California · Private foundation
Simha and Sara Lainer Family 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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $1.5M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $992k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $1.0M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $915k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $608k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $840k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc | $1,638,088 | 8 | 9% |
| Hillel at Ucla | $1,185,000 | 8 | 11% |
| Milken Community School | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | $500,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Hillel 818 | $500,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Hias Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Schechter Institutes Inc | $270,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Jewish Academy of Los Angeles | $255,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles | $180,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc | $1,638,088 | 8 | 9% |
| Hillel at Ucla | $1,185,000 | 8 | 11% |
| Milken Community School | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | $500,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Hillel 818 | $500,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Hias Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Schechter Institutes Inc | $270,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Jewish Academy of Los Angeles | $255,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles | $180,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Council of Young Israel | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Zacharias Frankel College | $80,000 | 2 | 70% |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Zaka | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moving Traditions | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| California State University Northridge Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| America Gives Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Funders Network | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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: Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Group · Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation · The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · California Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
Compare Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation
- How much does Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation give?
- Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $1,500,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (40%), Philanthropy (26%), Housing & Shelter (18%).
- Who are Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc ($1.6M), Hillel at Ucla ($1.2M), Milken Community School ($1.0M).
- Does Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Simha and Sara Lainer Family 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 Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation Council of Greater La, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Group.
- Where is Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation based?
- Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation is based in CA.
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