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The Shirley Baskin 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.

$147k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$189kHealth$171kEnvironment$113kArts & Culture$97kHuman Services$94kInternational$68kEducation$50kFood & Nutrition$26kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $63k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KCET$20,000
THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS$11,500
UCLA FOUNDATION NEUROSURGERY RESEARCH$11,000
LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER$10,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$7,581
SAVE THE CHILDREN$7,110
OPERATION SMILE$5,282
ALTASEA$5,182
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA$5,075
STAND WITH US$5,000
CITY OF HOPE$5,000
AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY$5,000
BLESS IT BAG$5,000
THE CARTER CENTER$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $86k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $400 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%HOMELESS HEALTH CARE LOS ANGELES: $4k → 14%HOMELESS HEALTH CARE LOS ANGELES: $3k → 14%HOMELESS HEALTH CARE LOS ANGELES: $3k → 14%BLESS IT BAG: $15k → 14%BLESS IT BAG: $10k → 14%BLESS IT BAG: $10k → 14%BLESS IT BAG: $10k → 14%BLESS IT BAG: $6k → 14%BLESS IT BAG: $5k → 14%MIDNIGHT MISSION: $100 → 14%KNOCK OUT ABUSE WEST: $5k → 14%KNOCK OUT ABUSE WEST: $5k → 14%KNOCK OUT ABUSE WEST: $3k → 14%KNOCK OUT ABUSE WEST: $2k → 14%CORE: $2k → 14%CORE: $1k → 14%CORE: $1k → 14%KETCHUM DOWNTOWN YMCA: $100 → 14%KNOCK OUT ABUSE WEST: $1k → 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
MN
IL
NY
OR
IN
CT
CA
VA
AZ
NM
AR
DC
AL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$791k · 64 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

64 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 42 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

64
41

Total granted

$791k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+21%

Still filing today

67%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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
Arts & CultureInternationalHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $59k · revenue +192%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $37k · revenue +41%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    3× · 2017–2024 · $18k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • AW
    Amazon Watch Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +11%
  • A
    ADL
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • RF
    REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +8%
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 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
2
University of Southern California

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…

Education
3
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
4
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
5
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
6
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
7
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
8
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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12
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Core. 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

82 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. 82 of the 113 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/82
Grantees still filing
54/82
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JEWISH FEDERATION: $96,500 · OtherTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONUCLA FOUNDATION NEUROSURGERY RESEARCH: $75,400 · OtherUCLA FOUNDATION NEUROSURGERY RESEARCHKCET: $46,000 · OtherKCETCITY OF HOPE: $42,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPEUNITED JEWISH FUND: $30,000 · OtherUNITED JEWISH FUNDPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $22,181 · Other+62 more: $132,225 · Other+62 moreLOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER: $58,598 · EnvironmentLOS ANGELES WAT…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $37,085 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURC…Earth Island Institute Inc: $7,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island In…Amazon Watch Inc: $5,000 · EnvironmentTREEPEOPLE INC: $4,580 · EnvironmentBLESS IT BAG INC: $56,000 · Human ServicesBLESS IT BA…Knock Out Abuse West: $15,361 · Human ServicesKnock Out A…Homeless Health Care Los Angeles: $10,180 · Human ServicesHomeless He…CORE: $4,120 · Human Services+3 more: $700 · Human ServicesSave The Children Federation Inc: $17,860 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $14,000 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $10,000 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $7,782 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $6,200 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $5,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,750 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,634 · International+1 more: $100 · InternationalMOTHERS2MOTHERS UNITED STATES INC: $15,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $11,750 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $8,650 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $6,900 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,073 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $3,000 · Health+2 more: $450 · HealthCRAFT CONTEMPORARY: $11,590 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $8,105 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $6,000 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $4,000 · Arts & CultureSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $2,858 · Arts & CultureSITE SANTA FE: $2,100 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $2,030 · Arts & CultureBODY TRAFFIC: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $1,900 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY: $20,550 · EducationTHE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $16,500 · EducationLOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,750 · Education
Other$444,306Environment$112,263Human Services$86,361International$66,326Health$50,823Arts & Culture$40,083Education$38,800

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER: $58,598 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetBLESS IT BAG INC: $56,000 over 6y, 37% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $37,085 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY: $20,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $17,860 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $16,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKnock Out Abuse West: $15,361 over 5y, 29% of budgetMOTHERS2MOTHERS UNITED STATES INC: $15,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $11,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCRAFT CONTEMPORARY: $11,590 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $10,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHomeless Health Care Los Angeles: $10,180 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $8,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $8,105 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF WEST LOS ANGELES INC: $8,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $7,782 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $6,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $6,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANNIE WRIGHT SCHOOLS: $6,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,073 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmazon Watch Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREEPEOPLE INC: $4,580 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCORE: $4,120 over 3y, 39% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $3,695 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAR VISTA FAMILY CENTER: $3,520 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $3,095 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJazz Foundation of America Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $2,858 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,634 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL REDISTRICTING FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA GIVES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSITE SANTA FE: $2,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $2,030 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,750 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 LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER ↗
  • Who funds BLESS IT BAG INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC ↗
  • Who funds Knock Out Abuse West ↗
  • Who funds MOTHERS2MOTHERS UNITED STATES INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds CRAFT CONTEMPORARY ↗
  • Who funds Beit T'Shuvah ↗
  • Who funds Homeless Health Care Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM ASSOCIATES ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF WEST LOS ANGELES INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds Earth Island Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ANNIE WRIGHT SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Amazon Watch Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds TREEPEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗

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.

California Community FoundationCA24× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Annenberg Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Liberty Hill Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Shirley Baskin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Shirley Baskin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 113 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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