California · Private foundation
Paul Stanford Bernhard 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.
- $129k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $72,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Paul Stanford Bernhard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 6 | $129k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $28k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $35k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $40k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $30k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $20k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $23k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $111,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Life Sail Inc | $65,000 | 7 | 15% |
| Wilderness Workshop | $41,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Wayfinder Family Services | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Sos Outreach | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shalom Institute Camp & Conference Center | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Heal the Bay | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Alma Backyard Farm | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Side Riders Bike Club | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Institute of Los Angeles | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $111,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Life Sail Inc | $65,000 | 7 | 15% |
| Wilderness Workshop | $41,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Wayfinder Family Services | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Sos Outreach | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shalom Institute Camp & Conference Center | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Heal the Bay | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Alma Backyard Farm | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Side Riders Bike Club | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Institute of Los Angeles | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| School on Wheels Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul Stanford Bernhard 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 Annenberg Foundation · California Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Paul Stanford Bernhard Foundation
- How much does Paul Stanford Bernhard Foundation give?
- Paul Stanford Bernhard Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $129,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Paul Stanford Bernhard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Public Benefit (20%), Environment (19%).
- Who are Paul Stanford Bernhard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Children's Hospital Los Angeles ($112k), Life Sail Inc ($65k), Wilderness Workshop ($41k).
- Does Paul Stanford Bernhard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul Stanford Bernhard 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 Paul Stanford Bernhard Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Annenberg Foundation, California Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Paul Stanford Bernhard Foundation based?
- Paul Stanford Bernhard Foundation is based in CA.
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