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The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris Foundation at a glance

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The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris 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.

$14M
Granted FY2025still arriving
159
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$28MArts & Culture$14MEducation$7.1MScience & Tech$4.9MYouth Development$4.1MHuman Services$3.3MPhilanthropy$2.2MEnvironment$1.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 159 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k94 grants · $2.2M
  • $50k–250k42 grants · $3.4M
  • $250k+16 grants · $8.3M
$30,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$127M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$1,100,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS LOS ANGELES REGION$1,000,000
TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$800,000
USCNORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER - NORRIS HEALTHCARE CONSULTATION CENT$750,000
CITY OF HOPE$700,000
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$600,000
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY$575,000
CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION$500,000
SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION$350,000
COASTAL SAGE MONTESSORI$300,000
THE LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE$300,000
PALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS$300,000
THE BOARD FUND$250,000
PROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY FOUNDATION$250,000
SHARP MARY BIRCH HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN & NEWBORNS$250,000
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 (FY20–25, $2.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LITTLE WISHES: $50k → 8%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $110k → 14%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $100k → 14%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $100k → 14%1736 FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $75k → 14%1736 FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $75k → 14%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $50k → 14%1736 FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $50k → 14%ZERO8HUNDRED: $25k → 11%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $45k → 14%1736 FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $30k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%1736 FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $25k → 14%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $50k → 11%WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $50k → 11%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC: $50k → 11%SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC: $50k → 11%SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC: $40k → 11%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $45k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $45k → 14%SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC: $40k → 11%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $45k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $40k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $40k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $80k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $80k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $80k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $70k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $50k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $30k → 14%MIDNIGHT MISSION: $30k → 14%MIDNIGHT MISSION: $30k → 14%THE JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND: $35k → 14%THE JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND: $25k → 14%THE JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND: $25k → 14%THE JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND: $25k → 14%THE JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND: $25k → 14%THE JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND: $25k → 14%PARA LOS NIOS: $30k → 14%PARA LOS NIOS: $30k → 14%HATHAWAY-SYCAMORES CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 14%HATHAWAY-SYCAMORES CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 14%HATHAWAY-SYCAMORES CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 14%ARC - ACTIVITIES RECREATION AND CARE: $30k → 14%ARC - ACTIVITIES RECREATION AND CARE: $30k → 14%ARC - ACTIVITIES RECREATION AND CARE: $30k → 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

NH
WA
NY
IA
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
NM
TN
DC
HI
GA
TX
FL
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.
$64M · 194 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

194 repeat relationships: 145 still active in FY2025, 49 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

194
37

Total granted

$64M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+17%

Still filing today

79%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    6× · 2020–2025 · $4.6M · revenue +27%
  • TM
    Torrance Memorial Medical Center Health Care Foundation
    6× · 2020–2025 · $4.3M · revenue +193%
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.8M · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • HE
    HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $315k · revenue +48%
  • US
    USO SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
  • WM
    We Must Protect Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $200k · revenue 0%
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
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
3
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
4
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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5
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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6
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.

—
7
Opera Santa Barbara

See schedule 0founded in 1994, opera santa barbara is the signature provider of professional opera on the california central coast. we aspire to be a cultural leader in the santa barbara region, voicing and advancing our community's spirit…

Arts & Culture
8
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
9
Long Beach Community Players Inc

To celebrate the human experience while encouraging the participation of artist and audience in theatre productions.

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
Monterey Museum of Art

The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.

Arts & Culture
12
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orthopaedic Institute for Children Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Kassan Foundation Inc. 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

