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Samueli 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.

$81M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
366
Grants FY2024
187
Organizations funded FY2023
47%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$41,440
Largest grant, FY2024
$9,698,874
Organizations funded a year
56 to 190
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
21
Total assets, FY2024
$62M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 47% of the organizations Samueli Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving255$64M59%
FY2023187$25M47%
FY2022190$14M59%
FY2021104$6.3M44%
FY202082$5.6M78%
FY201956$452kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$35MInternational$24MPhilanthropy$20MHealth$9.8MCommunity Improvement$8.8MEnvironment$8.0MHuman Services$6.7MArts & Culture$5.8MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of California Irvine Foundation$14,786,334510%
Friends of Ir David Inc$2,675,000510%
World Resources Institute$2,650,00021%
Abound Food Care$2,600,000275%
The American Committee for the Tel Aviv Foundation Inc$2,500,000224%
The Rinks Foundation$2,398,87527%
Fuente Latina Inc$2,250,000524%
Jewish Community Center of Orange County$2,231,000113%
Dream Machine Innovation So Inc$2,000,00014%
Orange County Superintendent of Schools$1,900,0002n/a
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All grantees of Samueli Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of California Irvine Foundation$14,786,334510%
Friends of Ir David Inc$2,675,000510%
World Resources Institute$2,650,00021%
Abound Food Care$2,600,000275%
The American Committee for the Tel Aviv Foundation Inc$2,500,000224%
The Rinks Foundation$2,398,87527%
Fuente Latina Inc$2,250,000524%
Jewish Community Center of Orange County$2,231,000113%
Dream Machine Innovation So Inc$2,000,00014%
Orange County Superintendent of Schools$1,900,0002n/a
Orangewood Foundation$1,884,13066%
Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc$1,850,00017%
Orange Coast College Foundation$1,651,625313%
Jewish Funders Network$1,647,57554%
Mind Oc$1,592,05021%
Board of Jewish Education Inc$1,500,00024%
Canopy Planet Foundation$1,450,00026%
Upstream USA Inc$1,450,00021%
Anaheim Ducks Foundation$1,250,000233%
Sixpoint Inc$1,200,000115%
Golden West College Foundation$1,170,0001n/a
STEM Next Opportunity Fund$1,075,00046%
Charitable Ventures of Orange County$1,046,00062%
National Academy of Sciences$1,035,00030%
Pretend City the Children's Museum of Orange County$1,005,000220%
Octane Foundation for Innovation$1,000,000337%
Resetting the Table Inc$1,000,000177%
The Salvation Army$1,000,0001n/a
Center for Countering Digital Hate Inc$1,000,000124%
The Quad Project Inc$1,000,000149%
The Bridgespan Group Inc$975,00021%
Orange County School of the Arts Foundation$958,500512%
Orange County Museum of Art$900,000210%
Samueli Academy$878,14432%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$876,50050%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$875,00041%
Chapman University$870,00060%
American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ$763,00031%
Ecology Center$740,00034%
Jmh-Anaheim Foundation Inc$736,000237%
Dwelling Place Anaheim$700,0002n/a
American Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc$675,13529%
Segerstrom Center for the Arts$652,50050%
Ceo Leadership Alliance Orange County$650,000214%
Ieee Foundation Inc$635,00042%
Marconi Society Inc$635,000542%
Urge Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity$600,00033%
Irvine Ice Foundation$597,73041%
Community Action Partnership of Orange County$576,66721%
Israel Emergency Alliance$575,00041%
Hospice of Dayton Inc$570,00030%
Temple Beth El$536,8004n/a
Arts & Learning Corporation$532,000219%
Orange County Sheriffs Advisory Council$510,000125%
Sherman Foundation$505,00026%
American University$500,00010%
Anti-Defamation League$500,00010%
Convergent Impact Inc$500,000150%
Jtp Professional Service Corporation$500,00016%
Access Reproductive Justice$500,000124%
South County Outreach$500,00017%
Families Forward$500,00014%
Reut USA$475,00056%
Hillel Foundation of Orange County$460,500532%
Jewish Book Council Inc$450,000126%
Power to Decide$450,00013%
Clean Slate Initiative Inc$450,00014%
Rainforest Foundation Inc$420,00042%
