California · Private foundation
Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation
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.
- $675k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 7 | $675k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $200k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $510k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $710k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $390k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $350k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $608k | 20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilan Ramon Day School | $1,783,000 | 9 | 21% |
| Valley Beth Shalom | $1,070,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School | $500,000 | 5 | 1% |
| De Toledo High School | $475,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Jewish Academy of Los Angeles | $145,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Hillel 818 | $100,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Skirball Cultural Center | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mesivta of Greater Los Angeles | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilan Ramon Day School | $1,783,000 | 9 | 21% |
| Valley Beth Shalom | $1,070,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School | $500,000 | 5 | 1% |
| De Toledo High School | $475,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Jewish Academy of Los Angeles | $145,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Hillel 818 | $100,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Skirball Cultural Center | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mesivta of Greater Los Angeles | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atzum Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($400k), not named here.
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: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Bob & Nita Hirsch Family Foundation · Alpert & Alpert Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Group · Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation · Smotrich Family Foundation · Jacoby Family Foundation · Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc · The Milstein Family Foundation · Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation
- How much does Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation give?
- Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $675,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Religion (24%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ilan Ramon Day School ($1.8M), Valley Beth Shalom ($1.1M), Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School ($500k).
- Does Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ellie and Mark Lainer Family 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 Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Jewish Federation Council of Greater La, Bob & Nita Hirsch Family Foundation.
- Where is Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation based?
- Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation is based in CA.
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