· Private foundation
Virginia Friedhofer Charitable Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k20 grants · $320k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION | $100,000 |
| UC BERKELEY - RAUSSER COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES | $100,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST SILICON VALLEY | $50,000 |
| CANINE COMPANIONS | $25,000 |
| OSHMAN FAMILY JCC | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE | $25,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $25,000 |
| LUCILLE PACKARD CHILD HEALTH | $25,000 |
| SAN FRANCISCO OPERA | $25,000 |
| YOUNG MUSICIANS' FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION | $15,000 |
| JEWISH FILM INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | $10,000 |
| DISCOVERY EYE CENTER | $10,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +51% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.
33 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $296k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER5× · 2020–2024 · $250k · revenue +55%- WFWESTSIDE FOOD BANK3× · 2020–2022 · $125k · revenue +127%
- YMYOUNG MUSICIANS FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $120k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- GOGRIFFITH OBSERVATORY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -4%
- GLGREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue -7%
- ACAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYone grant, 2020 · $15k
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.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
To advance the frontiers of astronomy and share our discoveries with the world. the two 10-meter telescopes of keck observatory are the world's largest optical and infrared telescopes. they have revolutionized our understanding of the…
To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).
The contemporary jewish museum (the cjm) makes the diversity of the jewish experience relevant for a twenty-first-century audience through innovative exhibitions and programs that educate, challenge, and inspire.
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…
How this is measured
33 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. 33 of the 57 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 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds WESTSIDE FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MUSICIANS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds Beit T'Shuvah ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds THE MAPLE COUNSELING CENTER ↗
- Who funds OSHMAN FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds HIAS INC ↗
- Who funds GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES JEWISH HOME FOR THE AGING ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗
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: The Ahmanson Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · Schlum Charitable Trust Ua Mar 5 1990 · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Virginia Friedhofer Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Virginia Friedhofer Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
How this is measured
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