· Private foundation
Magna Carta Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission | $20,000 |
| OAKS WILDFIRE BRIGADE | $10,000 |
| Viewpoint School | $10,000 |
| SPECTRUM INC | $5,000 |
| Guidestar USA Inc | $2,199 |
| UNIVERSITY of MIAMI | $2,000 |
| FRIENDS ACADEMY | $1,000 |
| Pitzer College | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LALOS ANGELES SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION7× · 2019–2025 · $135k · revenue +736%
- VEVIEWPOINT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $97k · revenue +38%
- SYSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +150%
Funded once
- PCPALEY CENTER FOR MEDIAone grant, 2018 · $5k
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +47%- JAJoseph and Edna Josephson Inst of Ethicsone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -10%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…
The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
How this is measured
50 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 50 of the 64 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds LOS ANGELES SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION ↗
- Who funds VIEWPOINT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds University of Miami ↗
- Who funds THE SANTA MONICA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law ↗
- Who funds THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER ↗
- Who funds JUNIATA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds GuideStar USA Inc ↗
- Who funds PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE RAPE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds INNER CITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
- Who funds CAIA INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SEMINOLE BOOSTERS INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL SPIRIT INC ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Joseph and Edna Josephson Inst of Ethics ↗
- Who funds Whole Child International ↗
- Who funds KAIFA INC ↗
- Who funds TURTLE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds MALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES ↗
- Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds STRAY CAT ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Interface Children Family Services ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION ↗
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 · Johnny Carson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Magna Carta Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Magna Carta Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- University of Miami: 5% of income from government
How this is measured
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