Funding search · EIN 383779697 · Tustin, CA

The Joe Macpherson Foundation

Name: The Joe Macpherson Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

102
grants reported: $8.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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

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.

Boys and Girls Club of Central Oc3 grants · $1.6M
Orange County Comm Fdn Occf2 grants · $1.1M
Pacific Symphony4 grants · $750,000
Laura'S House4 grants · $700,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oc4 grants · $550,000
University of Puget Sound2 grants · $400,000
Second Harvest of Oc4 grants · $325,000
Meals On Wheels4 grants · $325,000
B and C Club of Central Orange Coas1 grant · $280,000
Hawaii Community Fdn2 grants · $250,000

Giving over time

$1.5M

2022

$1.7M

2023

$2.3M

2024

$3.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 102 grants.

$1.0M
Orange County Comm Fdn Occf · Irvine, CA · 2024
Charitable
$800,000
Boys and Girls Club of Central Oc · Irvine, CA · 2025
Charitable
$390,000
Boys and Girls Club of Central Oc · Irvine, CA · 2024
Charitable
$375,000
Boys and Girls Club of Central Oc · Irvine, CA · 2023
Charitable
$280,000
B and C Club of Central Orange Coas · Irvine, CA · 2022
Charitable
$250,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oc · Tustin, CA · 2025
Charitable
$250,000
Laura'S House · Ladera Ranch, CA · 2025
Charitable
$250,000
Pacific Symphony · Irvine, CA · 2025
Charitable
$200,000
Meals On Wheels · Anaheim, CA · 2025
Charitable
$200,000
Second Harvest of Oc · Irvine, CA · 2025
Charitable
$200,000
Pacific Symphony · Irvine, CA · 2024
Charitable
$200,000
Hawaii Community Fdn · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Charitable
$200,000
University of Puget Sound · Tacoms, WA · 2023
Charitable
$200,000
University of Puget Sound · Tacoms, WA · 2022
Charitable
$175,000
Laura'S House · Ladera Ranch, CA · 2023
Charitable
$175,000
Pacific Symphony · Irvine, CA · 2023
Charitable
$175,000
Laura'S House · Ladera Ranch, CA · 2022
Charitable
$125,000
Pacific Symphony · Irvine, CA · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Brackens Kitchen · Garden Grove, CA · 2025
Charitable
$100,000
Community Action Partnership Oc · Garden Grove, CA · 2025
Charitable
$100,000
Orangewood Childrens Fdn · Santa Ana, CA · 2025
Charitable
$100,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oc · Tustin, CA · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Laura'S House · Ladera Ranch, CA · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oc · Tustin, CA · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oc · Tustin, CA · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
The Priority Center · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
Charitable
$75,000
Casa · Orange, CA · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
Hoag Hospital Foundation · Newport Beach, CA · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
Maui County Food Bank · Wailuku, HI · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
Oc Rescue Mission · Tustin, CA · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
Pathways of Hope · Fullerton, CA · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
Share Our Selves · Costa Mesa, CA · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
St Joseph Hospital Fdn · Orange, CA · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
The Friendly Center · Orange, CA · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
Casa · Orange, CA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Hawaii Community Fdn · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Hoag Hospital Foundation · Newport Beach, CA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Meals On Wheels · Anaheim, CA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Second Harvest of Oc · Irvine, CA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Casa · Orange, CA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Hoag Hospital Foundation · Newport Beach, CA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Meals On Wheels · Anaheim, CA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Second Harvest of Oc · Irvine, CA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
The Priority Center · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Casa Youth Shelter · Seattle, WA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Orangewood Childrens Fdn · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
Charitable
$35,000
Hoag Hospital Foundation · Newport Beach, CA · 2022
Charitable
$35,000
St Joseph Hospital Fdn · Orange, CA · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
Choc Childrens Fdn · Orange, CA · 2025
Charitable
$30,000
Grandma'S House of Hope · Orange, CA · 2025
Charitable
$30,000
Brackens Kitchen · Garden Grove, CA · 2024
Charitable
$30,000
St Joseph Hospital Fdn · Orange, CA · 2024
Charitable
$30,000
Brackens Kitchen · Garden Grove, CA · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
Maui County Food Bank · Wailuku, HI · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
St Joseph Hospital Fdn · Orange, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Amigos De Los Ninos · La Habra, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Casa Teresa · Orange, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Colettes Children'S Home · Huntington Beach, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Delhi Center · Santa Ana, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Families Forward · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Gallatin Valley Food Bank · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Laguna Food Pantry · Laguna Beach, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame · Placerville, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Orange County Comm Fdn Occf · Irvine, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Orange Unitied Public Schools Fdn · Orange, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Rooster Foundation · Tustin, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame · Placerville, CA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Orangewood Childrens Fdn · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Boys and Girls Club Fdn · San Diego, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Orangewood Childrens Fdn · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Share Our Selves · Costa Mesa, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Brackens Kitchen · Garden Grove, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Choc Childrens Fdn · Orange, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Meals On Wheels · Anaheim, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Orange Unified Public School Fdn · Orange, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Second Harvest of Oc · Irvine, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Share Our Selves · Costa Mesa, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Working Wardrobes · Costa Mesa, CA · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Project Kinship · Santa Ana, CA · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Choc Childrens Fdn · Orange, CA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Maui County Food Bank · Wailuku, HI · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Rooster Foundation · Tustin, CA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
The Priority Center · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Choc Childrens Fdn · Orange, CA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Orange County Comm Fdn · Irvine, CA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Orange County Comm Fdn · Irvine, CA · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Orange Unified Public School Fdn · Orange, CA · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Amigos De Los Ninos · La Habra, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Spin · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Amigos De Los Ninos · La Habra, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Project Kinship · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Share Our Selves · Costa Mesa, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Gallatin Valley Food Bank · Boseman, MT · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Orange Unified Public School Fdn · Orange, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Amigos De Los Ninos · La Habra, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Gallatin Valley Food Bank · Boseman, MT · 2022
Charitable

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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.