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Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children

Wbc is a charitable organization dedicated to fostering the well being of underserved and at-risk children in los angeles through its members' commitment of their time and financial resources. The wbc directly impacts smaller charities by providing grants, hosting events.

$374k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
20
Itemized grants FY2024
21
Organizations funded FY2023
48%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$308k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,565
Largest grant, FY2024
$75,900
Organizations funded a year
9 to 21
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$536k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 48% of the organizations Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $178k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Youth DevelopmentEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving20$308k50%
FY202321$464k48%
FY202215$493k53%
FY202119$348k53%
FY202019$320k53%
FY201913$251k46%
FY20189$194k67%
FY201715$315kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$674kHuman Services$592kYouth Development$576kHealth$357kPhilanthropy$150kArts & Culture$145kCommunity Improvement$72kRecreation & Sports$58kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Access Books$382,017717%
Make Good Inc$328,747515%
Film2future$191,500511%
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation$172,58921%
Hope in a Suitcase$135,75152%
Community Trust Fund of Volunteer League of San Fernando Valley$99,300614%
Why Cant We Make A Difference$76,58649%
Community Partners$71,19740%
Steam Coders$58,1754n/a
National Book Foundation Inc$54,50031%
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All grantees of Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Access Books$382,017717%
Make Good Inc$328,747515%
Film2future$191,500511%
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation$172,58921%
Hope in a Suitcase$135,75152%
Community Trust Fund of Volunteer League of San Fernando Valley$99,300614%
Why Cant We Make A Difference$76,58649%
Community Partners$71,19740%
Steam Coders$58,1754n/a
National Book Foundation Inc$54,50031%
J Tech Institute Inc$54,00022%
The Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation$50,00011%
Reading to Kids$45,00048%
Off the Wall Graffiti Foundation$42,5374n/a
Hands for Hope$34,40024%
Foundation for Learning Athletics and Growth$33,000127%
City Hearts Kids Say Yes to the Arts la Fringe Theatre Inc$28,02519%
Educating Students Together Inc$27,99712%
Urban Scholar Academy$25,00016%
Pasadena - Foothill Valley YWCA$24,50027%
Dance and Dialogue$24,000114%
America Scores La$23,46815%
Inner City Youth Orchrstra of Los Angeles Inc$23,05424%
Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness$22,50012%
Pico Youth & Family Center$22,46526%
Los Angeles Metropolitan Debate Commission$22,00014%
Rainbow Pack$21,8421n/a
Once Upon a Room Inc$20,00022%
Orthopaedic Institute for Children Foundation$20,00040%
40 Love Foundation$19,39814%
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences$18,37510%
Awoke$18,00012%
Empowher Institute Inc$18,00024%
A Chance for Children Foundation Inc$17,50024%
Childrens Music Fund$15,785163%
Better Angels Inc$15,0001n/a
Sheros Rise Inc$15,000115%
Phenomenal Angels of the Community$15,0001n/a
Pasadena Altadena Coalition of Transformative Lead$14,9891n/a
1111 a Creative Collective$14,17219%
For Goodness Cakes$14,16621%
Wespark Inc$14,01021%
The Book Truck Inc$13,72514%
Newton Police Department$13,5001n/a
Worthy Beyond Purpose Inc$13,48716%
City Lacrosse$13,10014%
Crossroads$12,7612n/a
Principles of Success Motivational Programs$12,745139%
PS I Love You Foundation$12,50017%
Piece by Piece$11,00011%
Lend a Ear$10,9201n/a
Code Read Inc$10,7712n/a
Get Lit - Words Ignite Inc$10,75010%
Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center$10,25811%
Giving a Smile Foundation$10,00013%
Variety Boys & Girls Club$10,00010%
Arts Bridging the Gap$10,00012%
Debbie Allen Dance Inc Debbie Allen Dance Academy$10,00010%
United Voices of Literacy - Uvol$9,8241n/a
Daniel Hernandez Youth Foundation Inc$9,687114%
Caesura Youth Orchestra$9,6791n/a
Concerned Citizens Community Involvement New Focus Children Cen$8,2501n/a
Urbanpromise Los Angeles Inc$8,00012%
Sloane Stephens Foundation Inc$8,0001n/a
Sheen Educational Foundation$7,71214%
Pico Union Project$7,50011%
You Run This Town Foundation$7,3151n/a
Thrive in Joy Nick Fagnano Foundation$6,31412%
Family Rescue Center$5,27012%
Equitas Academy Charter School$5,00010%

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($73k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAccess Books: $382,017 over 7y, 17% of budgetMake Good Inc: $328,747 over 5y, 15% of budgetFilm2future: $191,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetThe Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation: $172,589 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHope in a Suitcase: $135,751 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetCommunity Trust Fund of Volunteer League of San Fernando Valley: $99,300 over 6y, 14% of budgetWhy Cant We Make A Difference: $76,586 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetCommunity Partners: $71,197 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Book Foundation Inc: $54,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetJ Tech Institute Inc: $54,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetThe Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetReading to Kids: $45,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetHands for Hope: $34,400 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetFoundation for Learning Athletics and Growth: $33,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetCity Hearts Kids Say Yes to the Arts la Fringe Theatre Inc: $28,025 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetEducating Students Together Inc: $27,997 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUrban Scholar Academy: $25,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetPasadena - Foothill Valley YWCA: $24,500 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetDance and Dialogue: $24,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAmerica Scores La: $23,468 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetInner City Youth Orchrstra of Los Angeles Inc: $23,054 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetFoundation for Liberty and American Greatness: $22,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPico Youth & Family Center: $22,465 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetLos Angeles Metropolitan Debate Commission: $22,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetOnce Upon a Room Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetOrthopaedic Institute for Children Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budget40 Love Foundation: $19,398 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCrossroads School for Arts and Sciences: $18,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAwoke: $18,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetEmpowher Institute Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetA Chance for Children Foundation Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetChildrens Music Fund: $15,785 over 1y, 63% of budgetSheros Rise Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 15% of budget1111 a Creative Collective: $14,172 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetFor Goodness Cakes: $14,166 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWespark Inc: $14,010 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetThe Book Truck Inc: $13,725 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetWorthy Beyond Purpose Inc: $13,487 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetCity Lacrosse: $13,100 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetPrinciples of Success Motivational Programs: $12,745 over 1y, 39% of budgetPS I Love You Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetPiece by Piece: $11,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGet Lit - Words Ignite Inc: $10,750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFernando Pullum Community Arts Center: $10,258 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGiving a Smile Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetVariety Boys & Girls Club: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetArts Bridging the Gap: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetDebbie Allen Dance Inc Debbie Allen Dance Academy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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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 FoundationCA36.4× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Muskin Family Foundation · Perenchio Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Women Helping Youth · Frieda C Fox Family Foundation · Joseph Drown Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · Community Partners

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.

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About Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children

How much does Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children give?
Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children reported 20 itemized grants totaling $308,439, out of $374,360 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Human Services (22%), Youth Development (21%).
Who are Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Access Books ($382k), Make Good Inc ($329k), Film2future ($192k).
Does Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation.
Where is Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children based?
Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children is based in CA.

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 75 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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