California · Private foundation
Isen 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.
- $45k
- Granted FY2022
- 5
- Grants FY2022
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $1,430
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $39,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Total assets, FY2022
- $10
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 80% of the organizations Isen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 5 | $45k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $200 | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $3k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $155k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swc Museum Corp | $89,000 | 2 | 1% |
| International Sephardic Educational & Cultural Center in Jerusalem | $36,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $34,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint John's Health Center Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Brentwood Inc | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Calabasas | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad of Westlake Village | $1,430 | 1 | n/a |
| Baba Sale Congregation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lasha | $550 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swc Museum Corp | $89,000 | 2 | 1% |
| International Sephardic Educational & Cultural Center in Jerusalem | $36,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $34,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint John's Health Center Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Brentwood Inc | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Calabasas | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad of Westlake Village | $1,430 | 1 | n/a |
| Baba Sale Congregation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lasha | $550 | 1 | n/a |
| Em Habanim Sephardic Congregation | $372 | 2 | n/a |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | $314 | 2 | 0% |
| Chabad of the Conejo Inc | $185 | 1 | n/a |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | $182 | 1 | n/a |
| The Andrew McDonough B Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Tribe Media Corp | $69 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Isen Family 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.
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How this is measured
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About Isen Family Foundation
- How much does Isen Family Foundation give?
- Isen Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $44,930 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Isen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (45%), Religion (22%), Civil Rights (17%).
- Who are Isen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Swc Museum Corp ($89k), International Sephardic Educational & Cultural Center in Jerusalem ($36k), Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc ($34k).
- Does Isen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Isen 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 Isen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Isen Family Foundation based?
- Isen Family Foundation is based in CA.
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