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 20232025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

unstricted

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • 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

$70,250
2023
$107,300
2024
$132,100
2025

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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