California · Private foundation
Rpm 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.
- $159k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $36,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.3M
- 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 Rpm Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 4 | $159k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $157k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $115k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $83k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $42k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $54k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $37k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $61k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County Museum of Art | $176,600 | 5 | 0% |
| American Friends of Reichman University Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center of Orange County | $74,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sage Hill School | $62,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Junipero Serra Catholic High School | $51,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Orange County School of the Arts Foundation | $43,860 | 5 | 0% |
| Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School | $36,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Segerstrom Center for the Arts | $22,050 | 3 | 0% |
| University Synagogue | $2,300 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County Museum of Art | $176,600 | 5 | 0% |
| American Friends of Reichman University Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center of Orange County | $74,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sage Hill School | $62,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Junipero Serra Catholic High School | $51,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Orange County School of the Arts Foundation | $43,860 | 5 | 0% |
| Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School | $36,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Segerstrom Center for the Arts | $22,050 | 3 | 0% |
| University Synagogue | $2,300 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rpm 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: Samueli Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · The Paul & Elisabeth Merage Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Rpm Foundation
- How much does Rpm Foundation give?
- Rpm Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $159,450 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Rpm Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Education (23%), Arts & Culture (21%).
- Who are Rpm Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Orange County Museum of Art ($177k), American Friends of Reichman University Inc ($100k), Northwestern University ($100k).
- Does Rpm Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rpm 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 Rpm Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Samueli Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation, The Paul & Elisabeth Merage Family Foundation.
- Where is Rpm Foundation based?
- Rpm Foundation is based in CA.
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