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Y&S Nazarian Family 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.

$3.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2024
27
Organizations funded FY2023
59%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,000,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 32
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$23M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 59% of the organizations Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationInternationalHealthOther
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
FY2024still arriving34$3.1M59%
FY202327$7.4M59%
FY202229$1.1M59%
FY202128$1.8M71%
FY202032$3.1Mn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$9.0MHealth$2.6MArts & Culture$2.4MInternational$696kReligion$523kPublic Safety & Disaster$460kPhilanthropy$334kHuman Services$195kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
MD
DC
MS
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 67 grantees
All grantees of Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
California State University Fresno Alumni Association Incorporated$6,287,0871n/a
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$508,00011%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$500,00010%
American Jewish University$400,00021%
Gulliver Preparatory School Inc$300,00010%
Skirball Cultural Center$255,00021%
Sinai Temple$101,0001n/a
The Rand Corporation$100,00020%
Visionary Women$88,25046%
Anti-Defamation League$76,00020%
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc$61,30030%
Hias Inc$55,00020%
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$50,00010%
Eminas Hand Foundation Inc$45,0001n/a
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles$42,66720%
March on Washington Film Festival$30,00013%
The Renew Democracy Initiative Inc$25,00011%
The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc$25,00010%
America Israel Democracy Coalition$25,00010%
Jq International$22,50023%
Museum Associates$19,0001n/a
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$18,00010%
Venice Family Clinic$16,00020%
Stand Up to Cancer$15,0001n/a
Serpentine Americas Foundation Fka Americas Foundation of the Serpentine Ga$15,00011%
Iranian Jewish Womens Organization$12,00028%
Hillel at Ucla$10,00020%
Crossroads School Dba Crossroads College Preparatory School$10,00010%
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$10,00010%
Global Jewry Ltd$10,00016%
Institute for Jewish & Community Research DBA Bechol Lashon$10,00011%
Residency Unlimited Inc$9,00012%
Saint John's Health Center Foundation$7,50010%
Tower Cancer Research Foundation$7,50010%
Youth Renewal Fund$7,50030%
Holocaust Museum La$6,00020%
Pacific Council on International Policy$5,62520%
Looking Beyond Inc$5,5003n/a
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences$5,00010%
Council of American Jewish Museums Inc$5,00012%
Venice Arts$5,00011%
Terasaki Inst for Biomedical Innovation$5,00010%
Los Angeles Review of Books$5,00010%
Kcrw Foundation Inc$5,00010%
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated$5,00010%
Los Angeles Police Foundation$5,00010%
The Jewish Museum$5,00010%
Zioness Movement Inc$5,00010%
Israel Policy Forum Inc$5,00010%
Looking Above and Beyond Inc$5,00011%
Open Hand Association Inc$5,00011%
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts$5,00010%
Zivvy News Inc Crowdsourcing Human Rights$5,0001n/a
Journalism for Change Inc$5,00010%
My Stealthy Freedom Organization Inc$5,000116%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$3,50020%
Para Los Ninos$2,50010%
Hillcrest Country Club Charitable Fund$2,50010%
Hope Foundation of Iranian-American Jewish Communities$2,50010%
American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro Inc$2,00020%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,00010%
Hamburger Home$1,80010%
American Friends of the Israel Museum$1,25010%
Payam Cultural Society Inc$1,00011%
Farhang Foundation$1,00010%
American Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc$1,00010%
House of Judeo-Persian Manuscripts Inc$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $508,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish University: $400,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGulliver Preparatory School Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSkirball Cultural Center: $255,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVisionary Women: $88,250 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $76,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArmand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc: $61,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHias Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Institute for Near East Policy: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles: $42,667 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMarch on Washington Film Festival: $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetThe Renew Democracy Initiative Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Institute of Contemporary Art Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerica Israel Democracy Coalition: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJq International: $22,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Hebrew University Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVenice Family Clinic: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSerpentine Americas Foundation Fka Americas Foundation of the Serpentine Ga: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetIranian Jewish Womens Organization: $12,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetHillel at Ucla: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCrossroads School Dba Crossroads College Preparatory School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHeart of Los Angeles Youth Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Jewry Ltd: $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetInstitute for Jewish & Community Research DBA Bechol Lashon: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetResidency Unlimited Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSaint John's Health Center Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTower Cancer Research Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYouth Renewal Fund: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHolocaust Museum La: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Council on International Policy: $5,625 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCrossroads School for Arts and Sciences: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil of American Jewish Museums Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetVenice Arts: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTerasaki Inst for Biomedical Innovation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLos Angeles Review of Books: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKcrw Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Council of Jewish Women Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLos Angeles Police Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZioness Movement Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIsrael Policy Forum Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLooking Above and Beyond Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOpen Hand Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJournalism for Change Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMy Stealthy Freedom Organization Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 16% 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 59.

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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.

Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA19.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Stanley & Joyce Black Family Foundation · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Y&S Nazarian 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 Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation

How much does Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation give?
Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $3,138,396 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 32 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (50%), Health (15%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: California State University Fresno Alumni Association Incorporated ($6.3M), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ($508k), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ($500k).
Does Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Y&S Nazarian 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 Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, California Community Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund.
Where is Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation based?
Y&S Nazarian 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 111 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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