California · Private foundation
Makeyourself 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.
- $93k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $782k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Makeyourself Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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 | 8 | $93k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $33k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $10k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $23k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $39k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $32k | 88% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music for Relief | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pablove Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Livenationorg Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Direct Relief | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inclusive Action for the City | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arts for LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $13,364 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Place for Youth Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Waves for Water Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music for Relief | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pablove Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Livenationorg Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Direct Relief | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inclusive Action for the City | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arts for LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $13,364 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Place for Youth Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Waves for Water Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Michael P Nosco Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Pasadena Humane | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Music Will Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Conscious Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Common Good Community Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Food Rescue US Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hacker Fund | $4,200 | 1 | 12% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $2,581 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastwood Ranch Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Surfrider Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Unidosus | $598 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ally Coalition Inc | $598 | 1 | 0% |
| Equality Now Inc | $598 | 1 | 0% |
| Libby's Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $598 | 1 | n/a |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $10 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($94k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Makeyourself 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 · Network for Good · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Makeyourself Foundation
- How much does Makeyourself Foundation give?
- Makeyourself Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $92,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Makeyourself Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (14%), Health (13%), Environment (13%).
- Who are Makeyourself Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Music for Relief ($40k), Pablove Foundation Inc ($40k), Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc ($25k).
- Does Makeyourself Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Makeyourself 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 Makeyourself Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, Network for Good.
- Where is Makeyourself Foundation based?
- Makeyourself Foundation is based in CA.
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