California · Private foundation
The Horn 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.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 61
- Grants FY2024
- 56
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $550,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 56 to 76
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $57M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Horn Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $139k 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 | 61 | $3.2M | 21% |
| FY2023 | 56 | $3.0M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 65 | $5.0M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 65 | $5.1M | 23% |
| FY2020 | 76 | $5.8M | 37% |
| FY2019 | 62 | $5.1M | 37% |
| FY2018 | 60 | $3.2M | 40% |
| FY2017 | 63 | $1.6M | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $8,325,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Alliance for Climate Protection | $4,606,500 | 8 | 5% |
| The Howard University | $800,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $775,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Archer School for Girls Inc | $625,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Duke University | $590,000 | 8 | 0% |
| National Breast Cancer Coalition | $525,000 | 8 | 39% |
| Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association | $455,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Duke Memorial Methodist Church | $400,000 | 8 | n/a |
| United Friends of the Children | $389,000 | 8 | 2% |
Show all 145 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Horn Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 135 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.
Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Weingart Foundation · The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Tides Foundation · The Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation · CGLC Charitable Trust · The Mark E Pollack Foundation · The Michael and Lori Milken Family Foundation · Maki Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Horn Foundation
- How much does The Horn Foundation give?
- The Horn Foundation reported 61 grants totaling $3,170,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 56 and 76 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Horn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (45%), Social Science (15%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Horn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($8.3M), The Alliance for Climate Protection ($4.6M), The Howard University ($800k).
- Does The Horn Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Horn 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 Horn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Weingart Foundation.
- Where is The Horn Foundation based?
- The Horn Foundation is based in CA.
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