California · Private foundation
Lamb Family Foundation % Dave Lamb
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.
- $750k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Lamb Family Foundation % Dave Lamb funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 12 | $735k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $213k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $246k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $328k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $228k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $180k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $152k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $104k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save Our Youth Soy | $412,500 | 7 | 13% |
| Living Desert The | $401,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Orange County | $180,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Santa Catalina Island Conservancy | $180,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Hoag Hospital Foundation | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Action Partnership of Orange County | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ocean Institute | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Think Together | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercy House Living Centers | $35,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save Our Youth Soy | $412,500 | 7 | 13% |
| Living Desert The | $401,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Orange County | $180,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Santa Catalina Island Conservancy | $180,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Hoag Hospital Foundation | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Action Partnership of Orange County | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ocean Institute | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Think Together | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercy House Living Centers | $35,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Miracles for Kids Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Women for Wellness | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of California Irvine Foundation | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Kidworks Community Development Corp | $10,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Serving People In Need Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Amazon Frontlines | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crystal Cove Conservancy | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Segerstrom Center for the Arts | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($668k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lamb Family Foundation % Dave Lamb 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: Orange County Community Foundation · Croul Family Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · The Devto Support Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Frome Family Foundation · Ueberroth Family Foundation · Samueli Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · California Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Lamb Family Foundation % Dave Lamb
- How much does Lamb Family Foundation % Dave Lamb give?
- Lamb Family Foundation % Dave Lamb reported 14 grants totaling $750,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lamb Family Foundation % Dave Lamb fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (23%), Animals (21%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are Lamb Family Foundation % Dave Lamb's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Save Our Youth Soy ($413k), Living Desert The ($402k), Young Men's Christian Association of Orange County ($180k).
- Does Lamb Family Foundation % Dave Lamb fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lamb Family Foundation % Dave Lamb 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 Lamb Family Foundation % Dave Lamb?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Croul Family Foundation, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
- Where is Lamb Family Foundation % Dave Lamb based?
- Lamb Family Foundation % Dave Lamb is based in CA.
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