Alianza Translatinx$419,750316%
Woodstock Timebank Inc$410,000487%
Connected Learning Alliance$405,661118%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove Inc$400,00021%
Young Men's Christian Association of Ana$400,00013%
Medical College of Va Foundation$400,00020%
The Oakland Public Education Fund$400,00021%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$400,00040%
Ezrat Israel Inc$400,0002n/a
Goodwill Industries of Orange County California$375,00010%
Pacific Symphony$350,00011%
The Rand Corporation$311,61310%
Vanguard University of So Cal$302,00030%
Fund for Guaranteed Income$300,00032%
Chrysalis Center$300,00011%
Peace and Justice Law Center$300,000276%
Sogorea Te Land Trust$275,00031%
Children Now$275,00042%
Telluride Science$267,06944%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$265,00010%
Planned Parenthoodorange and San Bernardino Counties Inc$252,00020%
Discovery Science Center of Orange County$250,00011%
The Aspen Institute Inc$250,00030%
Afsnc Inc$250,00023%
Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation$250,00021%
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management$250,00010%
Jewish Community Centers Association of North America$250,00011%
Adamah Inc$250,00012%
St Margaret of Scotland Episcopal School$245,00020%
Translifeline DBA Trans Lifeline$230,25032%
Fungi Foundation Inc$225,000418%
Children's Hospital of Orange County$221,66610%
American Friends of the Israeli Opera Inc$220,000346%
American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra$210,00033%
Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health Inc$206,700217%
Alliance for a Just Society$200,00022%
Zaka North Inc$200,00012%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$200,00010%
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc$200,00031%
Population Services International$200,00020%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$200,00040%
The Body Agency Collective$200,0002100%
Mission Edge San Diego$200,00011%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$200,00010%
Birthright Israel Foundation$195,00040%
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University$180,00021%
Orange County Congregation Community Organization$175,000310%
Stars and Stripes Children's Foundation$175,00051%
Jq International$160,000310%
Family Medicine Education Consortium$155,000310%
Temple Beth El of Laguna Niguel$155,0001n/a
Borealis Philanthropy$150,00020%
Patient-Centered Primary Care Foundation$150,00025%
High School Inc Academies Foundation$150,000210%
Congregation Shir Ha-Ma Alot$135,0801n/a
Cooperacin Santa Ana$125,00026%
Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc$100,00010%
Acjachemen Tongva Land Conservancy$100,000181%
Nonprofit VOTE Inc$100,00014%
National Museum of Mathematics$100,00010%
Hub for Integration Reentry & Employment$100,000122%
New Vista School$100,00021%
Thrive Santa Ana$100,000117%
Community Health Initiative of Oc$100,00015%
Society for Integrative Oncology Inc$100,000132%
Allied Media Projects Inc$100,00010%
Crossover Outreach$95,00064%
Regents of the University of Michigan$90,0002n/a
Inquiring Systems Inc$85,70621%
The Translatin Coalition$85,00021%
Choc Foundation$82,06640%
I-5 Freedom Network$82,000432%
Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School$80,00020%
Fractured Atlas Inc$75,00010%
Higher Ground Youth and Family Services Inc$75,00013%
Society for Science & the Public$75,00030%
Cancer Kinship$75,000233%
The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement$70,00021%
Orange County Adult Achievement Center Dba My Day Counts$69,44020%
The Surfrider Foundation$63,50030%
The National Institute for Science Law and Public Policy Inc$60,00015%
Grantmakers in Health$60,00021%
Viet Rainbow of Orange County$57,500122%
National Academy of Engineering Fund$57,50011%
Renewable Farms$55,000118%
Spirit of Entrepreneurship$55,0001n/a
Innovative Housing Opportunities Inc$51,00022%
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc$50,00010%
St Margarets Episcopal School$50,0002n/a
Urban Alchemy$50,00010%
North County Chabad Center$50,0001n/a
Gem Starfish Foundation$50,0001n/a
Pacific Zen Institute$50,0001n/a
Look2justice$50,00018%
Northeast Florida Regional Stem2 Hub Inc$50,00023%
Davidson College$50,00010%
USA Warriors Ice Hockey Program Inc USAWIHP$48,500510%
