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Warschaw Law Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$360k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$3.0MHealth$505kEducation$332kCivil Rights$155kFood & Nutrition$125kHousing & Shelter$35kCrime & Legal$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $355k
  • $250k+2 grants · $672k
$100,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART (LACMA)$360,000
DIA ART FOUNDATION$312,000
Individual grant recipient$105,000
HAMMER MUSEUM - UCLA$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$50,000
GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE$50,000
SHARE OUR STRENGTH$50,000
HARVARD WESTLAKE SCHOOL$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $15k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Warschaw Law Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Warschaw Law Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.9% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 11 repeat orgs$169k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against -26% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
6

Total granted

$3.7M
$169k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
-26%

Still filing today

64%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Civil RightsArts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • DC
    DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +41%
  • MA
    MUSEUM ASSOCIATES
    7× · 2019–2025 · $985k · revenue +89%
  • GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
    3× · 2022–2025 · $100k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue -36%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -26%
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
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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2
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
3
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
4
San Diego Museum of Art

To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.

Arts & Culture
5
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc

The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.

Arts & Culture
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
Occidental College

See schedule othe mission of occidental college is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex,…

Education
8
California Western School of Law

California western school of law is an independent, aba/aals and wasc senior college and university commission (wscuc) accredited s.d. law school that prepares graduates for the practice of law through a carefully sequenced program of…

Education
9
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Deeply rooted in our local beverly hills community and influenced by cultural change, the wallis annenberg center for the performing arts, a public-private partnership with the city of beverly hills, strives to be a site for the…

Arts & Culture
10
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ucla Foundation; the most unlike its peers is San Pedro Golden Pirate Regiment. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

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 19 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $1,239,500 · Arts & CultureDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INCMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $985,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATESHAMMER MUSEUM - UCLA: $550,000 · OtherHAMMER MUSEUM - UCLAIndividual grant recipient: $505,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM (AFIM): $175,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM (…SHARE OUR STRENGTH: $125,000 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+2 more: $8,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $300,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Education+2 more: $7,000 · EducationGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $100,000 · Civil RightsCOMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC: $30,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $25,000 · Civil RightsEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $30,000 · Crime & LegalDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesWEINGART CENTER ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Arts & Culture$2,224,500Other$1,463,000Education$332,000Civil Rights$155,000Crime & Legal$30,000Human Services$25,000Housing & Shelter$10,000

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 budgetDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $1,239,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $985,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $100,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEINGART CENTER ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAN PEDRO GOLDEN PIRATE REGIMENT: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% 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 DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM ASSOCIATES ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ↗
  • Who funds WEINGART CENTER ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SAN PEDRO GOLDEN PIRATE REGIMENT ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Warschaw Law Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Warschaw Law Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 19 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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