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The Kirkorian Family 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.

$261k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$543kHuman Services$385kPhilanthropy$230kYouth Development$94kArts & Culture$64kEducation$63kRecreation & Sports$56kCrime & Legal$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $153k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$6,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$71k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES BAY AREA$50,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$45,500
REBEKAH CHILDRENS SERVICES$31,500
SAVE THE CHILDREN$26,000
LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES LHM$15,000
LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES$15,000
SUMMIT LEAGUE$10,000
ONE HOPE FOUNDATION$10,000
CLAY WALKER FOUNDATION$9,831
CYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE$7,750
LOS GATOS LIONS CLUB CHARITIES$6,000
JW HOUSE$5,000
NATIONAL COLLEGE RESOURCES FOUNDATION$5,000
SHERIFF'S ADVISORY BOARD OF SC COUNTY$5,000
STROKE AWARENESS FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $161k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 44% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES: $15k → 8%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%MADOROM FOUNDATION: $27k → 18%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES: $10k → 8%MADOROM FOUNDATION: $17k → 18%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES: $10k → 8%MADOROM FOUNDATION: $12k → 18%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES: $10k → 8%MADOROM FOUNDATION: $7k → 18%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES: $10k → 8%MADOROM FOUNDATION: $2k → 18%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES: $10k → 8%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES: $10k → 8%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES: $10k → 8%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES: $5k → 8%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
OR
NV
CA
CO
TN
DC
OK
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 41 repeat orgs$190k to everyone else

41 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
36

Total granted

$1.4M
$102k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+46%

Still filing today

61%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • OF
    ODD FELLOW- REBEKAH CHILDRENS HOME OF CALIFORNIA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $211k · revenue +96%
  • OF
    ONEHOPE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $135k · revenue +2%
  • LS
    LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • HK
    HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -1%
  • SC
    SANTA CLARA COUNTY FAIR
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
  • AA
    All Animal Rescue & Friends
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · 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
League of California Community Foundations

The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…

Philanthropy
2
San Francisco Fire Fighters Cancer Prevention Foundation

San francisco firefighters cancer prevention foundation (sffcpf) is committed to the prevention and early detection of cancer and providing access to cutting edge care for active and retired members of the san francisco fire department and…

Health
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
4
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation

To benefit the university of california santa cruz.

Education
5
California State University Foundation

Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…

Philanthropy
6
Giants Community Fund

The giants community fund (the "fund") uses baseball and softball to promote health, education, and character development to propel youth in underserved regions to be positive forces in their communities. the fund, a 501(c)(3) public…

Philanthropy
7
California Life Sciences Association

Clsa advances californias world-leading life sciences innovation ecosystem by advocating for effective national, state and local public policies and supporting entrepreneurs and life sciences businesses.

Community Improvement
8
Kern County Cancer Foundation

Dedicated to assisting kern county residents who need financial assistance in obtaining treatment for cancer and associated diseases.

Health
9
Summit Bank Foundation

To garner funds in support of research at the UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Research Center. To aid doctors in finding a cure and provide financial assistance for innovation and progressive research. To provide scholarships to…

Philanthropy
10
California State University Los Angeles Foundation

To advance the educational, cultural, scholarly, and creative activities and the role of community service of csula by increasing private funding, responsibly managing donated resources and supporting the university and its diverse and…

Education
11
The Scga Foundation

The mission of the scga junior golf foundation is to develop an inclusive golf community that enables kids to thrive on and beyond the course. we believe that every kid in southern california, no matter their circumstance, should have the…

Recreation & Sports
12
St Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara

The mission of st. francis foundation of santa barbara is to promote and support health care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of the Napa Valley; the most unlike its peers is The Britt George 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

56 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. 56 of the 84 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/56
Grantees still filing
34/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ODD FELLOW- REBEKAH CHILDRENS HOME OF CALIFORNIA: $211,293 · OtherODD FELLOW- REBEKAH CHILDRENS HOME OF CALIFORNIAONEHOPE FOUNDATION: $134,600 · OtherONEHOPE FOUNDATIONBAND AGAINST MSINC: $133,502 · OtherBAND AGAINST MSINCRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES - BAY AREA: $100,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES - BAY AREASANTA CLARA PARENTS FUND: $59,665 · OtherSANTA CLARA PARENTS FUNDLOS GATOS LIONS CLUB CHARITIES: $47,100 · OtherHERITAGE THEATRE: $40,000 · Other+48 more: $311,581 · Other+48 moreCYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $62,350 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSI…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $45,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DI…Stroke Awareness Foundation: $40,000 · HealthStroke Awarene…COACHES AGAINST CANCER INC: $12,000 · HealthCOACHES AGAINS…HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthTHE CLAY WALKER FOUNDATION INC: $9,831 · HealthVALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF): $7,500 · Health+3 more: $11,750 · Health+3 moreLIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesLIFE SERVIC…Madorom Foundation: $65,050 · Human ServicesMadorom Fou…+2 more: $5,500 · Human ServicesNATIONAL COLLEGE RESOURCES FOUNDATION: $30,500 · EducationCOUNTRY WOMANS CLUB OF CAMPBELL: $14,500 · EducationWY'EAST MOUNTAIN ACADEMY INC: $6,000 · EducationTHINK TOGETHER: $5,000 · EducationSACRED HEART NATIVITY SCHOOL: $4,155 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $2,499 · Education+2 more: $2,500 · EducationSHERIFF'S ADVISORY BOARD OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $44,700 · Crime & LegalSan Jose Police Foundation: $5,000 · Crime & LegalTHE BRITT GEORGE FOUNDATION: $23,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NAPA VALLEY: $5,000 · PhilanthropyBELLA VISTA LEAGUE: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTHE TOBY KEITH FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · PhilanthropyLIGHTHOUSE MINISTRY LHM: $18,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,037,741Health$198,931Human Services$160,550Education$65,154Crime & Legal$49,700Philanthropy$32,500Food & Nutrition$18,000

