Funding search · EIN 362656254 · Elmhurst, IL
The Arvey 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.
- 57
- grants reported
- $309,650
- total given
- 2023–2025
- filing years
- $3,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2025. 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.
- UCLA Foundation - Division of Digestive Diseases2 grants · $50,000
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art2 grants · $30,000
- J Paul Getty Trust3 grants · $30,000
- Direct Relief3 grants · $26,000
- UCLA Foundation Division of Digestive Diseases1 grant · $25,000
- Easy Lift Transportation3 grants · $22,500
- UCLA Foundation Cotsen Institute of Archaeology2 grants · $20,000
- Opera Santa Barbara2 grants · $17,000
- Santa Barbara Wilfire Protection Team2 grants · $10,000
- Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation2 grants · $10,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 57 reported grants, largest first.
- $25,000
UCLA Foundation Division of Digestive Diseases · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $25,000
UCLA Foundation - Division of Digestive Diseases · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
UCLA Foundation - Division of Digestive Diseases · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $12,000
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Easy Lift Transportation · Goleta, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $10,000
J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $10,000
UCLA Foundation Cotsen Institute of Archaeology · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Easy Lift Transportation · Goleta, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $10,000
J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Santa Barbara Museum of Art · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $10,000
UCLA Foundation Cotsen Institute of Archaeology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $10,000
J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $6,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Geffen Playhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Santa Barbara Wilfire Protection Team · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Santa Barbara Wilfire Protection Team · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Music Academy · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Opera Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $3,000
Granada Theatre · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $3,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $3,000
Music Academy · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $2,500
Geffen Playhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $2,500
Easy Lift Transportation · Goleta, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $2,500
Santa Barbara Courthouse for Legacy Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $2,000
Art History Society of Cal State La · South Pasadena, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $2,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Tampa, FL · 2025
Unrestricted
- $2,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Unrestricted
- $2,000
Art History Society of Cal State La · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $2,000
Committee for Cultural Policy · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Unrestricted
- $2,000
Granada Theatre · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $2,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Tampa, FL · 2024
Unstricted
- $2,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Unrestricted
- $2,000
Art History Society of Cal State La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $2,000
Committee for Cultural Policy · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Association for Latin American Art (Alaa) · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Unrestricted
- $1,000
The Metropolitan Opera Guild · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
- $1,000
UCLA Foundation Fowler Museum · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Association for Latin American Art (Alaa) · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Association for Latin American Art (Alaa) · Tampa, FL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Geffen Playhouse · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $1,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Tampa, FL · 2023
Unstricted
- $1,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Unrestricted
- $1,000
The Project for Resilient Communities · Montecito, CA · 2023
Unstricted
- $500
The Metropolitan Opera Guild · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
- $250
The Metropolitan Opera Guild · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
- $100
San Carlos Education Foundation · San Carlos, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $100
Casa Del Herrero · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $100
Friends of the Montecito Public Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $100
San Carlos Education Foundation · San Carlos, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
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Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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