California · Public charity
Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation
Donations to organizations described in sections 501(c)(3) and 170(c) of the internal revenue code.
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 54
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 55
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $18,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,883,592
- Organizations funded a year
- 55 to 63
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k 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 | 54 | $3.2M | 19% |
| FY2023 | 55 | $1.7M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 59 | $1.6M | 27% |
| FY2021 | 57 | $1.6M | 39% |
| FY2020 | 63 | $1.7M | 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $1,883,592 | 1 | 1% |
| ACLU Foundation of Southern California | $866,753 | 5 | 5% |
| California Changelawyers | $481,300 | 5 | 9% |
| Equal Justice Works | $414,580 | 5 | 0% |
| Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area | $332,005 | 5 | 5% |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | $274,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Metropolitan Debate Commission | $250,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Bet Tzedek | $240,000 | 5 | 1% |
| American Law Institute | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Charitable Ventures of Orange County | $160,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 117 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Munger Tolles & Olson 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: The Sidley Austin Foundation · The Morrison & Foerster Foundation · The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Foundation · The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation · California Changelawyers · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The California Endowment · Equal Justice Works · Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc Attn Tax Manager · California Community Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Weingart Foundation
How this is measured
About Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation
- How much does Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation give?
- Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation reported 54 itemized grants totaling $3,245,076, out of $3,312,076 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 55 and 63 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (31%), Crime & Legal (24%), Education (5%).
- Who are Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($1.9M), ACLU Foundation of Southern California ($867k), California Changelawyers ($481k).
- Does Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sidley Austin Foundation, The Morrison & Foerster Foundation, The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Foundation.
- Where is Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation based?
- Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation is based in CA.
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