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The Lazares Family Foundation at a glance

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The Lazares Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$54k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Philanthropy$59kHuman Services$59kCommunity Improvement$31kEducation$26kRecreation & Sports$23kArts & Culture$15kHealth$12kYouth Development$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $43k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS FOUNDATION$30,279
CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL$12,500
QUEST VALLEY CHARITIES$5,000
MONTALVO ARTS CENTER$2,500
CSNK2A1 FOUNDATION$2,500
CHILD MIND INSTITUTE$1,000
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 (FY23–25, $43k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BILL WILSON CENTER: $8k → 8%BILL WILSON CENTER: $5k → 8%SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS FOUNDATION: $30k → 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.
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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$107k · 10 repeat orgs$134k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
17

Total granted

$107k
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+7%

Still filing today

60%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureMembership BenefitOther
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

  • TS
    THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
    2× · 2022–2024 · $20k · revenue +302%
  • MA
    MONTALVO ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +21%
  • BW
    BILL WILSON CENTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $13k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • TF
    TOWER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • JA
    JOHN AND CHRISTINE DAVIS FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $17k · revenue -42% · 32% of their budget
  • UC
    URBAN CONFLUENCE SILICON VALLEY
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
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
2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
3
San Francisco Family Foundation
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4
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation

To benefit the university of california santa cruz.

Education
5
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley

The Law Foundation uses the law as a tool for change. The Law Foundation addresses problems linked to social injustices like poverty, discrimination, child abuse, and neglect. Every day, our attorneys, social workers, and advocates craft…

Crime & Legal
6
Uc Law Sf Foundation

To advance the academic and reputational success of uc college of the law, san francisco ("the college") through collaborative and impactful fundraising initiatives.

Education
7
San Luis Valley Health Foundation

Acquire and manage assets in support of lutheran hospital association of the san luis valley.

Philanthropy
8
Los Altos Journalism Foundation
—
9
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health

The lucile packard foundation for children's health is here to unlock philanthropy to transform health for all kids and moms, in northern california and around the world. our foundation raises funds for child and maternal health at lucile…

Health
10
Down Syndrome Association of Central California

To enhance the quality of life for all people whose lives are touched by Down Syndrome

Health
11
Santa Clara County Realtors Foundation

The foundation invests in the community by helping nonprofit organizations that focus on giving to housing, education, our communities, social services and disaster relief.

Youth Development
12
Morris B Squire Foundation Co Timothy G Carroll
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Junior League of San Jose; the most unlike its peers is John and Christine Davis Family 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

17 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. 17 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOWER FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherTOWER FOUNDATIONMARTIS CAMP FOUNDATION: $22,750 · OtherMARTIS CAMP FOUNDATIONTHE SUMMIT LEAGUE: $19,500 · OtherTHE SUMMIT LEAGUEJOHN AND CHRISTINE DAVIS FAMILY FOUNDATION: $16,500 · OtherJOHN AND CHRISTINE DAVIS FAMILY FOUNDATIONCRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL: $12,500 · OtherCRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOLURBAN CONFLUENCE SILICON VALLEY: $10,000 · OtherURBAN CONFLUENCE SILICON VALLEYSILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COUNCIL (BOY SCOUTS): $8,550 · OtherSILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COUNCIL (BOY SCOUTS)ST LUCY SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $5,000 · OtherAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $5,000 · Other+7 more: $10,200 · Other+7 moreSAN FRANCISCO FORTY NINERS FOUNDATION: $30,279 · Human ServicesSAN FRANCISCO FORTY …BILL WILSON CENTER: $12,500 · Human ServicesBILL WILSON CENTERQUEST VALLEY CHARITIES INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyQUEST VALL…The Morse Foundation: $5,000 · PhilanthropyThe Morse …LRCC WILDCAT FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyLRCC WILDC…MONTALVO ASSOCIATION: $15,450 · Arts & CultureCSNK2A1 FOUNDATION: $8,250 · HealthInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $1,500 · HealthBens Friends: $1,250 · HealthCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 · HealthFOUNDATION OF HONOR: $6,000 · Membership BenefitROBERT S HYER SCHOOL PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · EducationJUNIOR LEAGUE OF SAN JOSE: $1,000 · Community Improvement
Other$140,000Human Services$42,779Philanthropy$22,500Arts & Culture$15,450Health$12,000Membership Benefit$6,000Education$1,000Community Improvement$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAN FRANCISCO FORTY NINERS FOUNDATION: $30,279 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SUMMIT LEAGUE: $19,500 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetJOHN AND CHRISTINE DAVIS FAMILY FOUNDATION: $16,500 over 1y, 32% of budgetMONTALVO ASSOCIATION: $15,450 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetQUEST VALLEY CHARITIES INC: $15,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetBILL WILSON CENTER: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCSNK2A1 FOUNDATION: $8,250 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetThe Morse Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLRCC WILDCAT FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetRonald McDonald House of Dallas Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBens Friends: $1,250 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetROBERT S HYER SCHOOL PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF SAN JOSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA14.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Lazares Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lazares Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    1report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Lazares Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Lazares 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 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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