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The Katz 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.

$530k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$450k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% 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$1.4MEducation$680kAnimals$455kHealth$256kFood & Nutrition$232kInternational$212kPublic Safety & Disaster$157kHuman Services$92kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $57k
  • $250k+1 grant · $450k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CITY OF ANGELS MONUMENT FOUNDATION$450,000
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$27,000
THE COLORADO GRAND INC$15,000
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL$15,000
Individual grant recipient$7,775
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER FLINT$5,206
FLINT RIVER WATERSHED COALITION$5,150
THE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL$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 (FY18–23, $148k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOPE STREET: $14k → 13%NEW MOMS: $250 → 14%LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 13%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $2k → 14%RED CROSS: $122k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
SD
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
AR
TN
DC
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 13 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
40

Total granted

$2.6M
$771k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+34%

Still filing today

54%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $468k 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
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • PA
    PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $748k · revenue +3%
  • TW
    THE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2024 · $665k · revenue +24%
  • SI
    SELF-HELP INTERNATIONAL
    3× · 2017–2022 · $110k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2018 · $122k · revenue +9%
  • LP
    LANTERN PROJECTS
    one grant, 2022 · $113k
  • LP
    LANTERN PROJECTS INC LANTERN PROJECTS
    one grant, 2017 · $68k · revenue -50%
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
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

The organization's mission is to mobilize resources to fight hunger in our community. to fulfill its mission, the food bank:* sources and acquires nutritious food and other products and distribute them to people experiencing nutrition…

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2
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
3
Housing Works

Our mission is to create housing and service options that model, with respect and dignity, sustainable, environmentally sensitive, affordable communities for people of limited resources.

Housing & Shelter
4
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
5
Hunger Action Los Angeles Inc

Hunger action los angeles ends hunger and promotes healthy eating through advocacy, education, and appropriate direct service. the chief program area currently is the market match prgram operated by hala at 22 farmers markets in la county…

Education
6
Apla Health & Wellness

Apla health restores dignity and trust within underserved communities by providing world-class lgbtq+ empowering healthcare, hiv specialty care, food, housing and other essential support services.

Health
7
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition

The anti-recidivism coalition (arc) works to end mass incarceration in california. to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, arc empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network,…

Crime & Legal
8
Hollywood Food Coalition

Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…

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9
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
10
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
11
Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network

Community organizing, education, advocacy, leadership development, direct services and organizational development for communities faced with immense poverty.

Community Improvement
12
Health Access for All Inc Dba Angeles Community Health Center

Dedicated to providing comprehensive primary medical care, dental services and care coordination for the care and well-being of all los angeles residents. the organization provides high quality, comprehensive primary and preventative…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Moms Inc; the most unlike its peers is California Highway Patrol. 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

34 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. 34 of the 57 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/34
Grantees still filing
22/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $665,000 · OtherTHE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOLTHE CITY OF ANGELS MONUMENT FOUNDATION: $450,000 · OtherTHE CITY OF ANGELS MONUMENT FOUNDATIONHEIFER: $250,000 · OtherHEIFERHEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $200,000 · OtherHEIFER INTERNATIONALPROJECT MORRY: $150,000 · OtherPROJECT MORRYLANTERN PROJECTS: $113,038 · OtherCOLORADO GRAND INC: $100,000 · Other+32 more: $461,408 · Other+32 morePETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $748,000 · Arts & CulturePETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MU…CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $196,400 · HealthDIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $27,000 · Health+3 more: $10,500 · HealthSELF-HELP INTERNATIONAL: $110,110 · InternationalAETA TRIBE FOUNDATION: $52,838 · InternationalAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $121,625 · Human ServicesHOPE STREET: $13,500 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $10,000 · Human Services+3 more: $2,750 · Human ServicesFeeding America: $50,000 · Food & NutritionTHREE SQUARE: $30,000 · Food & NutritionLANTERN PROJECTS INC LANTERN PROJECTS: $67,500 · PhilanthropyONE TREE PLANTED INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,389,446Arts & Culture$748,000Health$233,900International$162,948Human Services$147,875Food & Nutrition$80,000Philanthropy$77,500

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 budgetPETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $748,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $665,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $196,400 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $121,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSELF-HELP INTERNATIONAL: $110,110 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetCOLORADO GRAND INC: $100,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetAETA TRIBE FOUNDATION: $52,838 over 2y, 50% of budgetSTRONG FOODLA KITCHEN: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFeeding America: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE SQUARE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC: $21,900 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetA WALK ON WATER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEBOD FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT: $5,206 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOLDIERS' ANGELS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAIDS PROJECT LOS ANGELES: $1,070 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON RESCUE MISSION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES INC: $350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW MOMS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST BOOK: $30 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.

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.

California Community …The Bessemer Giving F…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for Good
California Community FoundationCA13.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 Katz Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Katz 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 57 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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