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association$42,00021%
Intl Soc for Envir Acquired Illness$42,000218%
Latino Community Fund Inc$40,00011%
Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Inc$40,00012%
Crystal Cove Conservancy$40,00030%
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander$40,00010%
US Naval Academy Foundation Inc$40,00030%
The Overwatch Collective Corporation$37,500134%
One Warm Coat$37,50011%
University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc$37,10030%
The Center for Innovation in Family Medicine Inc$35,7651n/a
Innovate-Educate$35,00026%
Georgia Shift Inc$35,00013%
Southern California Grantmakers$34,16750%
Jf Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Inc Fka Fran Joswick Therap Riding Ctr Inc$33,50030%
Young Lives Redeemed$32,00035%
Past Foundation$30,29411%
Heritage Future$30,000118%
Friends of Cats Inc$30,00031%
American Society for Engineering Education$30,00020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$30,00020%
American Academy of Arts & Sciences$30,00060%
Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center$29,00020%
International Sanctuary$27,00022%
The Good People Fund Inc$25,25011%
Joya Scholars$25,00036%
Zachor Legal Institute$25,000113%
Bloom Foundation$25,0002n/a
Great Lakes Bay Foundation$25,00015%
Tiger Woods Foundation Inc$25,00010%
California State University Long Beach Research Foundation$25,00010%
American Friends of Libi Inc$25,00010%
Access California Services$25,00011%
Hawaii Bicycling League$25,00013%
San Clemente Military Family Outreach$25,000210%
Fund for Israel's Tomorrow$25,00010%
Israel on Campus Coalition Inc$25,00010%
Holland Foundation for Sight Restoration$25,00015%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$25,00010%
Hawaii Community Lending$25,00010%
Fairfax High School Alumni Association$25,000126%
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union$25,00010%
Globalminded$25,00017%
Hoola Ia Mauiakama Disaster Long Term Recovery Group$25,000137%
Porchlight Project$25,0001n/a
Airbnborg Inc$25,00010%
The wayOut LGBTQ Foundation aka wayOUT$25,00015%
Pacific Whale Foundation$25,00011%
California Fire Foundation$25,00010%
OMID Multicultural Institute for Development$25,00012%
Institute for Natural Medicine$25,00014%
The Idi Foundation Inc Fka American Friends of the Israel Democ$25,00011%
Confluence Rising$25,00011%
Hias Inc$25,00010%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$25,00010%
The Louis D Brandeis Center Inc$25,00010%
Podium Society Inc$25,00012%
Fullerton Collaborative$25,000237%
Crisis Text Line Inc$25,00010%
Scad Research Inc$25,00036%
Lahaina Community Land Trust$25,00011%
Utah Film Center$25,00010%
Her Story Inc$25,000113%
Na Kiai O Maui$25,0001n/a
Meoowzresq Inc$23,50051%
Ocean Institute$22,50030%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$21,50040%
University of Arizona Foundation$20,00020%
Maui Food Bank Inc$20,00020%
Community Partners$20,00040%
Human Options Inc$20,00010%
Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York$18,0001n/a
Newport Jewish Center$18,0001n/a
Orange County Grantmakers$18,00011%
Strategic Kids Collaborative Inc$17,900134%
Orange County Japanese American Association$17,50036%
Project Hope Alliance$17,50021%
Moms Orange County$16,66711%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$16,00020%
Quan Am Buddhist Meditation$16,00061%
American Heart Association Inc$15,00010%
Trustees of the Lawrenceville School$15,00020%
Program for Torture Victims$15,00021%
The Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles$15,00011%
American College of Perioperative Medicine Inc$15,00022%
Aff Foundation$15,00010%
O C Small Paws Inc$15,00035%
Working Wardrobes For A New Start$15,00010%
Living Success Center$13,00023%
Marconi Foundation For Kids$13,00021%
Maui AIDS Foundation Inc$12,50011%
Association of Fundraising Professionals$12,50033%
The National Public Housing Museum$12,50010%
Purdy Elementary PTA 101135$12,500214%
Pioneer Vpo$12,500212%
Southern Synchro Skiers$12,0002n/a
The Vintage Club$12,00010%
Tilly's Life Center$10,10010%
Grandma's House of Hope$10,00010%
Open Gate International$10,00015%
Asian American Senior Citizens Service Center Inc$10,00012%
Mount Saint Mary's University$10,00020%
Institute of Integrative Pain Management$10,0001n/a
