California · Private foundation
The Irwin 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.
- $70k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $17,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $17,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
- 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 Irwin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 4 | $70k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $125k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $100k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $106k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $87k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $99k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $95k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $107,350 | 4 | 0% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $101,672 | 5 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $67,500 | 3 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $57,672 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's San Diego | $42,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Underground Museum Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Angel Food | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers | $17,500 | 1 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $107,350 | 4 | 0% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $101,672 | 5 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $67,500 | 3 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $57,672 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's San Diego | $42,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Underground Museum Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Angel Food | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers | $17,500 | 1 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mama's Kitchen | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($291k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Irwin 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About The Irwin Foundation
- How much does The Irwin Foundation give?
- The Irwin Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $70,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Irwin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), International (22%), Food & Nutrition (17%).
- Who are The Irwin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($107k), Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank ($102k), Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc ($68k).
- Does The Irwin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Irwin 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 Irwin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Irwin Foundation based?
- The Irwin Foundation is based in CA.
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