California · Private foundation
L Cruz 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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 27
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $328k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations L Cruz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k 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 | 11 | $29k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $115k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $79k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $59k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $55k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $49k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $35k | 65% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $31k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Johns Seminary in California Jackie Rotter | $69,700 | 7 | n/a |
| Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels | $27,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Union Rescue Mission | $11,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Duke University | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $8,700 | 7 | n/a |
| Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd | $6,550 | 3 | 0% |
| St Bede the Venerable Catholic Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $3,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Immaculate Conception Church | $3,525 | 4 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,550 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Johns Seminary in California Jackie Rotter | $69,700 | 7 | n/a |
| Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels | $27,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Union Rescue Mission | $11,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Duke University | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $8,700 | 7 | n/a |
| Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd | $6,550 | 3 | 0% |
| St Bede the Venerable Catholic Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $3,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Immaculate Conception Church | $3,525 | 4 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,550 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $1,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Mission Inc | $900 | 3 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Franciscan Friars of the Atonement | $735 | 5 | n/a |
| Christian Appalachian Project Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| Angels of Hope USA | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Association of the Miraculous Medal | $117 | 1 | n/a |
| St Josephs Indian School | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Seton Heritage Ministries Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Aid to the Church in Need Inc | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Seraphic Mass Association Inc | $25 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 61 recipients with no EIN on record ($333k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget L Cruz 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: The Halprin Family Foundation B · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About L Cruz Foundation
- How much does L Cruz Foundation give?
- L Cruz Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $29,150 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does L Cruz Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (67%), Human Services (7%), Education (4%).
- Who are L Cruz Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Johns Seminary in California Jackie Rotter ($70k), Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels ($28k), Union Rescue Mission ($11k).
- Does L Cruz Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does L Cruz 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 L Cruz Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Halprin Family Foundation B, American Endowment Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is L Cruz Foundation based?
- L Cruz Foundation is based in CA.
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