California · Private foundation
Nodar Special 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.
- $64k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $839k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Nodar Special Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | $64k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $43k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $38k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $12k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $18k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of the Assumption | $25,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The Rolling Dog Farm | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Humane World for Animals International | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Homeboy Industries | $9,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Beth Jacob Congregation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation of Pacific Palisades | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St John's Healthcare Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pug Nation Rescue of Los Angeles | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brentwood School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of the Assumption | $25,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The Rolling Dog Farm | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Humane World for Animals International | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Homeboy Industries | $9,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Beth Jacob Congregation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation of Pacific Palisades | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St John's Healthcare Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pug Nation Rescue of Los Angeles | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brentwood School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Ramah in California Inc | $4,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Beverly Hills Education Foundation | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Life Centers of Ventura County | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chp 11-99 Foundation | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $3,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Hias Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baseball for All Inc Attn Justine Siegal | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer | $650 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($91k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nodar Special 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Nodar Special Foundation
- How much does Nodar Special Foundation give?
- Nodar Special Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $64,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Nodar Special Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (22%), Animals (16%), Education (15%).
- Who are Nodar Special Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Our Lady of the Assumption ($26k), The Rolling Dog Farm ($11k), Humane World for Animals International ($10k).
- Does Nodar Special Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nodar Special 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 Nodar Special Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Nodar Special Foundation based?
- Nodar Special Foundation is based in CA.
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