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Whitney Young Childrens 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.

$157k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$459kEducation$126kHousing & Shelter$91kYouth Development$90kHuman Services$90kArts & Culture$80kEnvironment$80kCommunity Improvement$63kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $105k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $51k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$91k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$16,250
THE POSSE FOUNDATION LOS ANGELES$15,000
NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE PENNISULA CHAPTER$10,000
AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC$10,000
HARBOR INTERFAITH SERVICES INC$7,500
Individual grant recipient$7,500
LAS FLORISTAS$6,800
SOUTH BAY FAMILIES CONNECTED$5,000
SHAREFEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT$5,000
RAINBOW SERVICES$5,000
PROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY FOUNDATION$5,000
MANES FOR MOVEMENT$5,000
MOMENTUM PEDIATRIC THERAPY NETWORK$5,000
WE ARE BRAVE TOGETHER$5,000
THE LOS ANGELES CHALLENGE$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.

area typical 11%A SENSE OF HOME: $5k → 14%A SENSE OF HOME: $3k → 14%SHAREFEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $10k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $9k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $5k → 14%SHAREFEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $5k → 14%SHAREFEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 14%SHAREFEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $5k → 14%SHAREFEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 14%SHAREFEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $5k → 14%SHAREFEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $3k → 14%GOLDEN HEART RANCH: $5k → 14%RAINBOW SERVICES: $3k → 14%WE ARE BRAVE TOGETHER: $9k → 14%WE ARE BRAVE TOGETHER: $5k → 14%WE ARE BRAVE TOGETHER: $5k → 14%WE ARE BRAVE TOGETHER: $5k → 14%WE ARE BRAVE TOGETHER: $3k → 14%A SENSE OF HOME: $3k → 14%A SENSE OF HOME: $3k → 14%A SENSE OF HOME: $3k → 14%SOUTH BAY CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER (SBCHC): $5k → 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 6% of Whitney Young Childrens Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 93% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 85%.

Whitney Young Childrens Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.5% 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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 39 repeat orgs$59k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
11

Total granted

$1.1M
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+136%

Still filing today

67%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
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

  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    8× · 2017–2024 · $117k · revenue +78%
  • AO
    AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +50%
  • NC
    NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE INC PENINSULA CHAPTER
    6× · 2017–2022 · $60k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • HH
    HELPING HANDS - MONKEY HELPERS
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • UP
    USA PATRIOTS VETERAN ATHLETICS
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +22%
  • TV
    THE VOLUNTEER CENTER- FOOD FOR KIDS
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
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
Children's Specialty Care Coalition

To ensure that children with complex health care needs have access to timely and high quality medical care, and that pediatric specialists are able to thrive in californias health care

Community Improvement
2
Los Angeles Conservation Corps

The la conservation corps creates equitable opportunities for young people to build resilience in themselves, their communities and the environment through a program of work, education and support.

Employment
3
Autism Society of America Los Angeles Inc

MISSION: Autism Society of Los Angeles (ASLA) will empower individuals with Autism and other disabilities, their families, and professionals through advocacy, education and community support to ensure an equitable quality of life for all.…

Health
4
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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5
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
6
Children's Law Center of California

Children's law center of california (clc) provides legal representation for children and youth impacted by abuse and neglect. we advocate for our clients by supporting families; fighting for reunification, permanence, educational…

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7
League of California Community Foundations

The league of california community foundations promotes and strengthens community foundations in california. through collaboration and shared learning among member foundations and building partnerships with private and public entities, we…

Philanthropy
8
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
9
California Childrens Hospital Association

Our mission is to advance the well-being of children, promote access to high quality pediatric health care, and ensure the long-term viability of childrens hospitals.

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10
Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Spcala is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through education, law enforcement, intervention and advocacy.

Animals
11
Las Madrinas

To improve and enrich the community of southern california through its support of children's hospital los angeles (chla) and the hospital's medical research or other charitable and philanthropic enterprises as determined by its membership.

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12
Los Angeles City College Foundation

We are committed to breaking the cycle of poverty and creating programs that drive change. by addressing students' basic needs, including food, housing, utilities, transportation, and healthcare, we enable low-income students to enroll,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Los Angeles Challenge Corporation; the most unlike its peers is We Are Brave Together. 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

