Funding search · EIN 452405071 · Santa Monica, CA

Focusing Philanthropy

Name: Focusing Philanthropy grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

58
grants reported: $79.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $886,704
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.

What they fund

care training foster healthcare workforce education proficiency reading

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

One Acre Fund3 grants · $19.6M
Per Scholas3 grants · $12.1M
Vision To Learn3 grants · $5.8M
Water for People3 grants · $5.2M
Refugepoint3 grants · $5.0M
Seva Foundation3 grants · $3.7M
Muso2 grants · $3.6M
Onegoal3 grants · $3.5M
Jvs Boston3 grants · $3.5M
Casa of San Diego3 grants · $3.0M

Giving over time

$21.7M

2022

$25.4M

2023

$31.9M

2024

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$8.6M
One Acre Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Agriculture program
$6.8M
One Acre Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Agriculture program
$4.9M
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2024
Job training
$4.2M
One Acre Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Agriculture program expansion
$3.8M
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2023
Job training
$3.7M
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Eye care
$3.4M
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2022
Job training
$2.6M
Muso · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Health clinic
$2.1M
Water for People · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Clean water and sanitation
$1.8M
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Eye care
$1.8M
Seva Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Vision restoration
$1.7M
Refugepoint · Boston, MA · 2023
Refugee affairs
$1.6M
Muso · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Health clinic
$1.6M
Refugepoint · Boston, MA · 2022
Refugee affairs
$1.6M
Refugepoint · Boston, MA · 2024
Refugee affairs
$1.5M
Water for People · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022
Water & sanitation
$1.5M
Water for People · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023
Clean water and sanitation
$1.5M
Onegoal · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education/college
$1.5M
Jvs Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Healthcare workforce training
$1.3M
Seva Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Vision restoration
$1.1M
Onegoal · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education/college
$1.1M
Opportunity Finance Network · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Access to credit
$1.1M
Jvs Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Healthcare workforce training
$1.1M
Casa of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Foster care
$1.1M
Casa of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Foster care
$1.0M
Muso · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Health clinic
$1.0M
Opportunity Finance Network · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Access to credit
$913,671
Camfed USA · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Education for girls
$900,000
Jvs Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Healthcare workforce training
$873,408
Onegoal · Chicago, IL · 2022
Education/college
$871,050
Casa of Los Angeles · Monterey Park, CA · 2022
Foster care
$840,739
Casa of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
Foster care
$786,375
Casa of Los Angeles · Monterey Park, CA · 2023
Foster care
$750,000
Opportunity Finance Network · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Access to credit
$605,586
Panzi · Washington, DC · 2022
Congo sexual violence survivor assistance
$601,000
Village Reach · Seattle, WA · 2022
Vaccine outreach
$581,626
Village Reach · Seattle, WA · 2023
Vaccine outreach
$564,821
Seva Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Vision restoration
$539,433
Casa of Los Angeles · Monterey Park, CA · 2024
Foster care
$487,187
Success for All Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Reading proficiency
$450,308
Jvs Metrowest · Livingston, NJ · 2024
Healthcare workforce training
$408,364
Reading Partners · Oakland, CA · 2022
Reading proficiency
$385,414
Jvs Metrowest · Livingston, NJ · 2023
Healthcare workforce training
$353,000
Panorama Global · Seattle, WA · 2023
Promote world-changing leaders
$349,979
Voices for Children · Riverside, CA · 2024
Foster care
$306,607
Camfed USA · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Education for girls
$301,350
Jvs Metrowest · Livingston, NJ · 2022
Healthcare workforce training
$288,639
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2024
Restorative surgery for maternal health
$269,526
Voices for Children · Riverside, CA · 2023
Foster care
$247,313
Voices for Children Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2022
Foster care
$228,284
Reach Out and Read · Boston, MA · 2024
Reading proficiency
$225,624
Jvs San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Healthcare workforce training
$218,870
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Eye care
$187,293
Success for All Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Reading proficiency
$31,500
Reading Partners · Oakland, CA · 2023
Reading proficiency
$27,315
Farestart & Catalyst Kitchens · Seattle, WA · 2022
Culinary training
$27,315
Mission Edge · San Diego, CA · 2022
Culinary training
$10,000
Village Reach · Seattle, WA · 2024
Vaccine outreach

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Similar purposes

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Similar grant size

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.