California · Private foundation
M B Seretean 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.
- $700k
- Granted FY2018
- 25
- Grants FY2018
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of M B Seretean Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year M B Seretean Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 17 organizations, $700k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $277,175
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 10
- Total assets, FY2018
- $8.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 58% of the organizations M B Seretean Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 24 | $690k | 58% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $338k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences | $489,120 | 6 | 0% |
| Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy | $125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Casa of Los Angeles | $110,200 | 6 | 1% |
| One Voice | $105,000 | 5 | 2% |
| National Association for Urban Debate Leagues | $85,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| White Buffalo Land Trust | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Social Justice Learning Institute | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kcrw Foundation Inc | $26,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 81 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($647k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget M B Seretean 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: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Angell Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Snap Foundation · The Mericos Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Weingart Foundation
How this is measured
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About M B Seretean Foundation
- How much does M B Seretean Foundation give?
- M B Seretean Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $700,364 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does M B Seretean Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (70%), Education (11%), Crime & Legal (5%).
- Who are M B Seretean Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences ($489k), Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy ($125k), Casa of Los Angeles ($110k).
- Does M B Seretean Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does M B Seretean 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 M B Seretean Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles.
- Where is M B Seretean Foundation based?
- M B Seretean Foundation is based in CA.
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