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The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation

Founded in 1995 as the official charity of the los angeles dodgers, THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS FOUNDATION (the foundation) is bigger than baseball, envisioning a city where everyone, regardless of zip code, has the opportunity to thrive.

$4.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
54
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Science & Tech$4.8MRecreation & Sports$4.2MEducation$3.7MPhilanthropy$2.7MYouth Development$2.2MFood & Nutrition$1.9MHealth$1.4MHuman Services$1.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k41 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.0M
$30,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION$2,000,000
JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION$200,000
COUNTY OF LA DEPT OF PARKS AND RECREATION S COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENC$135,360
BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE$122,000
SCIENCE OF SPORT$110,000
LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION$105,000
LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES$100,000
CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS$98,508
READING TO THE RESCUE$65,625
KERSHAWS CHALLENGE$65,000
CITY OF LONG BEACH DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION & MARINE$63,240
MLB BASEBALL ASSISTANCE TEAM$50,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WEST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY$44,544
MLB YOUTH ACADEMY$41,400
CITY OF LYNWOOD RECREATION & COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT$41,310
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $695k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SPRINGBOARD COLLECTIVE: $20k → 22%GOOD PLUS FOUNDATION: $20k → 17%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $20k → 10%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $85k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $38k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $36k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $35k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $15k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $10k → 14%IMAGINE LA: $19k → 14%GOOD PLUS FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%ST ANNE'S FAMILY SERVICES - EVENING OF ANGELS: $25k → 14%EASTMONT COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $21k → 14%PROYECTO PASTORAL: $10k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $93k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $20k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $15k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $10k → 14%RAISEACHILD: $15k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $18k → 14%METRO YMCA: $15k → 14%CLUB 21: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%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
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
KY
MD
AZ
NC
DC
AL
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17M · 72 repeat orgs$3.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

72 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 38 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
104

Total granted

$17M
$3.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+23%

Still filing today

89%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $505k 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
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • CS
    CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $4.8M · revenue +62%
  • UI
    UP2US INC
    2× · 2019–2022 · $725k · revenue +3%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $549k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • TP
    THE PLAY EQUITY FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue +70%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR HEALING AND JUSTICE THROUGH SPORT
    one grant, 2022 · $127k · revenue -16%
  • B
    BABY2BABY
    one grant, 2021 · $110k
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
Legacy La Youth Development Corp

To make positive interventions in the lives of young people by offering alternatives to gangs and violence. legacy la builds the capacity of youth to reach their full potential and equips them with tools to transform their lives and…

Crime & Legal
2
Los Angeles Education Partnership

To advance educational equity. together with families, schools and the community, facilitate access to and opportunities for quality educational and wellness practices so that children thrive from diapers to diplomas.

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3
Los Angeles Team Mentoring Inc

Los Angeles Team Mentorings (LATM) mission is to guide middle school students growing up in challenging urban environments to recognize and reach their full potential. See Schedule O for more details.

Youth Development
4
Stem Advantage

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…

Youth Development
5
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
6
College Match

College match partners with high schools in los angeles county to identify high-achieving, low-income high school students and provide them with the necessary tools and guidance to get into top-ranked colleges with significant financial…

Education
7
Families in Schools

To ensure student success by building authentic partnerships between families, educators, and system leaders, and through parent-led advocacy.

Education
8
Arts for La

Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.

Arts & Culture
9
Los Angeles Conservation Corps

The la conservation corps creates equitable opportunities for young people to build resilience in themselves, their communities and the environment through a program of work, education and support.

Employment
10
The Archer School for Girls Inc

The archer school for girls is an educational community that supports and challenges young women to discover their passions and realize their true potential by a) providing a rigorous, integrated college preparatory curriculum that fosters…

Education
11
New Los Angeles Charter School

New los angeles charter school develops a diverse community of students who are passionate about learning, engaged in their community, and have respect for themselves and others.

Education
12
Los Angeles Urban Foudation

The organization is committed to "initiating and supporting signs of hope for the city of los angeles" by empowering people, achieving social justice and economic development and promoting the well being of communities as envisioned by…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Para Los Ninos; the most unlike its peers is Mlb-Mlbpa Youth Development 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

