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The Lipman Family Foundation Inc

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.

$2.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
73
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$525k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$21MEnvironment$2.3MScience & Tech$1.4MPublic Benefit$879kInternational$267kHealth$203kSocial Science$155kFood & Nutrition$145kOther$0
02FY2025 · 73 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k41 grants · $126k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $430k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $560k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.4M
$5,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$54M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART$525,000
STORM KING ART CENTER$335,000
MONTALVO$294,648
SEMPERVIRENS FUND$250,000
SHREM MUSEUM OF ART AT UC DAVIS$210,000
GSA FOUNDATION$200,000
JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST$100,000
FOR-SITE FOUNDATION$50,000
NM BUREAU GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES (GEOCHRON LAB)$35,000
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$30,000
PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST$30,000
KQED$25,000
CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION FOUNDATION$25,000
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN JOSE$20,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN (UKRAINE)$20,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 56% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST: $30k → 8%SHREM MUSEUM OF ART AT UC DAVIS: $210k → 16%STORM KING ART CENTER: $735k → 9%NM BUREAU GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES (GEOCHRON LAB): $75k → 25%STORM KING ART CENTER: $335k → 9%WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $630k → 17%NM BUREAU GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES (GEOCHRON LAB): $35k → 25%STORM KING ART CENTER: $325k → 9%STORM KING ART CENTER: $200k → 9%WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $380k → 17%STORM KING: $135k → 9%STORM KING ART CENTER: $85k → 9%WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $104k → 17%WHITNEY MUSEUM: $35k → 17%SOLSTICE INSTITUTE: $65k → 12%SOLSTICE INSTITUTE: $30k → 12%WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $30k → 17%GSA FOUNDATION: $420k → 12%GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $225k → 12%JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST: $100k → 9%GSA FOUNDATION: $220k → 12%JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST: $100k → 9%GSA FOUNDATION: $210k → 12%JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST: $40k → 9%GSA FOUNDATION: $205k → 12%GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $200k → 12%GSA FOUNDATION: $200k → 12%GSA FOUNDATION: $200k → 12%GSA FOUNDATION: $200k → 12%BERKELEY ART MUSEUM: $50k → 10%WHITNEY MUSEUM: $8.7M → 17%CALDER FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART: $2.4M → 8%SAN JOSE MUSEUM: $1.5M → 8%SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART: $903k → 8%SJMA: $648k → 8%SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART: $616k → 8%SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART: $527k → 8%SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART: $525k → 8%SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART: $356k → 8%SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART: $127k → 8%FOR-SITE FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%FOR-SITE FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%FOR-SITE FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%SEMPERVIRENS FUND: $300k → 8%SEMPERVIRENS FUND: $250k → 8%SEMPERVIRENS FUND: $250k → 8%SEMPERVIRENS FUND: $250k → 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

WA
NY
IA
IN
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NM
AR
NC
DC
HI
GA
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25M · 93 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

93 repeat relationships: 61 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

93
47

Total granted

$25M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+12%

Still filing today

46%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $251k 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalHealthScience & TechCivil RightsOther
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

  • WM
    WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
    9× · 2017–2025 · $10.0M · revenue +161%
  • SJ
    SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $5.4M · revenue +20% · 41% of their budget
  • SK
    STORM KING ART CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • SJ
    SAN JOSE MUSEUM
    one grant, 2018 · $1.5M
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $135k
  • BA
    BERKELEY ART MUSEUM
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Chile-California Council

The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…

International
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
5
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
California Wildlife Foundation

The foundation works with diverse groups representing many interests to acquire and restore critical wildlife habitat and protecting species

Animals
8
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
9
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
10
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
11
Environmental Defense Center

The organization protects and enhances the local environment through education, advocacy and legal action.

Crime & Legal
12
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California State Parks Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Calder 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

64 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. 64 of the 154 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
64/64
Grantees still filing
46/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $9,963,750 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTSAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION: $5,432,835 · Arts & CultureSAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATIONSTORM KING ART CENTER: $1,783,500 · Arts & CultureSTORM KING ART CENTER+13 more: $459,000 · Arts & CultureGSA FOUNDATION: $1,655,000 · OtherGSA FOUNDATIONSAN JOSE MUSEUM: $1,533,000 · OtherSAN JOSE MUSEUMSJMA: $1,083,215 · OtherSJMAMONTALVO: $391,148 · OtherMONTALVO+104 more: $2,288,544 · Other+104 moreSEMPERVIRENS FUND: $1,065,000 · EnvironmentJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust: $265,000 · EnvironmentPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST: $112,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $61,000 · Environment+11 more: $272,620 · EnvironmentGEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $425,350 · Science & Tech+1 more: $9,600 · Science & TechDOCTORS FOR GLOBAL HEALTH INC: $90,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $85,000 · InternationalSEVA FOUNDATION: $40,000 · International+6 more: $8,043 · InternationalTransformca dba Transform: $108,000 · Community ImprovementPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $45,000 · HealthSEQUOIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthSTANFORD HEALTH CARE: $20,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$17,639,085Other$6,950,907Environment$1,775,620Science & Tech$434,950International$223,043Community Improvement$108,000Health$85,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $9,963,750 over 9y, 12% of budgetSAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION: $5,432,835 over 7y, 41% of budgetSTORM KING ART CENTER: $1,783,500 over 9y, 8.7% of budgetSEMPERVIRENS FUND: $1,065,000 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetGEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $425,350 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetFOR-SITE Foundation: $290,000 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust: $265,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST: $112,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTransformca dba Transform: $108,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetDOCTORS FOR GLOBAL HEALTH INC: $90,000 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $61,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $55,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCALDER FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $48,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $46,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $46,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $41,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSEVA FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $38,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Transportation Foundation: $35,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $34,500 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $30,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetECUMENICAL HUNGER PROGRAM: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $27,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetActerra Action for a Healthy Planet: $23,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGRASSROOTS ECOLOGY: $22,120 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSEQUOIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSTANFORD HEALTH CARE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $17,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE IN POLITICS: $15,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBAY AREA LYME FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF HUDDART & WUNDERLICH PARKS: $11,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetTHE STANDBY PROGRAM INC: $11,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetPEPPERWOOD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEADWATERS SCIENCE INSTITUTE: $9,600 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $8,950 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREENBELT ALLIANCEPEOPLE FOR OPEN SPACE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCROCKER ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDance Film SF Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCONTRA COSTA JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetORINDA NETWORK FOR EDUCATION: $3,900 over 3y, 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 WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
  • Who funds SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds STORM KING ART CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SEMPERVIRENS FUND ↗
  • Who funds GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOR-SITE Foundation ↗
  • Who funds John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Transformca dba Transform ↗
  • Who funds DOCTORS FOR GLOBAL HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds CALDER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Rocky Mountain Institute ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SEVA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds California Transportation Foundation ↗

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…The San Francisco Fou…Gordon E and Betty I …Jewish Community Fede…Resources Legacy FundMarin Community Found…The William & Flora H…Ibm International Fou…The David and Lucile …Gs Donor Advised Phil…PatagoniaorgOrange County Communi…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA26.8× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Resources Legacy Fund · Marin Community Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Patagoniaorg · 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 Lipman Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lipman Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–40%
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 Lipman Family Foundation Inc 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 154 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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