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Wurwand 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.

$2.4M
Granted FY2020
43
Grants FY2020
5
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

51% of Wurwand Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Jewish Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 52 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Wurwand Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 33 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

25
’18
29
’19
33
’20
41
’21
43
’22
53
’23
52
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$7.6MCommunity Improvement$2.7MPublic Benefit$1.2MEducation$1.0MHuman Services$646kCivil Rights$619kHealth$579kArts & Culture$557kOther$0
02FY2020 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k23 grants · $81k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $177k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $585k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.5M
$7,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$68M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PACIFIC COMMUNITY VENTURES$600,000
TMC COMMUNITY CAPITAL$500,000
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$440,000
KCRW FOUNDATION$125,000
THE OPPORTUNITY FUND$100,000
JEWISH CENTER FOR JUSTICE$85,000
CSUN FOUNDATION$75,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$50,000
SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY$50,000
PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$50,000
DIRECT RELIEF$50,000
ST JOSEPH CENTER$35,000
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK$31,500
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$25,000
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
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 (FY18–24, $1.6M) 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%WOMEN & CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $1k → 8%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $50k → 14%Downtown Women's Center: $50k → 14%Downtown Women's Center: $50k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $8k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $5k → 14%ACEVEDO FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $5k → 14%Acevedo Foundation: $100k → 14%IMAGINE LA: $50k → 14%IMAGINE LA: $10k → 14%IMAGINE LA: $3k → 14%IMAGINE LA: $3k → 14%Imagine LA: $10k → 14%Imagine LA: $10k → 14%Lost Angels Children's Project: $50k → 14%JEWISH CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $85k → 14%JEWISH CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $85k → 14%Jewish Center for Justice: $85k → 14%Jewish Center for Justice: $85k → 14%Jewish Center for Justice: $85k → 14%JEWISH CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $75k → 14%JEWISH CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $60k → 14%Million Little: $5k → 14%Million Little: $1k → 14%HOPE OF THE VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $8k → 14%Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission: $8k → 14%Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission: $8k → 14%Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission: $8k → 14%HOPE OF THE VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $8k → 14%Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles: $1k → 14%First Star Inc: $50k → 14%Edward Charles Foundation: $50k → 14%First Star Inc: $50k → 14%Edward Charles Foundation: $25k → 14%THE EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%Everychild Foundation: $6k → 14%Everychild Foundation: $6k → 14%THE EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%THE EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%Everychild Foundation: $6k → 14%Safe Place for Youth: $5k → 14%St Joseph Center: $75k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $70k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $35k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $25k → 14%The Village Family Services: $80k → 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

ID
NY
OH
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
GA
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.7M · 75 repeat orgs$811k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

75 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2020, 42 since wound down; 48 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

75
9

Total granted

$7.7M
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+18%

Still filing today

81%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • TC
    TMC COMMUNITY CAPITAL
    3× · 2020–2024 · $750k · revenue +420% · 47% of their budget
  • PC
    PACIFIC COMMUNITY VENTURES INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $750k · revenue +155%
  • JC
    Jewish Center for Justice
    7× · 2018–2024 · $560k · revenue +276% · 40% of their budget

Funded once

  • LI
    LA-MAS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +45%
  • TM
    THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +10%
  • MF
    MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -68%
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
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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2
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
3
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
4
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
5
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
6
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
7
Cooperation L a

The L.A. Co-op Lab is a collective that builds capacity for worker ownership in Los Angeles as a pathway toward a more equitable and democratic economy.

Arts & Culture
8
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
9
Los Angeles County Bar Association (Lacba)

Meeting the professional needs of los angeles lawyers, and improving the administration of justice.

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10
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
11
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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12
University of La Verne

The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is Jq International. 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

109 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. 109 of the 138 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
106/109
Grantees still filing
81/109
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,422,617 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+5 more: $125,750 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,150,000 · OtherTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONTHE OPPORTUNITY FUND: $1,155,750 · OtherTHE OPPORTUNITY FUNDKCRW FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · OtherPrinces Trust USA: $200,000 · OtherWOMEN'S ECONOMIC VENTURES: $220,000 · OtherDIRECT RELIEF: $225,000 · Other+75 more: $1,066,950 · Other+75 moreTMC COMMUNITY CAPITAL: $750,103 · Community ImprovementTMC COMMUNITY …PACIFIC COMMUNITY VENTURES INC: $750,000 · Community ImprovementPACIFIC COMMUN…SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · Community ImprovementSMALL BUSINESS…INCLUSIVE ACTION FOR THE CITY: $245,000 · Community ImprovementINCLUSIVE ACTI…ACCESSITY: $75,000 · Community Improvement+4 more: $72,500 · Community ImprovementJewish Center for Justice: $560,000 · Human ServicesJewish Cent…ST JOSEPH CENTER: $205,000 · Human ServicesST JOSEPH C…ACEVEDO FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Human ServicesACEVEDO FOU…DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $167,500 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WO…FIRST STAR INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesFIRST STAR …Imagine Los Angeles Inc: $85,000 · Human ServicesThe Village Family Services Inc: $80,000 · Human ServicesEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Human Services+10 more: $150,950 · Human Services+10 moreCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $425,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION: $180,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $150,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES AUXILIARY SERVICES INC: $100,000 · EducationREADY TO SUCCEED: $100,000 · EducationMulticultural Women Executive Leadership Foundation: $82,200 · Education+7 more: $85,875 · EducationTHE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC: $200,000 · HealthMARTIN LUTHER KING JR COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $125,000 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $25,000 · Health+6 more: $36,545 · HealthThe Rightway Foundation: $200,000 · EmploymentGRID110 INC: $140,000 · Employment
Philanthropy$5,548,367Other$5,267,700Community Improvement$2,142,603Human Services$1,623,450Education$1,123,075Health$386,545Employment$340,000

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 budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,422,617 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTMC COMMUNITY CAPITAL: $750,103 over 3y, 47% of budgetPACIFIC COMMUNITY VENTURES INC: $750,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetJewish Center for Justice: $560,000 over 7y, 40% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $425,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetKCRW FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetINCLUSIVE ACTION FOR THE CITY: $245,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $225,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S ECONOMIC VENTURES: $220,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetST JOSEPH CENTER: $205,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC: $200,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Rightway Foundation: $200,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetACEVEDO FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $170,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $167,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGRID110 INC: $140,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING JR COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES AUXILIARY SERVICES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREADY TO SUCCEED: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetFIRST STAR INC: $100,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetST JOHN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH: $85,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetImagine Los Angeles Inc: $85,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetMulticultural Women Executive Leadership Foundation: $82,200 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $80,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Village Family Services Inc: $80,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $77,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetACCESSITY: $75,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetVILLAGE FOR VETS: $65,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLost Angels Childrens Project Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLA-MAS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetThe Everychild Foundation: $46,450 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetLOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATOR: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE THE MISSION: $37,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK: $31,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINDWARD SCHOOL: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL AT THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES: $25,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetJQ INTERNATIONAL: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetINNER-CITY ARTS: $22,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% 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.

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 …The Ralph M Parsons F…Weingart FoundationThe Annenberg Foundat…Liberty Hill Foundati…Jewish Community Foun…Conrad N Hilton Found…The Ahmanson Foundati…Ccf Community Initiat…United Way IncThe James Irvine Foun…The Rose Hills Founda…
California Community FoundationCA47.1× affinity35 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 · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Ccf Community Initiatives Fund · United Way Inc · The James Irvine Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 29%
  • The Petey Greene Program Inc: 29% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 Wurwand Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Wurwand 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 138 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home