· Private foundation
Irene C Finkelstein Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $37k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $42k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CMTA - CHARCOL MARIE TOOTH ASSOCIATION | $12,000 |
| UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW | $10,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF LOS ANGELES | $10,000 |
| THE HARMONY PROJECT | $10,000 |
| FEED MY POOR INC | $6,000 |
| JEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF LOS ANGELES | $5,000 |
| JEWISH HEALING CENTER | $5,000 |
| LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC | $5,000 |
| WESTIDE FOOD BANK | $4,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | $4,000 |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| MIRACLE FLIGHTS FOR KIDS | $2,000 |
| LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK | $2,000 |
| CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +66% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down.
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 FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES8× · 2017–2024 · $85k · revenue +92%- HPHarmony Project7× · 2017–2024 · $46k · revenue +88%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC8× · 2017–2024 · $38k · revenue +98%
Funded once
- BHBOALT HALL SCHOOL OF LAWS FUNDone grant, 2017 · $10k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $10k
- TMTHE MUSIC CENTER OF LOS ANGELES COUNTYone grant, 2018 · $5k
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.
La's best provides free supervised before and after-school activities to over 15,000 children at 200 schools in los angeles unified school district (lausd).
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.
Project angel food (the organization) improves health and fights food insecurity for critically ill individuals in los angeles county through its medically tailored meal program and nutrition counseling. for over 35 years, they have served…
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…
Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…
Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…
To advance educational equity. together with families, schools and the community, facilitate access to and opportunities for quality educational and wellness practices so that children thrive from diapers to diplomas.
Para los ninos (pln) is a nonprofit organization that partners with children, youth, and their families through integrated education, wellness, support, and advocacy to address individual and systemic barriers and create pathways to…
How this is measured
24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 38 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 PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds Harmony Project ↗
- Who funds JEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds WESTSIDE FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF LOS ANGELES INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Feed My Poor Inc ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Children of the Night ↗
- Who funds IMPERIAL VALLEY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Learning Ally Inc ↗
- Who funds Resource for Education Advocacy Communication and Housing ↗
- Who funds DISCOVERY ARTS ↗
- Who funds PICKLEBERRY PIE INC ↗
- Who funds CREATE NOW INC ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Mercy Medical Angels ↗
- Who funds HOPE THE MISSION ↗
- Who funds SHAREWELL ↗
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: California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Irene C Finkelstein Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Irene C Finkelstein Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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