· Private foundation
The Sharon D Lund 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k14 grants · $435k
- $50k–250k34 grants · $3.1M
- $250k+7 grants · $3.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OLIVE CREST | $625,000 |
| CHOC CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION | $537,000 |
| CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $523,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LA | $500,000 |
| VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA - LA | $450,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL OC | $325,000 |
| THE FROSTIG CENTER | $300,000 |
| RYMAN ARTS | $225,000 |
| GIVE KIDS THE WORLD | $200,000 |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS | $200,000 |
| ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| SAVE THE FAMILY | $150,000 |
| GUIDE DOGS OF DESERT | $125,000 |
| FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION | $110,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
68 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCHOC FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $6.5M · revenue +103%
- CHChildren's Hospital Los Angeles7× · 2017–2024 · $3.5M · revenue +78%
- MFMARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY8× · 2017–2024 · $2.8M · revenue +79%
Funded once
- PIPHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FUNDone grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue 0%
- HHOMEAIDone grant, 2017 · $150k
Save The Children Federation Incone grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -13%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
Cca is committed to preparing young children to be global citizens who are developmentally well-rounded, emotionally literate, and environmentally conscious.
The mission of children's home society of california is to provide children, families, and communities with supportive services to thrive.
The primary exempt purpose of children's healthcare of california includes without limitation the receipt of distributions and grants for the making of distributions and grants to children's hospital of orange county (choc) and to…
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
To transform lives and communities by providing an array of programs, all directed toward changing the lives of children in the foster care system aimed to prevent academic failure, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, sex trafficking,…
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
Children's law center of california (clc) provides legal representation for children and youth impacted by abuse and neglect. we advocate for our clients by supporting families; fighting for reunification, permanence, educational…
To deliver oral health education and comprehensive treatment for economically disadvantaged children, including those with complex medical considerations, while also providing premier training in pediatric and multi-specialty dentistry.
Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…
The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.
How this is measured
49 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 49 of the 82 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CHOC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MARIANNE FROSTIG CTR OF EDU THERAPY ↗
- Who funds ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE RYMAN-CARROLL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds DR SUSAN LOVE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds LEARNING WITH A DIFFERENCE INC ↗
- Who funds GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC ↗
- Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗
- Who funds Segerstrom Center for the Arts ↗
- Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
- Who funds FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION ↗
- Who funds CHILDHELP INC ↗
- Who funds THE SHEEPFOLD INC ↗
- Who funds THE YOUNG AMERICANS INC ↗
- Who funds PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FUND ↗
- Who funds International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America ↗
- Who funds JOHN TRACY CLINIC ↗
- Who funds THE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT ↗
- Who funds A PLACE CALLED HOME ↗
- Who funds FOSTERALL ↗
- Who funds FRIENDLY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds EXCEPTIONAL MINDS ↗
- Who funds Share Our Selves Corporation ↗
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 · Orange County Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Carl E Wynn Foundation · Audrey & Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation · Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Sharon D Lund Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sharon D Lund Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
- Riverview School Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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