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The Lisa & Steve Altman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Lisa & Steve Altman Family 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.

$606k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$251k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.4MHealth$2.2MRecreation & Sports$139kYouth Development$136kArts & Culture$90kHuman Services$80kInternational$67kCrime & Legal$56kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $309k
  • $250k+1 grant · $251k
$1,018
Median grant
6
States reached
$936k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$251,018
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION$181,460
NEUROLAB 360$75,000
CUREBOUND$52,500
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO$10,000
FARMLINK PROJECT$10,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$3,000
DIABETES RESEARCH CONNECTION$2,500
CHILDRENS HEART FOUNDATION$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
STAND AMONG FRIENDS$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
SUSAN G KOMEN$1,040
TEMPLE ADAT SHALOM$1,036
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART$1,018
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 (FY17–24, $124k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $500 → 11%LATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%CIVICA FOUNDATION: $75k → 8%SOF SUPPORT: $37k → 7%SOF SUPPORT: $5k → 7%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $200 → 11%FREEDOMDOGS: $1k → 11%FREEDOMDOGS: $1k → 11%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
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
KS
DC
OK
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 55 repeat orgs$524k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
76

Total granted

$4.9M
$506k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+19%

Still filing today

55%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +78%
  • N3
    NEUROLAB 360
    4× · 2021–2024 · $407k · revenue +479% · 77% of their budget
  • C
    CUREBOUND
    7× · 2017–2024 · $217k · revenue +198%

Funded once

  • SC
    SDSU CAMPANILLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $135k
  • KW
    Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma
    one grant, 2021 · $125k · revenue -39%
  • CF
    CIVICA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue -75%
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
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
2
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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3
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
4
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
5
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…

Philanthropy
6
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
7
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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8
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
9
Cancer Research and Biostatistics

To help conquer cancer and other diseases through the application of biostatistical principles and innovative data management methods.

Health
10
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
11
Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation Inc

The sarnoff cardiovascular research foundation is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of physician-leaders in cardiovascular medicine by funding and supporting medical students and physicians engaged in transformative research.

Health
12
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for Climate Restoration 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

73 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. 73 of the 139 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/73
Grantees still filing
47/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $2,419,018 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION+4 more: $19,575 · EducationJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,254,485 · OtherJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATIONSDSU CAMPANILLE FOUNDATION: $135,000 · OtherSDSU CAMPANILLE FOUNDATIONBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO: $110,180 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO+92 more: $363,045 · Other+92 moreNEUROLAB 360: $407,357 · HealthNEUROLAB 360CUREBOUND: $216,614 · HealthCUREBOUNDKaren Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma: $125,000 · HealthKaren Wyckoff Rei…DIABETES RESEARCH CONNECTION: $30,000 · Health+14 more: $55,826 · Health+14 moreCIVICA FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Human ServicesSOF SUPPORT INC: $42,000 · Human ServicesFARMLINK PROJECT: $10,000 · Human Services+5 more: $7,286 · Human ServicesTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $30,000 · Arts & CultureOLD GLOBE THEATRE: $25,500 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $11,018 · Arts & CultureSan Diego Opera Association: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $3,036 · Arts & CulturePROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL: $45,000 · InternationalHEART CARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $15,000 · International+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalSEACREST FOUNDATION: $4,572 · PhilanthropyCHRIS DUDLEY FOUNDATION: $4,375 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyJust For Kids Foundation Inc: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Education$2,438,593Other$1,862,710Health$834,797Human Services$134,286Arts & Culture$79,554International$62,000Philanthropy$12,447

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 budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $2,419,018 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNEUROLAB 360: $407,357 over 4y, 77% of budgetCUREBOUND: $216,614 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetKaren Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma: $125,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCIVICA FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOF SUPPORT INC: $42,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH CONNECTION: $30,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetTHE RAPE FOUNDATION: $26,170 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOLD GLOBE THEATRE: $25,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTAND AMONG FRIENDS INC: $24,280 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetIMMUNOTHERAPY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetHEART CARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $11,018 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $10,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget1 SAN DIEGO: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSan Diego Opera Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFARMLINK PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAS PATRONAS: $7,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $6,054 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $5,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $5,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY PREP CENTER OF TAMPA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL FUND AIM FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE FOOD FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSEACREST FOUNDATION: $4,572 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIS DUDLEY FOUNDATION: $4,375 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSUGAR RAY LEONARD FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLATINO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,057 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCRISTO REY SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL INC: $2,575 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM FOR GREAT APES INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEMPOWERS AFRICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetdi Rosa Preserve: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM DOGS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetROAD DOGS & RESCUE: $1,670 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $1,538 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDiabetes Camping & Education Services: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProKids: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% 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 UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEUROLAB 360 ↗
  • Who funds CUREBOUND ↗
  • Who funds Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma ↗
  • Who funds CIVICA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds SOF SUPPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds DIABETES RESEARCH CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds THE RAPE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OLD GLOBE THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds STAND AMONG FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds IMMUNOTHERAPY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEART CARE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds 1 SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds San Diego Opera Association ↗
  • Who funds FARMLINK PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds LAS PATRONAS ↗
  • Who funds LAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY ↗

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.

Jewish Community Foun…The San Diego Foundat…Sempra FoundationRancho Santa Fe Found…The Conrad Prebys Fou…Kerr Family FoundationAllison and Robert Pr…Walter J & Betty C Za…The Parker FoundationDavid C Copley Founda…Farrell Family Founda…The Woody Charitable …
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA30.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Kerr Family Foundation · Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Parker Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Farrell Family Foundation · The Woody Charitable 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 Lisa & Steve Altman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lisa & Steve Altman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Employment Options Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Academy Prep Center of Tampa Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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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How do I get to The Lisa & Steve Altman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Lisa & Steve Altman 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 139 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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