Funding search · EIN 954635806 · Pasadena, CA

Binder 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.

92
grants reported
$5.6M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

cash

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Children'S Hospital Los Angeles1 grant · $3.0M
  • Give-Mentor-Love Foundation2 grants · $600,000
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 grants · $410,000
  • Georgetown University3 grants · $143,600
  • American Enterprise Institute3 grants · $141,000
  • UCLA3 grants · $113,000
  • Dexter Southfield3 grants · $106,000
  • City of Hope3 grants · $106,000
  • Carlthorp School3 grants · $105,500
  • Village School4 grants · $95,000

Giving over time

$4.0M
2022
$813,400
2023
$871,000
2024

Grant history

All 92 reported grants, largest first.

  • $3.0M

    Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Cash

  • $300,000

    Give-Mentor-Love Foundation · South Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $300,000

    Give-Mentor-Love Foundation · South Pasadena, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $250,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Donation

  • $155,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Donation

  • $121,000

    American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    Donation

  • $80,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023

    Donation

  • $75,000

    Boston Children'S Hospital Trust · Boston, MA · 2022

    Cash

  • $60,000

    Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    Cash

  • $50,000

    City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2022

    Donation

  • $50,000

    Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Cash

  • $50,000

    UCLA · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Donation

  • $48,600

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022

    Donation

  • $40,000

    Dexter Southfield · Brookline, MA · 2022

    Donation

  • $40,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022

    Donation

  • $38,500

    Carlthorp School · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $38,000

    UCLA · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $37,000

    Carlthorp School · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $35,000

    Dexter Southfield · Brookline, MA · 2023

    Donation

  • $33,500

    Village School · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $31,000

    Dexter Southfield · Brookline, MA · 2024

    Donation

  • $31,000

    City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $30,000

    Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Donation

  • $30,000

    Caltech · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $30,000

    Village School · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $30,000

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023

    Donation

  • $30,000

    Carlthorp School · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Donation

  • $30,000

    Village School · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2022

    Donation

  • $25,000

    City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $25,000

    Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Donation

  • $25,000

    UCLA · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $25,000

    Cradles To Crayons · Newton, MA · 2022

    Cash

  • $25,000

    La'S Best · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Donation

  • $20,000

    La'S Best · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $20,000

    Chi Chapter of Kappa Sigma Educational Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    Donation

  • $20,000

    La'S Best · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $20,000

    Paws for Purple Hearts · San Diego, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $20,000

    The Winsor School · Boston, MA · 2023

    Donation

  • $18,000

    Pali Riptide Baseball · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $15,000

    Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024

    Donation

  • $15,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    Donation

  • $15,000

    Church of the Redeemer Chestnut Hill · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023

    Donation

  • $15,000

    The Winsor School · Boston, MA · 2022

    Donation

  • $10,000

    American Academy of Arts & Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Donation

  • $10,000

    American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Boston Children'S Hospital Trust · Boston, MA · 2024

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Chi Chapter of Kappa Sigma Educational Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2024

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Kehillat Israel · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Terrific Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Vincent Memorial Hospital Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Winsor School · Boston, MA · 2024

    Donation

  • $10,000

    American Academy of Arts & Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Caltech · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Los Angeles Police Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Pali Riptide · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Tenacity · Boston, MA · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Terrific Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    The Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA · 2022

    Cash

  • $10,000

    The Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2022

    Cash

  • $7,900

    Pali Riptide · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2022

    Donation

  • $7,500

    Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023

    Donation

  • $5,000

    Boston Ballet · Boston, MA · 2024

    Donation

  • $5,000

    The Nest School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $5,000

    Kehillat Israel · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $5,000

    Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Donation

  • $5,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Donation

  • $5,000

    American Academy of Arts & Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Cash

  • $5,000

    Max Warburg Courage Curriculum · Boston, MA · 2022

    Cash

  • $2,500

    Beauty Bus Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $2,500

    Children'S Chain · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $2,500

    Independent School Alliance · Culver City, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $2,500

    St Monica Catholic Community · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $2,500

    The Jewish Grad Organization · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $2,500

    Unitive Spirituality · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $2,500

    Cayton'S Children'S Museum · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Cash

  • $2,500

    Kehillat Israel · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2022

    Donation

  • $2,500

    Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2022

    Cash

  • $2,500

    Pali Community Center Committee · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Cash

  • $2,500

    Vascular Birthmarks Foundation · Latham, NY · 2022

    Cash

  • $2,000

    Children'S Chain · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $2,000

    Paw Works · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2023

    Donation

  • $1,500

    Village School · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $1,000

    Jonathan Club Scholarship Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $1,000

    Pacific Palisades Baseball Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $1,000

    Para Los Ninos · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Donation

  • $1,000

    National Legal & Policy Center · Falls Church, VA · 2023

    Donation

  • $400

    Jonathan Club Scholarship Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Donation

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.