· Private foundation
Hg 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $124k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $67k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| INSTALLATION GALLERY | $66,666 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC | $40,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $33,333 |
| MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO | $19,695 |
| VILLA MUSICA | $11,200 |
| GILLISPIE SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| PACIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL COMMITTE FOR MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS OF MODERN ART | $6,652 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERA FOUNDATION | $4,500 |
| FUNDACION CASA SANATA ANA | $2,500 |
| ATHENAUEM | $2,000 |
| LAS PATRONAS | $1,594 |
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 (FY21–25, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AHARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC4× · 2020–2024 · $162k · revenue +22%
- LPLAS PATRONAS5× · 2020–2025 · $42k · revenue +25%
- PFPORTAL FOR INVESTMENT IN THE LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL SECTOR2× · 2020–2021 · $35k · revenue +205%
Funded once
- LOLA OPERAone grant, 2022 · $25k
- MMMUSEO MODERNO BUENOS AIRESone grant, 2023 · $15k
- ODOpen Door Foundationone grant, 2022 · $12k
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 Museo De Las Americas is dedicated to educating our community through collecting preserving interpreting and exhibiting the diverse arts and cultures of the Americas from ancient to contemporary through innovative exhibitions and…
to advance regional contemporary art and artists while fostering cultural equity through access to meaningful art experiences
Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla) is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization and publishing platform that is dedicated to providing inclusive perspectives on contemporary art. Publishing in both print and online, Carla is an…
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…
To serve the public through the collection, conservation, exhibition and interpretation of significant works of art from a broad range of cultures and historical periods, and through translation of these collections into meaningful…
Through its exhibitions and outreach programs, the institute of contemporary art, los angeles fosters diversity, innovation, and discovery in contemporary art - local, national, and international.
Lace both champions and challenges the art of our time by fostering artists who innovate, explore, and risk. we move within and beyond our four walls to provide opportunities for diverse publics to engage deeply with contemporary art. in…
Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.
A+d architecture and design museum's mission is to celebrate and promote an awareness of progressive architecture and design in everyday life.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
At la jolla institute for immunology, our scientists focus on understanding how the immune system works in order to promote human health and prevent disease. our discoveries apply to many diseases, ranging from diabetes to heart disease,…
How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 30 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 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds INSTALLATION GALLERY ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds LAS PATRONAS ↗
- Who funds PORTAL FOR INVESTMENT IN THE LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL SECTOR ↗
- Who funds THE GILLISPIE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART ↗
- Who funds VILLA MUSICA ↗
- Who funds Pacific Research Institute For Public Policy ↗
- Who funds LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF LA JOLLA ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds Mitchell Thorp Foundation ↗
- Who funds Sharp Healthcare Foundation ↗
- Who funds CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC ↗
- Who funds 1 SAN DIEGO ↗
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 San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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