California · Private foundation
The David Geffen 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.
- $112M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 93
- Grants FY2024
- 80
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 80 to 148
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $333M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The David Geffen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50M 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 | 89 | $94M | 21% |
| FY2023 | 80 | $106M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 98 | $64M | 16% |
| FY2021 | 89 | $69M | 19% |
| FY2020 | 139 | $50M | 34% |
| FY2019 | 137 | $14M | 37% |
| FY2018 | 148 | $14M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Modern Art | $80,000,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Yale University | $45,000,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Academy Foundation | $20,000,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Yale University | $15,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Trade Center Performing Arts Center Inc | $10,000,000 | 1 | 29% |
| The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration | $7,000,000 | 7 | 12% |
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $3,047,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Nli USA Inc | $2,800,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc | $2,073,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $2,000,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 245 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 63 recipients with no EIN on record ($210M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The David Geffen Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · California Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Stanley & Joyce Black Family Foundation · The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc
How this is measured
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About The David Geffen Foundation
- How much does The David Geffen Foundation give?
- The David Geffen Foundation reported 93 grants totaling $112,492,683 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 80 and 148 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The David Geffen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (52%), Education (41%), Health (4%).
- Who are The David Geffen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Museum of Modern Art ($80M), Yale University ($45M), Academy Foundation ($20M).
- Does The David Geffen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The David Geffen 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 David Geffen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ahmanson Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation.
- Where is The David Geffen Foundation based?
- The David Geffen Foundation is based in CA.
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