· Private foundation
The Milken 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
- $250k+1 grant · $288k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION | $287,500 |
| ARIEL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| EXCEPTIONAL CHILDRENS FOUNDATION | $11,500 |
| THE HELP GROUP CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER | $10,000 |
| ACTIVE MINDS INC | $7,200 |
| ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA | $2,000 |
| POLICE UNITY TOUR | $1,000 |
| THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those 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.
8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MCMILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL3× · 2020–2022 · $1.2M · revenue +135%
- ECEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $54k · revenue +3%
- THTHE HELP GROUP CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER5× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue +21%
Funded once
- SSSTEPHEN S WISE TEMPLEone grant, 2020 · $1.0M
- LALOS ANGELES BALLET INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +83%
- TMTHE MILKEN INSTITUTEone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +23%
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.
Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.
We cultivate the boundless potential of highly gifted children, nurture their passions and talents, and develop a diverse community of creative and constructive lifelong learners.
Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and…
The orchestra pursues its mission, "to enrich and connect our community through intimate and transformative musical experiences which exemplify and foster artistic excellence, education and innovation," through the blend of traditional…
The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.
The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…
San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.
The Organization is a school dedicated to providing an outstanding Judaic and general education in an environment that is consistent with this ideology. The Organization seeks to fulfill its mission by hiring the finest teachers and staff…
The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…
Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 23 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 MILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE HELP GROUP CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE MILKEN INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Active Minds Inc ↗
- Who funds ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA SUMMIT ↗
- Who funds Los Angeles Youth Orchestra ↗
- Who funds HIAS INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH GRADUATE STUDENT INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds POLICE UNITY TOUR CHAPTER VII OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds The Forward Association Inc ↗
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: Richard and Ellen Sandler Family Foundation · The Lowell Milken Family Foundation · The Michael and Lori Milken Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Milken Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Milken Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
How this is measured
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