California · Private foundation
Lynn Braitman Inspire Fund
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.
- $143k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Lynn Braitman Inspire Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | $143k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $146k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $120k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $298k | 92% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Thacher School Inc | $340,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Brigid Alliance Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Los Padres Forestwatch Inc | $32,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Dougy Center Inc | $28,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ventura Land Trust | $27,000 | 4 | 1% |
| San Francisco Study Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ojai Raptor Center | $22,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evergreen Collaborative | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Thacher School Inc | $340,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Brigid Alliance Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Los Padres Forestwatch Inc | $32,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Dougy Center Inc | $28,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ventura Land Trust | $27,000 | 4 | 1% |
| San Francisco Study Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ojai Raptor Center | $22,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evergreen Collaborative | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Spirit of Santa Paula | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| National Network of Abortion Funds Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Access Reproductive Care - Southeast | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indigenous Women Rising Indigeous Women Rising | $10,000 | 1 | 45% |
| 805 Undocufund | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Midwest Access Coalition | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Onwards Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heal Palestine Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Public Radio Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Phoenix | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara Middle School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Share Inc | $650 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($88k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Lynn Braitman Inspire Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Marin Community Foundation · Monimos Foundation · David & Sylvia Weisz Foundation · Ventura County Community Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Network for Good · Impactassetsinc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Lynn Braitman Inspire Fund
- How much does Lynn Braitman Inspire Fund give?
- Lynn Braitman Inspire Fund reported 19 grants totaling $143,150 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Lynn Braitman Inspire Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Environment (22%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Lynn Braitman Inspire Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Thacher School Inc ($340k), The Brigid Alliance Inc ($55k), Los Padres Forestwatch Inc ($32k).
- Does Lynn Braitman Inspire Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lynn Braitman Inspire Fund 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 Lynn Braitman Inspire Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Monimos Foundation, David & Sylvia Weisz Foundation.
- Where is Lynn Braitman Inspire Fund based?
- Lynn Braitman Inspire Fund is based in CA.
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