California · Private foundation
Lee and Luis Lainer 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.
- $1000k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Lee and Luis Lainer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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 | 19 | $873k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $1.8M | 12% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $323k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $320k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $325k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $810k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $370k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $508k | 11% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikar | $840,000 | 3 | n/a |
| New Jewish Narrative Inc | $760,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Bet Tzedek | $662,500 | 9 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $510,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $280,000 | 9 | 0% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $210,000 | 8 | 0% |
| La Family Housing Corporation | $195,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Ploughshares Fund Inc | $135,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikar | $840,000 | 3 | n/a |
| New Jewish Narrative Inc | $760,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Bet Tzedek | $662,500 | 9 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $510,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $280,000 | 9 | 0% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $210,000 | 8 | 0% |
| La Family Housing Corporation | $195,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Ploughshares Fund Inc | $135,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Voter Participation Center | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Village Health Works | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Trickle Up Program Inc | $22,500 | 9 | 0% |
| American Supporters of Yedid Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| United for A Fair Economy Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Southern California Public Radio | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lee and Luis Lainer 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
Compare Lee and Luis Lainer Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Lee and Luis Lainer Family Foundation
- How much does Lee and Luis Lainer Family Foundation give?
- Lee and Luis Lainer Family Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $999,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lee and Luis Lainer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (41%), Religion (15%), Education (15%).
- Who are Lee and Luis Lainer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ikar ($840k), New Jewish Narrative Inc ($760k), Bet Tzedek ($663k).
- Does Lee and Luis Lainer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lee and Luis Lainer 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 Lee and Luis Lainer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Lee and Luis Lainer Family Foundation based?
- Lee and Luis Lainer Family Foundation is based in CA.
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