Funding search · EIN 331127669 · Los Angeles, CA
Maximum Difference Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 49
- grants reported
- $1.8M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
aminarastehdocumentaryfoundationfoundermedicalmovieproduction
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Encorps1 grant · $500,000
- Farhang Foundation4 grants · $498,032
- Sociarts Productions Llc3 grants · $238,312
- Vasht2 grants · $63,250
- Tides Center1 grant · $50,000
- The Village School1 grant · $50,000
- American Near East Refugee Aid1 grant · $50,000
- Palestine Legal1 grant · $35,000
- Innocence Project1 grant · $30,000
- Viking Elementary School1 grant · $20,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 49 reported grants, largest first.
- $500,000
Encorps · Redondo Beach, CA · 2021
General suppor
- $261,105
Farhang Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
- $143,927
Farhang Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
- $120,000
Sociarts Productions Llc · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Production for documentary movie for the founder of amin arasteh foundation
- $95,000
Sociarts Productions Llc · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Production for documentary movie for the founder of amin arasteh foundation
- $55,500
Farhang Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
- $50,000
American Near East Refugee Aid · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $50,000
The Village School · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Tides Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support for palestine legal
- $49,350
Vasht · Woodland Hills, CA · 2023
General support
- $37,500
Farhang Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
- $35,000
Palestine Legal · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
- $30,000
Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $23,312
Sociarts Productions Llc · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Production for documentary movie for the founder of amin arasteh foundation
- $20,000
Iranian Muslim Association of North · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Middle East Children'S Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Viking Elementary School · Fresno, CA · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Center for Constitutional Rights · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
- $13,900
Vasht · Woodland Hills, CA · 2021
General support
- $10,000
Baby2baby · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Homa Communications Corp · Glendale, CA · 2023
General support
- $10,000
The Toy Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Brentwood Presbyterian Church Preschool · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Iranian Muslim Association of North America · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Lucky Duck Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
- $10,000
Iranian Muslim Association of North America · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
- $10,000
Two Chairs · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
General support
- $7,500
Bubbles Dog Rescue · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General support
- $7,500
Brentwood Presbyterian Church Preschool · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
- $7,000
Persian-American Cancer Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
- $7,000
Pearls of Persia · Calabasas, CA · 2021
General support
- $6,475
Mahin Ghasemian · Millbrae, CA · 2021
Hardship - medical support
- $5,000
Bubbles Dog Rescue · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Covenant House of California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Institute for Social Cultural Communications · Chino Hills, CA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Pacific Coast Dog Rescue · Burbank, CA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Uva Rectors and Visitors · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Iranian American Women Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Nurses & Angels International · Simi Valley, CA · 2022
Medical bills
- $3,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Keep Children in School Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Quantum Gravity Research · Topanga, CA · 2021
General support
- $2,500
Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage · Encino, CA · 2023
General support
- $2,500
Leukemia Lymphoma Society · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
General support
- $1,000
National Ms Society · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General support
- $1,000
National Ms Society · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Institute of Noetic Sciences · Novato, CA · 2021
General support
- $1,000
Nurses & Angels International · Simi Valley, CA · 2021
Medical bills
- $500
National Ms Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
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