California · Private foundation
Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $45k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $45k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $46k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $57k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $58k | 72% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $6k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Tower Cancer Research Foundation | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Pilchuck Glass School | $18,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Allies for Every Child Inc | $17,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Tower Cancer Research Foundation | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Pilchuck Glass School | $18,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Allies for Every Child Inc | $17,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $9,500 | 8 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $8,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $6,500 | 7 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| United in Harmony | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($110k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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
Compare Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc with peer funders
About Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc give?
- Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $45,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (43%), Arts & Culture (22%), Animals (11%).
- Who are Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($35k), Children's Hospital Los Angeles ($35k), Tower Cancer Research Foundation ($35k).
- Does Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc 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 Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc based?
- Brenda Abramson Family Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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