· Private foundation
The Leslie and Jack Kavanaugh 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k7 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LOS ANGELES BALLET | $10,000 |
| CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER | $10,000 |
| WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE | $5,300 |
| ADEL KORKOR FOUNDATION | $500 |
| UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MUSEUM | $100 |
| WOMEN'S GUILD CEDARS SINAI | $100 |
| THE 1939 SOCIETY | $50 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25 |
| FRIENDS OF ROBINSON GARDENS | $20 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LALOS ANGELES BALLET INC2× · 2020–2021 · $25k · revenue +83%
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER2× · 2020–2021 · $22k · revenue +55%- FOFRIENDS OF ROBINSON GARDENS INC2× · 2020–2021 · $3k · revenue +16%
Funded once
- JJBBBSLAone grant, 2020 · $9k
- AFAVIVA & FAMILY CHILDREN CENTERone grant, 2020 · $7k
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +59%
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.
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.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
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…
The national wwii museum tells the story of the american experience in the war that changed the world-why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today-so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired…
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…
The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).
Chm decodes technology - its computing past, digital present, and future impact on humanity.
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 20 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 LOS ANGELES BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF ROBINSON GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds STOP POACHING NOW INC ↗
- Who funds ADEL B KORKOR MD FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Leslie and Jack Kavanaugh Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Leslie and Jack Kavanaugh Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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