California · Private foundation
The Four J 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.
- $3k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $305
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $910
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $69k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations The Four J Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 7 | $3k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $8k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $2k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $2k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $3k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $2k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $3k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $1k | 63% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ignatius of Loyola School | $8,109 | 5 | n/a |
| Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope | $4,941 | 7 | n/a |
| Cathedral High School | $1,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Teresita School | $500 | 3 | n/a |
| Homeboy Industries | $308 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| San Gabriel Mission | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $220 | 2 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart School | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $161 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ignatius of Loyola School | $8,109 | 5 | n/a |
| Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope | $4,941 | 7 | n/a |
| Cathedral High School | $1,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Teresita School | $500 | 3 | n/a |
| Homeboy Industries | $308 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| San Gabriel Mission | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $220 | 2 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart School | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $161 | 4 | 0% |
| Hanna Boys Center | $155 | 5 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Pasadena Humane | $120 | 3 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $105 | 2 | n/a |
| Fresno Area Pickleball | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Monica Rugby Club | $90 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $55 | 1 | 0% |
| Paws for Purple Hearts | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $20 | 1 | 0% |
| Cal Farley's Boys Ranch | $20 | 1 | 0% |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | $20 | 1 | 0% |
| American Lung Association | $5 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Four J 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Four J Foundation
- How much does The Four J Foundation give?
- The Four J Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $2,990 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Four J Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (69%), Religion (20%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are The Four J Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Ignatius of Loyola School ($8k), Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope ($5k), Cathedral High School ($2k).
- Does The Four J Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Four J 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 Four J Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Four J Foundation based?
- The Four J Foundation is based in CA.
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