171 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. 171 of the 200 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
167/171
Grantees still filing
117/171
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC: $1,578,500 · OtherJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INCLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $1,515,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKCITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS: $659,599 · OtherCITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF RECREATIO…LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGISTRAR-RECORDERCOUNTY CLERK: $563,817 · OtherLOS ANGELES COUNTY REGISTRAR-RECORDERCOUNTY…+96 more: $4,516,780 · Other+96 moreCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $4,750,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTE…+9 more: $203,345 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMM…LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION: $719,400 · PhilanthropyLIBERTY HILL FO…LOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $549,230 · PhilanthropyLOS ANGELES BRO…KERSHAW'S CHALLENGE: $300,574 · PhilanthropyKERSHAW'S CHALL…FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $135,000 · PhilanthropyJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION: $130,500 · Philanthropy+9 more: $297,697 · Philanthropy+9 moreTHE PLAY EQUITY FUND: $500,000 · EducationTHE PLAY EQUIT…POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $438,050 · EducationPOSITIVE COACH…THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $355,033 · EducationTHE LIBRARY FO…UCLA FOUNDATION: $317,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIO…CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $180,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA STA…COLLEGE TRACK: $146,500 · EducationTHINK TOGETHER: $121,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $105,000 · Education+25 more: $726,042 · Education+25 moreSCIENCE OF SPORT: $432,440 · Youth DevelopmentPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $134,399 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES: $128,862 · Youth DevelopmentC5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentMINDS MATTER OF LOS ANGELES INC: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTUDENTS RUN AMERICA: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentMIRACLE LEAGUE LOS ANGELES: $66,430 · Youth DevelopmentLAFC SPORTS FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $50,000 · Youth Development+13 more: $248,500 · Youth DevelopmentUP2US INC: $725,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTER FOR HEALING AND JUSTICE THROUGH SPORT: $127,000 · Recreation & SportsHollywood Indies Little League co Stanley M Brooks: $106,650 · Recreation & SportsLAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION USA: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsMLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation: $69,700 · Recreation & SportsKABOOM INC: $50,000 · Recreation & Sports+7 more: $116,998 · Recreation & SportsVISION TO LEARN: $407,500 · HealthTHE KENLEY JANSEN FOUNDATION INC: $273,700 · Health+5 more: $75,500 · Health
Other$8,833,696Arts & Culture$4,953,345Philanthropy$3,132,401Education$2,888,625Youth Development$1,350,631Recreation & Sports$1,270,348Health$756,700

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 budgetCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $4,750,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC: $1,578,500 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $1,515,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUP2US INC: $725,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetLIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION: $719,400 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $549,230 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetTHE PLAY EQUITY FUND: $500,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $438,050 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetSCIENCE OF SPORT: $432,440 over 6y, 11% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $407,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $355,033 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $317,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKERSHAW'S CHALLENGE: $300,574 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetTHE KENLEY JANSEN FOUNDATION INC: $273,700 over 4y, 76% of budgetBABY2BABY: $250,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley: $226,544 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $212,599 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLA84 FOUNDATION: $172,500 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetCOLLEGE TRACK: $146,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetINGLEWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES CORPORATION: $143,738 over 5y, 74% of budgetSHOES THAT FIT: $138,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $135,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $134,399 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION: $130,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES: $128,862 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCENTER FOR HEALING AND JUSTICE THROUGH SPORT: $127,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetTHINK TOGETHER: $121,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHollywood Indies Little League co Stanley M Brooks: $106,650 over 6y, 52% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $105,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100,309 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIFT INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetC5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $85,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetWOODCRAFT RANGERS: $81,743 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMajor League Baseball Charities Inc: $81,613 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $80,465 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMINDS MATTER OF LOS ANGELES INC: $80,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $75,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPARK PROGRAM INC: $75,573 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION USA: $75,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTUDENTS RUN AMERICA: $70,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation: $69,700 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $67,435 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE LOS ANGELES: $66,430 over 3y, 96% of budgetPF Bresee Foundation: $65,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $61,200 over 3y, 0.6% 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 CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UP2US INC ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PLAY EQUITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE OF SPORT ↗
  • Who funds VISION TO LEARN ↗
  • Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KERSHAW'S CHALLENGE ↗
  • Who funds THE KENLEY JANSEN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BABY2BABY ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LA84 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE TRACK ↗
  • Who funds INGLEWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SHOES THAT FIT ↗
  • Who funds FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
  • Who funds PLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED ↗
  • Who funds JUST KEEP LIVIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR HEALING AND JUSTICE THROUGH SPORT ↗
  • Who funds THINK TOGETHER ↗
  • Who funds Hollywood Indies Little League co Stanley M Brooks ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE GIBSON FOUNDATION GIBSON ↗

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 Ralph M Parsons F…Weingart FoundationThe Rose Hills Founda…The Annenberg Foundat…California Community …The Ahmanson Foundati…Elbridge Stuart Found…Joseph Drown Foundati…The Play Equity FundLa84 FoundationJohnny Carson Foundat…Liberty Hill Foundati…
The Ralph M Parsons FoundationCA83.1× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · Joseph Drown Foundation · The Play Equity Fund · La84 Foundation · Johnny Carson Foundation · Liberty Hill 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 Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
50report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.

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 200 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 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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