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THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION

THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,550,000 to it, the largest being THE GOLDENSON-ARBUS FOUNDATION INC ($2,550,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$683k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$2.5M
Net assets
$534k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 79%
01What it does

What The Loreen Arbus Foundation does

Program

N/a - deminimus items or investment income

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($866k) Expenses 100 ($810k) Net assets 100 ($22k)2018 Revenue 86 ($746k) Expenses 69 ($560k) Net assets 927 ($208k)2019 Revenue 45 ($391k) Expenses 70 ($563k) Net assets 162 ($36k)2020 Revenue 60 ($516k) Expenses 39 ($318k) Net assets 1041 ($234k)2021 Revenue 25 ($216k) Expenses 49 ($398k) Net assets 232 ($52k)2022 Revenue 57 ($491k) Expenses 44 ($357k) Net assets 829 ($186k)2023 Revenue 117 ($1.0M) Expenses 107 ($868k) Net assets 1489 ($335k)2024 Revenue 94 ($818k) Expenses 84 ($677k) Net assets 2117 ($476k)2025 Revenue 79 ($683k) Expenses 77 ($625k) Net assets 2375 ($534k)
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Revenue (79)Expenses (77)Net assets (2375)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $36k to $234k (+544%).

$23k
$208k
$36k
$234k
$52k
$186k
$335k
$476k
$534k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $600k → $800k.

Funder
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funders
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From the IRS filings of THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Months of reserve9.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In California

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION?
THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,550,000 to it, the largest being THE GOLDENSON-ARBUS FOUNDATION INC ($2,550,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,550,000 in grants to THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION?
THE GOLDENSON-ARBUS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,550,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE LOREEN ARBUS FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing