· Private foundation
Binder 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k21 grants · $389k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $155k
- $250k+1 grant · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GIVE-MENTOR-LOVE FOUNDATION | $300,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $155,000 |
| UCLA | $38,000 |
| CARLTHORP SCHOOL | $37,000 |
| DEXTER SOUTHFIELD | $31,000 |
| CALTECH | $30,000 |
| VILLAGE SCHOOL | $30,000 |
| BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| CITY OF HOPE | $25,000 |
| LA'S BEST | $20,000 |
| PALI RIPTIDE BASEBALL | $18,000 |
| CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER CHESTNUT HILL | $15,000 |
| GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | $15,000 |
| AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $695k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
36 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CHChildren's Hospital Los Angeles4× · 2018–2022 · $3.0M · revenue +27%
- AEAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH8× · 2017–2024 · $795k · revenue +0%
- CHChildren's Hospital Corporation5× · 2017–2024 · $460k · revenue +91%
Funded once
- LALOS ANGELES OPERAone grant, 2017 · $137k
- BCBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITALone grant, 2020 · $125k
- XCXAVIER COLLEGE PREPone grant, 2020 · $100k
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.
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.
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.
Our mission is to "empower children to fulfill their unlimited, god-given potential as fearless scholars and conscientious citizens."
The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…
Crossroads is an independent school for approximately 1,200 students.
Wns is committed to creating a deeply caring community of lifelong learners that nurtures students from diverse backgrounds to reach their full potential, develop cultural competency, and inspire the world with their curiosity, innovation,…
We cultivate the boundless potential of highly gifted children, nurture their passions and talents, and develop a diverse community of creative and constructive lifelong learners.
The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…
The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
How this is measured
72 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. 72 of the 104 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds Give-Mentor-Love Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE CALTECH Y ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds VILLAGE SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds DEXTER SOUTHFIELD INC ↗
- Who funds CARLTHORP SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE WINSOR SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE NEST SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds LA'S BEST ↗
- Who funds Pacific Legal Foundation ↗
- Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
- Who funds THE COLBURN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds TRINITY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE PALM VALLEY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES ↗
- Who funds VINCENT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
- Who funds TERRIFIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Foundation · The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation · Wm Keck Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Binder Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Binder Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 3% of income from government
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
- Boston Ballet Inc: 0% of income from government
- Trinity College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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