California · Private foundation
The James J and Sue Femino 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.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 66
- Grants FY2025
- 64
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 70
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $32M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations The James J and Sue Femino Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k 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 | 66 | $1.4M | 11% |
| FY2024 | 64 | $1.8M | 19% |
| FY2023 | 63 | $2.1M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 65 | $1.1M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 70 | $1.8M | 41% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $888k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $843k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 62 | $1.2M | 34% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Medical Research Institutes | $1,753,750 | 9 | 6% |
| Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery | $648,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $135,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $130,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd | $130,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Union Station Homeless Services | $122,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Swim With Mike Foundation | $116,200 | 3 | 7% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $109,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Roman Archbishop of Los Angeles a Corporation Sole | $102,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Descanso Gardens Foundation | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 70 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 101 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The James J and Sue Femino 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: Pasadena Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Gail G Ellis Foundation Inc · The Green Foundation · The Confidence Foundation · Henry L Guenther Foundation · Henry a Yost and Cynthia Yost Family Foundation · The Hernan & Orfi Barros Foundation · Klm Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The James J and Sue Femino Foundation with peer funders
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About The James J and Sue Femino Foundation
- How much does The James J and Sue Femino Foundation give?
- The James J and Sue Femino Foundation reported 66 grants totaling $1,442,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 70 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The James J and Sue Femino Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (37%), Education (13%), Religion (8%).
- Who are The James J and Sue Femino Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Huntington Medical Research Institutes ($1.8M), Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery ($648k), Northwestern University ($135k).
- Does The James J and Sue Femino Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The James J and Sue Femino 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 James J and Sue Femino Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pasadena Community Foundation, California Community Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation.
- Where is The James J and Sue Femino Foundation based?
- The James J and Sue Femino Foundation is based in CA.
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