California · Private foundation
The Avis Family 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.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Avis Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $28
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $37M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations The Avis Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101 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 | 3 | $56 | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $25k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $433k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $100k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Npr Foundation | $225,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Imentor Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridges Through Music | $44 | 3 | 1% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($334k), not named here.
About The Avis Family Foundation
- How much does The Avis Family Foundation give?
- The Avis Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $2,300,048 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Avis Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (95%), Arts & Culture (5%), Youth Development (0%).
- Who are The Avis Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Npr Foundation ($225k), Imentor Inc ($50k), Bridges Through Music ($44).
- Does The Avis Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Avis 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.
- Where is The Avis Family Foundation based?
- The Avis Family Foundation is based in CA.
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