California · Private foundation
The Boardman 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.
- $231k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,629
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $84,138
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- 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 The Boardman 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 | 3 | $231k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $25k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $30k | 63% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $27k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otis College of Art and Design | $280,470 | 5 | 0% |
| Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery | $30,220 | 3 | 0% |
| Craft Contemporary | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pasadena Art Alliance | $8,699 | 3 | 1% |
| Museum Associates | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Craft in America | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pasadena Conservatory of Music | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| South Pasadena Educational Foundation | $700 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otis College of Art and Design | $280,470 | 5 | 0% |
| Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery | $30,220 | 3 | 0% |
| Craft Contemporary | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pasadena Art Alliance | $8,699 | 3 | 1% |
| Museum Associates | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Craft in America | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pasadena Conservatory of Music | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| South Pasadena Educational Foundation | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| American Museum of Ceramic Art | $633 | 1 | 0% |
| Pasadena Humane | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Tias Hope | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Armory Center for the Arts | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pasadena Senior Center | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| American College of Physicians Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Fulcrum Arts | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Arroyo Seco Foundation Hahamongna Native Plant Nursery | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern California Public Radio | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $30 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club | $25 | 1 | 0% |
| Town Club Inc | $16 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($31k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Boardman Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · The Ahmanson Foundation · Harvey and Ellen Knell Foundation · Perenchio Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About The Boardman Family Foundation
- How much does The Boardman Family Foundation give?
- The Boardman Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $231,339 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Boardman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (75%), Arts & Culture (18%), Food & Nutrition (3%).
- Who are The Boardman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Otis College of Art and Design ($280k), Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery ($30k), Craft Contemporary ($11k).
- Does The Boardman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Boardman 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 The Boardman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, The J Paul Getty Trust.
- Where is The Boardman Family Foundation based?
- The Boardman Family Foundation is based in CA.
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