California · Private foundation
Saul Brandman Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $25M
- Granted FY2023
- 32
- Grants FY2023
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $9,514,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 56
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 10
- Total assets, FY2023
- $241M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 55% of the organizations Saul Brandman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 29 | $25M | 55% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $5.3M | 36% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $4.1M | 44% |
| FY2019 | 46 | $8.7M | 26% |
| FY2018 | 40 | $8.2M | 53% |
| FY2017 | 56 | $3.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $16,370,820 | 6 | 11% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $9,408,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Beit T'Shuvah | $2,680,089 | 5 | 9% |
| University of Massachusetts Global | $2,000,000 | 2 | 1% |
| American Jewish University | $1,503,800 | 4 | 2% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $1,026,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Helps International | $290,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Our House | $250,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 81 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($18M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Saul Brandman Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 72 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Stanley & Joyce Black Family Foundation · The Green Foundation · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · The Ahmanson Foundation · Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Foundation · Greater Horizons · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About Saul Brandman Foundation
- How much does Saul Brandman Foundation give?
- Saul Brandman Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $25,289,091 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Saul Brandman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (57%), Health (25%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Saul Brandman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: American Friends of Hebrew University Inc ($16M), Eisenhower Medical Center ($9.4M), Beit T'Shuvah ($2.7M).
- Does Saul Brandman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Saul Brandman 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 Saul Brandman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, The Stanley & Joyce Black Family Foundation.
- Where is Saul Brandman Foundation based?
- Saul Brandman Foundation is based in CA.
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