California · Private foundation
Wurwand 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.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2020
- 43
- Grants FY2020
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
51% of Wurwand Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Jewish Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 52 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Wurwand Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 33 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 5
- Total assets, FY2020
- $68M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 36% of the organizations Wurwand Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 39 | $1.9M | 36% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $933k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $545k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Opportunity Fund | $1,155,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Tmc Community Capital | $750,103 | 3 | 47% |
| Pacific Community Ventures Inc | $750,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Jewish Center for Justice | $560,000 | 7 | 40% |
| California State University Northridge Foundation | $425,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Kcrw Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Small Business Majority Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Inclusive Action for the City | $245,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Direct Relief | $225,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Women's Economic Ventures | $220,000 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 107 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($471k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wurwand Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 101 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Ccf Community Initiatives Fund · United Way Inc · The James Irvine Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation
How this is measured
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About Wurwand Foundation
- How much does Wurwand Foundation give?
- Wurwand Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $2,382,600 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does Wurwand Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (46%), Community Improvement (17%), Public Benefit (7%).
- Who are Wurwand Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The Opportunity Fund ($1.2M), Tmc Community Capital ($750k), Pacific Community Ventures Inc ($750k).
- Does Wurwand Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wurwand 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 Wurwand Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, Weingart Foundation.
- Where is Wurwand Foundation based?
- Wurwand Foundation is based in CA.
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