Funding search · EIN 957052355 · Newport Beach, CA
Robert R Sprague 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.
- 61
- grants reported
- $3.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $30,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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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.
- California Community Foundation3 grants · $320,000
- Make-a-Wish Foundation Orange Count2 grants · $320,000
- The Guiboard Center3 grants · $300,000
- California Polytechnic State Univer3 grants · $300,000
- The UCLA Foundation3 grants · $275,000
- Housing Works3 grants · $225,000
- Make-a-Wish Foundation Ocinland Emp1 grant · $160,000
- Manhattan Beach Education Foundatio3 grants · $160,000
- The Memorial Medical Center Foundat3 grants · $150,000
- Children'S Hospital Los Angeles3 grants · $150,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 61 reported grants, largest first.
- $160,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation Orange Count · Irvine, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $160,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation Orange Count · Irvine, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $160,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation Ocinland Emp · Irvine, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $110,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $105,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $105,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $100,000
California Polytechnic State Univer · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $100,000
Manhattan Beach Education Foundatio · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $100,000
The Guiboard Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $100,000
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $100,000
California Polytechnic State Univer · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $100,000
The Guiboard Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $100,000
California Polytechnic State Univer · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $100,000
The Guiboard Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $100,000
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $75,000
Housing Works · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $75,000
Housing Works · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $75,000
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $75,000
Housing Works · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $50,000
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $50,000
The Memorial Medical Center Foundat · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $50,000
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $50,000
The Memorial Medical Center Foundat · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $50,000
America Foundation Suicide Preventi · New York, NY · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $50,000
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $50,000
The Memorial Medical Center Foundat · Long Beach, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $35,000
Animal Defenders International · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $30,000
Hermosa Beach Education Foundation · Hermosa Beach, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $30,000
Manhattan Beach Education Foundatio · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $30,000
Make-a-Wish Greater Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $30,000
Manhattan Beach Education Foundatio · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $30,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $25,000
Make-a-Wish Greater Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $25,000
Jacaranda Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $20,000
Cancer Support Community - Pasadena · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $20,000
King Harbor Youth Foundation · Redondo Beach, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $20,000
Marine Mammal Care Center · San Pedro, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $20,000
Pacific Elementary · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $20,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $20,000
Hermosa Beach Education Foundation · Hermosa Beach, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $20,000
King Harbor Youth Foundation · Redondo Beach, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $20,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $20,000
Cancer Support Community - Pasadena · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $20,000
King Harbor Youth Foundation · Redondo Beach, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $20,000
Marine Mammal Care Center · San Pedro, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $14,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $14,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $14,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $10,000
Crystal Cove Conservancy · New Port Beach, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $10,000
Discovery Science Center of Los Ang · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $10,000
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Qualified charitable purpose
- $10,000
Discovery Science Center of Los Ang · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $10,000
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Qualified charitable purpose
- $10,000
Echoes of Hope · El Segundo, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $10,000
Hermosa Beach Education Foundation · Hermosa Beach, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $10,000
Peace4kids · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $10,000
Plant a Seed · Modesto, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $10,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $10,000
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $10,000
The Painted Turtle · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
- $10,000
Walk With Sally · El Segundo, CA · 2022
Qualified charitable purpose
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation10,471 grants · $10.10B
- Tides Foundation9,402 grants · $1.86B
- UCLA Foundation276 grants · $1.75B
Similar purposes
- Jean Perkins Foundation70 grants · $15.9M
- Alabama Partnership for Children757 grants · $69.9M
- Great Jobs Kc204 grants · $116.1M
Similar grant size
- The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
- Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
- Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
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