· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k23 grants · $84k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $63k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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 (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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
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
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LALOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER8× · 2017–2024 · $59k · revenue +192%
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC8× · 2017–2024 · $37k · revenue +41%
Save The Children Federation Inc3× · 2017–2024 · $18k · revenue +21%
Funded once
- AWAmazon Watch Incone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +11%
- AADLone grant, 2023 · $5k
- RFREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATIONone 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.
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.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
How this is measured
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.
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 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.
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
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.
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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