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The Unger Family 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.

$170k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
24
Grants FY2025
34
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,300
Largest grant, FY2025
$93,333
Organizations funded a year
16 to 34
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$285k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The Unger Family 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; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalEducationCrime & LegalOther
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
FY2025still arriving24$170k17%
FY202434$143k29%
FY202318$120k28%
FY202223$132k30%
FY202116$92k38%
FY202031$101k35%
FY201929$122k69%
FY201824$96k33%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$406kHealth$385kReligion$127kArts & Culture$68kCivil Rights$46kPhilanthropy$27kCrime & Legal$14kHuman Services$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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CA
VA
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KS
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$358,17590%
Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills$93,5487n/a
National Partnership for Women and Families$18,30060%
MuseIque$16,80040%
American Jewish Committee$10,00020%
Geffen Playhouse Inc$9,95070%
The Rape Foundation$9,50050%
Phase One Foundation$9,50070%
Saint John's Health Center Foundation$5,50020%
Wilshire Boulevard Temple$4,4752n/a
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All grantees of The Unger Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$358,17590%
Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills$93,5487n/a
National Partnership for Women and Families$18,30060%
MuseIque$16,80040%
American Jewish Committee$10,00020%
Geffen Playhouse Inc$9,95070%
The Rape Foundation$9,50050%
Phase One Foundation$9,50070%
Saint John's Health Center Foundation$5,50020%
Wilshire Boulevard Temple$4,4752n/a
The Lagrant Foundation$4,00040%
Holocaust Museum La$4,00020%
California Institute of the Arts$3,50020%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$3,10070%
Feed My Poor Inc$2,50020%
Feminist Majority Foundation$2,50030%
Alliance for Children's Rights$2,50010%
Pacific Council on International Policy$2,37540%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$2,25030%
Women Against Gun Violence$2,00041%
Equal Justice America Inc$1,75040%
Empower Her Network Inc Dba Empowered Network$1,50020%
Usagainstalzheimer's$1,50020%
Mental Health Advocacy Services Inc$1,50020%
Brentwood School$1,50030%
Human Rights Watch Inc$1,50020%
Allies for Every Child Inc$1,50020%
Jewish Center for Justice$1,25020%
United Friends of the Children$1,10020%
The Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Washington Hospital Center Corporation$1,00010%
The Foundation for AIDS Research$1,00010%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$1,00020%
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles$1,00050%
Common Sense Media$1,00010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$1,00010%
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc$1,00010%
California State University Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation$1,00020%
Alliance for a Better Community$1,00010%
International Medical Corps$1,00010%
Teach Democracy$75020%
Downtown Women's Center$75020%
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts$60020%
Academy Museum Foundation$57030%
One Arroyo Foundation$50010%
Hillel at Ucla$50020%
Catalyst California$50010%
March for Our Lives Foundation$50010%
A Milton Miller Memorial Fund Inc$50010%
Los Angeles Police Reserve Foundation$50010%
National Foster Youth Institute$50010%
Jewish World Watch$44010%
Children's Burn Foundation$30030%
Big Sunday$25010%
Botanica Inc$25010%
Manifestworks$25010%
Motion Picture and Television Fund$25010%
The Los Angeles Free Clinic$25010%
Kcrw Foundation Inc$25010%
The Jewish Women's Archive Inc$25010%
Access Mammoth$25010%
Chords2cure Corporation$25010%
Make Art With Purpose Incorporated$25011%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$25010%
Ethical Culture Fieldston School$25010%
L a Theatre Works$25010%
Center for Health Care Rights$25010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$15010%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation$15010%
Sierra Club Foundation$15010%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$15010%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$13010%
Inner City Law Center$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($465k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Unger Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPlanned Parenthood Los Angeles: $358,175 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNational Partnership for Women and Families: $18,300 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMuseIque: $16,800 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGeffen Playhouse Inc: $9,950 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rape Foundation: $9,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPhase One Foundation: $9,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSaint John's Health Center Foundation: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lagrant Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHolocaust Museum La: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Institute of the Arts: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFeed My Poor Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFeminist Majority Foundation: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Children's Rights: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Council on International Policy: $2,375 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWomen Against Gun Violence: $2,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetEqual Justice America Inc: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEmpower Her Network Inc Dba Empowered Network: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUsagainstalzheimer's: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMental Health Advocacy Services Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBrentwood School: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAllies for Every Child Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Center for Justice: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Friends of the Children: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWashington Hospital Center Corporation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for AIDS Research: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Sense Media: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia State University Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for a Better Community: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Medical Corps: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach Democracy: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDowntown Women's Center: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAcademy Museum Foundation: $570 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOne Arroyo Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHillel at Ucla: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCatalyst California: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarch for Our Lives Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Milton Miller Memorial Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Police Reserve Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 71.

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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.

Weingart FoundationCA38.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Weingart Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Adams Cowan Foundation · Hyman Levine Family Foundation L'Dor V'Dor · The California Wellness Foundation · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Ahmanson Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation

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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How do I get to The Unger Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Unger Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Unger Family Foundation

How much does The Unger Family Foundation give?
The Unger Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $169,601 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Unger Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Health (35%), Religion (12%).
Who are The Unger Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Planned Parenthood Los Angeles ($358k), Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills ($94k), National Partnership for Women and Families ($18k).
Does The Unger Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Unger 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 Unger Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Weingart Foundation, California Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation.
Where is The Unger Family Foundation based?
The Unger 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 100 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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