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Private foundations Pasadena, CAtax years 2023 to 2025

Private foundations in Pasadena, CA

213 private foundations based in Pasadena, CA filed a 990-PF in the last two years. In their latest returns they gave $268.7 million in 3,244 grants, and 30 say they accept applications.

Foundations with a return in the last two years, each by its latest return (tax years 2023 to 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Largest givers

By grants paid, latest return
  1. Perenchio FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 121 grants Preselected only $43,513,000 giving
  2. The Shanahan Family Charitable FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 47 grants Preselected only $18,755,533 giving
  3. Munger Charitable Trust Number ThreePasadena, CA · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $14,347,321 giving
  4. WWW FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 121 grants Preselected only $12,810,131 giving
  5. Unihealth FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 108 grants Accepts applications $12,603,370 giving
  6. Munger Charitable Trust Number EightPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 17 grants Preselected only $11,571,401 giving
  7. East West Bank FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 42 grants Preselected only $11,342,940 giving
  8. The Green FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2023 Grants listed in an attachment (not in the e-file) Accepts applications $8,298,500 giving
  9. The Fletcher Jones FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 51 grants Accepts applications $8,075,000 giving
  10. The James G Boswell FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 21 grants Preselected only $7,556,112 giving
  11. John Jewett & Helen Chandler Garland Fou NdationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 115 grants Preselected only $6,463,397 giving
  12. The Norton Simon FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $6,000,000 giving
  13. Munger Charitable Trust Number SevenPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $5,649,620 giving
  14. The Confidence FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 215 grants Preselected only $4,488,500 giving
  15. The Milias FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 1 grant Preselected only $4,371,250 giving
  16. Munger Charitable Trust Number TwoPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 19 grants Preselected only $3,846,108 giving
  17. Munger Charitable Trust Number FivePasadena, CA · tax year 2025 6 grants Preselected only $3,799,516 giving
  18. Dry Creek FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 10 grants Preselected only $3,677,876 giving
  19. Munger Charitable Trust Number OnePasadena, CA · tax year 2024 8 grants Preselected only $3,522,850 giving
  20. Mary M and Georgie C Posey MemorialPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $3,385,400 giving
  21. Callahan Family Foundation IncPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 11 grants Preselected only $3,364,830 giving
  22. The Mericos FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 100 grants Preselected only $3,098,250 giving
  23. John Stauffer Charitable TrustPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 6 grants Accepts applications $3,000,000 giving
  24. Judy Ann Bork Charitable TrustPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 15 grants Preselected only $2,635,400 giving
  25. Management as A Liberal Art FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $2,575,000 giving

Foundations that accept applications

Largest first

The return gives an application contact and does not check the preselected-only box.

  1. Unihealth FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 108 grants Accepts applications $12,603,370 giving
  2. The Green FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2023 Grants listed in an attachment (not in the e-file) Accepts applications $8,298,500 giving
  3. The Fletcher Jones FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 51 grants Accepts applications $8,075,000 giving
  4. John Stauffer Charitable TrustPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 6 grants Accepts applications $3,000,000 giving
  5. Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation IncPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 82 grants Accepts applications $1,980,500 giving
  6. Ann Peppers FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 54 grants Accepts applications $1,494,000 giving
  7. JW and Ida M Jameson FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 40 grants Accepts applications $745,000 giving
  8. The Patron Saints FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 25 grants Accepts applications $515,500 giving
  9. Kathryne Beynon FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 17 grants Accepts applications $465,250 giving
  10. Glen and Dorothy Stillwell Charitable TrustPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 25 grants Accepts applications $340,525 giving
  11. Youssef and Kamel Mawardi FundPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 12 grants Accepts applications $213,896 giving
  12. Howard & Helen House Family FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 31 grants Accepts applications $144,800 giving
  13. Goldsmith Legacy FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 17 grants Accepts applications $140,000 giving
  14. Louis and Donna Jones Family FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 8 grants Accepts applications $140,000 giving
  15. The Cygnet FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 10 grants Accepts applications $134,000 giving
  16. William R & Virginia Hayden FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 9 grants Accepts applications $132,000 giving
  17. George and Marcia Good Family FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 5 grants Accepts applications $131,133 giving
  18. Lucile H Howe and Mitchell B Howe FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 10 grants Accepts applications $122,500 giving
  19. Sun Pacific Scholarship Foundation IncPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 12 grants Accepts applications $76,249 giving
  20. Robert Chinn FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $75,000 giving
  21. Mitchell Foundation for Nature Art & SciencePasadena, CA · tax year 2024 12 grants Accepts applications $65,000 giving
  22. Lorraine F Petitfils FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 7 grants Accepts applications $52,000 giving
  23. SC Charitable FundPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 3 grants Accepts applications $19,765 giving
  24. Quetzalcoatl Memorial Scholarship FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $4,300 giving
  25. Friends of the Bakersfield Kit Fox and EnvironmentPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $350 giving

Giving by cause

Grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture71 foundations $48,856,85928% of the total
  2. Education92 foundations $32,781,10419% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking53 foundations $20,148,65812% of the total
  4. Housing and shelter20 foundations $14,969,7029% of the total
  5. Civil rights18 foundations $9,117,3215% of the total
  6. Health45 foundations $8,905,4565% of the total
  7. 19 other causes $36,674,46821% of the total

Most active small givers

Foundations with under $1 million in assets, by the number of grants they listed.

  1. Western Asset Management Company Charitable FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 66 grants Preselected only $54,943 giving
  2. Achieving America Family FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 51 grants Preselected only $2,557,420 giving
  3. K&F Baxter Family Foundation IncPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 26 grants Preselected only $485,000 giving
  4. Upside Down FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 22 grants Preselected only $245,080 giving
  5. The Justin Dart Family FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 20 grants Preselected only $83,200 giving
  6. John D Baldeschwieler and Marlene R Konnar FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 16 grants Preselected only $171,965 giving
  7. Roy G and Naomi Harmon Johnston Family FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 15 grants Preselected only $557,750 giving
  8. BaldenScanlin Scholarship Fund IncPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 15 grants Preselected only $30,000 giving
  9. Ray & Diana Martin Family FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 13 grants Preselected only $23,000 giving
  10. Nelson and Priscilla Gibbs Charitable TRPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 13 grants Preselected only $12,530 giving
  11. Sean and Christine Yu Private FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 12 grants Preselected only $439,500 giving
  12. Sun Pacific Scholarship Foundation IncPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 12 grants Accepts applications $76,249 giving
  13. The Ruth and Pong Tsang FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 12 grants Preselected only $26,850 giving
  14. Lucile H Howe and Mitchell B Howe FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2025 10 grants Accepts applications $122,500 giving
  15. The Four J FoundationPasadena, CA · tax year 2024 9 grants Preselected only $2,990 giving