California · Private foundation
University Religious Conference
THE UNIVERSITY RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE AT UCLA ADVANCES ONGOING DIALOGUE, CONVERSATION, HOSPITALITY AND ACTION THAT FOSTERS THE PRACTICE OF THE VARIOUS RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, ENCOURAGES TRUST AND RESPECT AMONG DIVERSE RELIGIOUS GROUPS, AND PROMOTES RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL, AND ETHICAL VALUES IN THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY . Its FY2025 filing reports…
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $175,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $175,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations University Religious Conference funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $1.1M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $547k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $175k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $385k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $330k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $262k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillel at Ucla | $355,854 | 6 | 4% |
| Wesley Foundation Serving Ucla | $319,739 | 6 | n/a |
| University Camps | $203,042 | 1 | 18% |
| University Presbyterian Church | $201,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Academy for Judaic Christian and Islamic Studies | $144,354 | 5 | 51% |
| University Lutheran Chapel | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About University Religious Conference
- How much does University Religious Conference give?
- University Religious Conference reported 8 grants totaling $1,094,354 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does University Religious Conference fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (54%), Education (14%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are University Religious Conference's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Hillel at Ucla ($356k), Wesley Foundation Serving Ucla ($320k), University Camps ($203k).
- Does University Religious Conference fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does University Religious Conference 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 University Religious Conference?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is University Religious Conference based?
- University Religious Conference is based in CA.
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