California · Private foundation
Lisette and Michael Farrell 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.
- $67k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Lisette and Michael Farrell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 7 | $67k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $87k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $35k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $113k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $66k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop School | $116,835 | 5 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston College | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul Village Inc | $41,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association | $27,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Las Patronas | $18,800 | 4 | 1% |
| Miles Christi | $18,750 | 6 | n/a |
| Centro de Salud de la Comunidad de San Ysidro Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse | $14,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Just Remember Corporation | $6,900 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop School | $116,835 | 5 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston College | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul Village Inc | $41,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association | $27,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Las Patronas | $18,800 | 4 | 1% |
| Miles Christi | $18,750 | 6 | n/a |
| Centro de Salud de la Comunidad de San Ysidro Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse | $14,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Just Remember Corporation | $6,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Voices for Children | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Curebound | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| GivenGain Foundation USA | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Challenged Athletes Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($31k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lisette and Michael Farrell 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.
Open a dossier: Farrell Family Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Lisette and Michael Farrell Family Foundation
- How much does Lisette and Michael Farrell Family Foundation give?
- Lisette and Michael Farrell Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $67,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Lisette and Michael Farrell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (54%), Arts & Culture (10%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
- Who are Lisette and Michael Farrell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Bishop School ($117k), Trustees of Boston College ($75k), St Vincent de Paul Village Inc ($41k).
- Does Lisette and Michael Farrell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lisette and Michael Farrell 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 Lisette and Michael Farrell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Farrell Family Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Lisette and Michael Farrell Family Foundation based?
- Lisette and Michael Farrell Family Foundation is based in CA.
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