California · Private foundation
Maximum Difference Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $316k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $23,312
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $143,927
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $304k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations Maximum Difference Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $316k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $466k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $276k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $651k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $272k | 79% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $377k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $186k | 54% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $511k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farhang Foundation | $921,867 | 8 | 7% |
| Encorpsinc | $500,000 | 1 | 45% |
| Amin Arasteh Foundation | $246,500 | 3 | 74% |
| Vasht | $68,250 | 3 | 44% |
| A Jewish Voice for Peace | $65,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Village School Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Innocence Project Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Near East Refugee Aid | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Iranian American Council | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($820k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Maximum Difference Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Mozaik Philanthropy Inc · Gramian-Emrani Foundation · Declaration of Trust of the Bijan Amin and Soraya Amin Foundation · Iranian American Women Foundation · Wjo Foundation · The Razi Family Foundation · Pivotal Foundation · Tides Foundation · Impactassetsinc · California Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About Maximum Difference Foundation
- How much does Maximum Difference Foundation give?
- Maximum Difference Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $315,739 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Maximum Difference Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Education (19%), Civil Rights (11%).
- Who are Maximum Difference Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Farhang Foundation ($922k), Encorpsinc ($500k), Amin Arasteh Foundation ($247k).
- Does Maximum Difference Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Maximum Difference 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 Maximum Difference Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mozaik Philanthropy Inc, Gramian-Emrani Foundation, Declaration of Trust of the Bijan Amin and Soraya Amin Foundation.
- Where is Maximum Difference Foundation based?
- Maximum Difference Foundation is based in CA.
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