California · Private foundation
Samuel & Rena Given 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.
- $18k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $141k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Samuel & Rena Given Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 8 | $15k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $18k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $9k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Linc Housing Corporation | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Talent Maker City | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palisades Forestry Committee | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Food Forward Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Monterey Sober Living For Women | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Los Angeles | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Linc Housing Corporation | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Talent Maker City | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palisades Forestry Committee | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Food Forward Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Monterey Sober Living For Women | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Los Angeles | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ashland Art Works | $500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Samuel & Rena Given 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 Oregon Community Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Samuel & Rena Given Foundation
- How much does Samuel & Rena Given Foundation give?
- Samuel & Rena Given Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $18,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Samuel & Rena Given Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (46%), Housing & Shelter (15%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Samuel & Rena Given Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of California San Francisco Foundation ($15k), Linc Housing Corporation ($8k), Talent Maker City ($3k).
- Does Samuel & Rena Given Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Samuel & Rena Given 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 Samuel & Rena Given Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Samuel & Rena Given Foundation based?
- Samuel & Rena Given Foundation is based in CA.
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