Maui Arts & Cultural Center$10,00020%
Mary Immaculate School$10,0001n/a
Burgundy Farm Country Day School Inc$10,00010%
Project Scientist Inc$10,00011%
The Play Equity Fund$10,00010%
Orange County Public Library Foundation$10,0001n/a
Georgetown University$10,00010%
Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix Inc$10,00011%
Thomas Jefferson University$10,00010%
Aim Health Institute$10,0001n/a
Elevate USA$10,00010%
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc$10,00010%
Orange County Bird of Prey Center$10,00041%
Desert Foothills Library Association$10,00012%
Episcopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania$10,00010%
Suzanne Somers Foundation$10,0001n/a
The President and Trustees of Colby College$10,00010%
Orange County Walk to Remember Dba Forever Footprints$10,00022%
United Community Ministries Inc$10,00010%
Harbor View Parent Faculty Organization$10,00042%
Extraordinary Lives Foundation$10,00014%
Global Network Ministries Inc$10,0001n/a
Medisys Health Network Inc$10,00010%
The Autism Community in Action$10,00010%
Girl Scouts of Orange County$10,00010%
Women Make Movies Inc$10,00010%
Chabad Center for Jewish Life$10,0001n/a
Medellin Childrens Foundation$10,000114%
Integrated Center for Group Medical Visits Inc$10,00024%
Global GLOW$10,00011%
Casa Teresa Inc$10,00010%
Seneca Family of Agencies$10,00010%
National Academy of Inventors Inc$10,00011%
Philharmonic Society of Orange County$10,00020%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$10,00010%
Save Our Youth Soy$10,00012%
Trauma Intervention Programs Inc$10,00011%
Broad Street Ministry$10,00010%
Honorhealth Foundation$10,00010%
Share Food Program$10,00010%
Movement Strategy Center$10,00010%
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board$10,00010%
A Light of Hope Support Center$10,00019%
Wild at Heart Inc$10,00011%
The Pegasus School$10,00010%
West Marin Community Services$10,00011%
Orange County Conservation Corps$10,00010%
Project Exploration$10,00010%
Goucher College$10,00010%
Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva$9,5001n/a
Wireless History Foundation$9,00012%
USA Water Polo Inc$8,70030%
Japanese American National Museum$8,00010%
Sierra Vista Elementary PTA$7,500320%
Students Run America$7,50030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$7,50010%
Balboa Island Museum$7,50011%
Arizona Native Vote$7,50010%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$7,00010%
Israel Lacrosse Association Inc$6,92010%
Wiseplace$6,00020%
Temple Beth Ohr of la Mirada$5,0001n/a
Congregation B Nai Tzedek$5,0001n/a
Washington Drama Society Inc$5,00010%
Atabey Outdoors$5,00013%
Temple Beth David of Orange County$5,0001n/a
Southern Counties Rescue Inc$5,00018%
Temple Judea of Laguna Hills$5,0001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$5,00010%
Union for Reform Judaism$5,0001n/a
Childrens Center at Caltech$5,00010%
Every Monday Matters Inc$5,00011%
STEM to the Future$5,00010%
Jewish Home for the Aging of Orange County$5,00010%
Camp 4 Kids$5,00013%
Waymakers$5,00010%
Chabad Jewish Center of Laguna Niguel$5,0001n/a
Sesame Workshop$5,00010%
The Israeli Center of Orange County Inc$5,00011%
Temple Bat Yahm$5,0001n/a
Prince William Conservation Alliance$5,00012%
Room to Read$5,00010%
The Brigid Alliance Inc$5,00010%
Chabad of Tustin$5,0001n/a
Southwest Lending Closet Inc$5,00014%
Surf and Turf Therapy$5,00011%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Anaheim-Cypress$5,00010%
Shady Canyon Golf Club Charitable Foundation$5,00012%
Coastal Music and Arts Foundation$5,0001n/a
Chabad of Irvine$5,0001n/a
World Wildlife Fund Inc$5,00010%
Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Contd$5,00010%
Foundation for New Education Initiatives Inc$5,00010%
Congregation Bnai Israel$5,0001n/a
California Association of Nonprofits$5,00020%
Women's Step House of Orange County$5,00012%
Orange County Jewish Community Scholar Program$5,00012%
Chabad-Lubavitch of Cypress$5,0001n/a
University Synagogue$5,0001n/a
Academy Youth Service Organization$5,0001n/a
Orphan Kitten Club Inc$5,00010%
Chabad of West Orange County$5,0001n/a
Coachartorg$5,00010%
Carpenter's Shelter Inc$5,00010%
FRIENDS OF THE HUNTINGTON BEACH LIBRARY Public Library$5,00011%
Chabad of North Irvine$5,0001n/a
Brackens Kitchen Inc$5,00010%
Augies Quest to Cure ALS Inc$5,00010%
