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The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family 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.

$5.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
76
Grants FY2024
63
Organizations funded FY2023
32%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,500,000
Organizations funded a year
52 to 96
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$5.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 32% of the organizations The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $816k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationCivil RightsHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving73$4.2M34%
FY202363$5.2M32%
FY202260$5.9M27%
FY202157$7.6M32%
FY202052$9.7M27%
FY201974$8.0M38%
FY201876$7.2M42%
FY201796$4.6Mn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$16MEducation$13MCommunity Improvement$7.0MPhilanthropy$6.4MHealth$3.0MPublic Benefit$2.7MHuman Services$2.2MScience & Tech$2.0MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 185 grantees
All grantees of The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pro Publica Inc$9,875,00085%
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment$5,115,309812%
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences$5,000,00082%
Sarah Lawrence College$3,650,00083%
Array Alliance Inc$3,165,00079%
Motion Picture and Television Fund$1,615,00081%
The Barack Obama Foundation$1,450,00070%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,060,00020%
Simmons University$1,035,00060%
The Archer School for Girls Inc$911,00071%
National Women's Law Center$750,00051%
The 19th News$750,00032%
Integrity First for America Inc$500,000114%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$475,00050%
Aubin Pictures Inc$400,000220%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$375,00060%
La Promise Fund$350,00062%
The Paley Center for Media$300,00031%
Barnard College$295,00070%
The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles$275,00051%
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition$275,00061%
The Actors' Fund of America$250,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$245,00050%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$210,00030%
The Malala Fund$200,00021%
Fair Count Inc$175,00032%
Storycorps Inc$162,00012%
Us-Ireland Alliance$155,00072%
The Mission Continues$155,00050%
People for the American Way$150,00031%
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network$150,00060%
Chinese Progressive Association$150,00021%
Coastal Mountains Land Trust$141,00086%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$135,00050%
Youth Policy Institute Inc$125,00020%
Seeds of Peace Inc$125,00061%
Jewish Family Service of San Diego$122,13730%
International Medical Corps$120,00040%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$115,00031%
The People Concern$107,50070%
Northeastern University$100,00010%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$100,00030%
When We All Vote$100,00010%
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd$100,00040%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$100,00010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$100,00010%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$100,00010%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$85,00070%
Baby2baby$85,00030%
Westside Food Bank$82,38650%
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Inc$80,00041%
People for the American Way Foundation$75,00021%
RepresentUs Education Fund$75,00013%
Wildwood School Inc$75,00010%
The Forgotten Dog Foundation$70,00074%
Points North Institute$65,00071%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$60,00020%
The Ghetto Film School Inc$56,08521%
Narrative 4 Inc$55,00033%
Arts in the Armed Forces Inc$50,00023%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles$50,00011%
Valentino Achak Deng Foundation$50,000114%
Poderistas Community Fund$50,00013%
International Women's Media Foundation$50,00021%
Dance Downtown la Inc la Dance Project$50,00012%
Destination Crenshaw$50,00010%
Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network$50,00011%
Hispanic Federation Inc$50,00010%
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc$45,00030%
Megunticook Watershed Association$40,00087%
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation$40,00030%
Southern California Public Radio$40,00040%
Homeboy Industries$35,00040%
Manifestworks$35,00064%
Catalyst California$30,00030%
College Track$30,00030%
Film Independent$30,00010%
Jenesse Center Inc$25,00010%
National Trust for Local News$25,00010%
Everybody Dance La$25,00031%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$25,00010%
Paniscus Project$25,00015%
Palisades Charter High School$25,00010%
After School Matters Inc$25,00030%
March for Our Lives Foundation$25,00011%
New York Stage and Film Inc$25,00011%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$25,00010%
Share Our Strength$25,00010%
School on Wheels Inc$25,00030%
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc$25,00010%
Montclair Film Festival Inc$25,00011%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$25,00010%
Civic Nation$25,00010%
Duke University$25,00010%
Alliance for Children's Rights$20,00020%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$20,00020%
Earth Island Institute Inc$20,00030%
New Yorkers for Children Inc$20,00020%
Urban Justice Center$20,00020%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy$19,60060%
Women in Film$16,00030%
Glsen Inc$15,00010%
Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs$15,00031%
City Year Inc$15,00020%
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation$15,00020%
The Alliance for Climate Protection$15,00020%
Abortion Freedom Fund$10,0001n/a
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$10,00010%
United States Fund for Unicef$10,00010%
Children's Institute Inc$10,00010%
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc$10,00010%
Hollyrod Foundation$10,00021%
Unatti Foundation$10,00022%
Jhpiego Corporation$10,00010%
American Cinematheque$10,00010%
California Calls Education Fund$10,00010%
Museum Associates$10,0001n/a
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Found$10,00010%
The American Film Institute$10,00010%
Allies for Every Child Inc$10,00020%
Death Penalty Focus$10,00022%
The Rape Foundation$10,00020%
Edward M Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate Inc$10,00010%
Possibility Labs$10,00010%
Malaria No More Fund$10,00010%
Coalition for Engaged Education$10,00011%
The Hawn Foundation$7,50020%
Geffen Playhouse Inc$7,50010%
Peer Health Exchange Inc$7,00030%
Los Angeles Conservancy$5,00010%
A Place Called Home$5,00010%
Coachartorg$5,00010%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Writers Guild Foundation$5,00011%
