California · Private foundation
Maggie and Earl Russell 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.
- $163k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | 18 | $163k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $172k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $157k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $167k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $172k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $162k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net-Works Laguna Beach | $247,000 | 6 | 19% |
| Share Outreach Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Muriels Angels | $79,000 | 5 | 41% |
| Hoag Hospital Foundation | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Foundation Thinkagain | $35,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Orangewood Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Free Wheelchair Mission | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The King's Academy | $24,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Laguna Food Pantry | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net-Works Laguna Beach | $247,000 | 6 | 19% |
| Share Outreach Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Muriels Angels | $79,000 | 5 | 41% |
| Hoag Hospital Foundation | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Foundation Thinkagain | $35,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Orangewood Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Free Wheelchair Mission | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The King's Academy | $24,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Laguna Food Pantry | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach | $13,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Orange County Rescue Mission Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bright Spark Learning Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $7,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Fostering Wishes Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Laguna Beach Community Clinic | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Laguna Beach Seniors Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Cerebral Palsy Movement Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stars | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($292k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation 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: Orange County Community Foundation · Assistance League of Laguna Beach · Macgillivray Family Foundation · Laguna Beach Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation with peer funders
About Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation
- How much does Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation give?
- Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $162,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Community Improvement (25%), Health (21%).
- Who are Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Net-Works Laguna Beach ($247k), Share Outreach Inc ($95k), Muriels Angels ($79k).
- Does Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Maggie and Earl Russell 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 Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Assistance League of Laguna Beach, Macgillivray Family Foundation.
- Where is Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation based?
- Maggie and Earl Russell Foundation is based in CA.
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