California · Private foundation
Arlene 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.
- $80k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Arlene Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $122k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $133k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $166k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $161k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $92k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $154k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $178k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Ikamva Labantu | $434,882 | 8 | 45% |
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | $230,000 | 8 | 0% |
| International Medical Corps | $226,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Rape Foundation | $72,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children | $29,110 | 7 | 1% |
| Wildwood School Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shining Hope for Communities Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum | $16,667 | 1 | 0% |
| Angels Foster Care of Santa Barbara | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Smile Train Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Ikamva Labantu | $434,882 | 8 | 45% |
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | $230,000 | 8 | 0% |
| International Medical Corps | $226,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Rape Foundation | $72,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Water Buffalo Club Inc Dba We Benefit Children | $29,110 | 7 | 1% |
| Wildwood School Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shining Hope for Communities Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum | $16,667 | 1 | 0% |
| Angels Foster Care of Santa Barbara | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Smile Train Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Arlene Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Arlene Foundation
- How much does Arlene Foundation give?
- Arlene Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $80,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Arlene Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (61%), Philanthropy (21%), Crime & Legal (7%).
- Who are Arlene Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friends of Ikamva Labantu ($435k), Focusing Philanthropy Inc ($230k), International Medical Corps ($226k).
- Does Arlene Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Arlene Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arlene Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Arlene Foundation based?
- Arlene Foundation is based in CA.
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