Taller San Jose Hope Builders$5,00010%
Israeli-American Council$5,00010%
Vista del Mar Mako Educational Foundation$5,00013%
Hanefesh Inc$5,0001n/a
Pen American Center Inc$5,00010%
David Labkovski Project$5,00012%
Action in Community Through Service of Prince William$5,00010%
Dayle Mcintosh Center for the Disabled$5,00010%
ListoAmerica Inc$5,00016%
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc$5,00010%
Pro-Choice Arizona$5,00011%
Code for America Labs Inc$5,00010%
Chabad Jewish Center of Mission Viejo$5,0001n/a
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$5,00010%
National Council of Young Israel$5,0001n/a
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Long Beach and Orange County$5,00010%
Coco Cares$5,000115%
America Gives Inc$4,50010%
The 1939 Club Inc$4,25065%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California$4,00010%
Friends of Public Radio Arizona$4,00010%
Southern California Public Radio$4,00040%
San Clemente Aquatic Team Corporation$3,50020%
South Bay Challenge$3,000173%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County and the Inland Empire Inc$3,00010%
The MOG Project Inc$3,00011%
Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame$2,500127%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$2,50010%
Journey Out$2,50010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley$2,50010%
Mammoth Lakes Recreation$2,50020%
American Humane Association$2,50010%
Libertas Council Inc$2,500128%
Jim Burke Education Foundation$2,50012%
Vet Friends Foundation$2,50011%
Prostitution Research and Education$2,50012%
Autism Speaks Inc$2,50010%
Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture Inc$2,50010%
Thai Community Development Center$2,50010%
Founding Forward (Formerly the Union League Legacy Foundation)$2,50010%
Friends of the Jewish Chapel Inc$2,50011%
The Cdm Foundation$2,00010%
Project O$2,00011%
Vista Verde Foundation$2,00011%
Temple Micah Washington DC$2,0001n/a
Unconditional Inc$2,00010%
iCan Shine Inc$2,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Orange County$2,00020%
Panzi Foundation$2,00010%
Scad Alliance$2,0001n/a
National Indigenous Womens Resource Center Inc$2,00010%
Living Desert The$2,00020%
Congregation Kehillah$1,8001n/a
Vocational Visions$1,50010%
March of Dimes Inc$1,50010%
Mission Preservation Foundation$1,50010%
Pathways to Independence$1,00010%
USA Hockey Foundation$1,00010%
Shelter Transport Animal Rescue Team$1,00010%
Animal Welfare League of Alexandria$1,00010%
Lead-Oc$1,00011%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,00010%
Humane Society of Imperial County$1,00010%
Pediatric Therapy Network$1,00010%
Friends of the Laguna Beach Library$1,00013%
Newport Beach Police Foundation$1,00010%
Laguna College of Art & Design$1,00010%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$50010%
ABC Hopes Inc$50010%
Beyond the Brotherhood$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 70 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Samueli Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 26 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of California Irvine Foundation: $14,786,334 over 5y, 9.7% of budgetFriends of Ir David Inc: $2,675,000 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetWorld Resources Institute: $2,650,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAbound Food Care: $2,600,000 over 2y, 75% of budgetThe American Committee for the Tel Aviv Foundation Inc: $2,500,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetThe Rinks Foundation: $2,398,875 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetFuente Latina Inc: $2,250,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetJewish Community Center of Orange County: $2,231,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetDream Machine Innovation So Inc: $2,000,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetOrangewood Foundation: $1,884,130 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetFoundation for Jewish Camp Inc: $1,850,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetOrange Coast College Foundation: $1,651,625 over 3y, 13% of budgetJewish Funders Network: $1,647,575 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetMind Oc: $1,592,050 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetBoard of Jewish Education Inc: $1,500,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetCanopy Planet Foundation: $1,450,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetUpstream USA Inc: $1,450,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAnaheim Ducks Foundation: $1,250,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetSixpoint Inc: $1,200,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSTEM Next Opportunity Fund: $1,075,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetCharitable Ventures of Orange County: $1,046,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetNational Academy of Sciences: $1,035,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPretend City the Children's Museum of Orange County: $1,005,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetOctane Foundation for Innovation: $1,000,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetResetting the Table Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 77% of budgetCenter for Countering Digital Hate Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetThe Quad Project Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetThe Bridgespan Group Inc: $975,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetOrange County School of the Arts Foundation: $958,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetOrange County Museum of Art: $900,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetSamueli Academy: $878,144 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $876,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $875,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetChapman University: $870,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $763,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetEcology Center: $740,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetJmh-Anaheim Foundation Inc: $736,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetAmerican Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc: $675,135 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $652,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCeo Leadership Alliance Orange County: $650,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetIeee Foundation Inc: $635,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetMarconi Society Inc: $635,000 over 5y, 42% of budgetUrge Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity: $600,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetIrvine Ice Foundation: $597,730 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCommunity Action Partnership of Orange County: $576,667 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $575,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHospice of Dayton Inc: $570,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetArts & Learning Corporation: $532,000 over 2y, 19% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Jewish Community Foundation of Orange CountyCA88.3× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County · Orange County Community Foundation · Orange County's United Way · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Oneoc · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · Charitable Ventures of Orange County · Weingart Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Samueli Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Samueli Foundation

How much does Samueli Foundation give?
Samueli Foundation reported 366 grants totaling $80,597,050 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 56 and 190 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Samueli Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), International (16%), Philanthropy (13%).
Who are Samueli Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: University of California Irvine Foundation ($15M), Friends of Ir David Inc ($2.7M), World Resources Institute ($2.6M).
Does Samueli Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Samueli 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 Samueli Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County, Orange County Community Foundation, Orange County's United Way.
Where is Samueli Foundation based?
Samueli Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 544 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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