California · Private foundation
The J2 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.
- $72k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $885k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations The J2 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 16 | $69k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $83k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $99k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $61k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $74k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $69k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $76k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $70k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Burn Foundation | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Friends of Israeli Navy Seals Inc | $42,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Venice Community Housing Corporation | $33,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $20,695 | 5 | 0% |
| Our House Inc | $20,220 | 8 | 0% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $17,945 | 5 | 0% |
| Just Like My Child Foundation | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| American Jewish University | $15,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Connecting a Caring Community | $15,000 | 5 | 3% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($162k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The J2 Foundation supplied at peak.
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: California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Annenberg Foundation · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Kobor Family Foundation · Peter H and Marietta K Bach Charitable Trust Conservatorship · The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Foundation · Shelter Partnership Inc · The Rose Hills Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation
How this is measured
About The J2 Foundation
- How much does The J2 Foundation give?
- The J2 Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $72,300 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The J2 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (24%), International (17%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The J2 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Children's Burn Foundation ($80k), American Friends of Israeli Navy Seals Inc ($42k), Venice Community Housing Corporation ($34k).
- Does The J2 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The J2 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 J2 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, The Annenberg Foundation.
- Where is The J2 Foundation based?
- The J2 Foundation is based in CA.
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