Just Keep Livin Foundation
Sherman Oaks, CA · EIN 20-3921057. Reported 180 grants totalling $12.8M to 154 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Just Keep Livin Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a private grantmaking foundation (NTEE T20).
- How spread out its giving is. 154 distinct organizations, with 11% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 5% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $30,000. Half of what it reported fell between $17,500 and $36,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $1,450,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The St Bernard Project Inc Dba Sbp Inc | New Orleans, LA | $1,450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Austin Disaster Relief Network | Austin, TX | $1,361,350 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Meals on Wheels Central Texas | Austin, TX | $1,250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Save the Children Federation Inc | Fairfield, CT | $1,100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sbp Inc | New Orleans, LA | $746,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Salvation Army | Dallas, TX | $673,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arlinton Independent School District | Arlington, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Austin Area Urban League | Austin, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Safe Alliance | Austin, TX | $157,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Woodcraft Rangers | Los Angeles, CA | $112,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Huntington Park High School | Los Angeles, CA | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Crowley | Dallas, TX | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Texas A&m-Corpus Christi Foundation | Corpus Christi, TX | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Animo Inglewood | Los Angeles, CA | $99,771 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Way Foundation of Metropolitan Dallas | Dallas, TX | $97,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Anacostia High School | Washington DC, DC | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maplewood High School | Nashville, TN | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Green Dot Public Schools | Los Angeles, CA | $78,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas | Dallas, TX | $77,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Russell Westbrook | Los Angeles, CA | $76,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Akins High School | Austin, TX | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Glenville High School | Cleveland, OH | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Morse High School | La Mesa, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Austin and Travis County Inc | Austin, TX | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Austin Area | Austin, TX | $65,865 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Austin Voices for Education and Youth | Austin, TX | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Austin Area | Austin, TX | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dolls & Dreams | Washington, DC | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Martha Obryan Center Inc | Nashville, TN | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mycom | Cleveland, OH | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Venice High School | Los Angeles, CA | $63,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lb Landry High School | New Orleans, LA | $62,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carver High School | Houston, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| East Laurens High School | East Dublin, GA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fairfax High School | Hollywood, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hamilton High School | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hilwood High School | Nashville, TN | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Longview High School | Longview, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northtown | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sam Houston High School | Arlington, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Warren Easton Charter High School | New Orleans, LA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Landry-Walker High School | New Orleans, LA | $53,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $53,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifeworks | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Austin Voices for Education and Youth | Austin, TX | $49,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Inspirenola Charter Schools | New Orleans, LA | $47,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative Inc | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Brooklyn School for Social Justice | Brooklyn, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uvalde High School | San Antonio, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| John Paul Dineen | Waxahachie, TX | $44,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woodcraft Rangers | Los Angeles, CA | $44,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgia Avenue Family Support Collaborative | Washington, DC | $39,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Visions for Public Schools | New York, NY | $38,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roosevelt High | Washington DC, DC | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eastern Hills | Fort Worth, TX | $35,811 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Communities in Schools of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $35,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gondolier Booster Club | Los Angeles, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Community Centers Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $34,714 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aldine Education Foundation | Houston, TX | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arlington I S D Education Foundation | Arlington, TX | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of North Alabama | Huntsville, AL | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chicago Charter School Foundation | Chicago, IL | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Civitas Education Partners II | Chicago, IL | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dlc Ravens | East Dublin, GA | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgia Avenue Family Support Collaborative | Washington, DC | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Houston Independent School District Foundation | Houston, TX | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| KIPP Nashville | Nashville, TN | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La Promise Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lacer Afterschool Programs | Los Angeles, CA | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Education Partnership | Los Angeles, CA | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stepping Higher Inc | La Mesa, CA | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Warren Easton SR High School Foundation Inc | New Orleans, LA | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Development Initiatives | Charlotte, NC | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eastern Hills High School | Fort Worth, TX | $32,472 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Animo South Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ballou High School | Washington DC, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cesar Chavez | Houston, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cesar Chavez High School | Houston, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cohen College Prep | New Orleans, LA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Austin College Prep | Austin, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fremont High School | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Huntington Park High | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Idea Montropolis | Weslaco, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Idea Public Schools | Weslaco, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| John C Fremont High School | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| KIPP Collegiate High | Nashville, TN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| KIPP Collegiate High School | Nashville, TN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lacer Afterschool Programs | Hollywood, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Manual Arts High School | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pinkston High School | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stepping Higher Inc | La Mesa, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stratford High School | Nashville, TN | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sunset High School | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thrive 360 | Longview, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Warren Easton Charter | New Orleans, LA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Animo City of Champions | Los Angeles, CA | $28,977 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Education Partnership | Los Angeles, CA | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Green Dot Public Schools California | Los Angeles, CA | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gondolier Booster Club | Los Angeles, CA | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hisd Foundation | Houston, TX | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Uvalde Parks and Recreation Department | Uvalde, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dlc Ravens Inc | Dublin, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fort Worth Isd Education Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Huntington Park Senior High School | Huntington Park, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lax Coastal Education Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make the Road Ny | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Martha O'bryan Center | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Regents of the University of California | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arlington Isd Education Foundation | Arlington, TX | $24,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aldine Education Foundation | Houston, TX | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Animo South Los Angeles Charter High School | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| John C Fremont Senior High School | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Russell Westbrook Why Not High School | South Gate, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South East High School | South Gate, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Walter L Cohen High School | New Orleans, LA | $19,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridge Agency Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Helping With a Smile | Brooklyn, NY | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thrive Longview | Longview, TX | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 826LA | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Animo Inglewood High | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Animo South High School | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn School for Social | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carter High School | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fairfax Senior High School | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Sweet Jordan's Foundation | Paris, TN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heart of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| John Adams High School | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Juan Navarro | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| KIPP Nashville Collegiate High School | Nashville, TN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Promise Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lee High School | Nw Huntsville, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Visions Charter | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Roosevelt High School | Washington DC, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shoot for the Stars Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thrive 360 | Longview, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Walter L Cohen School | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Adams High School | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Charlotte High School | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northeast High School | Austin, TX | $13,842 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Empowerment Mission Inc | Doral, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hamilton Senior High School | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Homeboy | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| MY529 | Salt Lake City, UT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nacc | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shia Wade | Geneva, NY | $8,205 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Entertainment Industry Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mccrorey YMCA | Charlotte, NC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bbj Kitchen Creations | Odenton, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Homeboy Industries and Learning Works Charter | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
25 of 154 (16%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- The St Bernard Project Inc Dba Sbp Inc
TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING SERVICES AND RELIEF TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY WINTER STORM URI - Meals on Wheels Central Texas
TO PROVIDE REPAIR OF DAMAGES FROM WINTER STORM URI AND PREVENTATIVE REPAIRS TO CLIENTS HOMES FOR FUTURE WINTER STORMS - Austin Disaster Relief Network
PROVIDING 86 FAMILIES AFFECTED BY WINTER STROM URI WITH MUCH NEEDED RESOURCES - Arlinton Independent School District
TO COVER THE ARLINGTON ISD INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE TO MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS FROM THE DAMAGES LEFT BY WINTER STORM URI - United Way of Greater Houston
TO HELP THOSE IMPACTED BY THE TEXAS WINTER STORM - United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
CONNECT COMMUNITY RESOURCES WITH SCHOOLS
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 29 of 154 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | $6,926,215 | $27,250 |
| 2022 | 47 | $2,633,358 | $30,000 |
| 2023 | 41 | $1,542,220 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 48 | $1,687,114 | $32,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
47% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $30,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Texas.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Just Keep Livin Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 15303 Ventura Blvd 1600, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91403.
EIN 20-3921057 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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