California · Private foundation
Cherese Mari Laulhere 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.
- $2.8M
- Granted FY2018
- 15
- Grants FY2018
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
93% of Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Orange County Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $3M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 13% of the organizations Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 15 | $2.8M | 13% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $4.2M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choc Foundation | $3,000,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Womenshelter of Long Beach | $1,632,500 | 2 | 48% |
| Children Today Inc | $1,030,000 | 3 | 39% |
| Assistance League of Long Beach | $124,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Discovery Arts | $90,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Meals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Locks of Love Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| The Guidance Center | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp del Corazon Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Tichenor Orthopedic Clinic for Children | $42,500 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choc Foundation | $3,000,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Womenshelter of Long Beach | $1,632,500 | 2 | 48% |
| Children Today Inc | $1,030,000 | 3 | 39% |
| Assistance League of Long Beach | $124,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Discovery Arts | $90,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Meals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Locks of Love Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| The Guidance Center | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp del Corazon Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Tichenor Orthopedic Clinic for Children | $42,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Our Military Kids Inc | $35,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Long Beach Rescue Mission | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Life Beginnings Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Southern California Labrador Retriever Rescue | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach Au | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Jack Canine Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 20% |
| The Gray Academy | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Long Beach Day Nursery | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($21M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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
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About Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation
- How much does Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation give?
- Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $2,825,000 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (62%), Health (32%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Choc Foundation ($3.0M), Womenshelter of Long Beach ($1.6M), Children Today Inc ($1.0M).
- Does Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cherese Mari Laulhere 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 Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bess J Hodges Foundation, Earl B & Loraine H Miller Foundation, Long Beach Community Foundation.
- Where is Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation based?
- Cherese Mari Laulhere Foundation is based in CA.
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