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 budgetODD FELLOW- REBEKAH CHILDRENS HOME OF CALIFORNIA: $211,293 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetBAND AGAINST MSINC: $133,502 over 3y, 53% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES - BAY AREA: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES INC: $90,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMadorom Foundation: $65,050 over 5y, 37% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $62,350 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $45,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHERIFF'S ADVISORY BOARD OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $44,700 over 9y, 11% of budgetStroke Awareness Foundation: $40,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetNATIONAL COLLEGE RESOURCES FOUNDATION: $30,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAN JOSE SPORTS AUTHORITY: $23,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE BRITT GEORGE FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE MINISTRY LHM: $18,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF SAN JOSE FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetChamberlain's Youth Services: $15,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SUMMIT LEAGUE: $15,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLos Gatos Athletic Association Inc: $14,681 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCOUNTRY WOMANS CLUB OF CAMPBELL: $14,500 over 9y, 25% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES: $12,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCOACHES AGAINST CANCER INC: $12,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetHEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF): $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWY'EAST MOUNTAIN ACADEMY INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCampbell Pony Baseball Incorporated: $5,500 over 4y, 10% of budgetAll Animal Rescue & Friends: $5,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTHINK TOGETHER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPawtastic Friends Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS MEMORIAL & SUPPORT FOUNDATION OF LOS GATOS: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetGILROY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NAPA VALLEY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Jose Police Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCANCER CAREPOINT INC: $4,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSACRED HEART NATIVITY SCHOOL: $4,155 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFuture Talent of Silicon Valley: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAMPBELL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $3,250 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALL STARS HELPING KIDS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBELLA VISTA LEAGUE: $3,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $2,499 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE AMERICAN COALITION FOR COMPASSIONATE CARE: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCAMPBELL VETERANS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetArmenian American Museum and Cultural Center of California: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSalinas Valley Fair Heritage Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE TOBY KEITH FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLos Gatos Little League: $750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBilly Jones Wildcat Railroad: $550 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOS GATOS MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 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 ODD FELLOW- REBEKAH CHILDRENS HOME OF CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds ONEHOPE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BAND AGAINST MSINC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES - BAY AREA ↗
  • Who funds LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds Madorom Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SHERIFF'S ADVISORY BOARD OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Stroke Awareness Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COLLEGE RESOURCES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN JOSE SPORTS AUTHORITY ↗
  • Who funds THE BRITT GEORGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRY LHM ↗
  • Who funds ROTARY CLUB OF SAN JOSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Chamberlain's Youth Services ↗
  • Who funds THE SUMMIT LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds Los Gatos Athletic Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds COUNTRY WOMANS CLUB OF CAMPBELL ↗
  • Who funds LOAVES AND FISHES ↗
  • Who funds COACHES AGAINST CANCER INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHIER KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CLAY WALKER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF) ↗
  • Who funds WY'EAST MOUNTAIN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds Campbell Pony Baseball Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds All Animal Rescue & Friends ↗
  • Who funds THINK TOGETHER ↗

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 Brandenburg Famil…The David and Lucile …Silicon Valley Commun…The Sobrato Family Fo…Heffernan Group Found…Farrington Historical…Olander Family Founda…Los Altos Mountain Vi…Marchese Family Found…Matt & Gretchen Dinap…The Intero Foundation…Ranae Desantis Founda…
The Brandenburg Family FoundationCA24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Brandenburg Family Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · Farrington Historical Foundation · Olander Family Foundation Inc · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · Marchese Family Foundation · Matt & Gretchen Dinapoli Family Foundation · The Intero Foundation Inc · Ranae Desantis 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 Kirkorian Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kirkorian Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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 · 0–30%
    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 Kirkorian Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Kirkorian Family 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 84 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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