California · Private foundation
The George P Lauren 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.
- $130k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The George P Lauren Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k 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 | $130k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $169k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $100k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $61k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $47k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $95k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $84k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $97k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Wells Foundation | $80,000 | 4 | 4% |
| New Americans Museum Inc | $77,998 | 3 | 7% |
| Just in Time for Foster Youth | $67,500 | 4 | 0% |
| McAlister Institute for Treatment & Education Inc | $53,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Voices for Children | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lions Tigers and Bears | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Ark Antiques | $45,300 | 1 | 6% |
| Elderhelp of San Diego | $35,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Whitaker Foundation | $31,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Mission Beach Womens Club | $30,000 | 2 | 13% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Wells Foundation | $80,000 | 4 | 4% |
| New Americans Museum Inc | $77,998 | 3 | 7% |
| Just in Time for Foster Youth | $67,500 | 4 | 0% |
| McAlister Institute for Treatment & Education Inc | $53,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Voices for Children | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lions Tigers and Bears | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Ark Antiques | $45,300 | 1 | 6% |
| Elderhelp of San Diego | $35,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Whitaker Foundation | $31,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Mission Beach Womens Club | $30,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Doors of Change | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Oncology and Kids Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Monarch School Project | $10,867 | 4 | 0% |
| Home Start Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shoreline Community Services | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Project Street Vet | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East County Posse | $5,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Old Globe Theatre | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First Heavy Metal Church of Christ | $2,950 | 2 | n/a |
| Future Construction Leaders Foundation | $750 | 1 | 3% |
| Feral Cat Coalition | $750 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($187k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The George P Lauren Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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.
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How this is measured
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About The George P Lauren Foundation
- How much does The George P Lauren Foundation give?
- The George P Lauren Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $130,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The George P Lauren Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (14%), Arts & Culture (14%), Animals (13%).
- Who are The George P Lauren Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Toby Wells Foundation ($80k), New Americans Museum Inc ($78k), Just in Time for Foster Youth ($68k).
- Does The George P Lauren Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The George P Lauren 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 George P Lauren Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include David C Copley Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, The San Diego Foundation.
- Where is The George P Lauren Foundation based?
- The George P Lauren Foundation is based in CA.
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