California · Private foundation
Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $685,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $345k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $1.7M | 44% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $983k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $1.3M | 71% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $837k | 89% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $762k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $400k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Exchange | $2,267,750 | 6 | 45% |
| Mi Familia En Accion | $300,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $259,227 | 1 | 1% |
| Trade Justice Education Fund | $250,000 | 3 | 21% |
| Working America Education Fund | $185,000 | 2 | 1% |
| East Bay Community Law Center | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Casa Circulo Cultural | $141,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Education for Peace in Iraq Center | $135,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Media Alliance | $100,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Movement Strategy Center | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 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: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · Arc of Justice · Tr Edna Wardlaw Charitable Tr Ua Magnolia Trust Company Trustee · The California Wellness Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
Compare Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation
- How much does Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation give?
- Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $1,673,864 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (48%), Public Benefit (13%), Civil Rights (10%).
- Who are Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Global Exchange ($2.3M), Mi Familia En Accion ($300k), Center for Biological Diversity Inc ($259k).
- Does Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lynn Handleman Charitable 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 Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, The San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation based?
- Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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