California · Private foundation
Robert and Lisa Margolis Family 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.
- $3.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,710,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 36
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $88M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k 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 | 26 | $3.9M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $4.0M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $3.9M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $3.5M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $3.5M | 38% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $3.5M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $3.4M | 58% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $3.3M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Science Center Foundation | $3,578,335 | 8 | 2% |
| United States Veterans Initiative | $500,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation | $500,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Swipe Out Hunger | $478,000 | 6 | 24% |
| Year Up Inc | $450,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Campbell Hall -Episcopal- | $430,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $373,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Community Partners | $347,243 | 7 | 0% |
| Save the Redwoods League | $338,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Joseph Center | $255,000 | 5 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($20M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert and Lisa Margolis Family 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: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Wm Keck Foundation · The Confidence Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
Compare Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation with peer funders
About Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation
- How much does Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation give?
- Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $3,877,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (43%), Philanthropy (21%), Science & Tech (12%).
- Who are Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: California Science Center Foundation ($3.6M), United States Veterans Initiative ($500k), Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation ($500k).
- Does Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert and Lisa Margolis Family 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 Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, California Community Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation.
- Where is Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation based?
- Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation is based in CA.
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