188 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 188 of the 241 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
48
Early backer (in before they grew)
185/188
Grantees still filing
150/188
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF HOPE: $3,500,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPETHE BOARD FUND: $1,830,000 · OtherTHE BOARD FUNDHUNTINGTON LIBRARY ART COLLECTIONS AND BOTANICAL GARDENS: $1,270,000 · OtherHUNTINGTON LIBRARY ART COLLECTIONS A…AMERICAN RED CROSS LOS ANGELES REGION: $1,000,000 · OtherSHARP MARY BIRCH HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN & NEWBORNS: $900,000 · OtherGRAMMY MUSEUM: $800,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $1,220,000 · Other+83 more: $13,115,000 · Other+83 moreChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $4,580,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los…Torrance Memorial Medical Center Health Care Foundation: $4,300,000 · HealthTorrance Memorial Medic…CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $2,750,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CE…LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER: $1,300,000 · HealthLUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR…THE BEACON HOUSE ASSOCIATION OF SAN PEDRO: $600,000 · HealthDIENTES COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE: $600,000 · Health+5 more: $976,000 · Health+5 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $6,975,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHE…COASTAL SAGE MONTESSORI: $1,210,000 · EducationCOASTAL SAGE MONTESS…OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $1,112,000 · EducationOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE+25 more: $3,988,000 · Education+25 moreCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $2,800,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA SCIENCE …LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION: $2,300,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES COUNTY …PALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS: $1,900,000 · Arts & CulturePALOS VERDES PERFOR…AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $725,000 · Arts & CultureAUTRY MUSEUM OF THE…THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $480,000 · Arts & Culture+37 more: $4,582,000 · Arts & Culture+37 moreJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $1,030,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR: $665,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $565,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTUDENTS RUN AMERICA: $360,000 · Youth DevelopmentTEAM PRIME TIME INC: $267,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys to Men Mentoring Network Inc: $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PASADENA: $115,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $110,000 · Youth DevelopmentJOHN TRACY CLINIC: $405,000 · Human ServicesLITTLE WISHES: $395,000 · Human ServicesSHOES THAT FIT: $390,000 · Human Services1736 FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $255,000 · Human ServicesWayfinder Family Services: $245,000 · Human ServicesSOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC: $180,000 · Human ServicesHATHAWAY-SYCAMORES CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $165,000 · Human ServicesPARA LOS NINOS: $160,000 · Human ServicesThe Jester & Pharley Phund: $160,000 · Human ServicesHILLSIDES: $150,000 · Human ServicesACTIVITIES RECREATION AND CARE: $130,000 · Human ServicesDREAM STREET FOUNDATION: $115,000 · Human ServicesWARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $105,000 · Human Services+2 more: $130,000 · Human ServicesPROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY FOUNDATION: $1,638,000 · PhilanthropyLONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $225,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyCouncil on Foundations Inc: $93,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $104,800 · Philanthropy
Other$23,635,000Health$15,106,000Education$13,285,000Arts & Culture$12,787,000Youth Development$3,312,000Human Services$2,985,000Philanthropy$2,160,800

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $6,975,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $4,580,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTorrance Memorial Medical Center Health Care Foundation: $4,300,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $2,800,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $2,750,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION: $2,300,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetPALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS: $1,900,000 over 6y, 22% of budgetPROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY FOUNDATION: $1,638,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetLUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER: $1,300,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $1,220,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCOASTAL SAGE MONTESSORI: $1,210,000 over 5y, 74% of budgetOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $1,112,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $1,030,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetAUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $725,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR: $665,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BEACON HOUSE ASSOCIATION OF SAN PEDRO: $600,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES: $600,000 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetDIENTES COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE: $600,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $565,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $480,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMOUNT WILSON INSTITUTE: $475,000 over 6y, 8.6% of budgetThe Blind Childrens Center Inc: $420,000 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetJOHN TRACY CLINIC: $405,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $400,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHARBOR COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $400,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetLITTLE WISHES: $395,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetSOUTH COAST BOTANIC GARDEN FOUNDATION INC: $390,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetSHOES THAT FIT: $390,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S BURN FOUNDATION: $390,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetSANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY: $365,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSTUDENTS RUN AMERICA: $360,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $350,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $350,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC: $330,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $330,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $315,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLos Angeles Maritime Institute: $315,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetJIMMY MILLER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $310,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetKeck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences: $300,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $290,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPalos Verdes Art Center Beverly G Alpay Center for Arts Education: $280,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $275,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetTEAM PRIME TIME INC: $267,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budget1736 FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $255,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetGREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: $255,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPF Bresee Foundation: $250,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetWayfinder Family Services: $245,000 over 6y, 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds Torrance Memorial Medical Center Health Care Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL SAGE MONTESSORI ↗
  • Who funds OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR ↗
  • Who funds THE BEACON HOUSE ASSOCIATION OF SAN PEDRO ↗
  • Who funds ALTASEA AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds DIENTES COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT WILSON INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds The Blind Childrens Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds JOHN TRACY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR COMMUNITY CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE WISHES ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH COAST BOTANIC GARDEN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SHOES THAT FIT ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S BURN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds STUDENTS RUN AMERICA ↗

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.

The Ralph M Parsons F…The Ahmanson Foundati…California Community …The Rose Hills Founda…The Annenberg Foundat…Weingart FoundationThe Green FoundationSempra FoundationThe Crail-Johnson Fou…Elbridge Stuart Found…Wm Keck FoundationOrange County Communi…
The Ralph M Parsons FoundationCA89.3× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Green Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Crail-Johnson Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · Wm Keck Foundation · Orange County Community 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 Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
67report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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Find your warmest path to The Kenneth T and Eileen L Norris 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 241 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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