California · Private foundation
Irell & Manella 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.
- $68k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $23,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $34,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Irell & Manella Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 4 | $68k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $72k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $114k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $112k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $119k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $132k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $122k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $121k | 29% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Counsel | $387,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Bet Tzedek | $171,500 | 6 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $128,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Skechers Foundation | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance for Children's Rights | $23,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Law Foundation of Silicon Valley | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Southern California Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Counsel | $387,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Bet Tzedek | $171,500 | 6 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $128,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Skechers Foundation | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance for Children's Rights | $23,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Law Foundation of Silicon Valley | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Southern California Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Innocence Project Inc | $4,330 | 1 | 1% |
| The Burton Foundation | $3,800 | 1 | 10% |
| Counsel for Justice | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Holocaust Museum La | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association | $759 | 1 | n/a |
| Beit T'Shuvah | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($93k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Irell & Manella Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Venable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Irell & Manella Foundation
- How much does Irell & Manella Foundation give?
- Irell & Manella Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $68,009 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Irell & Manella Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (59%), Civil Rights (13%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Irell & Manella Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Public Counsel ($388k), Bet Tzedek ($172k), American Jewish Committee ($129k).
- Does Irell & Manella Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Irell & Manella 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 Irell & Manella Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Venable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Irell & Manella Foundation based?
- Irell & Manella Foundation is based in CA.
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