32 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. 32 of the 50 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
27/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $57,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPEDIATRIC THERAPY NETWORK: $54,000 · OtherPEDIATRIC THERAPY NETWORKSUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION THE: $40,000 · OtherSUNSHINE KIDS FOUNDATION THEPALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION DEPT: $40,000 · OtherPALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION DEPTTHE POSSE FOUNDATION LOS ANGELES: $37,500 · OtherTHE POSSE FOUNDATION LOS ANGELESMY FRIEND'S PLACE: $37,500 · OtherMY FRIEND'S PLACEVOLUNTEER CENTER THE: $25,000 · OtherJOURNEY OUT: $24,300 · OtherNATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE PENNISULA CHAPTER: $20,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO MESA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherPENINSULA COMMITTEE FOR THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: $20,000 · OtherINNER-CITY ARTS: $20,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Other+16 more: $131,500 · Other+16 moreChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $117,350 · HealthChildren's Hospital …THE KAT6 FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · HealthTHE KAT6 FOUNDATION …PARTNERS FOR PEDIATRIC VISION: $26,500 · HealthPARTNERS FOR PEDIATR…Manes for Movement Inc: $23,400 · HealthManes for Movement I…PENINSULA COMMITTEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20,000 · HealthPENINSULA COMMITTEE …Sharefest Community Development Inc: $40,000 · Human ServicesSharefest Co…RAINBOW SERVICES: $33,500 · Human ServicesRAINBOW SERV…We Are Brave Together: $26,500 · Human ServicesWe Are Brave…A SENSE OF HOME: $15,000 · Human ServicesA SENSE OF H…COMFORT ZONE CAMP INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesCOMFORT ZONE…SOUTH BAY CHILDRENS HEALTH CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesGOLDEN HEART RANCH: $5,000 · Human ServicesLOS ANGELES CHALLENGE CORPORATION: $40,000 · EducationLOS ANGEL…LAS FLORISTAS INC: $29,300 · EducationLAS FLORI…South Bay Families Connected: $20,000 · EducationSouth Bay…USA PATRIOTS VETERAN ATHLETICS: $10,000 · EducationUSA PATRI…AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $80,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE INC PENINSULA CHAPTER: $60,000 · Community Improvement1979 LEGACY CORP: $2,700 · Community ImprovementHARBOR INTERFAITH SERVICES INC: $52,500 · Housing & ShelterNEW IMAGE EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $8,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$547,300Health$217,250Human Services$137,500Education$99,300Animals$80,000Community Improvement$62,700Housing & Shelter$61,000

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 budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $117,350 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE INC PENINSULA CHAPTER: $60,000 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetPEDIATRIC THERAPY NETWORK: $54,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR INTERFAITH SERVICES INC: $52,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES CHALLENGE CORPORATION: $40,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetSharefest Community Development Inc: $40,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetRAINBOW SERVICES: $33,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE KAT6 FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetLAS FLORISTAS INC: $29,300 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetWe Are Brave Together: $26,500 over 5y, 10% of budgetPARTNERS FOR PEDIATRIC VISION: $26,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJOURNEY OUT: $24,300 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetManes for Movement Inc: $23,400 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetSouth Bay Families Connected: $20,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetPENINSULA COMMITTEE FOR THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: $20,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetPROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPENINSULA COMMITTEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSAN DIEGO MESA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetINNER-CITY ARTS: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetENVISIONING ACCESS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetA SENSE OF HOME: $15,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOMFORT ZONE CAMP INC: $12,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVOLUNTEER CENTER SOUTH BAY-HARBOR- LONG BEACH: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUSA PATRIOTS VETERAN ATHLETICS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH BAY CHILDRENS HEALTH CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOLDEN HEART RANCH: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budget1979 LEGACY CORP: $2,700 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLAS CANDALISTAS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 1.5% 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 Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE INC PENINSULA CHAPTER ↗
  • Who funds PEDIATRIC THERAPY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR INTERFAITH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES CHALLENGE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Sharefest Community Development Inc ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOW SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds THE KAT6 FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LAS FLORISTAS INC ↗
  • Who funds We Are Brave Together ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS FOR PEDIATRIC VISION ↗
  • Who funds JOURNEY OUT ↗
  • Who funds Manes for Movement Inc ↗
  • Who funds South Bay Families Connected ↗
  • Who funds PENINSULA COMMITTEE FOR THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PENINSULA COMMITTEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO MESA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds INNER-CITY ARTS ↗
  • Who funds ENVISIONING ACCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds A SENSE OF HOME ↗
  • Who funds COMFORT ZONE CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER CENTER SOUTH BAY-HARBOR- LONG BEACH ↗
  • Who funds USA PATRIOTS VETERAN ATHLETICS ↗
  • Who funds NEW IMAGE EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS 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.

The Crail-Johnson Fou…California Community …Vistas for Children I…Bloomfield Family Fou…The Ahmanson Foundati…The Annenberg Foundat…Palos Verdes Junior W…National Charity Leag…Lon V Smith FoundationFarmers & Merchants B…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Variety - the Childre…
The Crail-Johnson FoundationCA24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Crail-Johnson Foundation · California Community Foundation · Vistas for Children Inc · Bloomfield Family Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Palos Verdes Junior Women's Club · National Charity League Inc Peninsula Chapter · Lon V Smith Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Variety - the Childrens Charity of Southern California Tent 25

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 Whitney Young Childrens Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Whitney Young Childrens Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Whitney Young Childrens Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Whitney Young Childrens Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 50 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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