted

$1.1M
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+9%

Still filing today

46%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 & CultureHealthInternationalHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • LA
    LAGUNA ART MUSEUM
    8× · 2017–2024 · $291k · revenue +46%
  • FS
    FRIENDSHIP SHELTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $56k · revenue +215%
  • MISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
    4× · 2018–2024 · $46k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • LC
    LAGUNA CANYON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue -35%
  • LA
    LOCA ARTS EDUCATION
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • TM
    THE MY HERO PROJECT INC
    one 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.

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
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
2
University of La Verne

The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…

Education
3
Loma Linda University

Loma linda university, a seventh-day adventist christian health sciences institution, seeks to further the healing and teaching ministry of jesus christ "to make man whole" by: - educating ethical and proficient christian health…

Education
4
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital Foundation

Our children's hospital foundation is dedicated to supporting loma linda university children's hospital's mission to bring whole-child healthcare to the region and beyond.

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5
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
6
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
7
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
8
Occidental College

See schedule othe mission of occidental college is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex,…

Education
9
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
10
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
11
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
12
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Laguna Playhouse; the most unlike its peers is Aspen Jewish Center. 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

39 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. 39 of the 74 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)
38/39
Grantees still filing
23/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAGUNA ART MUSEUM: $290,970 · Arts & CultureLAGUNA ART MUSEUMTHE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE: $259,036 · Arts & CultureTHE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSELAGUNA DANCE FESTIVAL: $24,107 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $30,634 · Arts & CulturePLANNED PARENTHOOD: $71,096 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODBOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $41,803 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBASHLAND HOME: $31,700 · OtherASHLAND HOMERoosevelt University: $30,000 · OtherRoosevelt UniversityIHC Global: $29,000 · OtherIHC GlobalSCHOOL POWER LAGUNA BEACH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $20,769 · OtherSCHOOL POWER LAGUNA BEACH EDUCATI…PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY: $18,589 · OtherPHILHARMONIC SOCIETYLAGUNA BEACH SENIORS CENTER: $15,075 · Other+46 more: $76,526 · Other+46 moreFRIENDSHIP SHELTER INC: $56,150 · Housing & ShelterMISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $46,100 · HealthLAGUNA BEACH COMMUNITY CLINIC: $2,500 · Health+3 more: $2,150 · HealthLAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN: $24,920 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $7,000 · EducationTHE MY HERO PROJECT INC: $1,540 · Education+2 more: $354 · EducationOCEANA INC: $21,665 · EnvironmentLAGUNA CANYON FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $15,400 · Animals
Arts & Culture$604,747Other$334,558Housing & Shelter$56,150Health$50,750Education$33,814Environment$25,665Animals$15,400

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLAGUNA ART MUSEUM: $290,970 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetTHE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE: $259,036 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDSHIP SHELTER INC: $56,150 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $46,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRoosevelt University: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIHC Global: $29,000 over 4y, 87% of budgetLAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN: $24,920 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLAGUNA DANCE FESTIVAL: $24,107 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetOCEANA INC: $21,665 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAGUNA BEACH LIVE: $19,604 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $15,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLAGUNA CANYON FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLaguna Beach Community Foundation: $3,981 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $3,090 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAGUNA BEACH COMMUNITY CLINIC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY: $1,736 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MY HERO PROJECT INC: $1,540 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,329 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLANNA FOUNDATION: $1,031 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLaguna Radio Inc: $1,030 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetORANGE COUNTY'S UNITED WAY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $519 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAGUNA FOOD PANTRY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAspen Jewish Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLABORATION CENTER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAGUNA BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND CIVIC ASSOCIATION: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REAL PROPERTY FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $104 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 LAGUNA ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Roosevelt University ↗
  • Who funds IHC Global ↗
  • Who funds LAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN ↗
  • Who funds LAGUNA DANCE FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds OCEANA INC ↗
  • Who funds LAGUNA BEACH LIVE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LAGUNA CANYON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Laguna Beach Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK FOR GOOD ↗
  • Who funds LAGUNA BEACH COMMUNITY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE MY HERO PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation 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.

Macgillivray Family F…Orange County Communi…Laguna Beach Communit…The William Jeff and …Roberta Freeman Cox C…The Bassman Family Ch…Engle Family Foundati…Weaver Family Private…J Stanley & Mary W Jo…The Hexberg Family Fo…Ueberroth Family Foun…The Donald and Consta…
Macgillivray Family FoundationCA32.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Macgillivray Family Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Laguna Beach Community Foundation · The William Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation · Roberta Freeman Cox Charitable Foundation · The Bassman Family Charitable Trust · Engle Family Foundation · Weaver Family Private Foundation · J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation · The Hexberg Family Foundation · Ueberroth Family Foundation · The Donald and Constance Sperling 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 Hanauer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hanauer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report 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 74 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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