· Private foundation
Samuelson Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $48k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $152k
- $250k+2 grants · $500k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY | $250,000 |
| OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE | $250,000 |
| BEACON HOUSING INC | $29,500 |
| CONNECT 2 MINISTRIES | $29,500 |
| DOOR OF HOPE | $20,000 |
| BRIDGES | $20,000 |
| CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH | $18,500 |
| CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH | $14,000 |
| YMCA OF THE FOOTHILL | $10,000 |
| THE MADELEINE CHOIR SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH | $7,500 |
| HOLLYWOOD CHURCH OF CHRIST | $7,000 |
| ROSE DRIVE FRIENDS CHURCH | $7,000 |
| THE CHURCH AT RANCHO BERNARDO | $5,000 |
| CHRIST THE SERVANT LUTHERAN CHURCH | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +94% since the first grant, against +45% for those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $274k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OCOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE2× · 2020–2024 · $270k · revenue +25%
- BHBEACON HOUSINGINC7× · 2018–2024 · $150k · revenue +94%
- DODOOR OF HOPE6× · 2018–2024 · $128k · revenue +183%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $10k
- CCCRESCENTA CANADA FAMILY YMCAone grant, 2021 · $5k
- CLCOMMUNITY LIFE CHURCHone grant, 2021 · $3k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Crossroads is an independent school for approximately 1,200 students.
La's best provides free supervised before and after-school activities to over 15,000 children at 200 schools in los angeles unified school district (lausd).
To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as caring, responsible, productive citizens.
The mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest San Diego is to inspire, develop, and enrich young people to reach their fullest potential as confident, responsible, caring members of society. SINCE OUR DOORS OPENED IN 1952, OUR PROGRAMS…
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
The buckley school is a dynamic, nurturing learning community committed to equity and inclusion. our innovative teachers and challenging programs inspire creativity, courage, and collaboration. by promoting a balanced development of mind,…
To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
The alliance was established to support the 23 clubs in the los angeles county by securing resources and marketing the boys and girls clubs to support the efforts of each individual club to increase their impact and outreach.
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
The mission is to help all young people reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. this is achieved through a commitment to quality programs and services in a place that is safe, nurturing and inspiring.
To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as healthy, caring, and responsible adults.
We enable children and youth in the community, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, healthy, and responsible citizens.
How this is measured
21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 53 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BEACON HOUSINGINC ↗
- Who funds DOOR OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds Connect 2 Ministries ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF THE FOOTHILLS ↗
- Who funds Arlington Garden in Pasadena ↗
- Who funds SANTA CLARITA VALLEY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ↗
- Who funds FIRESIDE ELEMENTARY PTO ↗
- Who funds BLUE WATER INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES CONSERVATION CORPS ↗
- Who funds LITTLE WISHES ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CARLSBAD ↗
- Who funds SAN MARCOS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB ↗
- Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
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: California Community Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · Samuelson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Sempra Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Samuelson Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Samuelson Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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