Feminist Majority Foundation$5,00010%
American Jewish Committee$5,00010%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$5,00010%
Healing California$5,00010%
Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles$5,00011%
Center for Communication Inc$5,00011%
Ethical Culture Fieldston School$5,00010%
Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media$5,00010%
Oceana Inc$5,00010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$5,00020%
LifeFlight Foundation$5,00010%
Harness Community$5,00010%
Los Angeles Metropolitan Debate Commission$5,0001n/a
Sharewell$5,00010%
Athletes for Hope$5,00010%
L a Theatre Works$5,00010%
Island Readers & Writers an Initiative for Maine Children$5,00011%
Center for Non-Violent Education & Parenting$5,00011%
Barcid Foundation$5,00020%
Inner-City Arts$5,00010%
Gift of Life Marrow Registry Inc$5,00010%
Food Share Inc$5,00010%
Inner City Law Center$5,00010%
Heal the Bay$5,00010%
Community Partners$5,00010%
Street Poets Inc$5,00020%
Diamond in the Raw$3,00035%
I Have a Dream Foundation - Los Angeles$2,50010%
Children Mending Hearts Inc$2,50011%
Santa Monica Police Officers Association Charity$2,5001n/a
Temple Israel of Hollywood$2,5001n/a
Peter Mayhew Foundation$2,5001n/a
Santa Monica Police Activities League$2,35021%
NAMI National$2,00010%
New York Shakespeare Festival$2,00010%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$2,00010%
Donorschooseorg$2,00020%
Greenpeace Inc$1,06410%
Bay Chamber Concerts Inc$1,00010%
Human Rights Watch Inc$1,00010%
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation$1,00010%
American Musicological Society Inc$1,00010%
Leonard I Beerman Foundation for Peace and Justice$1,00011%
Cair-Foundation Inc$1,00010%
San Francisco Jazz Organization$1,00010%
Loyola Marymount University$1,00010%
Seasons Hospice Foundation$1,00010%
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund$50010%
Conservation International Foundation$50010%
Bard College$50010%
Mid-Coast Recreation Center Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPro Publica Inc: $9,875,000 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetCommunity Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: $5,115,309 over 8y, 12% of budgetCrossroads School for Arts and Sciences: $5,000,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetSarah Lawrence College: $3,650,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetArray Alliance Inc: $3,165,000 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetMotion Picture and Television Fund: $1,615,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $1,450,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,060,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSimmons University: $1,035,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe Archer School for Girls Inc: $911,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetNational Women's Law Center: $750,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetThe 19th News: $750,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetIntegrity First for America Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $475,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAubin Pictures Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $375,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLa Promise Fund: $350,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetThe Paley Center for Media: $300,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBarnard College: $295,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles: $275,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetThe Anti-Recidivism Coalition: $275,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $245,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $210,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Malala Fund: $200,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFair Count Inc: $175,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetStorycorps Inc: $162,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUs-Ireland Alliance: $155,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetThe Mission Continues: $155,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPeople for the American Way: $150,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetThe New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network: $150,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetChinese Progressive Association: $150,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCoastal Mountains Land Trust: $141,000 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $135,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Policy Institute Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSeeds of Peace Inc: $125,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetJewish Family Service of San Diego: $122,137 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Medical Corps: $120,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHispanics in Philanthropy: $115,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe People Concern: $107,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNortheastern University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWhen We All Vote: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDemos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Los Angeles: $85,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 179.

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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.

California Community FoundationCA47.6× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The David Geffen Foundation · The Hearthland Foundation · Entertainment Industry Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The J Paul Getty Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation

How much does The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation give?
The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation reported 76 grants totaling $5,311,995 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 96 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Education (22%), Community Improvement (12%).
Who are The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pro Publica Inc ($9.9M), Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment ($5.1M), Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences ($5.0M).
Does The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family 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 Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation.
Where is The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation based?
The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 263 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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