Does Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte 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 Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pasadena Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, California Community Foundation.

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California · Private foundation

Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte

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.

$962k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 22
Grants FY2025: 16
Organizations funded FY2024: 38%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $40,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $142,000
Organizations funded a year: 16 to 27; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 5
Total assets, FY2025: $13M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	21	$927k	33%
FY2024	16	$761k	38%
FY2023	18	$750k	28%
FY2022	16	$740k	25%
FY2021	24	$815k	13%
FY2020	27	$779k	37%
FY2019	26	$983k	35%
FY2018	19	$710k	37%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$2.7MEnvironment$1.2MEducation$795kHuman Services$759kHealth$327kInternational$260kPhilanthropy$230kYouth Development$215kOther$0

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
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association	$1,492,000	9	0%
Bitter Root Land Trust	$325,000	4	16%
Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy	$315,000	6	10%
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden	$300,000	1	5%
Don Bosco Technical Institute	$275,000	4	1%
Helen Keller International	$260,000	6	0%
Hillsides	$250,000	5	0%
El Nido Family Centers	$250,000	5	0%
A Noise Within	$180,000	7	1%
Focusing Philanthropy Inc	$155,000	3	n/a

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All grantees of Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association	$1,492,000	9	0%
Bitter Root Land Trust	$325,000	4	16%
Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy	$315,000	6	10%
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden	$300,000	1	5%
Don Bosco Technical Institute	$275,000	4	1%
Helen Keller International	$260,000	6	0%
Hillsides	$250,000	5	0%
El Nido Family Centers	$250,000	5	0%
A Noise Within	$180,000	7	1%
Focusing Philanthropy Inc	$155,000	3	n/a
The Antaeus Company	$150,000	5	6%
The Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc	$141,000	3	1%
Pasadena Conservatory of Music	$140,000	6	1%
Reading Partners	$130,000	3	0%
Harmony Project	$125,000	4	1%
Concerned Resource & Environmental Workers	$125,000	3	4%
Five Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County	$110,000	2	0%
Young & Healthy	$102,000	4	2%
The Salvation Army	$100,000	6	n/a
Why Forests Matter	$100,000	3	91%
Casa of Los Angeles	$100,000	3	1%
Rediscover Center Inc	$88,500	6	2%
Montana Trout Unlimited	$88,000	3	4%
Per Scholas Inc	$80,000	2	0%
Camerata Pacifica	$75,000	5	1%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank	$60,000	3	0%
Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena	$60,000	1	1%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc	$50,000	6	0%
MuseIque	$50,000	1	n/a
Alexandria House	$50,000	1	2%
The Colburn School	$50,000	2	0%
Value Schools	$50,000	1	0%
Hollenbeck Palms	$50,000	2	0%
Los Angeles Children's Chorus	$45,000	2	1%
Outward Bound Adventures	$45,000	1	n/a
Marianne Frostig Ctr of Edu Therapy	$40,000	2	0%
Pacific Clinics	$40,000	1	0%
Bridge to Home Scv	$40,000	4	0%
Maker Learning Network	$30,000	1	0%
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc	$30,000	1	0%
Activities Recreation and Care	$30,000	1	n/a
Maryvale	$30,000	4	0%
The Learning Centers at Fairplex	$30,000	1	2%
Chiron Center Inc	$30,000	1	12%
Exceptional Children's Foundation	$25,000	1	0%
Pasadena Educational Foundation	$20,000	1	0%
Lamp Inc	$15,000	2	0%
The People Concern	$15,000	3	0%
Jovenes Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Arlington Garden in Pasadena	$10,000	1	2%
Nancy Evans Dance Theatre	$10,000	1	24%
Union Station Homeless Services	$10,000	1	0%
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
The Corner Food Pantry Inc	$10,000	1	2%
Community Partners	$10,000	1	0%
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Union Rescue Mission	$5,000	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($595k), not named here.

Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 52 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.

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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.

Pasadena Community FoundationCA41.5× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts · The Green Foundation · Ann Peppers Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Rotary Club of Pasadena Foundation · Helen and Will Webster Foundation · John Jewett & Helen Chandler Garland Fou Ndation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte

How much does Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte give?: Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte reported 22 grants totaling $962,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Environment (17%), Education (11%).
Who are Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Los Angeles Philharmonic Association ($1.5M), Bitter Root Land Trust ($325k), Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy ($315k).
Does Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte 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 Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pasadena Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, California Community Foundation.
Where is Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte based?: Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte is based in CA.