California · Private foundation
Matt & Judy Cullen 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.
- $273k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $102,478
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $26k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Matt & Judy Cullen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 15 | $271k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $261k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $143k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $92k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Rescue Mission | $145,040 | 4 | 1% |
| Assistance League of Long Beach | $42,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Care Closet Lbc | $40,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Fuel Relief Fund | $35,011 | 3 | 3% |
| Roman Archbishop of Los Angeles a Corporation Sole | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Long Beach State Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ashlees Homeless Fund | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| For the Need Foundation | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| School on Wheels Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Rescue Mission | $145,040 | 4 | 1% |
| Assistance League of Long Beach | $42,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Care Closet Lbc | $40,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Fuel Relief Fund | $35,011 | 3 | 3% |
| Roman Archbishop of Los Angeles a Corporation Sole | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Long Beach State Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ashlees Homeless Fund | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| For the Need Foundation | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| School on Wheels Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Newcomb Academy Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Make Way For Books | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Page Ahead Childrens Literacy Prgm | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ferst Readers Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($478k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Matt & Judy Cullen 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.
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How this is measured
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About Matt & Judy Cullen Foundation
- How much does Matt & Judy Cullen Foundation give?
- Matt & Judy Cullen Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $273,087 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Matt & Judy Cullen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (28%), Housing & Shelter (26%), Education (14%).
- Who are Matt & Judy Cullen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Long Beach Rescue Mission ($145k), Assistance League of Long Beach ($43k), Care Closet Lbc ($40k).
- Does Matt & Judy Cullen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Matt & Judy Cullen 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 Matt & Judy Cullen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Keesal Young & Logan Charitable Foundation, Earl B & Loraine H Miller Foundation.
- Where is Matt & Judy Cullen Foundation based?
- Matt & Judy Cullen Foundation is based in CA.
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